VERBAL TENSESComplete these sentences with the correct tense or verb form1. She left the room without . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (say) a word to anyone.2. It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (rain) when we . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (arrive) at the station.3. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (have) this house for ages.4. She wants me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (give) her a lift to the station.5. He went to the shops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (buy) some fruit.6. The school year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (begin / usually) on September 1st.7. I won’t let you go out until you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (tell) me the truth.8. Take your coat! It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (snow) since early this morning.9. When we . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (arrive) at the party most of the people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (already / leave).10. I’m very tired because I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (cook) all morning.11. He . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (visit) his son in hospital three times this week.12. They . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (build) a new library in Alcobendas now.13. Do you like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (read) Harry Potter books?14. Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(do) the shopping when a thief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (steal) her purse.15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (you / ever / taste) Mexican food?

16. “I can’t understand this letter”, “I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (call) my son. He . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (translate) it for you”.

17. “. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (you / listen) to the radio?” “No, you can turn it off”.

18. “Why are you turning on the TV”? “Because I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (watch) the news”.19. Yesterday evening while my father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (reading) the newspaper, my mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (cook) dinner.20. “It’s very cloudy now. I think it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (rain) very soon”.21. Henry enjoys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (travel) to foreign countries.22. Before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (go) to the cinema, she did her homework.23. When my grandfather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (be) a child, he liked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (collect)

stamps.24. “Can you sit down? I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (try) to watch the film”,25. “What would you like to drink, tea or coffee?”. “I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (have) tea, please”.26. I don’t mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (be) alone.27. “Who . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (discover) America)?”.”Columbus”.28. Jane made her children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (put away) all their toys.29. They managed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (climb) the top of the mountain although it was hot.30. Marta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not/speak) to me since we argued last we