Supply the correct VERB TENSE :
1. The doctor (examine)……….him, and that he (break)………..his arm.
2. As soon as she arrived England, she (find)……..that the language (be)……quite different from the English that she (learn)………………..at school.
3. I’m going to bed. I (work)………………..for hours and I’m tired.
4. Good afternoon. Can I help you? – Yes. I (bring)……………...my watch to youfor repair 3 weeks ago. Is it ready yet?
5. I wanted to be the first to tell her the news, but I was too late. Someone (already tell)……………………her.
6. He (come) ………in to the room a moment after I (get)……. there.
7. I hardly (be)………there 5 minutes when Mrs. Brown (come)…………in with the coffee.
8. Scarcely they (move)…………….. into the new house when their friends (come)……..in.
9. I (meet)……………...John before I (be)…………….. a fortnight in Paris.
10. He no sooner (reach)……..the door than he (come)…….back.
11. He (have) ……… a bad fall while he (repair)………his roof.
12. By the end of this month, I hope, I (write)……………………200 pages of my new novel.
13. It (take)…….a moment before Nick (realize)…………...he (offer)……… a cigarette by the stranger.
14. While he ( learn)……. to drive he (have)……… 25 accidents.
15. It’s no using getting inpatient. The plane (not arrive)……..until the weather (clear)……up.
16. I (think) ……..about you a lot lately and I (come)……… to the conclusion that I( not be) ……..able to live without you.
17. I don’t mind ( wait)………I’d rather (be)……………….too early than too late.
18. Those students who (fail)………the exam are going to take another one held in August.
19. “ I am just going out to get an evening paper.” “ But it (rain)……….Why you (not wait)…………….. till the rain (stop)………?
20. I (think)……… your father’s health (improve)………so much since I (see)……him last.
21. Don’t worry. We (finish)……… ……..the report by 11.
22. Listen to this ! I think this news ( surprise)…………you.
23. When I first (come)…….to this village, it was quiet place. But since then the population( double)………and a lot of leisure facilities (build)……….
24. Hurry up or you (be)……. ……….late for class.
25. The Ajax shoe company (employ)……. 25 new men next month.
26. Don’t talk to me . I (try)………… to learn this page by heart.
27. A:Call a doctor quickly! The old man (die)………..
B: The doctor is on the way. He (just leave) ……….. his house.
28. Don’t be upset. I ( understand)………….perfectly.
29. We must take umbrella. It (rain)……………….
30. Wood usually (float)…………. on the water.
31. Look out! The ceiling (fall)………………in.
32. It’s too late. Nothing (matter)………….. now.
33. I (listen) ……… to the radio when you (ring)…………..the bell first time , and that’s why I (not hear)………….you.
34. At school, We (learn)……..two foreign languages.
35. As a boy , I (always read)………….I always (have)………..my nose in a book.
36. John (learn)……….English for seven years, and at last he (master)………the irregular verbs.
37. It (rain)……… but it (stop)………….. now.
38. When I (open)……..the door this morning I (see)…… a man on his knees.
39. When I (ask)………him what he (do)………, he (say)……. that he (drop)………a 50p piece outside the door and (look)…………for it.
40. By the time I (recover)………. from the shock he (disappear)………round the corner.
41. I am going to write John as soon as I (have)……….spare moment.
42. The thief was arrested as he (leave)………. the bank.
43. We (send)……… the money as soon as the goods are delivered.
44. Before we (go)……very far we found that we (lose)……………. our way.
45. By the end of this year I (be)…………..here for fifteen years.
46. After I (hear)………. the news yesterday evening I (hurry)………… to see him.
47. I (not give)……………another cake till you (finish)……….your milk.
48. I’m busy at the moment. I (decorate)…………….the living room.
49. I see that Tom (write)……………..his composition.
50. He says that he (look)………….for a job next week.
51. They think he (be)……………here last night.
52. He tells us that he (be)……………..to the mountains before.
53. I hoped that he (be)………….. able to attend.
54. He wants to do it before his father (come)………………………
55. The student who answered the question (be)……………..John.
56. This is the house that Jack (build)………………..three years ago.
57. Mary (have)…………….. dinner when her friend called.
58. John (live)……………… in the same house since he left school.
59. Shut all the windows before you (go)………………….out.
60. You may begin when you (be)……………….ready.
61. I see that Henry (write)………………… his composition now.
62. I had done what (be)…………………necessary.
63. They had found that the road (be)…………………………very long.
64. I saw that I (make)……………………..a mistake.
65. We find that we (take)…………………….a wrong way.
66. I want to know how long she (live)………………..here.
67. I didn’t know who (help)……………him.
68. Do you hear what she (just, say)…………………….?
69. They believe that the police (capture)………………the thief soon.
70. Did John say he (call)……………….you again?
71. She has thought that the work (be)………………….easy.
72. She said that she (get)………………married soon.
73. He thinks that it (rain)………………….tonight.
74. The students had thought that the English test (be)……………….rather difficult.
75. I wonder what changes the new president (introduce)……………………
76. Please be quiet! I (work)…………………
77. When I (be) ………………..a child, I (want)……………..to be a doctor
78. Up to now, the teacher (give)……………………. our class 5 tests
79. I (not send)……………..the parcel until I hear from you.
80. It (rain)…………….when we arrived.
81. Bill said he (forget)……………………to buy a dictionary
82. He felt asleep while he (do)………………his homework.
83. At this time next week, we (live)………………..in USA.
84. John (watch)…………………….TV at 8 last evening.
85. By the end of last March, I (study)……………………….English for 5 years.
86. By next month. I (finish)………………my first novel.
87. By this time next week, he (write)………………..his novel for 6 months.
88. By the time you arrive, I (finish)……………….writing an essay.
89. He might get fat if he (stop)…………………..smoking.
90. If I had seen the movie, I (tell)………………………you about it last night.
