Supply the correct verb forms.
1. John hasn't got a job. He (be) unemployed for six months. He (work) for a firm which (have) to close because it (not have) enough orders.
2. One day John's father (buy) a computer for him. He thought it was a good report ment for John's typewriter, which (breakdown). John could use the computer write essays. He (not expect) that John would spend all time playing computer games on ot, which (be) what he did it. John neglected his studies actually failed his tests.
When that happened, John (realize) that he (make) a terrible mistake. No (play) computer games only in his free time. Recently he (top) his classmates the mid-year examination.
3. Short after the war, my brother and I (invite) (spend) a few days holiday with uncle who (just/return) from abroad. He (rent) a cottage in the country thought he rarely (spend) much ttime there.
We (understand) the reason for this after our arrival. The cottage (have) no comfortable furniture in it, many of the windows (break) and the roof (leak), making the whole house damp.
4. Today there (be) more than 3000 different (speak) languages in the world. English (be) the most widely spoken language, over 350 million people (speak) it but more people speak Chinese are found in China but English (speak) by people (find) in almost every corner of the world.
Supply the correct verb forms.
1. John hasn't got a job. He (be)has been unemployed for six months. He (work)worked for a firm which (have)had to to close because it (not have)didn't have enough orders.
2. One day John's father (buy) bought a computer for him. He thought it was a good report ment for John's typewriter, which (breakdown)had broken down. John could use the computer write essays. He (not expect)did not expect that John would spend all time playing computer games on ot, which (be)was what he did it. John neglected his studies actually failed his tests.
When that happened, John (realize)realized that he (make)had made a terrible mistake. No (play) plays computer games only in his free time. Recently he (top)topped his classmates the mid-year examination.
3. Short after the war, my brother and I (invite)were invited (spend)to spend a few days holiday with uncle who (just/return)had just returned from abroad. He (rent) had rented a cottage in the country thought he rarely (spend)spent much ttime there.
We (understand) understood the reason for this after our arrival. The cottage (have) had no comfortable furniture in it, many of the windows (break) were broken and the roof (leak)leaked, making the whole house damp.
4. Today there (be)are more than 3000 different (speak)spoken languages in the world. English (be)is the most widely spoken language, over 350 million people (speak)speak it but more people speak Chinese are found in China but English (speak)is spoken by people (find) found in almost every corner of the world.
