Gap fills (verbs)

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form.

1. When I ……………. from work in the evening, I ………………… the house locked. I did not know what to do.

2. Have you heard the proverb that a stitch in time ……………. nine ?

3. The teacher …………….. us a story to illustrate that honesty ……………….. a noble virtue.

4. He ………………. me yesterday if I …………………. him a few dollars.

5. They said that they ……………. the bus.

6. Do not quit this job till you ………………. another.

7. I ………………… a message as soon as I reached New York.

8. Galileo …………….. that it …………….. the earth that ………………… round the sun.

9. We ………………… what we …………………

1. When I returned from work in the evening, I found the house locked. I did not know what to do.

2. Have you heard the proverb that a stitch in time saves nine?

3. The teacher told us a story to illustrate that honesty is a noble virtue.

4. He asked me yesterday if I could lend him a few dollars.

5. They said that they missed the bus.

6. Do not quit this job till you get another.

7. I sent a message as soon as I reached New York.

8. Galileo maintained that it was the earth that went round the sun.

9. We believe what we see.