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.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. Have you heard the proverb that a stitch in time ……………. nine ?
Correct!
Wrong!
3. The teacher …………….. us a story to illustrate that honesty ……………….. a noble virtue.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. He ………………. me yesterday if I …………………. him a few dollars.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. They said that they ……………. the bus.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. Do not quit this job till you ………………. another.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. I ………………… a message as soon as I reached New York.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. Galileo …………….. that it …………….. the earth that ………………… round the sun.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. We ………………… what we …………………
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
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.
