Exercise 101. Insert the correct tense or
1. I waited for my friend until he_
2. So long as the rain , I stayed at home. (to
continue
3. I did not know it until you
4. He speaks as one who
. (To know.)
5. He ran as quickly as he
- (Can or could ?)
6. He went where he_
___find work. (Can or
could ?)
. Wherever there is coal you find iron. (Will
or would ?)
. He behaves as one expect him to do. (May
or might ?)
He ran away because he afraid. (To be)
10. He fled where his pursuers
or could ?)
11. As he
not there, I spoke to his brother. (To
not there, I spoke to his or
be.)
Insert the correct tense of verb in the following:
(To come.) 12. The notice was
all_ know the
might ?)
. (To speak.)
He was so tired that he
(Can or could ?)
14. You make such a noise that
(Can or could ?)
He finished first though he
begin.)
His health has improved since he
(To leave.)
17. As soon as he_
(To hear.)
_over, the sun
again. (To be.)
19. Whenever we
meet.)
the news he wrot
he wrote to
ar the sun shone
of old times.
Answers
The sentences are filled with the correct tenses or words as follows:
[Some of the incomplete sentences have been completed]
1. I waited for my friend until he came.
2. So long as the rain continued, I stayed at home.
3. I did not know it until you said.
4. He speaks as one who knows.
5. He ran as quickly as he could.
6. He went where he could find work.
7.Wherever there is coal you will find iron.
8. He behaves as one might expect him to do.
9. He ran away because he was afraid.
10. He fled where his pursuers could not follow.
11. As he was not there, I spoke to his brother.
The correct forms of the verbs have been used:
[ Sentences are incomplete]
1. The notice was about to come.
2. All may know the
3. He was so tired that he could
4. You make such a noise that can
5.He finished first though he began
6.His health has improved since he left.
7. As soon as he heard
8.......was over, the sun again
9. Whenever we met...
Explanation:
1came
2.continued
3.said
4.knows
5.could
6.could
7.will
8.might
9.was
10.could
11.was