EXERCISE: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense
1. The war (break) ___________ out three years ago.
2. I saw a bad accident while I (wait) __________ for you on this corner.
3. She (stay) ___________ with her sister at the moment until she finds somewhere to live.
4. The manager just (close) __________ the store the moment before I (arrive) ___________.
5. If you call her at 6, she (practice) ____________ the piano then.
6. When we (see) ___________ Mr. Taylor tomorrow, I (remind) ____________ him of that.
7. Up to the present, George (do) ____________ good work in this class.
8. My parents (live) ___________ in London. They (be) ____________ there for 20 years.
9. He (sit) _____________ in the garden when the house (fall) ___________ down.
10. At three o’clock this morning, Mary (study) _________ English.
11. They (build) ___________ that bridge when I was here last year. They (not finish) ___________ it yet.
12. He certainly (not, do) _____________ all his homework by 10 tonight.
13. Don’t make noise. My mother (talk) ___________ with her friends.
14. Miss Helen (help) ___________ you as soon as she (finish) _____________ that letter tomorrow.
15. He (do) ___________ his homework before he went to the cinema.
16. The moon (go) ___________ round the earth.
17. I feel terrible. I think I (be) ______________ sick.
18. He (leave) _____________ London 2 years ago and I (not/ see) ____________ him since then.
19. Where ___________ you (live) __________? – In a flat, near the university.
20. When he (return) ____________, I (give) ______________ him the key.
21. I (come) _____________ and (see) ___________ you before I leave here.
22. Whenever I have a problem, I (give) _____________ you a ring.
23. After she had been at the party, her heart (be) __________ full of strange emotion.
24. ___________ you (think) ____________ that he (recognize) __________________ me?
25. When I (be) ___________ a child, I (spend) _____________hours playing with a tin box.
26. ____________ you (have) _________ time to help me tomorrow?
27. He smiled at me in a friendly way when he (see) _____________ me.
28. I (remember) _____________ this day all my life.
29. Where you (be) __________ all this morning? It’s nearly midday now.
30. What you (do) ___________ when you grow up, my boy?
31. We’ll go out when the rain (stop) _____________.
32. Where are you? I am upstairs. I (have) __________ a bath.
33. I (listen) _____________ to the radio when you rang the bell.
34. I (know) _____________ the result in a week.
35. She was late because she (have) ______ an accident.
1. broke
2, was waiting
3. stayed
4. had closed/ arrived
5. will practise
6. will see/ will remain
7. has done
8. lived/ have been
9. was sitting / fell
10. was studying
11. were building/ was
12. won’t have done
13, will talk
14. will help/ finishes
15. had done
16. goes
17. will be
18. left/ haven’t seen
19. do/ live
20. returns/ will give
21. will come/ will see
22. will give
23. was
24. Do/ think/ recognise
25. was/ have spent
26. Will/ have
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1. broke
2. was waiting
3. will stay
4. had just closed/arrived
5. will be practicing
6. see/will remind
7. has done
8. lives/have been
9. was sitting/fell
10. was studying
11. was building/haven’t finished
12. won’t have done
13. are talking
14. will help/finishes
15. had done
16. goes
17. will be
18. left/haven’t seen
19. do you live
20. returned/gave
21. will come/see
22. will give
23. was
24. Do you think/will recognize
25. was/spent
26. Will you have
27. saw
28. will remember
29. have you been
30. will you do
31. stops
32. am having
33. was listening
34. will know
35. had