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T037 TENSES
Fill in the correct verb forms!
I love travelling in the country, but I _________________ (NOT LIKE) losing my way. I
_________________ (GO) on a trip the other day, but my trip took me longer than I
_________________ (EXPECT).
'I'm going to Woodford Green’, I _________________ (SAY) to the conductor as I
_________________ (GET) on the bus, 'but I _________________ (NOT KNOW) where it
is.' - 'I _________________ (TELL) you where to get off,' _________________
(ANSWER) the conductor.
I _________________ (SIT) in front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside.
After some time, the bus _________________ (STOP). I realized with a shock that I
_________________ (BE) the only passenger left on the bus.
'You _________________ (MUST, GET) off here', the conductor said, ‘This is as far as we go.' We
_________________ (GO) back now,' _________________ (SAY) the conductor.
Fill in the correct verb forms
My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, but things _________________ (GET)
so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He _________________
(BEGIN) his diet a week ago. First of all, he _________________ (WRITE) out a
long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the
food he _________________ (LOVE) : butter, potato es, rice, beer milk ,
chocolate, sweets and so on. Yesterday, I _________________ (PAY) him a visit.
I _________________ (RING) the bell and was not surprised to see Herbert as
fat as ever. He _________________ (LEAD) me to his room and hurriedly _________________ (HIDE) a large
parcel under his desk. He was very embarrassed. When I _________________ (ASK) him what he
_________________ (DO) he _________________ (SMILE) guiltily and then _________________ (PUT) the
parcel on the desk. He _________________ (SHOW) me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars
of chocolate and three bags of sweets!
