Grammar Challenge: how do you complete these 10 sentences?

Question

Fill in the blanks, using each expression once.

Word bank: happy; reading; kind tall old man; works; right now; looks tired; but; have breakfast; is arriving; feel.

1. She is ___ today.
2. I am ___ a book now.
3. My father is a ___.
4. She usually ___ in the bank from nine to five. (Use a form of work.)
5. The children are playing in the garden ___.
6. He ___ after school. (Use look + tired.)
7. We like tea, ___ he likes all hot drinks except tea.
8. I usually ___ at seven.
9. Look! The bus ___ now.
10. I usually ___ hungry after school.

Answer

happy; reading; kind tall old man; works; right now; looks tired; but; have breakfast; is arriving; feel.

Explanation

1. She is happy today. The adjective happy follows is.
2. I am reading a book now. The action is happening now: Present Continuous, am + reading.
3. My father is a kind tall old man. The adjectives follow the order opinion–size–age before the noun.
4. She usually works in the bank from nine to five. A regular action takes the Present Simple; add -s after she.
5. The children are playing in the garden right now. Right now refers to the present moment.
6. He looks tired after school. The linking verb looks is followed by the adjective tired.
7. We like tea, but he likes all hot drinks except tea. But expresses a contrast.
8. I usually have breakfast at seven. Have breakfast is a fixed expression describing a routine action here.
9. Look! The bus is arriving now. Look and now signal an action happening now; the bus requires is.
10. I usually feel hungry after school. The repeated state takes the Present Simple: feel.