) Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs in

parentheses.
1. Hi, I (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.
2. Oh, yes. Alice (mention) you the other day. ee, you
(not loo!) li!e a detecti"e.
#. $ell, that's %ood, I (%uess).
&. I'm curious. 'ell me, ho( you (decide) to become
an underco"er co)*
+. $ell, (hen I (be) a !id, I (lo"e) to read detecti"e
no"els. ,y the time I (be) ten, I (read) e"ery boo!
in the Hardy Boys series. I (!no() that I ((ant) to
%o into la( enforcement.
-. ,ut accordin% to Alice, you (attend) la( school
no(adays.
.. Ri%ht. I (%et) married last month. I (not mind)
bein% on the )olice force (hen I (be) sin%le, but e"er since I
(meet) /icole, my (ife, I ((ant) to do
somethin% less dan%erous.
0. I (understand). ,y the (ay, you
(ha"e) any luc! yet (ith those counterfeiters*
1. $ell, I (follo() them for more than a month no(, but
so far I (not be able to) catch them in the act.
2ometimes I ((orry) that by the time they're cau%ht, I'll ha"e
my la( de%ree and I'll be defendin% them3
Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs
1. Hardly had the minister finished his s)eech (hen %unshots 4444 (storm) the stadium.
stormed
2. 5"erybody (ill be at the office at about 607#6 tomorro( as the meetin% 4444 (start) at
nine o'cloc!.
starts
#. 'hat candidate (ho (e had been inter"ie(ed before (e 4444 (s)ea!) to all the others is
still my fa"orite.
&. $hile climbin% onto the mountain to), I 4444 (encounter) a stran%e animal (hich I'd
ne"er seen before.
+. 'he chairman (as sure that his )lan (ould (or! out fine as no other member 4444
(o))ose) it u) to that time.
-. I (asn't sur)rised to hear that Monica 4444 (ha"e) an accident as she is a "ery rec!less
dri"er.
.. 2ince the "ery first day (hen the 8mbrella 9om)any embar!ed u)on such a
dan%erous and ris!y lab4research, "ery stran%e incidents 4444 (ta!e )lace) (ithin the
research com)le:.
0. 8rbani;ation 4444 (al(ays < be) a )roblem (hich causes se"eral en"ironmental
challen%es e"er since the rate of mi%ration 4444 (increase) after the industrial re"olution.
1. $hen I 4444 (come) home this e"enin%, my )arents had %one out for a (al!.
16. ,y the time the troo)s 4444 (arri"e), the (ar (ill ha"e ended.
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11. ,y the year 2626, lin%uists 4444 (study) the Indy45uro)ean lan%ua%e family for more
than 266 years.
12. asoline 4444 (become) a maAor )roblem for )eo)le for the Bast ten years, therefore,
durin% this time many )eo)le ha"e )referred to sell their cars and buy smaller ones.
1#. ,y the time he (as 1&, $olf%an% Mo;art 4444 (com)ose) an en"iable number of
musical )ieces.
1&. /othin% in my life 4444 (be) so stron% to sto) me achie"e my %oals so far and i don't
thin! anythin% (ill be.
1+. Archaeolo%ists 4444 (e:)lain) recently that an ancient under%round city around
9a))adocia has lon% (ide corridors (here there are many s)ecial areas for ma!in%
cheese and (ine.
1-. I (as ama;ed (hen he acce)ted a drin!, since I 4444 (al(ays < assume) that he (as a
teetotaler.
1.. I 4444 ()lay) tennis tomorro( but I (on't be able to do that because I ha"e inAured
my ri%ht an!le.
10. $e 4444 ("isit) the seashore many times before but last summer (e enAoyed
oursel"es more than e"er.
11. Accordin% to a sur"ey, thousands of "endin% machines 4444 (ha"e to be con"erted)
before the ne( coins ha"e come into circulation.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs. Use a comma ',' and a space
between multiple answers.
1. I 4444 (ne"er come) across such a bi% sna!e in my life. $hat about you*
have never come
2. ,y 2aturday ne:t (ee!, I 4444 ((or!) on this )aintin% for e:actly one month.
#. My (ife and I 4444 (ha"e) a fe( )roblems recently and I ha"e to admit that our
relationshi) 4444 (%et) a bit borin% since our dau%hter 4444 (lea"e) for uni"ersity.
have had, has gotten, lef t
&. 5"en thou%h I 4444 (li!e) sin%in%, I can say that I 4444 (ha"e) a terrible "oice.
+. ,y the year 2626, the )o)ulation of Condon 4444 (%ro() substantially.
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-. My %rand)arents 4444 (come) to see us ne:t (ee!end. 'hey 4444 (not "isit) us for t(o
years.
.. $e 4444 (loo! for) her rin% for t(o hours (hen (e found it in the bathroom.
0. 'hey (ere "ery tired in the e"enin% because they 4444 (hel)) on the farm all day.
1. I 4444 (lead) a "ery busy life these days. I 4444 ()re)are) for my fina i e:ams and at the
same time I 4444 (try) to mo"e to my ne( flat. =ou can't ima%ine ho( tired I am.
16. Do you !no( (hat time the 167&+ )lane 4444 (arri"e) in 9hica%o*