Exercise 16. Use any appropriate tense for the verbs in parentheses

1. My grandfather ______________________ (fly, never) in an airplane, and he has no intention of ever doing so.

2. Jane isn't here yet. I _______________________ (wait) for her since noon, but she still _________________. (arrive, not)

3. In all the world, there _____________________________ (be) only 14 mountains that _________________ (reach) above 8,000 meters (26,247 feet).

4. I have a long trip ahead of me tomorrow, so I think I'd better go to bed. But let me say good-bye now because I won't see you in the morning. I _____________ (leave, already) by the time you ________________ (get) up.

5. Right now we ______________________________ (have) a heat wave. The temperature ____________ (be) in the upper 90's for the last six days.

6. Last night I _____________________ (go) to a party. When I _______________ (get) there, the room was full of people. Some of them _________________ (dance) and others _________________ (talk). One young woman _____________________ (stand) by herself. I ___________________ (meet, never) her, so I _______________________________ (introduce) myself to her.

7. About three yesterday afternoon, Jessica _______________ (lie) in bed reading a book. Suddenly she ______________________ (hear) loud noise and ___________ (get) up to see what it was. She _____________________ (look) out the window. A truck __________________________ (back, just) into her new car!

8. Next month I have a week's vacation. I _________________ (plan) to take a trip. First, I _________________ (go) to Madison, Wisconsin, to visit my brother. After I ________________ (leave) Madison, I ________________ (go) to Chicago to see a friend who _________________ (study) at a university there. She ______________________ (live) in Chicago for three years, so she ___________________ (know) her way around the city. She _____________________ (promise) to take me to many interesting places. I ________________ (be, never) in Chicago, so I ___________________ (look) forward to going there.

9. Yesterday while I ______________________ (sit) in class, I __________________ (get) the hiccups. The person who ______________________(sit) next to me told me to hold my breath. I _________________ (try) that, but it didn't work. The instructor ______________________ (lecture) and I didn't want to interrupt him, so I just sat there trying to hiccup quietly. Finally, after I __________________ (hiccup) for almost five minutes, I _________________________ (raise) my hand and ___________________ (excuse) myself from the class to go get a drink of water.

10. The weather has been terrible lately. It ______________________ (rain) off and on for two days, and the temperature _______________ (drop) at least twenty degrees. It ____________________ (be) in the low 40's right now. Just three days ago, the sun _________________________ (shine) and the weather was pleasant. The weather certainly _________________________ (change) quickly here. I never know what to expect. Who knows? When I _____________________________ (wake) up tomorrow morning, maybe it ____________________________ (snow).

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