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Gap filling (cloze): Habits and facts take the simple present. Rules, examples and a free quick check for Class 6 to 12.

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# Gap filling (cloze): rules and examples

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Short answer. Habits and facts take the simple present. Something happening now takes am, is or are plus -ing. A finished time like yesterday takes the simple past. The future takes will plus the base verb.

1 . Choose the right verb form. Asha has already ___ her homework.

2 . Choose the right word for the gap. Asha got a puppy. She loves ___ puppy.

Find the time word first, then pick the tense.

Habits and facts take the simple present. Something happening now takes am, is or are plus -ing. A finished time like yesterday takes the simple past. The future takes will plus the base verb.

Gopal feeds the cows every day. Gopal is feeding the cows now. Gopal fed the cows yesterday.

Wrong: Nikhil has visited Agra last year. Right: Nikhil visited Agra last year. (Linking the past to now)

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- Past forms and V3 . Many past forms are irregular: break, broke, broken. Use the past form (V2) on its own. After has, have or had, use V3. After do, does, did, can or must, use the base verb.
- Linking the past to now . Use has or have plus V3 when the past matters now, with since, for, just, already or ever. Since names a start, for a length of time. A finished time takes the simple past instead.
- Two past actions . An action going on at a past moment takes was or were plus -ing. Of two past actions, the earlier one takes had plus V3.
- Time clauses and the future . After when, as soon as or until, a future event takes the present simple, not will. Will be plus -ing is an action going on in the future. Will have plus V3 is finished by a future time.
- Read the whole passage first . The other sentences give clues. Check when the story happens, who is meant, and whether the thing was mentioned before. Then pick the word that fits all the clues.
- Gopal feeds the cows every day.
- Gopal is feeding the cows now.
- Gopal fed the cows yesterday.
- Gopal will feed the cows tomorrow.
- Ria lost her ticket. She found it later. a past story, so found
- Every morning Gita drinks tea. a daily habit, so drinks
- Nikhil has visited Agra last year. → Nikhil visited Agra last year. Linking the past to now

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