1. I _______________ a great film yesterday.

(see)

2. _____________________ a new car? (you ever buy)

3. I _______________ him last Monday. (meet)

4. The band _______________ while I _______________ . (play, write)

5. She _______________ the new car in 2005. (buy)

6. Her mother _____________________ in Victoria for the past five years. (live)

7. They _____________ in Germany when we arrived a few days ago. (already be)

8. _______________________ to get married? (you plan)

9. I _____________________ so much fun since I was a kid. (not have)

10. When I got up I ___________ out of the window and ____________ that it ____________ . (look, see,
rain)

11. Janet ___________ for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us. (work)

12. I ___________ three movies so far this week. (see)

13. How long ______________ for me? (you wait)

14. I _____________ over Loch Ness last week. - __________ the Loch Ness monster? (fly, you see)

15. I’m afraid I’m not hungry. I ________. (already eat)

16. Peter _____________ football in the afternoon when he got the call. (play)

17. “What _____________ between 9 and 12 yesterday morning”, the detective said. (you do)

18. He kept looking at her, wondering where he ____________ her before. (see)

19. The doctor’s waiting room was full of people. Some __________ a magazine, a woman ___________ and
a child __________ with a doll. Suddenly the door ___________ and a nurse __________ out. (read, knit,
play, open, come)

20. Travelling _______ much easier and more comfortable in the past hundred years. (become)

21. I _______ cake. That’s why my hands are full of flour. (bake)

22. When I first came to this house it __________ quite a noisy area. (be)

23. He twisted his ankle while he __________. (ski)

24. _________ the doors before you leave the house? (you ever lock)

25. My best friend and I _____________ each other for 15 years. (know)

26. Jack usually __________ but he ________ when his father comes. (smoke, not smoke)

27. _________ breakfast yet? – Yes I had it together with Sue at 7. (you have)

28. I _____________ this kind of work when I was a small boy. (do)

29. He ________ the paper when his wife came home. (read)
30. He ________ for an hour now. I’ll be finished soon. (speak)

31. How long _____ John and Maria?- We met the couple over thirteen years ago. (you know)

32. He ________ in Oxford for two years and when his mother died he moved to London. (live)

33. After Harry __________ his work he ___________ Jude from the office. (finish, call)

34. You _________ your homework for two hours. Haven’t you finished yet? (do)

35. He always __________ to the supermarket alone, but today he ________ his son with him. (go, take)

36. He never __________ in the evening, only on Sundays. (work)

37. I _________ to South America but I have been to New York several times. (never, be)

38. ________ Jean? – No, she probably went to her friend’s place. (anyone, see)

39. I _________ to the bank yesterday but when I got there it was closed. (go)

40. She ____________ in school all day. (be)

41. Lee ___________ late every day since Tuesday. (be)

42. Herbert’s father ________ his son’s birthday (never forget)

43. I _________ my report because I had a problem with my computer. (not finish)

41. When we reach Land’s End we ___________ 1,500 km. (walk)

42. I just remembered that I ________ the rent yet. I’m surprised that the landlord _________ me up and
reminded me. (not pay, not ring)

43. It’s a beautiful drive. I am sure you __________ the scenery. (enjoy)

44. The car __________. If you get in Tom and I _________ you a push. (not start, give)

45. I put the five-pound notes into one of the books; but the next day it ___________ me ages to find it
because I _________ which book I ___________ it in. (take, forget, put)

46. He ________ the bagpipes since six this morning. He ________. (play, just stop)

47. My son _________ work yet. He’s still at High School. – How long __________ at school? - He _________
there for six years. Before that he __________ five years at primary school. (not start, he be, be, spend)

48. Mary: I wonder what he _________ now. Ann: Well, his girlfriend ___________ from Japan too, so I
suppose he ____________ Japanese. (say, come, speak)

49. When I first met him he ___________ architecture. (study)

50. While we ___________ someone __________ into the house and _______us this note. (fish, break, leave)

51. It won’t be easy to get out of the country .The police ________ all of the ports. (watch)

52. If I catch some fish, _________ them for me? (you cook)

53. He _________ to come. (not forget)

54. It ________ for the last two hours so the game __________ (rain, be postponed)
55. When I ___________ him he _________ a picture of his wife. – ___________ it? (see, paint, you like)

56. The car had nobody I it but the engine __________. (run)

57. Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt _________ it. (read)

58. This shop _______ for good next Monday. (close)

59. Where ___________ tonight? – I ____________ out with Peter. (you go, go)

60. At 3 a.m. Jane ____________ up her husband and said that she _________ that someone __________ to
get into the house. (wake, think, try)

61. When you see me next time I __________ my new sunglasses. (wear)

62. This bike __________ in our family for the last 14 years. My father ____________ it for the first five years,
then my brother _________ it and I ___________ it since then. (be, use,ride,have)

63. Some time ago I __________ that our mayor __________ to go to Iceland. What _________ to do there?
(read, want, he want)

64. You see, Doctor, she ________ ill two days ago and since then she _______ anything. I’m sure she
________ several kilos. (fall, not eat, lose)

65. Most people __________ at work when the fire _________. (be, start)

66. After five years of travelling through Asia I _________ back to Europe next week. I _______ the flight (go,
already book)

67. I saw him when he __________ the house. I _________ at the corner when he _____ by. He ___________
a word and I ________ a word either. (leave, just stand, pass, not say , not say)