VERBAL TENSES
Complete these sentences with the correct tense or verb form
1. She left the room without . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (say) a word to anyone.
2. It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (rain) when we . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (arrive) at the station.
3. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (have) this house for ages.
4. She wants me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (give) her a lift to the station.
5. He went to the shops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (buy) some fruit.
6. The school year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (begin / usually) on September 1st.
7. I wont let you go out until you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (tell) me the truth.
8. Take your coat! It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (snow) since early this morning.
9. When we . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (arrive) at the party most of the people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (already / leave).
10. Im very tired because I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (cook) all morning.
11. He . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (visit) his son in hospital three times this week.
12. They . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (build) a new library in Alcobendas now.
13. Do you like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (read) Harry Potter books?
14. Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(do) the shopping when a thief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (steal) her purse.
15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (you / ever / taste) Mexican food?
16. I cant understand this letter, I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (call) my son. He . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (translate) it for you.
17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (you / listen) to the radio? No, you can turn it off.
18. Why are you turning on the TV? Because I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (watch) the news.
19. Yesterday evening while my father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (reading) the newspaper, my mother
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (cook) dinner.
20. Its very cloudy now. I think it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (rain) very soon.
21. Henry enjoys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (travel) to foreign countries.
22. Before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (go) to the cinema, she did her homework.
23. When my grandfather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (be) a child, he liked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (collect)
stamps.
24. Can you sit down? I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (try) to watch the film,
25. What would you like to drink, tea or coffee?. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (have) tea, please.
26. I dont mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (be) alone.
27. Who . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (discover) America)?.Columbus.
28. Jane made her children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (put away) all their toys.
29. They managed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (climb) the top of the mountain although it was hot.
30. Marta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not/speak) to me since we argued last we