The document provides a series of sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb form based on context clues. It tests the reader's ability to identify the tense or form of verb needed based on clues like subject, time frame, or other words in the sentence. The document contains 40 sentences total requiring identification of the appropriate verb form or tense.
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Lecture 4 Use of The Right Form of Verbs
The document provides a series of sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb form based on context clues. It tests the reader's ability to identify the tense or form of verb needed based on clues like subject, time frame, or other words in the sentence. The document contains 40 sentences total requiring identification of the appropriate verb form or tense.
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Use of the Right Form of Verbs
Fill in the blanks using the correct form of verb given alongside.
1) The plane ____________ at 3:30. (arrive)
2) The earth ______________ round the sun. (move) 3) My friends ___________ the prime minister yesterday. (see) 4) I _____________ him only one letter up to now. (send) 5) She __________ worried about something. (look) 6) It started to rain while we _____________ tennis. (play) 7) The headmaster ___________ to speak to you. (want) 8) I ______________ a new cycle last week. (buy) 9) Here are your shoes; I ___________ them just a while ago. (clean) 10) I will call you when he __________ back. (come) 11) When I get home, my dog ___________ at the gate waiting for me. (sit) 12) This book is not long. I ___________ it by lunch. (read) 13) Unless we _________ now, we will not reach on time. (start) 14) The next term _____________ on next month. (begin) 15) By 2030, the robots ______________ many of the jobs that people do. (take over) 16) Oh dear! I _______________ . (sneeze) 17) I _______________ a lot of work today. (do) 18) I _____________ something burning. (smell) 19) She _________________ unconscious since four o’clock. (be) 20) I know all about the film as I _____________ it twice. (see) 21) When I ___________ my dinner, I went to bed. 22) Ashok fell off the ladder when he _____________ the roof. (mend) 23) This paper ____________ twice weekly. (appear) 24) We ______________ for his call since Monday. (wait) 25) Our guests ________________; they are sitting in the garden. (arrive) 26) He _____________ TV most evenings. (watch) 27) He ____________ asleep when he was driving. (fell) 28) Don’t disturb me- I ______________ my homework. (be) 29) He _____________ out five minutes ago. (go) 30) He thanked me for what I ____________. (do) 31) He ___________ here for the last five months. (be) 32) The train ______________ before we reach the station. (arrive) 33) Perhaps we _____________ London next year. (visit) 34) Help ! I _____________ fall. (be) 35) I am sure that he ________________ the exam. (pass) 36) I ____________ a strange noise. 37) He ____________ fast when the accident happened. (drive) 38) I _______________ for half an hour when it suddenly started to rain. (walk) 39) Did you think you ____________ me somewhere before? (see) 40) Tom jumped off the bus while it ______________. (move)