Complete the short passages given below using appropriate verb forms.
1While I was going home last evening, I ............... a friend of mine.
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Use the simple past "met" for a completed action last evening.
2He ............... for me at the bus station when my bus finally arrived at 6 p.m.
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Use the past continuous "was waiting" for an action that was in progress when another past action (the bus arriving) happened.
3My friend Mr. Gupta ............... a famous writer.
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Use "is" to link Mr. Gupta with his description as a famous writer.
4He ............... short stories and plays.
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Use "writes" for a regular activity by the singular subject "He".
5He ............... an anthology of poems too.
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Use the present perfect "has published" for a past achievement connected to the present.
6Now he says that he ............... on a novel.
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Use the present continuous "is working" for an activity happening around now.
7Raju ............... here yesterday.
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Use the simple past "came" with the finished time expression "yesterday".
8He ............... for Chennai tomorrow.
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Use "will leave" for a future action with "tomorrow".
9I ............... computer programming now.
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Use the present continuous "am learning" for an activity happening now.
10The course ............... last month.
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Use the simple past "began" with the finished time expression "last month".
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- While I was going home last evening, I met a friend of mine.
- He was waiting for me at the bus station when my bus finally arrived at 6 p.m.
- My friend Mr. Gupta is a famous writer.
- He writes short stories and plays.
- He has published an anthology of poems too.
- Now he says that he is working on a novel.
- Raju came here yesterday.
- He will leave for Chennai tomorrow.
- I am learning computer programming now.
- The course began last month.