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Year 10 English — Integrated grammar: filling gaps in a passage

Work out what kind of word a gap needs from the words around it, and fill it in the right form.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Fill the gap with one word: "There is very ____ water left in the tank, so use it carefully."

  2. 2.Match each gapped sentence to the kind of word its gap needs.

    • The parcel ____ delivered yesterday.
    • She ran ____ than her brother.
    • ____ the heavy rain, the match went ahead.
    • He is the ____ boy in the class.
    • The book ____ you lent me was excellent.
    • a superlative adjective
    • a helping verb
    • a relative pronoun
    • a preposition of contrast
    • a comparative adverb

  3. 3.Fill the gap with the past continuous of "walk". Write two words. "We ____ along the river when the storm broke."

  4. 4.Fill the gap: "Anjali had never owned ____ umbrella before that rainy week."

    • a) the
    • b) any
    • c) a
    • d) an

  5. 5.Match each clue expression to the verb form it forces.

    • since last April
    • yesterday evening
    • at this very moment
    • every single day
    • tomorrow afternoon
    • simple present
    • present continuous
    • simple future
    • simple past
    • present perfect

  6. 6.Fill the gap: "____ she had studied for weeks, she still felt nervous before the paper."

    • a) Because
    • b) So
    • c) Although
    • d) Unless

  7. 7.Fill the gap: "The results ____ announced on the school notice board tomorrow morning."

    • a) will be
    • b) were
    • c) is
    • d) have been

  8. 8.Sort each gapped sentence by the tense its gap needs. The time expression is the clue.

    Groups: Simple past · Present perfect

    • They ____ in this town for a year and then moved away.
    • I ____ that film twice, and I would gladly see it again.
    • They ____ in this town since 2015.
    • She ____ the letter last Tuesday.
    • I ____ that film on Sunday.
    • She ____ the letter, so you can read it now.

Answer key — Year 10 English — Integrated grammar: filling gaps in a passage

  1. 1. little
  2. 2. The parcel ____ delivered yesterday. → a helping verb; She ran ____ than her brother. → a comparative adverb; ____ the heavy rain, the match went ahead. → a preposition of contrast; He is the ____ boy in the class. → a superlative adjective; The book ____ you lent me was excellent. → a relative pronoun
  3. 3. were walking
  4. 4. d) an
  5. 5. since last April → present perfect; yesterday evening → simple past; at this very moment → present continuous; every single day → simple present; tomorrow afternoon → simple future
  6. 6. c) Although
  7. 7. a) will be
  8. 8. She ____ the letter last Tuesday. → Simple past; She ____ the letter, so you can read it now. → Present perfect; They ____ in this town since 2015. → Present perfect; They ____ in this town for a year and then moved away. → Simple past; I ____ that film twice, and I would gladly see it again. → Present perfect; I ____ that film on Sunday. → Simple past