Past Tenses

Past Tenses
1 Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
He ... us the firm ... wool since 1935.
A) told/had been exporting
B) tells/would export
C) said/is exporting
D) will be told/exports
E) told/has been exporting
2 Choose the appropriate verbs.
Mark Twain ... that they ... about him.
A) understand / speaks
B) understands / speaks
C) will understand / spoke
D) understood / are speaking
E) understood / were speaking
3 Choose the appropriate verbs.
I ... he ... it interesting.
A) hoped / find
B) hoped / finds
C) hopes / would find
D) hoped / would find
E) will find / find
4 Choose the appropriate form of the verbs.
The company ... some new equipments before the strike ... .
A) have ordered / begin
B) had ordered / began
C) ordered / begins
D) is ordering / began
E) will order / had begun
5 Choose the appropriate form of the verbs.
Henry ... Puerto Rico before he ... to St. Thomas.
A) visited / had gone
B) had visited / went
C) was visiting / went
D) would visit / goes
E) visited / went
6 Choose the appropriate form of the verbs.
The pupils ... the sentences yet, the teacher ... the blackboard.
A) has not written / will clean
B) had not written / cleaned
C) did not write / cleans
D) are not writing / clean
E) had not written / had cleaned
7 Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
He ... that the day before he ... a lot of interesting things on his trip to the South.
A) knew/sees
B) knew/would see
C) knew/is seeing