Question

*English Activity*

*Tenses*

*Passage for practice:*

I come from a very large family and recently my parents-------( *decide* ) that they--------( *spend)* long enough living in an over crowded house in Birmingham." We --------( *move*) to the country", my father-------( *announce*) one evening". I -------( *Sell)* this house and we -------( *live* ) on a farm". So last week we -------( *load* ) all our belongings into two hired vans, and for the last fewdays we-------( *try* ) to organise ourselves in our new home.Yesterday, for example,my two brothers and I------ *(start)* painting the upstairs rooms.Unfortunately, while I--------( *mix* ) the paint, one of my brothers--------( *open* ) the door.Nobody---------( *tell* ) him that we -------( *be* ) in the room. So instead of painting the walls we-----‐( *spend* ) all morning cleaning paint off the floor.But worse things------( *happen)* since then. This morning, when I-------( *wake)* up, water-------( *drip)* through the ceiling next to my bed.We--------( *spent* ) the last few hours repairing the roof. It is not all bad news though. The school in the village near by-------( *close* ) down two years ago, and my parents--------( *not find)* another school for us yet.

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Answer 1

Answer:

1.have decided

2.will spend

3.will move.

4.announces

5.will sell

6.will live

7. loaded

8.are trying

9.has started

10.was mixing

11.oped

12.have told

13.are

14.spend

15.happened

16. woke

17. drop

18.spent

19.closing

20.has not found