Question

B. Underline the correct verb form.
1. Mrs Opra had painted/ had been painting for three years before she sold her first painting.
2. The perfomance will have started/starts at 6 pm so we have plenty of time to get there.
3. Andy was driving/ drove along a country road, when a huge creature came out of nowhere and
fell onto her car.
4. Your stomachache will go away if you will take/ take some medicine
5. He is installing/will install the anti-virus software on your computer as soon as I get home
tonight, I promise.
6. Megan is really good with computers; I'm sure he is passing/will pass the IT test tomorrow.
7. Do you buv/Are you buving Peter a new games console for his birthday?
8. I wish I have/ had more time so that she could take up a sport..
9. By the end of the year, Eric will be working/ will have been working on his new computer
gadget for almost seven months.
10. The coffee machine is making funny noises; it is going to break/will break down again.
11. If I had/ have time, I would study housekeeping.
12. I will call you when I will arrive/ arrive in London.
13. If someone tries to snatch your bag, you shouldn't don't have put up a fight; just run away.
14. Pete is by far the more/ most talented pupil in the art class.
15. Willard Wigan's sculptures are the tiniest/tinier works of art in the world.
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Answer 1

1. had been painting

2. starts

3. was driving

4. take

5. will install

6. will pass

7. are you buying

8. had

9. will have been working

10. is going to break

11. had

12. arrive

13. shouldn't

14. most

15. tiniest