Fill in the blanks with a suitable verb form.
1. She ran with quick steps to the house when it …………………………. raining.
When the verb in the main clause is in the past tense, we use a past tense in the subordinate clause as well.
2. It was so quiet you ………………………. hear a pin drop.
When the verb in the main clause is in the past tense, we use a past tense in the subordinate clause as well.
3. Susie ……………………………. with her sister.
We use the simple present to talk about permanent situations.
4. She ……………………………… in the film industry for fifteen years by next year.
The future perfect continuous is used to say that something will have been completed by a certain point of time in the future.
5. The patient …………………………… before the doctor arrived.
The past perfect is used to talk about the earlier of the two past actions.
6. I …………………………………… this with him when he came here the other day.
Please select 2 correct answers
The past perfect is used to talk about the earlier of the two past actions. The simple past is also possible here.
7. When I was young, I .................................... play football a lot.
We use used to to talk about past habits.
8. She ...................................... next month.
The present continuous is used to talk about pre-planned future events.
9. A good citizen ……………………………. all his financial obligations.
10. He …………………………. in this office for ten years now.
The present perfect is used to talk about actions or situations that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
11. You ……………………………… me you weren’t coming
Could have + past participle can be used to criticize people for not doing things.
12. If a sinner …………………………… penitence, he can be forgiven.
Answers
1. She ran with quick steps to the house when it started raining.
2. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
3. Susie lives with her sister.
4. She will have been working in the film industry for fifteen years by next year.
5. The patient had died before the doctor arrived.
6. I discussed / had discussed this with him when he came here the other day.
7. When I was young, I used to play football a lot.
8. She is getting married next month.
9. A good citizen performs all his financial obligations.
10. He has worked in this office for ten years now.
11. You could have told me you weren’t coming
12. If a sinner feels penitence, he can be forgiven.
