Tenses Exercise

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.

Everyone ……………1…………. (loves / love / is loving) to be a winner, but winning …………2…………. (require / is requiring / requires) a great deal of mental conditioning. You have to give up laziness and start working real hard. You have to have patience and be willing to persevere. And most importantly you have to get rid of the fear of failure.

 One of the factors that …………3…………. (eliminate / eliminates / is eliminating) your chances of success is the fear of failure. Most of us …………4………….. (are / is / were) afraid of failing. In fact even before we start doing something, we begin to visualize what will happen if we fail in the attempt. We ……………5…………. (are worried / have worried / worried) about the reaction of our parents and peers. And as a result of this we ……………6…………. (will / would / should) not make any attempt at all. We will keep …………7…………… (to live / living) in our comfort zones, while everyone around us will be making achievements. And when you find yourself at the bottom, while everybody else …………8…………. (have reached / has reached) great heights, you fall into depression. So if you are serious about success and if you are serious about achieving your goals then you should start now to deal with your fear of failure.

Answers

Everyone loves (1) to be a winner, but winning requires (2) a great deal of mental conditioning. You have to give up laziness and start working real hard. You have to have patience and be willing to persevere. And most importantly you have to get rid of the fear of failure.

One of the factors that eliminate (3) your chances of success is the fear of failure. Most of us are (4) afraid of failing. In fact even before we start doing something, we begin to visualize what will happen if we fail in the attempt. We are worried (5) about the reaction of our parents and peers. And as a result of this we will (6) not make any attempt at all. We will keep living (7) in our comfort zones, while everyone around us will be making achievements. And when you find yourself at the bottom, while everybody else has reached (8) great heights, you fall into depression. So if you are serious about success and if you are serious about achieving your goals then you should start now to deal with your fear of failure.