VERB´S CHECK
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1. Last week I (go)..........to the dentist.
2. My father usually .............(read) the newspaper after work but at this moment he
...............(read) a book.
3. Mary (wait) ...............for you until 2 o’clock
4. Keep quiet! We (listen)..............to the music.
5. He (study)...........English. He (study).................it for two years.
6. He (drive)................quite slowly when he (see)...............an accident.
7. John often (interrupt) ................whoever...............(speak) in that moment.
8. I can’t lend you my dictionary, I (already/lend)...............it to Pamela.
9. Tomorrow (be) .....................another cold day generally in all parts of the country.
10. John (buy).............a second-hand car last week. He (pay)..............a lot for it. It
.........(run) well enough on the first day but on the second day he
(cannot)................start it.
11. He was sitting near the river when he .............(see) a man’s hat floating into the
water.
12. I must write to my grandparents. I (not write) .................to them for a long time.
13. Yesterday, when we (get)................home, she (cook) ................dinner.
14. I (not see)............Peter yet. I (not see) .................him at the party yesterday.
15. We (sell) .............the car last month, but we (not/buy)................................another
one until next summer.
16. How long (you/learn)................English?
17. We won’t go until it (stop) .........raining.
18. Mary (not/see).............Peter for a week.
19. He .............(live) in London since he was born.
20. Henry usually(come)................to visit me on Sunday.
21. She (stand)...............at the end of the path waiting for you right now
22. While the architect was building our house, we (stay)...............with John’s
parents.
23. I last (see) .................him in 1968
24. I (not/read) ...............a good book for ages.
25. I (wait)...................for you since six.
26. How long (you learn)..........English?
27. (you ever eat)................lobster?
28. I (see)..........what you(mean)...........but I (not agree)............
29. I’m sorry but I can’t talk now because I (cook).........
30. Oh, not again! You always(lose)........your front door keys.
31. You always (hurt) .............the one you(love)..........
32. Time to get up! The sun(already rise)...........
33. Who...................this suitcase..................(belong) to?
34. These boxes always (contain)...............the same things.
35. The last time I (go).........................there I was eight years.
36. The match (not finish).........................yet.
37. When I arrived to the party, James (already go)............................. home.
38. He (do)..................his homework at the moment.
39. They (have)...................a discussion about it next week.
40. She(read) ...........................always that silly comic.
41. Once a fortnight he (go)...............for a long walk in the country.
42. I (feel)...............something round at the bottom of the box.
43. What(do) ..................you at the moment?
44. She (take).................that medicine twice a day.
45. Look out! The shelf (fall).................down.
46. (she decide) .................what to do, yet?
47. When you can’t sleep, what (you think)................. about?
48. (you often read)......................newspapers?
49. I (see) ..................this film before.
50. I (be)..................here since eight o’clock
51. I (be)..............never.............to Paris in my life.
52. I (know)............her for a long time
53. I (do)...........it two weeks ago.
54. What was that noise? What (happen)...................?
55. Why (you cry)................at the moment?
56. Whenever John .....................(drink) coffee, he gets a headache
57. When John finishes university he .....................(work) abroad for a couple of
years. At least that’s his plan.
58. You’ve got enough to do. I ...............(do) the shopping this week.
59. You’d better be quick. The train ................(leave) in five minutes.
60. This year we................(spend) Christmas in Australia, we’ve already booked our
flight.
61. On July 26 next year, my parents ...................(live) in this house for exactly 25
years.
62. This time tomorrow you ...................(do)your English exam. There will still be half
an hour left.
63. When I was fifteen, I ............(go) to school by bus.
64. Jan ...............(go) to live in Italy in 1992.
65. .................................(not finish) your homework yet Alex? You.......................(do)
it for ages.
66. It’s typical, isn’t it! I .............just..............(put) shampoo on my hair when the
phone ................(ring). I ................(think) it might be important so I ................(rush)
downstairs. Needless to say, it .........................(stop) ringing before I...............
(reach) it.
67. I’m terribly sorry but I......................(forget) your name.
68. Police say that the man they wish to question ................(have) long hair and ......
(wear) a denim jacket and jeans.
69. Julie .....................just..................(cover) herself in sun tan lotion when the
sun........(go) behind a large black cloud.
70. I ........................(sit) on the bus on my way to work when I .........................
(realize) that I............................. (leave) something cooking on the stove.
71. The restaurant........................(already/close) by the time we ................(arrive).
72. Five minutes after we ........................(arrive) at the beach it.............(start) to rain.
73. Justin....................(live) in a small apartment until he ................(get) married next
year.
74. That has to be the worst film I ...............(ever, seen)
75. While Alan.................(drive) home late last night he .................(run out) of petrol.
76. I ...............................(not/invite) Richard yet
77. They...................(have) dinner in an Italian restaurant before they went to the
cinema.
78. My sister .................(find) a ten-pound note while she.............(walk) to school
yesterday.
79. The sky is very dark, I think it ....................(rain)
80. By the time I ................(arrive), the football match .....................(already start)
81. I ......................(just finish) reading “War and Peace”. It’s a brilliant book.
82. Can you be at the station to meet us? We...................(travel) on the 10 am train,
which .................(arrive) in Edinburgh at 15. 30.
83. John was exhausted because he ..................(work) in the garden all day.
84. Just think! This time tomorrow we.........................(lie) on a beach in the
Caribbean.
• Fill the gaps with the appropriate verb from the ones below in the correct past
tense. There are two extra verbs.
arrive brake carry charge drive
happen hold skid slip take
“Three hurt in crash”
Three people were injured in a crash involving two lorries and a van on the A45 near
Bury St. Edmunds on Saturday. The accident ..................in heavy rain at approximately
2.45 pm when a lorry, which ....................grain, ....................on the wet surface of the
dual carruage way, spilling its load across both lanes. According to a police
spokesperson, the driver of the lorry.....................suddenly to avoid hitting a dog, which
had run out in the road in front of him. The drivers of the two other vehicles involved,
Darren Holmes, ages 21, and Brendan Murphy, aged 37, .....................close behind to
be able to stop in time. Ambulances, which ..................on the scene within minutes,
.................. the injured to the nearby Royal Infirmary. Holmes, of Stan Way, near
Colchester. Has three broken rips. The drivers of the lorries were treated for minor
injuries. The police ................all three drivers with dangerous driving.
• Write the appropriate tense.
I travel all over the country in my job and whenever I take the train to Scotland, I
remember the story about the man whose wife just.........................(have) a baby.
He.....................(work) in London at the time but he ...............(live) in Newcastle, which
is in the north-east of England, not far form the Scottish border. As soon as he
................(hear) the news, he ...................(rush) to King’s Cross Station. He bought his
ticket and then, just before he ................(jump) on the first train north, he ...................
(ring) his wife to say he would soon be with her. He ..............(be) so excited at the
news that he .............(tell) the woman who ................(sit) in the same compartment.
She ............(ask) him if he lived in Edinburgh, as that was where the train ................
(go) and was surprised to hear that he lived in Newcastle. “But this train doesn’t stop at
Newcastle” she ...............(reply). “It goes straight to Edinburgh” as soon as the man
................(hear) this, he .............(run) to the front of the train to speak to the driver.
After telling him his story, he ................(beg) him to stop the train at Newcastle. He
even ........................(offer) him money, but the driver still ................(refuse). However,
he ....................(agree) to slow the train down to 15 mph so that the man could jump
off. An hour late, as the train .................(approach) Newcastle station, the ticket
collector.................(hold) the man out of the window and he ...............(begin) running in
mid-air. As the ....................(reach) the station, the ticket-collector gently ................
(drop) the man onto the platform and he .................(run) very fast along it. The guard at
the back of the train ...............(see) a man running and ..................(pull) the man onto
the train. “Lucky I ................(see) you” ...........(say) the guard. “You almost ..............
(miss) the train”
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