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UNIT 1
TENSES

EXERCISE 17 Use any appropriate tense for the verbs in parentheses.

1. Turkey ______________________ (experience) several great earthquakes in recent years, and because it
______________________ (be) on major earthquake faults lines, it ______________________ (experience)
more earthquakes in the years to come..
2. As he ______________________ (not / sleep) well for weeks, he ______________________ (go) to see
the doctor, who assured him it was nothing serious.

3. He says that he ______________________ (exchange) his car for a cheaper model in a week or so, but I
think he ______________________ (regret) it after a few months.
4. The fire ______________________ (blaze) so fiercely when the fire brigade ______________________
(come) that it ______________________ (take) them to over two hours to extinguish it, so the building was
almost completely destroyed.
5. By the end of this year they ______________________ (expand) the company into ten countries.

6. It ______________________ (turn) really cold today and look how grey the sky is. I’m certain that it
______________________ (snow).

7. She ______________________ (lose) weight very quickly now, so at this rate, in about a month’s time, she
______________________ (lose) over 10 kilos.
8. When I ______________________ (last / look) into the room, the meeting _____________________
(not / yet / commence).
9. My best friend, Lucy, ______________________ (expect) a baby around the middle of March, so by the time
I ______________________ (be) able to visit her in May, she ______________________ (have) the baby.

10. We ______________________ (hike) for two hours now, and we ______________________ (still / have)
around five kilometres to go, so by the time we ______________________ (join) the other group at the
camp, we ______________________ (walk) for about four hours.
11. In a wine factory, normally they ______________________ (store) the wine in the cellar and they
______________________ (bottle) it after it ______________________ (ferment) for two weeks.

12. I ______________________ (not / ignore) his behaviour any longer. I ______________________ (say)
something to him tomorrow if he ______________________ (behave) in the same way.
13. I ______________________ (only / drive) for ten minutes when suddenly the brakes _______________
(fall).

14. Who was the man you ______________________ (talk) to just now? I ______________________
(not / think) I ______________________ (see) him around here before.
15. Everybody in Jack’s family______________________ (have) a cold or flu lately. First, Mandy
______________________ (go) down with the flu, then Peter ______________________ (catch) a cold
and now Rick ______________________ (suffer) from a cough and cold. He ______________________
(cough) continuously for a week.

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