Fill in the correct forms of the verbs given, 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!

1. I ( always have) trouble with by engine these days.
2. If I were a ghost I ( try) to frighten all the people I dislike.
3. He ( know) her for a long time before he finally got married to her.
4. I hope it ( not rain) when we leave church.
5. Since you gave me your number I ( phone) you four times and ( not find) you at home.
6. ( you , ever meet) our president ?
7. It ( take) a long time for man to learn to make tools and weapons.
8. John came in with a very dirty face and I wondered what he ( do).
9. They ( live) in Liverpool for ten years when I first met them.