Tenses 4

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Fill in the correct form of the verbs in ( ) .

  1.  
    It very cold this year. I wonder when it warmer (BE, GET).
  2. I over Loch Ness last week. - the Loch Ness monster ? (FLY, YOU SEE)
  3. your hair long when you were at school ? Yes, my mother it like that. (YOU WEAR, WANT)
  4. When he she by the window. She at something in the street, but when he her she and at him.(AWAKE, SIT, LOOK, CALL, TURN, SMILE)
  5. She said that the car at 40 m.p.h. when it to skid.(TRAVEL, BEGIN)
  6. Why so fast today ? You usually quite slowly. (YOU WALK, WALK)
  7. This car a very strange noise. it is all right ? (MAKE, YOU THINK)
  8. It for three days now. The roads will be blocked if it soon.(SNOW, NOT STOP)
  9. He ten letters before breakfast.(WRITE)
  10. my friend Cyril lately ?(YOU SEE) - No, I him for more than a week.(NOT SEE)
  11. How long ?(YOU WAIT)
  12. He his watch while he the sights of the city.(LOSE, SEE)
  13. A few years ago he in Germany where he as a journalist. (LIVE, WORK)
  14. I down the stairs when my friend the door bell. (JUST COME, RING)
  15. My mother fish when the doctor arrived. (PREPARE)