PRATICE 8: VERB

Exercise

1. A: How long   you   (wait) for them?
   B: We  (wait) for one hour.
2. After the guests (leave), I went to bed.
3. Anna  (not, be) here tomorrow.
4. Annie started a letter to her last week, but she still  (finish) it.
5. At eight o'clock last night, I  (studying).
6. At midnight, we   still  (drive) through the desert.
7. Bill   still  (not arrive).
8. Danny   just  (hear)some bad news.
9. Doctors  (cure) many deadly diseases.
10. He always  (eats) a sandwich for lunch.
11. He   never  (travel) by train.
12. He  (need) help right now.
13. He  (play) the violin.
14. I  never  (see) snow.
15. I  (be) here since seven o'clock.
16. I  (buy) a new car three days ago.
17. I  (fly) on an airplane many times.
18. I  (get) up at seven every morning.
19. I  (go) to school yesterday.
20. I  (know) him for many years.
21. I  (like) cowboy movies ever since I was a child.
22. I  (meet) many people since I came here in June.
23. I  (study) for two hours every night.
24. I  (take)five courses this semester.
25. I  (walk) down the street when it began to rain.
26. I  (wear) this same pair of shoes for three years.
27. I  (write) my wife a letter every day for the last two weeks.
28. I need an umbrella because it  (rain) .
29. I think I  (see) that movie before.
30. I   never  (be) to France.
31. I  (study) French when I was a child.
32. I  (study) while he  (prepare) dinner.
33. I  (not pay) attention while I  (write) the letter, so I made several mistakes.
34. Jack   (see) the picture yet.
35. Jack  (finish) his work tomorrow.
36. James  (not finish) his homework yet.
37. Joan  (study) two foreign languages.
38. John  (live) in Paris since 1995, but now he lives in Rome.
39. John  (sleeping) right now.
40. John  (try) to improve his work habits.
41. Last night at 6 PM, I  (eat) dinner.
42. Last year at this time, I  (attend) school.
43. My car  (break) down three times this week.
44. Rita  (stand) under a tree when it began to rain.
45. Sam  (leave) before Ann (get)  there.
46. Shauna  (studied) Japanese for five years.
47. She graduated from university less than three years ago. She  (work) for three different companies so far.
48. She  (work) at the movie theater after school.
49. She  (consult) to several specialists about her problem, but nobody knows why she is sick.
50. Susan  (reading) a book in her room at this moment.
51. Susan  (master) Japanese, but she can communicate.
52. The army  (attack) that city five times.
53. The average person  (breathe) 21,600 times a day.
54. The rain    (has stop).
55. The students  (sit) at their desks right now.
56. The thief simply walked in last night. Someone  (forget) to lock the door.
57. The world  (be) round
58. They  (move) into a new apartment.
59. They felt bad about selling the house because they  (own) it for more than forty years.
60. They never  (went) to school, they always skipped class.
61. They  (not stay) at the party the entire time.
62. They  (sit) at the beach all day.
63. Water  (consist) of hydrogen and oxygen.
64. We  (be) here for two weeks.
65. We  (have) four tests so far this semester.
66. We  (talk) on the phone for thirty minutes.
67. What   you  (do) while you  (wait)?
68. While Ellen  (read), Tim  (watch) television.
69. While I was studying in one room of our apartment, my roommate  (have) a party in the other room.
70. Yesterday at this time, I  (sit) at my desk at work.
71. you ever  (visit) Mexico?
72.  you  (listen) while he  (talk)?