Question 1
A: The printer stopped working this morning. B: Oh no! _____?
Options: What happened, What did happen, What happen
Reactions to problems
Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form. Choose the correct answer from the dropdown and think about how people respond to past events and situations. Some sentences may have more than one blank, so make sure you complete all of them.
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Question 2
A: The office internet stopped working during the meeting. B: _____?
Options: Did you report it, Do you report it, Did you reported it
Question 3
A: I couldn't finish my presentation. B: Oh no! _____?
Options: What did you do, What were you doing, What you did
Question 4
A: My colleague damaged the company car yesterday. B: Really? _____?
Options: How did it happen, How did it happened, How it happened
Question 5
A: The client complained about the late delivery. B: I know. _____ them an apology email last night.
Options: I sent, I was sending, I send
Question 6
A: The meeting room was double-booked this morning. B: Yes, _____ it out with the other team.
Options: we sorted, we were sorting, we sort
Question 7
A: I heard the server crashed last week. B: That's right. Fortunately, _____ all the files.
Options: we didn't lose, we weren't losing, we don't lose
Question 8
A: The supplier sent us the wrong parts again. B: _____ a replacement order straight away?
Options: Did you place, Were you placing, Do you place
Question 9
A: The air conditioning broke during the heatwave. B: How terrible! _____ about it?
Options: What did you do, What were you doing, What you did
Question 10
A: I forgot to save the document before the computer crashed. B: Oh no! _____ to recover it from the backup?
Options: Did you manage, Were you managing, You managed
Practise Reactions to problems with this interactive fill-in-the-blank exercise of 10 questions. Choose the option that correctly completes each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get instant feedback on every choice.
Practising grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Reactions to problems in everyday English.
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