TOPIC 1 : TENSES OF THE VERBS
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Supply the correct VERB TENSE :
- The coffee was all right, but the cream (be)…………………..sour.
- He has a piano and a violin, but he (not have)………….a flute.
- He says that he (arrive)……………..on time tomorrow.
- She said that she (arrive)…………..on time yesterday.
- I think that Victor (be)……………late.
- He said that he (graduate)……………….from university in 1991.
- We thought they (move)……………to California.
- The teacher said that water (consist) …………………. of hydrogen and oxygen.
- I (be)……….there when you arrive.
- They were still waiting when I ( get)……………..there.
- He has worked very hard since he ( be)………………here.
- We have just come in when you (call)…………..
- We’ll have already gone before you (get )……………back.
- We decided to go home because it ( be )…………….very late.
- We have been very busy while they ( be)…………..here.
- I haven’t seen him since he (arrive)…………..
- The teacher gave us too many assignments, that we (cannot)………go to the concert.
- It was such a beautiful day that I (feel)……….like taking a walk.
- He works on Sundays so that he (can)………earn money to pay his tuition.
- I (be)……………… busy since we last met.
- I’m very fond of Jane but I (not see)……………….much of her lately.
- There (be)………..no guests at all since I left?
- I never(see)………….anyone more beautiful than your wife.
- I (meet)………………..your husband this afternoon at the station.
- He solved the problem more quickly than I (do)………….
- This one of the best books that I (ever read)………………….
- She has already telephoned the people who (come)………tomorrow.
- I’ll never forget the kindness that you (show)………………me.
- Are they the Italians who (own)………… this store?
- It was the Smiths who (call)………….you.
- She left her home last week and nobody (see)……….her since.
- The video film is so interesting that I (see)…………it twice.
- It is the first time I (meet)………………..him here.
- It was at the age of 14 that Jack London (leave) ……………….. school and (become) ………... a sailor.
- The video film was so interesting that I (see)…………it twice.
- It was the first time they (ever meet)……………….
- The news (be)………quite alarming yesterday.
- We (not live)……….. in England for two years now.
- I (never forget) ………………… what you (just tell) ………….me.
- They (prepare)………….. the Christmas dinner at the moment.
- When I last (stay)……… in Cairo, I (ride)………to the Pyramids on a camel that my friend (borrow)………… the day before.
- Our teacher (tell)………………… us yesterday that he (visit)………England in 1970.
- George (work)……………………at the university so far.
- When he lived in Manchester, he (work)………..in a bank.
- Birds (build)……………their nests in the summer and (fly)…….to the south in winter.
- I (lose)……………………my key. Can you help me look for it?
- My father (not smoke)……………………….for 5 years.
- My teacher wasn’t at home when I (arrive)…………He (just go)…….out
- How long Bold and Mary (be)…………married?
- You (receive)………………….any letter from your parents yet?
- My brother (join)…………the army when he (be)……….young.
- I (see)……. a car accident while I (wait)………..for you at this corner yesterday.
- Mr. John (be)………..principal of our school since last year.
- Mr. Smith (teach)…………….at this school since he (graduate)………………..in 1990.
- My father (not watch)……….TV every night.
- I (meet)…………………. Arthur 3 weeks ago.
- Yesterday the police (report)…………that they (capture)……………………..the thief.
- My friend (thank)…………………me for what I had done for him.
- Someone (steal)………….. my handbag on the bus.
- The Browns (live)……. in Paris for 7 years when the second world war (break)………. out.
- Last month I (be)…………………….in the hospital for ten days.
- Don’t call me in the afternoon. I usually (be)………………...away in the afternoon.
- John (drive)………..that car ever since I (know)……….him.
- People (speak)……….English in most of Canada.
- The dog (wag)………his tail whenever he (see)………me.
- I (never see)…………anyone more punctual than your brother.
- I (meet)……. your brother this afternoon at Green Street.
- He (light)………. a cigarette and (walk)………to the window.
- The performance (begin)………….at 7 o’clock and (last)……………..for 3 hours.
- “You (be)…….here before? ” - Yes, I (spend)……..my holidays here last year.
- He (leave)…………for London 2 years ago and I (not see)……..him since.
- You (be)…………………to the laboratory this week?
- Thousands of people (see)……….. this exhibition by the end of the month.
- By the time you (finish)…………. cooking they (do)……………… their homework.
- I don’t think he (change)………in the thirty years I (know)……..him.
- Then about a year ago he (disappear)………….and I (never hear)……… from him since.
- My father (fight)…………. for 4 years in the last war.
- I’m taking my daughter out tonight. She (not have)…………..fun for a long time.
- When I (look)………… at my suitcase, I could see that somebody (try)……….to open it.
- When we (get)…………. to the restaurant, we (find)……….that nobody (remember)…………………..to reserve a table.
- The doctor (examine)……….him, and that he (break)………..his arm.
- As soon as she arrived England, she (find)……..that the language (be)……quite different from the English that she (learn)………………..at school.
- I’m going to bed. I (work)………………..for hours and I’m tired.
- Good afternoon. Can I help you? – Yes. I (bring)……………...my watch to youfor repair 3 weeks ago. Is it ready yet?
- I wanted to be the first to tell her the news, but I was too late. Someone (already tell)……………………her.
- He (come) ………in to the room a moment after I (get)……. there.
- I hardly (be)………there 5 minutes when Mrs. Brown (come)…………in with the coffee.
- Scarcely they (move)…………….. into the new house when their friends (come)……..in.
- I (meet)……………...John before I (be)…………….. a fortnight in Paris.
- He no sooner (reach)……..the door than he (come)…….back.
- He (have) ……… a bad fall while he (repair)………his roof.