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Fill in the correct form of the verb – All tenses
1. My family have bought (buy) some land in southern France recently. They
are building (build) a summer house there at the moment.
2. Andy and Mary are going (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They
have been looking forward to(look forward to) it the whole week.
3. Jonathon watches(watch) the news on TV every day and it
is helping (help) him with his English.
4. My car broke (break) down when I was driving (drive)
home from work. I would have fixed (fix) it if I knew
(know) what was wrong. But I didn’t so had (have) to take it to the
garage.
5. When he founded (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He
(already write) his first computer programme six years earlier.
6. An accident happened (happen) near my house last night. A car
hit (hit) a young man. He was riding (ride) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly
opened (open) a car door. Many people saw (see) the accident. The police
interrogated (interrogate) them last night.
7. Mrs Smith said that one day she would retire (retire) from teaching.
She said that she has been spending (spend) her new free time learning about computers.
8. I didn’t sleep_ (not sleep) at all last night. Someone was
listening (listen) to music all night.
9. I saw (see) a film a week ago, but I did not
enjoy(not enjoy) it very much because I had already
read_ (already read) the book. If I had not read
(not read) the book I probably would’ve
enjoyed_ (probably enjoy) the film more.
10. The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he had
robbed (rob) a bank.
11. They had been standing(stand) in the queue for over an hour when the
manager told
(tell) them that there were no more tickets.
12. Alan was (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver
lost (lose) control of his car because he had fallen (fall)
asleep.
13. She had not seen (not see) her father since he started (start) to
work in Marseille two years ago.
14. I was sleeping (sleep) when the fire broke out.
15. Linda phoned and explained that she could not (not can) to come to the party
the next day because she is (be) still sick.
16. I just saw(just see) the film “The Da Vinci Code”. – Have you
seen (you see) it too? – No, I have not
(not have) but I read (read) the book.
17. My sister is flying (fly) home from London today. Her flight
arrives (arrive) in an hour so I am leaving (leave) for the airport right now to get there
in time.
18. Unless he sells (sell) more he won’t get much money.
19. While he was waiting (wait) for the bus there was (be) a
robbery at the bank. After the robbers went (go) away the
police came (come) but they could not
(not can) to catch them.
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20. I used (use) to ski when I was at the university but I
broke (break) a leg five years ago and since then I have not skied (not ski)
any more.