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Exercise 10
Fill in the blanks with the present tense form of the 3 I
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verbs in brackets.

II (be) the youngest.in my family. 4i

2 the earth (revolve) round the sun

3 She (like) to read books on nature _:,

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4Adog (be) called a 'man's best P
friendi -
5 You (like) eating popcorn, dont 6T
you?

6 That child (do) not want to go to 77

the park.
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7 lf. he (try) hard, he may win the 8
chess match. t
8 Please (send) all the invitations
out by next week. 9]
9 They will miss their train unless they
(leave) at four oilock.

l0 We cannot (go) to the partybecause

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we (have) chicken pox.

Exercise 11
Give the past tense form of these words.
THE SIMPLE PASTTENSE
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2 put
3 die
4go
5 sing
6 fight
7 dance

8 listen
9 teach
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 Exercise 12
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Rewrite tltese sentences in the simple past tense.

1 The clerk puts all the letters on her employer's

desk.

€ 2 Encik Majid works as an interior decorator.

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3 There are no more application forms in the tray.

4 The officer says that the form is filled out

wrongly. Exercise 13
Underline the correct verb form in brackets.
5 Keng Yim posts the letter at the |alan Hassan I I (meet, shall meet) you at the airport
Post Office.
tomorrow.

6 He gives his passport to the officer.

2 They (discussed, will discuss) the matter next
week.

7 The interviewer wants to see the maris certificates. 3 Cindy (wi1l come, came) to visit us next |une.
4 In two days'time, foseph (has given, will give)
8 The students apply for part-time jobs after us his answer.
their exams.
5 We (shall sit, were sitting) for our examination
soon.
9 Mrs Pandian shows my sister how to write a
job application letter. 6 The people (will meet, meeting) in the town
hall this evening.
10 Harun does not know how to fill in the 7 Soon the singers (sing, will sing) our favourite
application form. song.

8 The next Olympic Games (will be, were) in

20t2.
9 The bus (has arrived, will arrive) in a short
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE while.
l0 I think the show (ended, will end) in another
hour.

ll They (recovers, wiil recover) from chicken

pox in two weeks' time.
12 Please queue up. Everybody (will have, has)
their turn.
13 I (meets, will meet) you there afterwards.
14 You (will draw, drew) the picture later.
15 We (shall give, gives) this flower to the teacher.

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