GAP-FILLING, VERB TENSES

Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs in brackets.
(escribe los verbos entre parntesis en el tiempo apropiado)
1
Mary
and
Jane
are
twin
sisters.
When
they
(be
born)__________________ their mother (die)__________________
They
(be
separated)____________________.
Mary
(go)
___________________. to live in France and Jane to England. They (be)
_________________16 years old now and they (not see)
_________________
each
other
since
they
(be)
__________________3
years
old. Nowadays
they
(be)
______________.in touch, they (write) __________________letters
twice a month. They (speak) _________________different languages but
Mary
(learn)
____________________.
English,
Jane
(learn)
____________________French for 3 years now to be able to
communicate. They (discover) _______________they were sisters when
they (see) _______________a picture at school while they (do)
________________.an international student exchange. Next summer they
(visit) __________________ Germany together, they hope they (have)
___________________.a great time.
2
Dear Ellen,
You
probably
_______________(
not
imagine)
where
I
____________(write) you from. This the most wonderful experience of
my life. Two months ago I ______________(read) on the paper that a
wood company ______________ (want) to cut some very old trees in a
forest and I ____________ (decide) I _____________.(have) to do
something about it. So I ___________. (make) a tree house in one of the
biggest trees. I ___________.(climb) up to it and here I am. I
__________.(climb) up here last September, so I _________
_____ (be) here for almost 4 months. All the media ___________.(show)
a lot of interest in me and I _____________. (answer) thousands of
questions. Some journalists _________ (even, take) pictures of me from a
helicopter. I can say I _____________.(have) a wonderful time, although
sometimes at night it ___________.(get) very cold. I think I
_______________(stay) up here for another 2 or 3 months and during
this time I _________________.

(write)
a
diary
I ______________(hope)
some
newspaper
_______________ (publish) when I ____________(get down).
3
Dear Jackie,
Thank you very much for your letter. It was great to hear from you. I have
left school. I_____________ (leave) in July. I_______________be) fed
up with it and I_________________.(want) to earn some money.
I______________________(work) for a newspaper in London. Its great.
Laura____________________.(leave)
school,
too.
She
_________________.(go) to college now. I___________. (not see) her
since she_____________go) to college. Casey______________(see) her
last week. She___________________(play) badminton with Sue. Casey
says he_______________________.(not recognize) her, because
she_______________________.(look) very different. Vince, Sue and
Casey_______________(be) still at school, but they all____________
(study) different subjects. So they___________.(not see) each other
very often. I_____________________(go out) with Sue now. Sue and
Vince___________.(learn) to drive. They _____________________(be)
17 last month. Mr Scott___________(teach) them in his car.
I_________________.(see)
them
yesterday.
Sue_______________________(drive). Ill be 17 in three months time.
Then I__________(learn) to drive_____________________(you stay) in
the States? Your parents____________________(move) last summer, so
I suppose you___________________.(no come back) here. Some new
people_______________________________.(move) into your old house,
but I_______________________(not meet) them yet.
Well thats all the news for now. I hope that you____________________.
(write) again.
Bye for now, Love Terry.

4
Sarah (like, always) _________________travelling and now she
(think)_____________.
that
one
of
her
dreams
(come)________________.true.
Last
year
she
(finish)_________________. her studies at secondary school, she (want)
_________________to give herself some time to think before she
(go)________________.to
university.
While
she
(study)
__________________at school she (meet) _________________ a boy
from Costa Rica who (tell) ___________ her a lot about his country. From

that moment she (want) _______________ to visit this country. Some

days ago she (see) _________________.some information about volunteer
work in Costa Rica and (decide)______________to apply. She (be
chosen)______________________.and
she
(spend)_________________.the next 8 months working on a school
project, at the same time she (learn)_________________.Spanish.

5
Mary (be born) _________________.in Glasgow but when she (be)
__________.3 years old her parents (move) ______________to London.
She (go) _____________. to school in London. While she (study)
_________________. at University she (have) _________________.a
serious accident and she (spend) ___________________.6 months in bed.
During this time she (learn) ______________.French and when she finally
(get)
____________________.
up
from
bed
she
(speak)
_______________it fluently. She (get) _________________.a job as
French translator in 2001, and she (work) __________________ for this
firm since then. She (like) ___________________. the job because it
(allow) __________________her to speak to a lot of people but right now
she (consider) ___________________.the possibility of changing her job.
Next year she (take) ___________.a course in computer science because
she (think) ________________.it (give) _____________her the
opportunity to find a better job.
6
Thomas Nelson (study)_Spanish for 3 years when he
(come)here two months ago. He (study)
_at SalamancaUniversity and (live)in a flat with three
other students. When he first (arrive)_2 months ago, the
first thing that (attract) .his attention was that the
streets (be)_always full of people, even at night. Before he
(come) .to Spain he (read) .about the
country and the people, but he (not imagine). it could be
like this. His flat mates (tell) .him that he (get used)
_ to the way of living quite soon. During the two months he
(be)________.here, he (already, learrn)_________quite a lot of colloquial
Spanish. At the moment he (practise). Spanish in his classes
during the day and in different pubs at night, next Easter he (visit)
_Seville ant its famous Holy Week.

ANSWERS

1_
were born/ died/ were separates/ went/ are/ havent seen/ were/ are/
write/ speak/ is learning o has been learning/ has been learning/
discovered/ saw/ were doing/ are going to visit/ will have.
2_
dont imagine/ am writing/ read (pasado)/ wanted/ decided/ had/ made/
climbed/ climbed/ have been/ have shown/ have answered/ have even
taken/ am having/ gets/ will stay/ am going to write/ hope/ will publish/
get.
3_
left /was/ wanted/ work/ has left/ is going/ havent seen/ went/ saw/ was
playing/ didnt recognize/ was looking/ are/ study/ dont see / am going/
are learning/ were7 is teaching/ saw/ was driving/ will learn/ are you
staying/ moved/ are not coming back/ have moved/ havent met/ will write.
4_
has always liked/ thinks/ will come/ finished/ wants/ goes/ was studying/
met/ told/ has wanted/ saw/ decided/ has been chosen/ will spend/ will
learn.
5_
was born/ was/ moved/ went/ was studying/ had/ spent/ learned/ got/
spoke/ got/ has worked/ likes7 allows/ is considering/ is going to take/
thinks/ will give.
6_
had studied/ came/ studies/ lives/ arrived/ attracted/ were/ came/ had
read/ didnt imagine/ have told/ will get used/ has been/ has already
learned/ is practising / will visit.