Verb tenses
Finn in the gaps with the correct tense 1. My family have bought (BUY) some land in southern France recently. They are building (BUILD) a summer house there ar the moment.2. Andy and Mary are going(GO) to a concert tomorrow night. They have been looking forward to (LOOK FORWARD TO) it the whole week.3. Jonathan watches (WATCH) the news on TV every day and it helps (HELP) him with his English.4. My car broke down(BREAK DOWN) when I was driving (DRIVE) home from work. I would have fixed (FIX) it if I had known (KNOW) what was wrong.5. When he founded(FOUND) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He had already written (WRITE) his first computer programme six years earlier.6. An accident happened (HAPPEN) near my house last night. A car hit (HIT) a young man. He was riding (RIDE) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly opened (OPEN) a car door. Many people saw (SEE) the accident. The police interrogated (INTERROGATE) them last night.7. Mrs Smith said that one day she would retire (RETIRE) from teaching. She said that she would spend (SPEND) her free time learning about computers.8. I did not sleep (SLEEP) at all last night. Someone was listening (LISTEN) to music all night.9. I saw(SEE) a film a week ago, but I did not enjoy (ENJOY) it very much because I had already read (READ) the book. If I had not read (READ) the book I would have probably enjoyed (PROBABLY, ENJOY) the film more.10. The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he had robbed (ROB) a bank.11. They had been standing (STAND) in the queue for hours when the manager told (TELL) them that there were no more tickets.12. Alan was (BE) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver lost (LOSE) control of his car because he was falling (FALL) asleep.13. She has not seen (SEE) her father since he started (START) to work in Marseille two years ago.14. I was sleeping(SLEEP) when the fire broke out.15. Linda phoned and explained that she would not be able(NOT be able) to come to the party the next day because she was(BE) sick.16. I have just seen(JUST, SEE) the film "The Da Vinci Code". - Have you seen(YOU, SEE) it, too? - No, I have not(NOT, HAVE) but I have read(READ) the book.17. My sister is flying(FLY) home from London today. Her flight arrives(ARRIVE) in an hour so I am leaving(LEAVE) for the ariport right now to get there in time.18. Unless he sells(SELL) more, he won't get much money.19. While he was waiting(WAIT) for the bus there was(BE) a robbery at the bank. After the robbers had gone(GO) away the police came(COME) but they were not able(NOT CAN) to catch them.20. I used(USE) to ski when I was at university but I broke(BREAK) a leg five years ago and since then I have not skied (SKI) anymore.