English 12 / Supplementary exercises

Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs 

1 Hardly had the minister finished his speech when gunshots …………………… (storm) the
stadium.
2 Everybody will be at the office at about 08:30 tomorrow as the meeting
…………………… (start) at nine o'clock.
3 That candidate who we had been interviewed before we …………………… (speak) to all
the others is still my favorite
4 While climbing onto the mountain top, I …………………… (encounter) a strange animal
which I'd never seen before.
5  The chairman was sure that his plan would work out fine as no other member
…………………… (oppose) it up to that time.
6 I wasn't surprised to hear that Monica …………………… (have) an accident as she is a
very reckless driver.
7 Since the very first day when the Umbrella Company embarked upon such a dangerous and
risky lab-research, very strange incidents …………………… (take place) within the
research complex.
8 Urbanization …………………… (always / be) a problem which causes several
environmental challenges ever since the rate of migration …………………… (increase)
after the industrial revolution.
9 When I …………………… (come) home this evening, my parents had gone out for a
walk.
10 By the time the troops …………………… (arrive), the war will have ended.
11 By the year 2020, linguists …………………… (study) the Indo-European language family
for more than 200 years.
12  Gasoline …………………… (become) a major problem for people for the last ten years,
therefore, during this time many people have preferred to sell their cars and buy smaller
ones.
13 By the time he was 14, Wolfgang Mozart …………………… (compose) an enviable
number of musical pieces.
14 Nothing in my life …………………… (be) so strong to stop me achieve my goals so far
and i don't think anything will be.
15 Archaeologists …………………… (explain) recently that an ancient underground city
around Cappadocia has long wide corridors where there are many special areas for making
cheese and wine.
16 I was amazed when he accepted a drink, since I …………………… (always / assume) that
he was a teetotaler.
17 I …………………… (play) tennis tomorrow but I won't be able to do that because I have
injured my right ankle.
 18 We …………………… (visit) the seashore many times before but last summer we enjoyed
ourselves more than ever.
19 According to a survey, thousands of vending machines …………………… (have to be
converted) before the new coins have come into circulation.

B Fill in the blanks with used to or a form of be used to.

1. My parents …………………… (travel) to other countries when they were young, but now
they …………………… (go) to places that are nearby.
2. This street …………………… (be) very dark until the new lights were installed.
3.  He doesn't have any problem getting to work at 8:00 in the morning because he
…………………… (get up) early.
4. Once grandparents, parents and children …………………… (live) together, but now
grandparents …………………… (live) by themselves.
5. At one time American mothers …………………… (hope) their sons would grow up to
become President.
6. Before he became ill, he …………………… (play) tennis every morning.
7. She's so …………………… (go to bed) early that she hardly ever goes out at night.
8. For a long time, people …………………… (think) that the world was flat and that people
could fall off the edge.
9.  They …………………… (have) a lot of money, but now they are poor. 
10. Today many children …………………… (watch) TV for hours instead of doing their
homework.
11.  We …………………… (go) to the country every summer, but now we can't afford to.
12. I'm now …………………… (eat) hamburgers, but at first I didn't like them.
13. In many banks, machines are doing the work that tellers …………………… (do).
14. People …………………… (catch) fish in this river, but now the river has become polluted.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
1. We ____ to the hospital to visit Mike when he ____ to say that he was fine.
A. were driving - was calling B. drove - called
C. were driving – called D. drove - was calling
2. What ____ to you on Sunday night?
A. happen B. happened C. was happening D. would happen
3. Last night, we ____ for you for ages but you never ____ up.
A. waited – showed B. would wait - showed
C. were waiting - were showing D. waited – was showing

4. We ____ our quality time when the unexpected guess ____.

A. had – came B. were having - came
C. had been having – came D. have had – would have come
 5. Since they ____ us they ____ to visit us last Sunday, we ____ forward to the day.
A. were telling - came - looked B. would tell – would visit - would look
C. told – would come - were looking D. tell - are coming - will look
6. I ____ out last night but at the last minute I ____ that I had a quiz this morning.
A. was going to go – realized B. went – realized
C. had gone – would realize D. would go - have realized
7. She hasn't paid as much attention to her children as she ____ since she ____ working.
A. does – starts B. did - started
C. was doing - was starting D. has done - would start
8. My brother ____ at the road when he ____ into a hole.
A. wasn't looking - was falling B. didn't look - has fallen
C. wasn't looking – fell D. won't look - fall
9. Magellan ____ the first European who ____ through the strait.
A. was - was sailing B. was being - was sailing
C. had been – sailed D. was - sailed
10. The first self-sufficient village in Britain ____ the Norman's idea. They were some strange
invaders who ____ to change the country in a better way.
A. was – hoped B. is - have hoped
C. have been - were hoping D. was being - had hoped
11. Who is ____ girl over there with Jimmy?
A. the B. a C. an D. Ø
12. The boss needs an assistant with ____ good knowledge of foreign trade.
A. a B. the C. any D. Ø
13. We are having ____ terrible weather which is quite strange. Usually ____ weather in UK is
not this bad.
A. the – the B. a – the C. Ø - the D. the - a
14. Could you please close ____ window? I don't think it is necessary to open all the four.
A. a B. the C. some D. Ø
15. ____ Gordons is a very interesting family. They like to travel around ____ world.
A. A – the B. The - the C. A – a D. A-Ø
16. To absorb more oil from spring rolls, we can use materials like ____ newspaper to wrap them
after frying.
A. the B. any C. Ø D. a
17. After a hard-working day, I went to ____ bed and had ____ most beautiful dream ever.
A. the - the B. a – the C. a – a D. Ø - the
18. I have visited ____ Portugal but I have never been to ____ Netherlands.
A. the – the B. Ø - the C. a – the D. a - a
19. Every week, his mother goes to ____ university to visit him while my mother has never come
to visit me since I went to ____ university.
A. the - Ø B. the - the C. Ø - Ø D. a - the
20. He left on ____10 o'clock train yesterday to see his father who was taken to ____ hospital
last week when he broke ____ right leg.
A. the - the - the B. the - a - a C. a - a - the D. the - Ø - Ø