Communication skills UE Past Papers Questions.

Change the verbs in brackets into correct

1. By the time we got to the plane , it … already….(to take off)
2. Is Tom busy?Yes, he …..maths.(to study)
3. By the time I got to the station, the train… already...(to leave)
4. Are you going to watch this film? No, I….this film(to see) 
5. Martha cut herself while she… dinner. (to prepare)
6. David… the window last week. (to wash)
7. Sandy and Joey… games for an hour. (to play)
8. I… English since the fifth form. (to learn)
9. I...Andy at 6 yesterday. (to meet)
10. Mike always…. after school. (to go shopping)

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Change the verbs in brackets into the correct

1. When we got to the cinema, the film….(to begin)
2. I`m tired. I…. all my flowers. (to plant)
3. Henry was very tired yesterday, he..VIP yesterday. (to meet)
4. Alan got a black eye when he...(to fight)
5. Are you going to buy bananas today? No, I...them. (to buy)
6. I`m going to fly in an airplane tomorrow. I...never...in an airplane.(to fly)
7. George...to work in Spain. (to go)
8. The sun...in the east.(to rise)
9. Dora… the walls since 3 o`clock. (to plant)
10. Ann...just...home when I phoned her.(to get)

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Change the verbs in brackets into correct

1. We...in New York in about five hours. (to arrive)
2. We..over the ocean for two hours. (to fly)
3. Mrs. Carrets...a cake for an hour, when Alan came home. (to bake)
4. Olga...tennis since she was eight. (to play)
5. He came in while I….(to work)
6. I told them that I...never...such things before. (to do)
7. Peter..a letter when I entered the room. (to write)
8. Mother is in the kitchen, she...some cakes. (to make)
9. Every year he ….his holiday in France. (to spend)
10. It ...for two hours already.(to rain)

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Change the verbs in brackets into the correct

1. While he...his breakfast, I….the newspaper. (to have, to ready)
2. I...half the work when he came. (not yet, to do)
3. I...a bath when the bell rang. (to have)
4. After I ...my colours, I started to paint. (to mix)
5. I...this TV programme since 2 o`clock. (to watch)
6. Who...you up an hour ago?.(to ring)
7. I...my cat with fish yesterday. (to feed)
8. At five o`clock yesterday Helen...soup. (to cook)
9. What...you...when your sister came home yesterday?. (to do)
10. Look at these children: they ….very well. (to skate)

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Change the verbs in brackets into correct

1. ...you...your father tomorrow? (to help)
2. We...a lot of berries from the wood. Now we`ll make a jam. (to bring)
3. Look! Jane.. across the river. (to swim)
4. ..you ever...the Pyramids? (to see)
5. I always… to school at 8:30. (to come)
6. We...since last winter. (not to skate)
7. I...at the tram stop when it began raining. (to stand)
8. I….never… to Greece. (to be)
9. Columbus …. America 500 years ago. (to discover)
10. My sister...a lot of money yesterday. (to spend)

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