Fill in the blanks.
1. There ………………………. an explosion near the castle yesterday.
2. By the time they found him, he ........................... already died.
3. He …………………….. in the 19th century.
The simple past is used when we say when something happened.
4. Whenever they meet, they only ……………………….. politics.
5. When she heard that she had failed, she ……………………. into tears.
6. Have you …………………….. for your drinks?
7. It took them hours to ………………………the fire in the basement.
8. How beautifully …………………………..!
9. Tell me where ……………………… in the morning.
The inverted word order is used in indirect questions.
10. You had better …………………….. to your parents.
A bare infinitive is used after had better.
11. I worked hard so that I …………………….. another deadline.
In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
12. That boy of ……………………… has broken my window again.
Answers
1. There was an explosion near the castle yesterday.
2. By the time they found him, he had already died.
3. He lived in the 19th century.
4. Whenever they meet, they only discuss politics.
5. When she heard that she had failed, she burst into tears.
6. Have you paid for your drinks?
7. It took them hours to put out the fire in the basement.
8. How beautifully he draws!
9. Tell me where you were in the morning.
10. You had better listen to your parents.
11. I worked hard so that I would not miss another deadline.
12. That boy of yours has broken my window again.
