Exercise
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb given in brackets
1. I _______________ a great film yesterday. (see)
2. _____________________ a new car? (you ever buy)
3. I _______________ him last Monday. (meet)
4. The band _______________ while I _______________ . (play, write)
5. She _______________ the new car in 2005. (buy)
6. Her mother _____________________ in Victoria for the past five years. (live)
7. They ____________________________ in Germany when we arrived a few days ago. (already
be)
8. _______________________ to get married? (you plan)
9. I _____________________ so much fun since I was a kid. (have)
10. When I got up I _____________________ out of the window and _____________________ that
it _____________________ . (look, see, rain)
11. Janet _____________________ for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us. (work)
12. I _____________________ three movies so far this week. (see)
13. I _____________________ over Loch Ness last week. - _____________________ the Loch Ness
monster? (fly, you see)
14. I’m afraid I’m not hungry. I _____________________ . (already eat)
15. Peter _____________________ football in the afternoon when he got the call. (play)
16. “What _____________________ between 9 and 12 yesterday morning”, the detective said. (you
do)
17. He kept looking at her, wondering where he _____________________ her before. (see)
18. Travelling _____________________ much easier and more comfortable in the past hundred
years. (become)
19. I _____________________ cake. (bake)
20. When I first came to this house it _____________________ quite a noisy area. (be)
21. He twisted his ankle while he _____________________ . (ski)
22. _____________________ the doors before you leave the house? (you ever lock)
23. My best friend and I _____________________ each other for 15 years. (know)
24. Jack usually _____________________ but he _____________________ when his father comes.
(smoke, not smoke)
25. _____________________ breakfast yet? – Yes I had it together with Sue at 7. (you have)
26. I _____________________ this kind of work when I was a small boy. (do)
27. He _____________________ the paper when his wife came home. (read)
28. I -------------------the project soon. (finish)
29. How long _____________________ John and Maria?- We met the couple over thirteen years
ago. (you know)
30. He _____________________ in Oxford for two years and then he moved to Paris. (live)
31. After Harry _____________________ his work he _____________________ Jude from the
office. (finish, call)
32. You _____________________ your homework for two hours. Haven’t you finished yet? (do)
33. He always _____________________ to the supermarket alone, but today he
_____________________ his son with him. (go, take)
34. He never _____________________ in the evening, only on Sundays. (work)
35. I _____________________ to South America but I have been to New York several times. (never,
be)
36. I _____________________ to the bank yesterday but when I got there it was closed. (go)
37. She _____________________ in school all day. (be)
38. Lee _____________________ late every day since Tuesday. (be)
39. Herbert’s father _____________________ his son’s birthday (never forget)
40. I _____________________ my report because I had a problem with my computer. (not finish)
41. I-------------------------------this test by the time you come tomorrow.
42. This time tomorrow Tom------------------------(sleep).
43. I think you ----------(get) a good education at this University
