Question

1.Choose the correct form of the word from those in the brackets. The telephone rang. Robert picked up the receiver. 'Is that Mr Blair?' A woman's voice' (has asked, asked) 'I'm sorry to trouble you and I (know, knew) we' (didn't meet, haven't met) yet, but I (had seen, have seen) you in Milford and I' (needed, need) a lawyer. I mean, I need one now, this minute. I (am, was) in trouble.' 2.Choose the correct form of the word from those in the brackets. Mr Jones left the hospital at the end of April. He' (broke, had broken) his leg in March and² (was, had been) in hospital for about five weeks. He' (got, was getting) into a taxi and (had gone, went) straight home. He' (told, had told) everybody at home that the doctors and nurses (were looking, had looked) after him very well. 3.Choose the correct form of the word from those in the brackets. Although I (want, wanted) (to see, to have seen) the new musical on Broadway, I couldn't get tickets. Cindy, because she (needs, needed) (to take, to have taken) her medication, momentarily left the meeting. In our part of the country the planting season (begins, began) each year in May. When everything (goes, went) well, my uncle (was, has been) pleasant (to be, to have been) with. read) 'Great expectations' once more, Kate was not interested in (having read, (Reading, Havin reading) it again. Jesse (has, had, had had) to register for the class before noon last Friday. Find the mistake and correct it

Answer 1

1. The correct answers are: asked, knew, haven't met, have seen, need, was.
2. The correct answers are: had broken, had been, was getting, went, had told, had looked.
3. The correct answers are: wanted to see, needed to have taken, begins, went, has been, reading.

Answer 2

1. The telephone rang. Robert picked up the receiver. 'Is that Mr. Blair?' A woman's voice asked. 'I'm sorry to trouble you, and I know we haven't met yet, but I have seen you in Milford, and I need a lawyer. I mean, I need one now, this minute. I am in trouble.'

2. Mr. Jones left the hospital at the end of April. He had broken his leg in March and had been in the hospital for about five weeks. He got into a taxi and went straight home. He told everybody at home that the doctors and nurses had looked after him very well.

3. Although I wanted to see the new musical on Broadway, I couldn't get tickets. Cindy, because she needed to take her medication, momentarily left the meeting. In our part of the country, the planting season begins each year in May. When everything went well, my uncle was pleasant to be with. While reading 'Great Expectations' once more, Kate was not interested in reading it again. Jesse had to register for the class before noon last Friday.

The corrected mistakes have been made in bold text.