Fill in the Blanks with suitable verb forms

1. The Earth ___ round the Sun. (Move) 2. If you ___ at once you can reach by 6o clock. (Start) 3. This paper ___ thrice weekly. (Appear) 4. He usually ___ at the back of the class. (Sit) 5. He ___ here for the last five years. (Work) 6. The officer told me I ___ today. (Go) 7. The snakes ___ anxiously, the lizards ___ their tails, the crocodiles ___ their jaws. (Hiss, wriggle, clench) 8. My friend ___ from Cholera since August. (Suffer) 9. If you work hard, you ___ first class. (Get) 10. When I went to my college yesterday, the principal ___ to me. (Spoke) 11. If she does no take a taxi, she ___ the bus. (Miss) 12. When I ___ the road, I saw a big snake. (Cross) 13. I ___ him before he left India. (Meet) 14. We ___ our breakfast half an hour ago. (Finish) 15. The journalist ___ a new book at present. (Write) 16. They will not go unless they ___ from you. (Hear) 17. His aim in life ___ to become an engineer. (Be) 18. He ___ asleep while he was driving. (Fall) 19. If you go now, you ___ the train. (Catch) 20. He will explain it to you when he ___ back. (Come) 21. Here are your shoes, I just ___ them. (Clean) 22. John Keats ___ a great poet. (Be) 23. The Gullivers travels ___ a very interesting book. (be) 24. Where ___ my spectacles? (Be) 25. The Commander as well as the soldiers ___ in the battlefield. (Be)