Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

A. Gordon Jones lives and works in Greenland. He wishes he 1) --------- ( live ) somewhere warmer though. If he 2) -------- ( work ) in Portugal, for example, he wouldn’t have to wear such warm clothes all the time. “I wish I 3) -------- (take ) that job in Portugal ,”he says.” It didn’t pay so well, but at least I could have enjoyed the sunshine. I 4) --------( never / get ) a suntan in this country. I wish I 5) --------( think ) about it more carefully at the time”.

B. Mr. McDermott 1) --------- ( work ) as a doctor. When he first 2) -------- ( begin ) his career in 1990, he 3) --------- ( just / leave ) medical school. He 4) -------- ( open ) his own doctor’s surgery in 1992 and since then he 5) --------- ( work ) as a doctor. He 6) -------- ( enjoy ) his job and , at the moment, he 7) ----- ( teach ) young medical students in his spare time. He hopes that in the future he 8) --------- ( continue ) to help sick people and his fellow physicians.

Answer 1

A. Gordon Jones lives and works in Greenland. He wishes he 1)  ( lived ) somewhere warmer though. If he 2) ( worked ) in Portugal, for example, he wouldn’t have to wear such warm clothes all the time. “I wish I 3) (had taken) that job in Portugal ,”he says.” It didn’t pay so well, but at least I could have enjoyed the sunshine. I 4) ( have never got ) a suntan in this country. I wish I 5) ( had thought ) about it more carefully at the time”.
B. Mr. McDermott 1) ( works ) as a doctor. When he first 2) ( began ) his career in 1990, he 3) ( had just  left ) medical school. He 4) ( opened ) his own doctor’s surgery in 1992 and since then he 5) (has been woring ) as a doctor. He 6) is  enjoying his job and , at the moment, he 7) ( teaches ) young medical students in his spare time. He hopes that in the future he 8)  ( will  continue ) to help sick people and his fellow physicians.