Gap fills exercise Complete the short passages given below using appropriate verb forms While I ……………… (go) home last evening, I ………………… (meet) a friend of mine He ……………… (wait) for me a station hoping that I ………………… (reach) there before pm My friend Mr Gupta ………………… (be) a famous writer He ……………… (write) short stories and plays He ………… (publish) an anthology of poems too Now he ……………… (say) that he ………………… (work) on a novel Raju ………………… (come) here yesterday He ………………… (leave) for Chennai tomorrow During his stay in Chenna ……………… (meet) his sister who ……………… (work) there I ………………… (learn) computer programming now The course ……………… (begin) last month By the time I finish this course, I ………………… (master) the subject very well Answers While I was going home last evening, I met a friend of mine He was waiting for me at a bus station hoping that I would reach there before pm My friend Mr Gupta is a famous writer He writes short stories and plays He has published an anthology of poems too Now he says that he is working on a novel Raju came here yesterday He will leave for Chennai tomorrow During his stay in Chennai he will meet his sister who works there I am learning computer programming now The course began last month By the time I finish this course, I will have mastered the subject very well Hints Use the simple present tense to talk about facts, habits and routines Use the present continuous tense to talk about actions and situations that are happening at the moment of speaking The present continuous can also be to talk about pre-planned future events Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)