Choose the correct verb:
1. She ______________ that it was my last chance. a) said b) told
2. She ______________ me that she would be late. a) said b) told
3. Clara ______________ a naughty word this morning. a) said b) told
4. I ______________ the children to keep quiet. a) said b) told
5. I don't think that he is ______________ - the truth. a) saying b) telling
6. He has a reputation for ______________ nasty jokes. a) saying b) telling
7. He ______________ whether I was free. a) said b) asked c) told
8. I ______________ an aeroplane. a) can see b) am seeing
9. Suddenly I ______________ something strange. a) looked at b) saw
10. ______________ if that shirt still fits you. a) See b) Look
11. She ______________ stories. (write / writes)
12. We ______________ waiting for you. (are / have / is)
13. It ______________ raining. (has / was / had)
14. Raju and his brother ______________ at a factory. (work / works)
15. The thief ______________ (has caught / has been caught / had caught)
16. I ______________ him yesterday. (visited / have visited)
17. We ______________ to the movies last night. (went / had gone)
18. He ______________ here two days ago. (came / has come / had come)
19. I ______________ that movie. (have seen / saw)
20. He ______________ from Mumbai University in 2012. (graduated / has graduated)
21. They ______________ the work 2 weeks ago. a) finished b) have finished c) had finished
22. I ______________ my work just now. a) finished b) have finished
23. He ______________ his mobile phone shortly after he ______________ - it. a) had lost; bought b) lost; had bought c) had lost; had bought
24. He ______________ for murder. a) was hung b) was hanged
25. He ______________ the pictures on the wall. a) hanged b) hung
26. The hen ______________ six eggs. a) has laid b) was lain
27. He ______________ under the tree. a) lay b) laid
28. Death ______________ his icy hand on all. a) lay b) lays
29. I ______________ about it a moment ago. a) thought b) have thought
30. He reached the station after the train ______________ a) left b) had left c) has left
31. When I reached home, my brother ______________ his dinner. a) took b) was taking
32. My friend ______________ - ill for about one month. a) is b) has been
33. He said that he ______________ her last year. a) saw b) had seen
34. I ______________ my work before he ______________ me. a) finished; visited b) had finished; had visited c) had finished; visited
35. The concert ______________ when we ______________ the venue. a) started; reached b) had started; reached c) started; had reached
36. No one ______________ the baby after his mother died. a) cared for b) took care of
37. When we went there we discovered that the snake ________ _______ a) was disappeared b) had disappeared c) disappeared
38. He got angry even before I ______________ a word. a) said b) had said
39. There I met a man who ______________ my tutor 20 years ago. a) was b) had been
40. We ______________ here since 1990. a) are staying b) have been staying
41. My brother ______________ in Delhi since 2005. a) is working b) works c) has been working
42. It ______________ for the last four days. a) is raining b) has been raining
Answers
Explanation:
1. She said that it was my last chance. (Say is used in cases where there is no direct object.)
2. She told me that she would be late. (We use tell when there is a personal object we use say when there is no object.)
3. Clara said a naughty word this morning. (The word tell is not normally used before objects like 'word', 'name', 'sentence' and 'phrase'.)
4. I told the children to keep quiet.
5. I don't think that he is telling the truth.
6. He has a reputation for telling nasty jokes. (There are some common expressions with tell: tell the truth, tell a lie; tell a joke)
7. He asked whether I was free. (The words say and tell cannot be used to introduce indirect questions.)
8. I can see an aeroplane. (See is one of those verbs that are not normally used in the continuous form.)
9. Suddenly I saw something strange.
10. See if that shirt still fits you. (When see means find out, it can be followed by if or whether.)
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Explanation:
1) said
2) told
3) said
4) said
5) saying
6) telling
7) asked
8) am seeing
9) saw
10) look
11) write
12) are
13) was
14) works
15) has been caught
16) have visited
17) went
18) had come
19) have seen
20) has graduated
21) had finished
22) finished
23) (Sorry Don't know)
24) was Hung
25) hanged
26) has laid
27) lay
28) lays
29) thought
30) has left
31) took
32) has been
33) had seen
34) had finished ; had visited
35) had started ; reached
36) cared for
37) was disappeared
38) said
39) had been
40) have been
41) has been working
42) has been raining
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