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Fill in the blanks with the
correct tense forms of the verbs in the brackets |
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It ______ ( rain ) since last night, and it ______ ( look ) as
if it may rain for the rest of the day. |
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My school ______ ( hold ) a food-and-fun fair next month to
raise money for the school building-fund. |
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Look! Those bees ______ ( buzz ) round the flowers. The bees
______ not only ______ ( collect ) honey, but they ______ (
pollinate ) the flowers as well. |
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Mary told him what ______ ( happen ) to his dog, so he ______ (
run )home to see how it ______ ( be ). |
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______ the taxi ______ ( come ) yet ? It ______ ( be ) already
ten minutes late. I hope it ______ ( be ) here soon. |
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We ______ ( go ) shopping last weekend. There ______ ( be ) a
great crowd at the shopping center. Most of the people ______ (
do ) their New Year's shopping. |
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It ______ ( be ) a fine morning today. The birds ______ ( sing )
in the trees, and there ______ ( be ) not a cloud in the sky. |
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That child ______ always ______ ( ask ) questions. Sometimes he
______ ( ask ) such complicated questions that I ______ ( become
) puzzled, too. |
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I thought that the grass ______ (
need ) cutting, but the lawnmower ______ ( be ) out of order.
Therefore, I ______ ( cut ) the grass with a pair of shears. |
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Your friends ______ ( wait ) for you
for over an hour. Where ______ you ______ ( be ) all this time ?
You ______ ( be ) out for almost four hours. |
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She ______ ( mop ) the floor when
her cousin came in. She ______ ( scold ) him angrily because he
______ ( make ) the floor dirty with his muddy shoes. |
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The police ______ ( investigate )
the robbery that ______ ( take ) place last week. So far,
they ______ ( discover ) nothing and ______ ( arrest ) no one. |
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She ______ ( look ) very worried for
the past few days; but when I ______ (ask )what the matter was,
she ______ ( say ) that it ______ ( be ) nothing. |
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She says that she ______ ( send )
the letter a month ago; but, so far, she ______ ( not receive )
any reply. She ______ ( think ) that her letter ______ ( be )
lost in the post. |
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He walked along the road, wondering
what ______ ( happen ) and where all the people ______ ( go ).
The streets ______ ( be ) deserted, and the stalls ______ ( be
leave ) as they ______ ( be ), with fruit and vegetables
arranged in neat rows. |
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Answers |
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| 1. |
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It has been raining since last night, and it
looks as
if it may rain for the rest of the day. |
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| 2. |
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My school is holding a food-and-fun fair next month to
raise money for the school building-fund. |
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| 3. |
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Look! Those bees are buzzing round the flowers. The bees
are not only
collecting honey, but they
are pollinating the flowers as well. |
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| 4. |
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Mary told him what had happened to his dog, so he
ran home to see how it
was. |
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| 5. |
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Has the taxi
come yet ? It
is already
ten minutes late. I hope it will be here soon. |
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| 6. |
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We went shopping last weekend. There
was a
great crowd at the shopping center. Most of the people
were doing their New Year's shopping. |
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| 7. |
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It is a fine morning today. The birds
are singing
in the trees, and there is not a cloud in the sky. |
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| 8. |
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That child is always
asking questions. Sometimes he
asks such complicated questions that I
become puzzled, too. |
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| 9. |
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I thought that the grass
needed cutting, but the lawnmower
was out of order. Therefore,
I cut the grass with a pair of shears. |
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| 10. |
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Your friends
have been waiting for you
for over an hour. Where have you
been all this time ?
You were out for almost four hours. |
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| 11. |
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She was
mopping the floor when
her cousin came in. She scolded him angrily because he
made the floor dirty with his muddy shoes. |
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| 12. |
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The police
are investigating
the robbery that took place last week.
So far, they have discovered
nothing and have arrested no
one. |
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| 13. |
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She had
been looking very worried for the past few days; but
when I asked what the matter
was, she said that it
was nothing. |
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| 14. |
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She says that she
had sent the letter a month
ago; but, so far, she has not received
any reply. She thinks that
her letter was lost in the
post. |
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| 15. |
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He walked along the road, wondering
what had happened and where
all the people had gone. The
streets were deserted, and
the stalls were left as they
were, with fruit and
vegetables arranged in neat rows. |
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