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Verb Tenses
Verb Tenses
I _______________ (1. work) in an office in town. I ________________ (2. start) my job two months
ago. I think I _________________(3. stay) here for another ten months. I _______________(4. do)
office work for two years, but at the moment I ________________ (5. learn) how to use new
software. Every day, I _________________ (6. travel) to work by train. At the moment, I
________________(7. save) money to buy a car. So far I _________________(8. save) $400.
I have plans for the future. When I get my car, I ____________________(9. visit) the countryside
with my friend and we ________________(10. spend) some days by the lake.
Clare (1. like) ___________ dogs very much when she was a child. “If I had a dog, I (2. take)
___________ good care of it” she told her parents. However, although they (3. promise)
___________ to get her one, they never kept their word.
Clare is twenty-four now and (4. live) ___________ in a small apartment in Bath. She (5. not / give
up) ___________ on her dream yet, so for the past three weeks she (6. visit) ___________ every pet
store in search for the perfect fur ball.
Today, however, her luck is about to change. As she (7. pass) ___________ by an old antique store,
she (8. see) ___________ the most beautiful little puppy in front of it – a wide-eyed, white fluffy
thing that (9. watch) ___________ her with interest. As she comes near to pet it, the dog (10. give)
___________ out a happy bark.
Clare is now the happy owner of the sweetest dog she could have ever dreamed of.
1. liked
2. would take
3. had promised
4. lives
5. hasn’t given up
6. has been visiting
7. is passing
8. sees
9. is watching
10. gives out
Officer: __________ (1. you / see) these people before?
John: Yes, they're my neighbours. They live upstairs.
Officer: How long __________ (2. they/live) there?
John: I guess I __________ (3. know) them for six months.
Officer: When __________ (4. you / see) them last?
John: About a week ago. I think it was last Thursday.
Officer: What __________ (5. they / do) when you __________ (6. see) them?
John: Well, they __________ (7. carry) a big suitcase to the car.
Officer: __________ (8. you/ speak) to them?
John: I said "Hey, where __________(9. you/ go)?"
And they replied, "On vacation".
Officer: Can you remember what they__________ (10. wear)?
John: Let me think ....