VERB TENSE PRACTICE 1 kitchen, (turn) ………………. on the lights.

I (hold) ………………my break

Put the verb in the bracket into the correct form 28. The vase broke when it (move) ……………… to the other room.
29. When I entered his room, I saw him (sleep) ……………… in a chair.
1. I …………………. this film twice. (see)
30. If only I (have) ……………… money with me, I (lend) ………………you
2. The train ………………….when we got to the station. (just, leave)
some.
3. It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it …………………. for
two hours. (rain) 31. Why are you under the table? You (look) ………………for something?
4. As soon as Martina (see) …………….. the fire, she ………….the fire 32. David (wash) ……………… his hands. He just (repair) ………………the TV
department. (telephone) set
5. Before Jennifer won the lottery, she …………. any kind of contest. (not, enter) 33. The radio (play) ………………since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it off.
6. Every time Parkas sees a movie made in India, he ……………homesick. (feel) 34. Mr. Brown just (finish) ……………reading the letter when the telephone on
7. The last time I ………………….in Athens, the weather was hot and humid. (be) his desk ( ring) ………………
8. After the race …………………., the celebration began. (win) 35. Those students who ( fail) ……………… the exam are going to take another
9. At this time tomorrow, we …………………. our final exam. (take) one held in August
10. Peter said he ………………….a test the following day. (have) 36. Hurry up or you (be) ……………… late for class.
11. I will tell Anna all the news when I ……………… her. (see) 37. Hurry up or our favourite TV programme ( be) over long before we ( reach)
12. Before the invention of the steamboat there ……………… no way to cross home
the ocean. (be) 38. I (not have) ………………much time for entertainment these days.
13. He said that he ……………… his homework since 7 o’clock. (do)
39. Two robbers (put) ………………in prison (escape) ………………yesterday.
14. She won't get married until she ………………25 years old. (be)
15. After Mary ……………… her degree, she intends to work in her father's 40. It is 2 years since I (last give) ………………presents on Christmas day.
company. (finish) 41. Nothing ( do) ………………about this problem for months
16. By the end of this month, I………………English for 6 years. (learn) 42. There (be) ………………no guests at all since I left.
17. Up to now, I ……………… a lot of information about her. (know) 43. In a few minutes’ time, When the clock (strike) ………………six, I (wait)
18. This house ………………35,000 pounds in 1980. (cost) ………………here for three hours
19. I don’t remember where and when I………………her. (meet) 44. Mr Hai is having his car (wash) ………………at the moment.
20. At this time yesterday I ……………… to music. (listen) 45. Where's Tom? He said he (be) ……………… here at 4 pm.
21. Bill (have) ………………breskfast when I stopped at this house. 46. If I (drink) ……………… so much coffee, I wouldn’t be able to sleep.
22. It (rain………………heavily when I (sleep) ……………… yesterday
47. I'm looking forward to (take) ………………a vacation.
afternoon.
23. He (do) …………… a lot of jobs before he (work)……………in this company.
48. I'd rather you (do) ……………… the test well.
24. After they (visit) ………………. Paris, they (go) ………………to Manchester. 49. I distinctly remember (pay) ……………… him. I gave him two dollars
25. Before I could say anything, they (admit) ……………… their mistakes. 50. Look at those black clouds. It (rain) ……………….
26. I (hit) ……………… my thumb while I (use) ………………. the hammer. Ouch! 51. What you (do) ……………… after you (go) ………………home yesterday?
That (hurt) ……………… 52. Before leaving home in the morning, she (tell) ……………… her mother she
27. While I (read) ………………books in the living room last night, I (hear) (work) ………………in the factory that afternoon.
……………… a strange noise in the kitchen. I (go) ………………to the
53. I realised that someone (steal) ……………… my wallet when I (feel) At last, I (hear) _________ steps; the door (open); a gentleman (come) ______
……………… his hand in my pocket. in. Looking at me and smiling, he (greet) _______ me affably. I (not / respond)
54. She (be) ………………here but she (go) ……………… down with flu. ________ to his greeting: I simply (stare) _______ at him and (smile)
55. Bill (have) …………… breakfast when I (stop) ……… at his house this __________ foolishly. (Gesticulate) ________ expressively, the man
morning. (continue) ________ speaking. I (not understand) _________ one word that he
56. Yesterday I (walk) …………… along the street when I (realize) ………… a (say) _________, nevertheless, he (go) __________ on for forty-five minutes.
Finally stopping, he (bow) ________ and (leave) _______ the room. The
man with a black beard, whom I ( see ) three times already, (follow) …………
next day I (be) ________ in the small room again, but that time I (be)
me.
________ able to answer the man’s greeting when he (appear) _________ The
57. What do you think the children ( do ) ………………when we get home.
day before, you (see), ___________ (be) ________________ my first English
58. Our house (destroy) ………………in the storm last night. lesson.
59. The police (look) ……………… for the painting now. 67. Parents and I came to live in the United States when I was 5 years old.
60. You (find) ………………the wallet which you lost yet? Although my family is now very comfortable, at first we (have)
61. He (not, phone) ……………… his girlfriend every day. ________________ a hard time adjusting to life here. We (think)
62. I would like (fax) ……………… this document to my office in Hanoi. ________________ that everybody in the United States was very rich.
63. Before the postage stamp (invent) ………………, it was difficult to send a letter Imagine our surprise when we learn that it was hard for many people, my
to another country. father included, to make a living. My father (work) ________________ as a
64. I (pick) ……………… you up when you (arrive) ……………… at the airport dentist In Europe before we came here 20 years ago. Here he couldn’t work as
at 9 o’clock tomorrow.
a dentist right away because he hadn’t passed the state examination yet. While
65. It (be) ________________ a long day, but by 9 o’clock the children (go)
he was studying for the dentist examination, he worked in a dental laboratory
________________ to bed. They (clear) ________________ away the supper
in order to support his family. He (practise) ________________ here for 20
things and now they (look) ________________ forward to a couple of hours in
years now and has gained some recognition.
front of the television. Unfortunately the film (be) ________________ rather
68. My mother, too, (be) ________________ happy here. She got a degree in
boring. Jim soon (fall) ________________ asleep and Susan (start)
finance 5 years ago and now (own) ________________ her one profitable
________________ to think about all her work. She (be) ________________
copy center. As soon as she (find) ________________ some suitable investors,
sure she (hear) ________________ a noise outside the window, so she (look)
she is going to set up some franchises.
________________ up. A shadow (move) ________________ slowly through
69. I myself (have) ________________ a wonderful life. Last year I got my
the garden. Her heart (race) ________________ She (turn)
law degree and since then I have been working in a small firm where I am very
________________ out the light so that she could hear better. There (be)
happy. At the end of 5 years, I (establish) ________________ myself as a
________________ nobody there. But she (see) ...................that it (snow)
competent professional.
________________ earlier that evening, and across the grass there (be)
70. We all have succeeded beyond our wildest dream and are looking forward
________________ a line of footprints. A fox (walk) ________________
to even more success. When I die, I know I (live) ________________ a good
across right in front of their window, and now it (look) ________________ at
and rewarding life.
her from the far corner of the garden.
71.
66. One day a few year ago, I (enter) ________ a small room and (sit)
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________ quietly, (look) ________ through the window, (wait) . Time (run)
THE END
_______ by fast, but my excitement (not let) _______ me (be) ______ aware
GOOD LUCK
of it. After five, ten, fifteen minutes (pass) ______ and no one (come) _______
in, my impatience (reach) _______ a peak. However, nothing (go) _______: it
was only that I (arrive) _________ earlier than I (be) ________ supposed to.