REVIEW OF VERB TENSES Practice A ) Complete the following sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses. a 1. Daryl always comes __(come) to work on time. & 2, Mr.jones_______ (teach) us at present. He _ (substitute) for Mr. Holt, who is our regular teacher. 3.1 (work) in my garden when you called me last night. 4. We __ _ (take) our finals next week. 5.1 (come) to work on the bus this morning. 6. ASI (come) to work this morning, |__ (meet) a boy who (Gy) to sell me a watch. 7A (be) to the Grand Canyon several times. 8. Listen! | think the telephone (ring). 9. Bob said that he (cee) that movie before. 10. | _ (ead) that novel three or four times. 11. By this time next year, we (complete) all the exercises in this book. 12. The telephone (cing) justas|____ (leave) my house. 43. The sun (shine) brightly when I got up this morning. 44. Our class (begin) every morning at 8:30 and (end) at 10:00. (go) to the movies on Sunday. (knock) at the door. ___{(hear) from the search party. 45. We occasionally 16. Listen! Somebody 17. Up to now, nothing 18. Marjory, who is now in the fourth grade, (study) English for three years. ag. Ruth ___(6tudy) French for a few months last year. 20. My brother-in-law. (come) to visit me next week. Complete these sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses. 4. The magician _was doing (do) tricks on the stage when we entered, 2. The newspaper says that the police in New Orleans finally (catch) the bank robber. /40y yer ay 17. REVIEW OF VERB TENSES Look! That child (cross) the street against the light. she usually (walk) along Spencer Street at the same time every morning? . She said that she ___ (leave) before she heard the news. . By this time next week, Rod andAlan___ (visit) their grandmother. By March 15, | (be) here one year. Deborah handed in the report which she (write). Lee usually (study) very hard. In fact, whenever | ___ (see) him he (study) something. . Have you any idea what she (do) when 1 call) her tomorrow? |. What you (do) when i called you last night? . Since when Harry (be) manager of this department? . He __ (be) appointed last June and (be) in charge ever since. |. Where you (Go) on your vacation next month? . He cooked the rabbit which he (shoot) in the woods. . The sun (shine) when | got up this morning, but by ten o'clock it (disappear) behind the clouds. The U.S. Civil War (begin) in 1861 and it____(end) in 1865, but not before thousands of men (lose) their lives. (9) Complete these sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses. 1 ts ayy a Tod felt (feel) refreshed by the lemonade he __had drunk _ (drink) with us earlier. Friends who (tell) us the truth are often tess appreciated than those who (flatter) us. What did you do when you discovered that you (lose) your wallet? While we (drive) to Milwaukee, we (have) two flat tires. The minute the bell rang, the students ump) from their seats. When we got home from work, we discovered that they (come) and (go.) Ms, Sheldon (trip) as she (enter) the room. /4/Sidney (choose) captain of the baseball team by the other players. That movie__(see) by millions of people around the world. .. Lilian noticed that we (take) the wrong road. . My mother (not see) well after dark, so she never (drive) at night. . She (not dance) for a long time because she (break) her leg last month. . (Go) to Greece on my last vacation. Where you, (go) on your last vacation? . Where you (go) on your next vacation? Where —_youusually (go) on your vacations? . What you (do) right now? 142