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Tenses exercise

February 3, 2015 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb.

1. His father ....................... last night.

Correct! Wrong!

2. We ………………….. Susie 3 weeks ago.

Correct! Wrong!

3. The sun ...................... when we went out.

Correct! Wrong!

4. I saw him ..................... the lamp.

Correct! Wrong!

5. Yesterday I ………………….. a new cellphone because my old one …………………. stolen.

Correct! Wrong!

6. He thanked me for what I …………………..

Correct! Wrong!

7. I ..................... here for the last two years.

Correct! Wrong!

8. They ………………… an apartment in New York two years ago.

Correct! Wrong!

9. I usually ....................... the newspaper in the morning.

Correct! Wrong!

10. Ever since I ..................... my home state in 1995, I …………………. living here.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. His father died last night.

2. We visited Susie 3 weeks ago.

3. The sun was shining when we went out.

4. I saw him steal the lamp.

5. Yesterday I bought a new cellphone because my old one had been stolen.

6. He thanked me for what I had done.

7. I have lived / have been living here for the last two years.

8. They bought an apartment in New York two years ago.

9. I usually read the newspaper in the morning.

10. Ever since I left my home state in 1995, I have been living here.

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