V. Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.
1. Before his retirement, my father _____worked__ (work) as a project coordinator for a consulting firm for almost twenty years.
2. In career terms, having a good degree ___appears____ (appear) to make little difference.
3. While Jim __was painting_____ (paint) the outside of the house, his children ____were decorating___ (decorate) the bedrooms.
4. NASA told the press that Armstrong ___had stepped____ (step) onto the lunar surface at 10:56:20 p.m.
5. Employment of workers over 50 ______has grown_ (grow) significantly over the past decades.
6. Over a third of jobs __will be taken_____ (take) over by robots in the next 15 years.
7. If I ______were_ (be) you, I ___would send____ (send) an email to the recruiter to ask for more information about the job.
8. I __have been holding_____ (hold) this ladder for ages. When are you going to come down?
9. A Russian dog named Laika became the first animal __to orbit_____ (orbit) Earth in 1957.
10. I can’t help ____wondering___ (wonder) if what I’m learning to do will have any bearing on the world outside.