Tense
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QUESTION 11
If you study hard, you ______ the exam.
Answer: This is a first conditional sentence, which expresses a real possibility in the future. The structure is 'If + simple present, simple future'.
QUESTION 12
The earth ______ around the sun.
Answer: This sentence states a universal truth or a scientific fact, for which the simple present tense is used.
QUESTION 13
He ______ his leg while he was playing football.
Answer: A short, completed action (broke his leg) happened during a longer past action (was playing). The simple past is used for the shorter action.
QUESTION 14
She said that she ______ a new dress.
Answer: In reported speech, if the reporting verb is in the past tense ('said'), the present perfect in the direct speech ('I have bought...') changes to the past perfect.
QUESTION 15
The quality of these apples ______ not good.
Answer: The subject of the sentence is 'quality' (singular), not 'apples' (plural). Therefore, a singular verb 'is' should be used.
QUESTION 16
My father ______ the newspaper every morning.
Answer: The phrase 'every morning' indicates a habitual action, requiring the simple present tense.
QUESTION 17
They ______ here for three hours by the time the meeting ends.
Answer: This sentence emphasizes the duration of an action up to a certain point in the future. The future perfect continuous tense is used for this.
QUESTION 18
When I arrived, the party ______ already started.
Answer: The party started before I arrived. To show an action that happened before another past action, the past perfect tense (had + past participle) is used.
QUESTION 19
I ______ him for a long time.
Answer: Stative verbs like 'know' are generally not used in continuous tenses. To express a state that started in the past and continues to the present, the present perfect tense is used.
QUESTION 20
He wishes he ______ richer.
Answer: In hypothetical or subjunctive clauses starting with 'wish', 'were' is used for all subjects (I, he, she, etc.) instead of 'was' to express an unreal situation.