IV. PUT THE VERB IN BRACKETS INTO THE APPROPRIATE TENSE

14. They (build) ................................... a new power station at the moment.

15. When I (buy) ..................................the stamps, someone (call) ........................................... my name.

16. “What time (Kevin, come) ....................................................?” - “An hour ago”

17. I (not, go) ...................................... to the cinema last night. I (be) ................................... so tired.

18. Carol invited us to the party but we (not, come) ................................................ because we (have) other things to do.

19. I (see) .......................................Bridget when I (go) ............................................ shopping with my boyfriend yesterday, but she (not, see) ....................................... us.

20. “Where (your parents, live) .................................................................?” - “In a village near London. They always (live) .................................... there.”

21. Jeff is from London. He (be) ...................................... there for all his life.

22. My favourite novel is “Gone with the wind” and I (read) ................................................. several times.

23. I (never, eat) ............................................... ice -cream and rice before.

24. “How long (you, study) .................................................. English?” - “For five years now”

25. I (not, decide) ................................................. where I would go on this summer yet.

26. My mother (prepare) ......................................... our dinner and my father (watch) ............................................. news when the light (go) ..................................... off and everything (become) ..................................... dark.

27. “Where (you, be) ...................................................at 8 o’clock this morning?” -”I (water) ...................................... my plants and, suddenly, I (hear) ....................................... a shout, a thief (run) ......................................... from my neighbour’s house and (come) ......................................... toward me with a sharp knife. I (be) ................................... very terrified, so I (scream) ........................................... for my husband, who (work) .............................................. inside. After he (hear) .................................... my scream, he (call) ..................................... the police immediately. However, before he (finish) .................................... the call, the thief (run) .......................................... away.”

28. I (learn) .......................................... English for seven years now.

29. But last year, I (not, work) ...................................... hard enough for English, that’s why my marks (not, be) .......................................... very good then

30. If I (want) ........................................... to pass my English exam successfully next year, I have to study harder this term.

31. During my last summer holiday, my parents (send) ...................................... me on a language course to London.

32. It (be) ............................... great and now I (think) .................................... I have learnt a lot.

33. Before I (go) ............................to London, I (not, enjoy) .............................................learning English.

34. But while I (do) ........................................the language course, I (meet) ................................... a lot of young people from all over the world.

35. There I (notice) ......................................how important it (be) .................................. to speak foreign languages nowadays.

36. Now I (have) ..........................much more fun learning English than I (have) ............................... before the course.

37. At the moment I (revise) ................................................ English grammar.

38. And I (already, begin) .................................................to read the texts in my English textbooks again.

39. I (think) ........................... I (do) ................................. one unit every day.

40. My exam (be) ................... on 15 May, so there (not, be) ............................................anytime to be lost.

41. If I (pass) ......................... my exam successfully, I (start) ........................................an apprenticeship in September.

42. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) ...................................back to London to work there for a while.