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ENGL100 Tenses Worksheet - 147156
ENGL100 Tenses Worksheet - 147156
2. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs in brackets.
(a) 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.
(b) Mary and Jane are twin sisters. When they (be born)_______________ their
mother (die)_______________ . They (be separated) _______________ . Mary (go)
_______________ to live in France and Jane to England. They (be) ______________
16 years old now and they (not see) _______________ each other since they (be)
_______________ 3 years old. Nowadays they (be) _______________ in touch, they
(write) _______________ letters twice a month. They (speak) _______________
different languages but Mary (learn) _______________ English, Jane (learn)
_______________ French for 3 years now to be able to communicate. They
(discover) _______________ they were sisters when they (see) _______________ a
picture at school while they (do) _______________ an international student
3. Choose the correct verb tense to complete each of the following sentences:
4. You know where I live - I ________ in the same place for the past three years.
1. have been living 2. had lived 3. was living