Fill in the correct form of the verb given.

1. Jeff ____________ our bank manager at the moment. He _________________ here for three years. (BE,
BE)
2. I ____________________ when the alarm ____________________ off at 5.30 this morning. (STILL SLEEP,
GO)
3. If everyone donates $5, we ____________________ enough to buy a new machine. (HAVE)
4. There ______________ a great documentary on TV yesterday evening. ____________________ it? – No, I
didn't. I ______________ to take my television set back to the store to have it repaired. (BE, YOU SEE,
HAVE)
5. When I ____________________ to the car park I didn't know where I ____________________ my car.
(RETURN, PARK)
6. My uncle ____________________ the same pullover the whole winter. I guess he ____________ it.
(WEAR, LOVE)
7. Mum ____________________ dinner when the doctor __________________. (PREPARE, ARRIVE)
8. He ____________________ around with a limp since he ____________________ his accident a few weeks
ago. (WALK, HAVE)
9. You look pretty worried. – What ____________________? (HAPPEN)
10. When we ____________________ at the theatre the play ______________________. (ARRIVE, ALREADY
START)
11. When she ________________ home, she ________________ that her husband ____________________ for
some time. (COME, SEE, DRINK)
12. ____________________ the good news? – Stan and Margie ____________________ married! – That's not
new. – I ____________________ about it for a few weeks. (YOU HEAR, GET, KNOW)
13. I ____________________ to call you the whole week! – Where ______________________? (TRY, YOU BE)
14. The manager ____________________ to an important customer at the moment, but he
____________________ you in a few minutes. (SPEAK, SEE)
15. Do you realize that you ____________________ on my toes? – It hurts! (STAND)
16. I think I ____________________ a break. I surely deserve one. (TAKE)
17. I wonder if he ____________________ my number. I ______________________ for him to call for the last
two hours. (FORGET, EXPECT)
18. The novel is about a man who ____________________ home from the war and ____________________ a
new life. (COME, START)
19. When I ____________________ for my passport a few days ago, I ____________________ across this old
photo of our family reunion. (LOOK, COME)
20. I am sorry that I ____________________ to leave your party so early last night. I ____________________
myself. (HAVE, REALLY ENJOY)
21. Who ____________________ to? – He ____________________ to his sister Maria, who __________________
usually in England at this time of the year. (HE WRITE, WRITE, BE)
22. Marty ____________________ just when his mother __________________ into his room. (SMOKE,
COME)

23. She _______________ an hour ago and _______________ back yet. (LEAVE, NOT COME)

24. I usually _______________ tea with milk, but I _______________ to have my coffee black. (DRINK,
LIKE)

25. When I was in school, I _______________ a student who _______________ a test in his whole life.
(KNOW, NOT FAIL)

26. You can't go into her room. She _______________ and you shouldn't wake her. (SLEEP)

27. I ____________________ better in my life. I hope it _______________ that way. (NEVER FEEL, STAY)

28. We _______________ outside yesterday because it _______________ the whole day. Maybe we
_______________ tomorrow. (NOT GO, RAIN, GO)

29. While Mom _______________ in the garden, she _______________ her back. She _______________ to the
doctor who told her that she _______________ have to rest for a few days. (WORK, HURT, GO, WILL)

30. My sister ____________________ hard for school recently. She's got a few tests coming up next
week. (WORK)

31. The results were better than I ____________________. (EXPECT)

32. Nobody was in the car, even though the engine ___________________. (RUN)

33. I went into the garden to see what the boys _______________. (DO)

34. All your fingers are brown. You _______________ too much. (SMOKE)

35. When I saw him last, he __________________ married for so long. (NOT BE)

36. I ____________________ that his brother _____________________ around in Australia. (JUST HEAR,
TRAVEL)

37. ___________________ the whole morning? – I ___________________ to call you for over an hour. (YOU
SLEEP, TRY)

38. After he _______________ the letter, he _______________ it away. (READ, THROW)

39. I ___________________ today's newspaper. – ____________________ it anywhere? (NOT READ, YOU

SEE)

40. Jake ____________________ my sister for over a year. She __________________ some very good results
lately. (COACH, HAVE)