Further Exercises

Name : YENI RACHMANIAH

Class : 3B

1. I [have, almost] _______Almost had_____ a car accident last night. I [drive]

____Drove______ down Washington Avenue when suddenly I [see] ____Saw______ a
car in my lane. It [come] _____Came_____ right at my car. I [step] ___Stepped_______
on the brakes and [swereve] _____Swerved______ to the right. The other car [miss, just]
__Just Missed________ my car by about an inch.
2. Ten years ago, the governemnt [decide] _____Decided_____ to begin a food program. At
this time, many people in rural areas of the country [starve] _____Starved_____ due to
several years of drought.
3. It was my first day of class. I [find, finally] _____Finally Found_____ the right room.
The room [be, already] ______Was already_____ full of students. On one side of the
room, students [talk, busily] _____Busily talked______ to each other in Spanish. Other
students [speak] ___Spoke_______ Japanese, and some [converse]
____Conversed______ in Arabic. It sounded like the United Nations. Some of the
students, however, [sit, just] _____just sat_____ quietly by themselves. I [choose]
___Chose_______ an empty seat in the last row and [sit] _____Sat_____ down. In a few
minutes, the teacher [walk] _____Walked_____ into the room and all the bilingual
conversation [stop] ___Stopped______.
4. A: [Hear, you] __Did___you hear____ what just she said?
B: No, [listen, not] ____I did not listen______. I [think] _____Thought______ about
something else?
5. A: Why weren’t you at the meeting?
B: I [wait] _______Waited___ for an overseas call from my family.
6. A: I’m sure you met Carol Jones at the party last night.
B: I don’t remember her. What [wear, she] ______Did she wear____ ?
7. A: What’s wrong with your foot?
B: I [step] ____Stepped_____ on bee while I [run] ___Was running_______ barefoot
through the grass. It [sting] ____Stung_____ me.
8. A: How [break, you] __Did you break________ your arm?
B: I [slip] ___Slipped________ on the ice while I [cross] __Was crossing_______ the
street in front of the dorm.
9. I met George in the conference and he [tell] _______Told___ me not get into its
business.
10. When I [look] _____Looked_____ at Diana, she [partake] ___Was partaking______ in
that circle of people having dinner together.
11. While Diana [have] had dinner last night, Diana’s mother [persuade] ____Was
persuading____ her to join his father to go to wedding reception.
12. Mr. President [announce] _____Was announcing______ his decision to welcome
Chinese worker while disasters [happen] ___Happened______ in Lombok.
13. Nurse Elizabeth [look] __Have looked_______ after me since I [am] _____Was____ a
small child.
14. Our country [has] __Has________ many problems concerning economy, education,
security.
15. I [can, not] ______Can not____ climb the tree because my legs [are] _____Are_____
sick.