Verb Tenses - Exercises (3rd Secondary)



FILL IN WITH THE CORRECT VERBAL TENSE.

a)    When Sarah (be) …………… fifteen years old she (leave) ……….

school without any qualifications. However, she (be) …………… very 

ambitious and she (want) …………… to work in the fashion industry. Luckily 

she (find) ...…...... good job inmediately as an assistant in a small 

fashion company. While she (work) …..…….......…… there, she (decide)

…………… to go to evening classes to get a qualification in business 

studies. When she (finish) …….............she (promote) .........................

Since 2000 she (do) …….........……… the same job and now she (want)

 …………… a change in her life.


b)    Jane (find) ………a new job at last! She (be) …………… very 

happy about it but the problem (be) …………… that she (have) …………… 

to travel a lot.  She (try) …………… to find a solution during the last week, 

and she (decide). …….. to talk to her future boss to solve the problem. After

 an hour the man (accept) …………to pay the transport so Jane (can) ………

 take the job and start inmediately. At present she (work) …………… as an

 assistant in a beautiful office and the salary (be) …………. much better.

c)  Sarah Thompson (win) …………… $3 million on the national lottery

 in November 1997. During that night, while she (wait) ……………for her 

husband to come from a soccer match, she (have) …………… a party with 

all her friends and neighbours. However, some months later she (not be)

 ……………very excited because she (spend) ......…………,… most of

 thetime worrying what to do with the money and wondering how the

 neighbours (react) ……………to her family. Although the prize (help)

 ………. her to pay some debts, she (think) …………… that she (be) 

.....................happier before winning the lottery and now she (have)

 …………… new troubles to deal with.

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