Present, Past, Present Perfect: check
Write the verbs in the correct tense:
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She paid for her ticket and..... (leave)
I closed the door quietly because he.... to sleep. (try)
How many times.... since he came to New York? (he call)
1.... about this for some time now, (know)
(watch)
television - their favourite programme is on at the moment..
I wanted to be the first to tell her the news, but I was too late. Someone
.... her. (already tell)
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5
They.
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The children are filthy. Where....? (they be)
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I think she's the nicest person I... (meet)
I'm going to bed..... for hours and I'm tired. (work)
10 Mary was cleaning the windscreen when she.... a crack in the glass.
(notice)
11 I couldn't open the office door because someone...
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agree: 1.... you should apologize. (not think)
13 When I phoned her, she .... her homework. (do)
it. (lock)
14 We.... for three-and-a-half hours when John finally arrived. (wait)
15 When I shouted, they.... off the roof and.... away. (jump/run)
16 Don't phone her just now. She.... to her boss. (talk)
17 Oh! You....
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a shave! You look strange without a beard! (have)
military service for eighteen months. This is my last month. (do)
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