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Exercise 58 Put each verb in brackets into the most suitable tense: present simple, present continuous, present perfect or past simple

A lot of things (1 change) __________ in my life since I (2 take) __________ a job as a baby-sitter a few months ago. Now I (3 spend) __________ every evening looking after children, so I (4 not go out) __________ with my friends for weeks. I (5 find) __________ the job rather difficult at the beginning, but now I (6 grow) __________ used to it. My first day (7 be) __________ awful. The children (8 scream) __________ all the time, and I nearly (9 decide) __________ to give up. But since then, I (10 have) __________ more success. I (11 usually play) __________ with the children, but I (12 also learn) __________ a lot of stories recently, so I can tell them to the children. I (13 earn) __________ quite a lot of money in the past few weeks too, and so I (14 feel) __________ quite happy. My friends (15 laugh) __________ at me, though, and (say) __________ I (16 choose) __________ the wrong job. I (17 tell) __________ them that times (18 change) __________, and that men and women (19 become) __________ equal. Why can't a man be a baby-sitter?

Exercise 59 Complete this paragraph about Tom Walters. Put the verbs in brackets into the most suitable tense

In 1983 Tom (1 start) __________ Work as a doctor in Bristol Hospital, but in the following year he (2 have) __________ a serious car accident and finally (3 have to) __________ give up work as a doctor in 1985. Although he (4 move) _________ to London for two years, he (5 live) __________ in Leeds since 1988. When he (6 go) __________ to London in 1986 he (7 start) __________ writing and (8 write) __________ books and articles ever since then. His first novel was published in 1989. Since then he (9 travel) __________ in South America, and recently his second novel (10 win) __________ the Cooker Prize.

Exercise 60 Study this letter to a friend, and put each verb given in brackets into the most suitable tense form

89, Gresham Road,

Sheffield, Yorks,

S lO 2BC.

January 10th

Dear Rita,

Sorry I (1 not write) __________ to you for ages, but I (2 be) __________ very busy. Just after Christmas I (3 move) __________ to Sheffield and I (4 work) __________ as a journalist on one of the local newspapers. I (5 only be) __________ here for a few weeks, but I (6 already make) __________ a lot of new friends, and I (7 enjoy) __________ myself a lot.

I (8 not write) __________ anything interesting yet for the paper. At the moment I (9 learn) __________ how to be a reporter. Yesterday I (10 go) __________ to the local dog show, and last week I (11 interview) __________ an old lady on her hundredth birthday. Very exciting!

Since I (12 see) __________ you last, I (13 buy) __________ a car, so I might visit you one day. I (14 hear) __________ from Jim at Christmas. He (15 decide) __________ to make a record! Can you imagine it!

Please write soon. I’m dying to hear your news,

All my love,

Pat

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