Complete the sentences with the verbs given in brackets
in the right verb tense.
1. I ________________________ (never be) to Africa, but 22. Listen to this awful noise! Where _________________
I want to go one day. (it / come) from?
2. Look over there. I think that woman in black 23. The crew ____________________ (give) instructions to
________________________ (film) us. the passengers while the plane ____________________
3. Yesterday, at the end of the city tour, the bus (make) an emergency landing.
____________________ (bring) us back to the hotel. 24. What do you think you _________________ (do) a year
4. Sam _________________________ (try) to get into the from now?
football team next term but I don’t think they 25. By the time the technician _______________________
____________________________ (accept) him. (arrive), we had already been trapped in the lift for
5. This busker will become famous after he nearly two hours.
_________________________ (release) his album. 26. It’s great to see you! When ________________________
6. OK. I __________________________ (shut down) the (you / get back) from your holiday, James?
computer since nobody ___________________ (use) it. 27. Meg was on the bus when she _____________________
7. Until we took Andrew to Wong’s restaurant, he (realise) that she ________________ (forget) her purse.
________________________ (never / eat) Chinese food. 28. By the end of May, Julia _________________________
8. The kettle ________________________ (boil) right now (have) her baby.
so I ___________________________ (make) the tea. 29. I _________________ (not take) the dog for a walk last
9. He _________________ (fly) to Paris in two day’s time. night because Bill _________________ (already / do) it.
10. I ________________________ (finish) my book report 30. Linda and Brad __________________ (not speak) since
tomorrow morning and then later, meet my friends she __________________ (see) him kissing another girl.
for lunch. 31. By the time my parents got home, the snow
11. Mary ______________________ (photograph) everyone _________________________ (stop) yet.
while we _______________________ (perform) at the 32. Then, as I _____________ (be) really tired, I __________
talent show last week. (fall) asleep while I ___________________ (read) in bed.
12. I’m not sure what I want for dinner. Oh, I know! I 33. My mother _________________ (fall) ill last week and I
________________________ (have) some pizza and milk. _____________________ (make) all the meals instead of
13. She had already eaten three pieces of cake so she her. She still _____________________ (not feel) well so
_____________________________ (not want) more. she ___________________ (see) a doctor tomorrow. I
14. Where were you! I _________________________ (wait) hope she _____________________ (get) better soon.
for you for an hour and a half! 34. I ____________________ (be) disappointed because I
15. By the year 2030, they ___________________________ ______________________ (expect) the film to be more
(invent) a device for doing homework. exciting.
16. Rick was exhausted because he ___________________ 35. I _____________________ (spend) this evening in a pub
(work) all day. with my friends. Everybody ________________________
17. This milk _______________________ (smell) sour. Let’s (smoke) and now my hair _________________ (smell) of
open a new bottle. cigarette smoke! I _____________________ (wash) it as
18. My English teacher ___________________ (not believe) soon as I get home.
in luck but in effort. 36. I _______________________ (study) hard the whole
19. How long ____________________________ (he / sleep)? term so I __________________________ (pass) the term
20. Look at that man! He ____________________ (drive) so test. I hope I ____________________ (get) a good mark
carelessly that his car _____________________ (crash). and in a few weeks I ____________________ (enjoy) my
21. The pirates _____________ (hide) a chest here in 1654. holiday! I think I __________________ (deserve) it!
