Complete the sentences with the verbs given in brackets

in the right verb tense.

1. Angela (not work) here

18. I’d like to go abroad this summer but I probably
anymore. She left her last job last month.
(not have) enough money so
2. What (you / do) in the
I imagine I (stay) in my country.
shopping center at 10 this morning?
19. Everyone knows oil (float) in water.
3. She asked me where I (be) and
20. We (miss) the bus so now
why my hair was wet. I told her I (swim) in
we’ll have to walk.
the sea.
21. When I found him, I could see his red eyes
4. (you / come) to Beth’s party tonight? I hope it
because he (cry).
(be) really enjoyable.
22. By the year 2020 lots of people currently employed
5. After I (do) all my tasks at work and (lose) their jobs.
I (be) about to taking the elevator, 23. How long (the band /
I
(remember) that I (forget) to soon as I
switch off my laptop, so I (have to) come into the (close) the door, I realised that
office again. I (leave) my keys inside!
6. You’ll understand when you (be) 17. I (wonder) how many of us
older. (still / be) here next year.
7. You won’t get any radio reception while you
(drive) through the tunnel.
8. As he (try) to open the door, the
key suddenly (break). It was really annoying!
9. We’re flying to Gatwick Airport next Tuesday.
Our friends (wait) for us at the
airport.
10. Ok, now I (see) what you mean.
11. Mary (light) the fire at 6.00 and
it
(burn) brightly when her
husband came in at 7.00.
12. A: How (you / get on)
at university this year?
B: Well, at the moment I (not
like) it very much. I’m afraid I
(have) a
few problems adapting to the place.
13. (researchers / find) a cure for cancer by the
end of the next decade?
14. The elephant (never / forget).
15. Yesterday we (leave) the room
while the lecturer (still /
answer) questions.
16. We (study) all morning
and decided to go out for lunch. However, as

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(complain) about the loud music?
24. Jean (not know) what I’m
talking about since she (listen) to
me!
25. If I (have) more money,
would you have married me?
26. Luke, can I borrow your pen, or
(you / use) it at the moment?
27. By the time he (go) to the
meeting, it had begun for 15 minutes.
28. A: What is it?
B: We won’t know until we

(look) at it under the microscope.

29. My girl friend arrived after I
(wait) for her about half an hour.
30. In the past, voyages (be) very
rough and often dangerous, but things
(change) a great deal in the last hundred and
fifty years.
31. Shirley (do) her
research for the next few weeks.
32. A: Whose is this plane ticket on the floor?
B: Oh, it (belong) to me. Thanks.
33. This time next week, we
(finish) the chemistry project.
34. I love this film. It’s the fifth time I
(see) it.
35. We (drive) along Route 1
when he saw the fantastic Golden Gate
Bridge.
36. A: I’m going to set up the equipment in a
minute. B: (give) you a hand?

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 Complete the sentences with the verbs given in brackets
in the right verb tense.

1. Angela doesn’t work (not work) here anymore. 18. I’d like to go abroad this summer but I probably
She left her last job last won’t have (not have) enough money so I
month.
2. What were you doing (you / do) in the shopping imagine I wi l l s t a y (stay) in my country.
center at 10 this morning? 19. Everyone knows oil f lo a t s (float) in water.
3. She asked me where I had been (be) and why 20. We have missed (miss) the bus so now
my hair was wet. I told her I _had been we’ll have to walk.
swimming_ (swim) in the sea. 21. When I found him, I could see his red eyes
4. Are you coming (you / come) to Beth’s party because he had been crying (cry).
tonight? I hope it wi l l b e (be) really 22. By the year 2020 lots of people currently employed
enjoyable.
5. After I had done (do) all my tasks at work will have lost (lose) their jobs.
and I was (be) about to taking the elevator, I 23. How long had the band been playing (the band /
remembered (remember) that I _had play) last night before the neighbour complained
forgotten_ (forget) to switch off my laptop, so (complain) about the loud music? (was the band playing)
I had to (have to) come into the office again. 24. Jean doesn’t know (not know) what I’m
6. You’ll understand when you are (be) talking about since she isn’t listening (not
older. listen) to me!
7. You won’t get any radio reception while you 25. If I had had (have) more money, would
are driving (drive) through the tunnel. you have married me?
8. As he w a s t r y i ng (try) to open the door, the 26. Luke, can I borrow your pen, or are you using
key suddenly broke (break). It was (you / use) it at the moment?
really annoying! 27. By the time he went (go) to the
9. We’re flying to Gatwick Airport next Tuesday. meeting, it had begun for 15 minutes.
Our friends _will be waiting_ (wait) for us at the 28. A: What is it?
airport. B: We won’t know until we have looked / look (look)
10. Ok, now I see (see) what you mean.
11. Mary lit (light) the fire at 6.00 and
it
was burning (burn) brightly when at it under the microscope.
her
husband came in at 7.00. questions.
12. A: How are you getting on (you / get on) 16. We had been studying (study) all morning and
at university this year? decided to go out for lunch. However, as soon as I
B: Well, at the moment I d o n ’ t li k e (not like) (had) closed (close) the door, I realised that I
it very much. I’m afraid I am having had left (leave) my keys inside!
(have) a few
problems adapting to the place.
13. _Will researchers have found (researchers /
find) a cure for cancer by the end of the next
decade?
14. The elephant never forgets (never / forget).
15. Yesterday we left (leave) the room while
the lecturer was still answering_ (still / answer)
29. My girl friend arrived after I had been waiting 32. A: Whose is this plane ticket on the floor?
(wait) for her about half an hour. B: Oh, it belongs (belong) to me. Thanks.
30. In the past, voyages were (be) very 33. This time next week, we will have finished
rough and often dangerous, but things have (finish) the chemistry project.
changed (change) a great deal in the last 34. I love this film. It’s the fifth time I _have seen /
hundred and fifty years. see_ (see) it.
31. Shirley will be doing (do) her research 35. We were driving (drive) along Route 1
for the next few weeks. when he saw the fantastic Golden Gate Bridge.
17. I wonder (wonder) how many of 36. A: I’m going to set up the equipment in a minute.
us
will still be (still / be) here next year. B: Shall I give (give) you a hand?