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CHOOSE THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERB TICKING THE BOX. DO NOT TICK THE WORNG BOXES.
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1.     They sat/were sitting at the fire when a strange noise interrupted their calm.

2.    I cannot answer you. I have not read/did not read the book yet.

3.    We went/have gone to the beech every day last summer.

4.    Stop! There is someone at the door and he is knocking/knocks loudly.

5.    The trees grew/have grown a great deal since last spring.

6.    What do you usually do/are you usually doing in your free time?

7.    Where is Samantha? I think/am thinking she paints/is painting the floor in her room.

8.    While mother washed/was washing dishes Elizabeth sneaked/was sneaking out.

9.    We did not find/have not found the ring that Mary lost/was losing on her birthday.

 
 
 
CHOOSE THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERB TICKING THE BOX. DO NOT TICK THE WORNG BOXES.
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1. Have you seen/Did you see Paula yet?
2. When Mom has come/came home she has seen/saw that the children had fallen asleep.
3. What are you writing/do you write with that golden pen that now is in your pencil case?
4. She has been learning/has learned English since she was 11.
5. A: Have you finished/did you finish writing your essay? B: Yes, I have/did. A: When have you finished/did you finish?
6. I am feeling/feel terrible pain in my stomach! I must be seriously sick.
7. I was not coming/did not come home as I had promised.
8. “Hurray!” she was exclaiming/exclaimed happily.
9. I am seeing/see a red car that is coming/comes down the street on high speed.
 
PUT THE VERB INTO THE RIGHT FORM.
 
1.     Where is Jane? I  (think) she   (talk) on telephone.
2. Yesterday as soon as she  (finish) talking, she (come) into the room.
3.    While they  (iron) the laundry, she  (forget) about the potatoes.
4.    She  (not/like) other people to listen to her conversations in general.
5.     This song  (just/download) from the Internet.
6.     (you/often/download) music from YouTube?
7.    My glasses  (not/clean) yet.
8.    Sometimes people  (get) offended with no reason at all.
9.    While Sarah  (tan) on the beach, her clothes  (steal).