Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1. He did not allow me ……………………….
We use a to-infinitive after allow.
2. The injured woman ………………………….. to hospital.
We need a passive verb form here because the subject is not the doer of the action.
3. We ……………………………… anything from them yet.
The present perfect is more common with the time expressions already and yet.
4. The chief guest ………………………………… arrived.
The present perfect is more common with the time expressions already and yet.
5. ‘Let me ………………………….,’ the boy cried.
We use an infinitive without to after let.
6. The birds …………………………….. when I woke up this morning.
We use the past continuous to talk about an action or situation that was going on a particular point of time in the past.
7. I heard them ……………………………..
We use a gerund or an infinitive without to after the verbs see and hear.
8. I saw him …………………………….. the road.
9. Yesterday I …………………………….. an English movie.
We use the simple past to talk about finished past events.
10. The constable asked me what …………………………….. doing there.
The subject goes before the verb in an indirect question.
11. I ……………………………. like to get up early in the morning.
We use the simple present to talk about our likes and dislikes.
12. Ever since I ………………………….. my native place I ………………………………. here.
We use the simple past for finished actions or situations in the past. We use the present perfect continuous to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
Answers
1. He did not allow me to go.
2. The injured woman was taken to hospital.
3. We have not heard anything from them yet.
4. The chief guest has already arrived.
5. ‘Let me go,’ the boy cried.
6. The birds were chirping when I woke up this morning.
7. I heard them talk.
8. I saw him cross / crossing the road.
9. Yesterday I watched an English movie.
10. The constable asked me what I was doing there.
11. I don’t like to get up early in the morning.
12. Ever since I left my native place I have been living here.
