I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.
1. John Bruce (win) ………………… three million euros in a lottery. He (buy) ………………… the lottery ticket last Saturday.
2. Princess Lola and Sir John Falstaff (marry) ……………… They (meet) ……………… at a party at Windsor Castle in 2009.
3. I (buy) ………………… a new house last year, but (not sell) ………………… my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.
4. Peter (try) ………………… to come in quietly but his mother (hear) ………………… him and called out. “Where you (be) …………………? Your supper (be) ………………… in the oven for an hour.
5. In the evening, I often play chess with my next door neighbor. I (play) ………………… chess with him ever since I (come) ………………… to live here ten years ago.
6. How long you (be) ………………… in your present job?” “I (be) ………………… there for 6 months”. “And what you (do) ………………… before that?” “Before that I (work) ………………… for Jones and Company.”
7. Pop star Madonna (go) ………………… to live in Greenland. She really (like) ………………… her new house.
8. This bicycle (be) ………………… in our family for fourteen years. My father (use) ………………… it for the first five years, my brother (ride) ………………… it for the next five, and I (have) ………………… it for the last four.
9. - I hear that your MP, Mr Simpson, (make) ………………… a very clever speech last night. How long he (be) ………………… your MP?
- Oh, we only (have) ………………… him since January. His predecessor Mr Alien (resign) ………………… suddenly because of ill-health and there (be) ………………… a by-election
1 won - bought
2 married - met
3 bought - haven't sold
4 tried - heard - are - is
5 have played - came
6 have you been - have been - had you done - had worked
7 went - liked
8 has been - used - rode - have had
9 made - has he been - have had - resigned - was