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Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in any aspect of the present tense. Ring! Ring! Beto: Beto: Beto: Beto: Beto: Hello. Yes, this is he. AhhhJustin! I (be) _______ (2) fine. How are you? That (be) _______(3) good. So, whats up? Sure. Justin: May I please speak to Beto? Justin: Beto! How (be) _______ (1) you? This is Justin. Justin: Im great, thanks. Justin: Well, I (have) _______ (4) a question for you. Justin: My motorcycle (be) _______ (5) broken. I (try) _______ ______ _________(6) to repair it for days. I (no, know) _______ _______ _______(7) what is wrong with it. I (no, can, fix) ________ _______(8) it. Justin: Have you tried to start it? Beto: Yes, I (try) _______ ________(9) to start it many times, but it just wont work. The motorcycle is pretty new. I just got it last November. Beto: Hmm. Well, what (happen) ________(10) when you try to start it? What kind of noise does it make? Justin: It (make) ________ (11) a strange sound. Then the engine (die) _______ (12). Beto: Okay. (You, stand) _______ _______ _________ (13) beside it right now? Justin: Yes. Beto: Okay. There are some things that you need to check. First, you need to inspect the spark plugs. Justin: Hold on. Okay, I (inspect) _______ _________(14) them under a light now. They look clean.Beto: Okay, that's good. Now, you need to check the oil. Its possible that you dont have enough. Justin: Hold on. Okay, I (check) _______ _________ (15) the oil right now. It (look) _______ (16) clean, and the tank is full. I just filled it up last week, so I didnt think that would be the problem. Beto: Okay, thats good. Now you need to test the battery. (You, have) _______ _______ _______ (17) a battery tester?
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Justin: Yes, I do. My brother got me one for my birthday. Lets seeokay, I (use) _______ _________(18) it right now. The battery (appear) ________(19) to be full of life. Beto: Hmm. That is strange. I (wonder) ________(20) what the problem could be! Justin: Yesvery strange. I (not, understand) _______ _______ _________(21) it. My brother thinks the motorcycle is trash. He (not, think) _______ _______ ________ (22) it will ever start again. He (say) _______ (23) I need to take it to the junkyard. Beto: Beto: Thats too bad. Well, there (be) _______(24) one more thing you can check. Yes, but I am sure you (check) _______ ________(25) it already. Its probably Justin: Really? the first thing you thought of. Justin: Well, what is it? Beto: The gas level. Justin: Wait! I (not, check) _______ _______ ________ (26) that yet! Hold on! I (check) _____ _________(27) the gas level now. Beto: Well, what (do) _______ (28) it look like? Justin: It (look) _______ (29) empty! Wow, that (be) _______(30) the problem. How embarrassing. I am sorry that I bothered you about this! Beto: Thats okay. The same thing (happen) _______ ________ (31) to me before. You had better go get some gas! Talk you to you later! Justin: Okay, thanks!
Fill in the correct form of the verb All tenses 1. My family have ___________________ (buy) some land in southern France recently. They ___________________ (build) a summer house there at the moment. 2. Andy and Mary ___________________ (go) to a concert tomorrow night. ____________________________ (look forward to) it the whole week. 3. Jonathon ___________________ (watch) the news on TV every day and it ___________________ (help) him with his English. 4. My car ___________________ (break) down when I ___________________ (drive) home from work. I ________________________ (fix) it if I ___________________ (know) what was wrong. But I didnt so ___________________ (have) to take it to the garage. 5. When he ___________________ (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He ___________________________ (already write) his first computer programme six years earlier. 6. An accident ___________________ (happen) near my house last night. A car _______________ (hit) a young man. He ___________________ (ride) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly ___________________ (open) a car door. Many people ___________________ (see) the accident. The police ___________________ (interrogate) them last night. 7. Mrs Smith said that one day she ________________________ (retire) from teaching. She said that she ___________________ (spend) her new free time learning about computers. 8. I ______________________ (not sleep) at all last night. Someone ___________________ (listen) to music all night. 9. I ___________________ (see) a film a week ago, but I _______________________ (not enjoy) it very much because I _______________________ (already read) the book. If I ___________________ (not read) the book I ____________________________ (probably enjoy) the film more. 10. The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he ___________________ (rob) a bank. 11. They ________________________ (stand) in the queue for over an hour when the manager ___________________ (tell) them that there were no more tickets. 12. Alan ___________________ (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver ___________________ (lose) control of his car because he ___________________ (fall) asleep. 13. She ___________________ (not see) her father since he ___________________ (start) to work in Marseille two years ago.
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14. I ___________________ (sleep) when the fire broke out. 15. Linda phoned and explained that she _________________________ (not can) to come to the party the next day because she ___________________ (be) still sick. 16. I ________________________ (just see) the film The Da Vinci Code. ___________________ (you see) it too? No, I ___________________ (not have) but I ___________________ (read) the book. 17. My sister ___________________ (fly) home from London today. Her flight ___________________ (arrive) in an hour so I ___________________ (leave) for the airport right now to get there in time. 18. Unless he ___________________ (sell) more he wont get much money. 19. While he ___________________ (wait) for the bus there ___________________ (be) a robbery at the bank. After the robbers ___________________ (go) away the police ___________________ (come) but they ___________________ (not can) to catch them. 20. I ___________________ (use) to ski when I was at the university but I ___________________ (break) a leg five years ago and since then I ___________________ (not ski) any more.