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Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. One day the king …………………… (go) hunting in the forest. Suddenly a storm …………………. (break) out. To save himself from the storm, the king …………………… (enter) a cave and …………………… (find) a bear in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n went, broke, entered, found<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Yesterday, the workers ………………….. (go) home only after they ……………………… (finish) their work. But today they ……………………… (decide) that they …………………… (not work) after 5 o’clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n went, had finished; have finished, will not work<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. The boy …………………… (leave) home a year ago. He ……………………. (not write) to his parents since then. They are doubtful whether they …………………… (see) him again before they ……………………. (die)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n left, has not written, will see, die<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Sunil ……………………… (hail) from a hill community. He …………………….. (live) in the city since 2005. He now …………………… (want) to go back because his parents ………………………. (get) old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n hails, has been living, wants, are getting<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. My brother ………………….. (stop) smoking a few months ago. His health ………………………. (improve) a lot since then. He says that he …………………….. (not smoke) ever again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n stopped; has improved; will not smoke<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. My sister ……………………… (stay) with us since January. She ……………………… (build) her own home now. She ………………….. (expect) the construction to be ……………………. (complete) by the end of this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n has been staying, is building, expects, completed<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Mr. Bose ………………………….. (be) a friend of mine for some years. He ……………………. (go) abroad two years ago to do research at a foreign university. Most probably he ……………………… (finish) the research by the end of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n has been, went, will finish<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Prayaga …………………. (be) a famous writer. I ……………………. (know) her since our school days. Yesterday I …………………… (meet) her at the airport and she …………………… (tell) me that her latest book …………………… (sell) well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n is, have known, met, told, is selling<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Yesterday, while I …………………… (return) from my uncle’s house, I …………………… (meet) my friend who ……………………. (come) from Malaysia last month. I ………………….. (invite) him to visit my house before he ……………………. (go) back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n was returning, met, had come, have invited, goes<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Sam …………………… (move) to the US in March. He ………………….(not write) to me since June. He seldom …………………… (answer) my letters. I …………………… (decide) that I ……………………. (not write) to him ever again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n moved, has not written, answers, have decided, will not write<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Ravi \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (be) weak in mathematics. He \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (receive) private tuition since the beginning of this year. As a result, he \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (improve) considerably. He \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (get) good marks in the next exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Is, has been receiving, has improved, will get<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. Our examination \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (begin) next week. I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (already revise) my lessons once. Last time I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (fail) in mathematics. This time I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (pass) in all subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Begins, have already revised, failed, will pass<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. Our headmaster \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (retire) next week. He \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (teach) since he \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (be) 22. Because he is efficient and sincere, he \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. great respect and admiration. Last year, he also \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (win) the award for the best teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Retires, has been teaching, was, enjoys, won<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. My uncle \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (be) an engineer. He \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (work) in Chennai for several years before he \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (move) to Germany. He \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (return) by the end of next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Is, worked \/ had worked, moved, will return<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. Raju \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (be) in hospital since Monday. We \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026(visit) him yesterday. Doctors say that he \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (recover). He will most probably be \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (discharge) tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. Sophia \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (look) for a job since she \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (complete) her studies. Yesterday, she \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (appear) for an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Has been looking, completed, appeared<\/p>\n\n\n\n 17. We \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (live) in this rented house for five years. We \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (construct) a house of our own. It \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (be) nearing completion. Next month we \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (move) to our new house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have been living, are constructing, is, will move<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18. India \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (become) independent in 1947. Since then our country \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (make) a lot of progress. Today she \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (be) one of the fastest growing countries in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fill in the blanks using the most appropriate option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. When air \u2026\u2026\u2026i\u2026\u2026\u2026 warm, it rises, expands and cools. Cool air can’t hold as much water vapor as warm air, \u2026\u2026\u2026..ii\u2026\u2026\u2026.. some of the vapor sticks onto tiny pieces of dust that \u2026\u2026\u2026iii\u2026\u2026. in the air and forms a tiny droplet around each dust particle. When billions of these droplets come together they \u2026\u2026\u2026iv\u2026\u2026\u2026 a visible cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n a) (i) is getting; (ii) gets; (iii) got; (iv) has gotten<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) (i) and; (ii) so; (iii) thus; (iv) because<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) (i) floats; (ii) are floating; (iii) have been floating; (iv) had been floating<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) (i) are becoming; (ii) becomes; (iii) become; (iv) have become<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) gets; b) so; c) are floating; d) become<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Clouds are of different kinds. Cirrus clouds are \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..i\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. clouds. They \u2026\u2026\u2026..ii\u2026\u2026\u2026.. of ice and are thin, wispy clouds. Cirrostratus clouds are thin, sheet like high clouds \u2026\u2026\u2026.iii\u2026\u2026\u2026. the entire sky. Altostratus clouds are gray or blue-gray mid level clouds \u2026\u2026.iv\u2026\u2026\u2026 of ice crystals and water droplets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n a) (i) most common; (ii) the most common; (iii) the more common; (iv) commonest<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) (i) composes; (ii) composed; (iii) are composed; (iv) are composing<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) (i) that often cover; (ii) that often covers; (iii) who often cover; (iv) which often covers<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) (i) composed; (ii) composing; (iii) are composed; (iv) compose<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) the most common; b) are composed; c) that often cover; d) composed<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fully implantable heart built by the European team can instantly \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.i\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 in blood pressure and adapt the heart beat rate accordingly. The new heart \u2026\u2026\u2026ii\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. in specially treated tissue to avoid blood clots and rejection by the body\u2019s immune system. The heart \u2026\u2026..iii\u2026\u2026\u2026.. around 1 kilo, and its only external part is its battery. Human trials \u2026\u2026\u2026.iv\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n a) (i) responds to changes; (ii) respond to changes; (iii) respond with changes; (iv) respond for changes<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) (i) covered; (ii) is covered; (iii) covers; (iv) is being covered<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) (i) weighs; (ii) weighed; (iii) weigh; (iv) is weighing<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) (i) are happening; (ii) happen; (iii) could happen; (iv) would happen<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) respond to changes; b) is covered; c) weighs; (d) could happen<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A strong earthquake \u2026\u2026\u2026.i\u2026\u2026\u2026. Baluchistan in southwestern Pakistan on October 29, killing at least 150 people, injuring scores more and \u2026\u2026\u2026.ii\u2026\u2026\u2026. an estimated 15,000 homeless, officials said. The death toll \u2026\u2026\u2026iii\u2026\u2026\u2026 to rise. Pakistan is prone \u2026\u2026\u2026iv\u2026\u2026. violent seismic upheavals. Wednesday’s quake was \u2026\u2026\u2026..v\u2026\u2026. since a magnitude-7.6 quake devastated Kashmir and northern Pakistan in October 2005, killing about 80,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n a) (i) strikes; (ii) struck; (iii) was striking; (iv) strike<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) (i) left; (ii) leaves; (iii) leaving; (iv) had left<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) (i) expects; (ii) is expected; (iii) expect; (iv) is expecting<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) (i) for; (ii) with; (iii) to; (iv) of<\/p>\n\n\n\n e) (i) deadliest; (ii) the deadliest; (iii) the most deadliest; (iv) most deadliest<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/p>\n\n\n\n a) struck; b) leaving; c) is expected; d) to; e) the deadliest<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is an error in each sentence. Write the erroneously used word or phrase and its correction in the space provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. I have seen that movie last week. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. You must hear the instructions carefully. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. He is here since Monday. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. He had graduated in 1995. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. They hanged the pictures on the wall. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. He was hung for murder. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. He lost his watch shortly after he has bought it. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Although the driver was badly hurt, he can explain what had happened. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Six thousand francs were not much to Roucolle. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. She doesn\u2019t remember nothing about that incident. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Much effort brings their reward. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. This is Megha, she was my friend at university. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. I talked to the child which was sitting alone. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. This table is made with wood. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. Columbus had a false impression on the size of earth. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. The boy and his pony is a familiar figure around town. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 17. The apple fell out the tree. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18. My birthday falls at Sunday. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 19. Yesterday saw a suddenly fall in stock prices. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20. The leaves are ever colourful in the fall. (Error: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..; Correction: \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Error: have seen; Correction: saw (Use the simple past with past time expressions like yesterday or last week.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Error: hear; Correction: listen to<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Error: is; Correction: has been (Use the present perfect with time expressions like since and for.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Error: had graduated; Correction: graduated<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Error: hanged; Correction: hung (Pictures are hung; criminals are hanged for murder)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Error: was hung; Correction: hanged<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Error: has bought; Correction: had bought<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Error: can; Correction: could<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Error: were; Correction: was<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Error: nothing; Correction: anything<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Error: their; Correction: its<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. Error: she; Correction: who<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. Error: which; Correction: who (Use who to refer to people; use which to refer to things)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. Error: with; Correction: of<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. Error: on; Correction: of<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. Error: is; Correction: are<\/p>\n\n\n\n 17. Error: out; Correction: down \/ from<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18. Error: at; Correction: on<\/p>\n\n\n\n 19. Error: suddenly; Correction: sudden<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20. 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Worksheet 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Error correction exercise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
See Also<\/h2>\n\n\n\n