Fill in the blanks with the right tenses of the verbs in brackets:

1.- Helen (work)_______________ for this company for years and she is so happy

here that she (not want)_________ to change.

2.- Richard (move)__________ to his new house last week. When I (meet)______

him yesterday, he (wait)__________ for the carpenters. He (call)________ them

three hours before, but they (arrive)_______ yet.

3.- He’s tired of his house. He (live)_____________ there for six years, but he

(decide)___________ to buy a new one because he (spend)___________ two hours

going to work every day.

4.- Suzanne (phone)__________ me last night. She said she (try)____________ to

talk to me all day.

5.- My father is still painting. He (already/paint)__________ for six hours and he

(not finish/yet)________________.

6.- (You/go)_______________ to spend next Christmas at home? I want to know it,

because I (have)__________ to prepare an extra room in case you decide to come.

7.- She was making a cake. Someone (teach) _________ her how to do it.

8.- They (just/shut) ________ the shop when a customer rang the doorbell.

9.- My name is Mick Malone and I’m a private detective. I (work)________ as a

private eye since 1984. Some people (think) _______ that a sleuth’s life is full of

adventure and romance. Well, they (be) ______ wrong. A private detective (have)

________ a lot of enemies. Take last Thursday, for example. It was 3 am. I

(wait)__________ for a man called Tom Clay outside the Stork Club. Suddenly, a

large black limousine (arrive) _________, and a big, very big man (get) _______

out of the car. I (see) ___________ that car and that face before: it (be) Tom Clay!

But he (also/see) ____________ me. He (take) _______ a gun out of his pocket and

(shoot) _______ at me.

Now I (be) ________ in hospital. I (never/be) ___________ so scared, so I

(change)__________ my job. At the moment I (read) _________ the newspaper

and advertisements. I am sure that I (find) _______ a good job.