Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb.

1. He …………………………… with an accident yesterday. (meet / met /metted)

2. She said that she ………………………….. never forgive me. (will / would)

3. How he ……………………………. is a mystery. (escape / escaped)

4. Though they searched for hours, they ………………………….. find the cat. (could not / cannot)

5. She stopped short of …………………………. me a liar. (call / calling / called)

6. Suddenly I realized that I ……………………………. to lock the door. (forget / forgot / had forgotten)

7. The constable asked me what …………………………… doing there. (I was / was I / I am / am I)

8. She prevented me ……………………………… her room. (to enter / from entering)

9. I don’t know what …………………………… to them. (happen /happened / had happened)

10. I waited and waited but he …………………………… (didn’t come / didn’t came / hadn’t come)

Answers

1. He met with an accident yesterday.

2. She said that she would never forgive me.

3. How he escaped is a mystery.

4. Though they searched for hours, they couldn’t find the cat.

5. She stopped short of calling me a liar.

6. Suddenly I realized that I had forgotten to lock the door.

7. The constable asked me what I was doing there.

8. She prevented me from entering her room.

9. I don’t know what happened to them.

10. I waited and waited but he didn’t come.