[4] Grammar Review: Tenses & Other Constructions - Part 2

               TENSES AND CONFUSING VERBS

 

Choose the correct verb form in the following sentences.  

1.   I’ve finished reading a story called Dangerous. It’s about a woman who [kills, killed, is killing] his brother because of envy. 

2.    You’d better go to bed early. The plane [ will leave is leaving, leaves ] at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning, so we’ll have to be up by 4:30! 

3.   I [will visit, visit, am visiting ] my father next Sunday. 

4.   [Sitting, Setting] the flowers on the table, she noticed the cat [setting, sitting] on the chair nearby.

5.   At nine o’ clock, a grill [rises, raises] to prevent any entry into the vault.

6.   When I reach retirement age in 2035,  I [will be, will have been] sixty years old.

7.   When I reach retirement age in 2035, I [will work, will have worked] for the post office for thirty years.

8.   If you [had been, were] more careful yesterday, you would not have dented the fender of the car.

9.   If you [had been, were] more careful, you would make fewer mistakes.

10. When he [arrived, had arrived], we [ were having, had] dinner, but we [ stop, stopped] to greet him.

11. After we [take, had taken] some photos of the cathedral, we [ had gone, went] to the next restaurant to have dinner.

12. They [ meet, met ] my brother one hour ago.

13. She always [ takes, have taken] a shower in the morning.

14. I have to unfold the blanket and [lie, lay ] it on the floor.

15. I felt sick, so I [ lie, lay, laid] down.