Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. For Blank 1

1. Hi, I …………………. (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2. Oh, yes. Alice …………………. (mention) you the other day. Gee, you ……………… (not look) like a detective.

3. Well, that's good, I …………………. (guess).

4. I'm curious. Tell me, how you …………………. (decide) to become an undercover cop?

5. Well, when I …………………. (be) a kid, I …………………. (love) to read detective novels. By the time I …………………. (be) ten, I …………………. (read) every book in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I …………………. (want) to go into law enforcement.

6. But according to Alice, you …………………. (attend) law school nowadays.

7. Right. I …………………. (get) married last month. I …………………. (not mind) being on the police force when I …………………. (be) single, but ever since I …………………. (meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do something less dangerous.

8. I …………………. (understand). By the way, you …………………. (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

9. Well, I …………………. (follow) them for more than a month now, but so far I …………………. (not be able to) catch them in the act. Sometimes I …………………. (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have my law degree and I'll be defending them!

• is

• am

• being

• been

Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. For Blank 2

1. Hi, I …………………. (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2. Oh, yes. Alice …………………. (mention) you the other day. Gee, you ……………… (not look) like a detective.

3. Well, that's good, I …………………. (guess).

4. I'm curious. Tell me, how you …………………. (decide) to become an undercover cop?

5. Well, when I …………………. (be) a kid, I …………………. (love) to read detective novels. By the time I …………………. (be) ten, I …………………. (read) every book in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I …………………. (want) to go into law enforcement.

6. But according to Alice, you …………………. (attend) law school nowadays.

7. Right. I …………………. (get) married last month. I …………………. (not mind) being on the police force when I …………………. (be) single, but ever since I …………………. (meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do something less dangerous.

8. I …………………. (understand). By the way, you …………………. (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

9. Well, I …………………. (follow) them for more than a month now, but so far I …………………. (not be able to) catch them in the act. Sometimes I …………………. (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have my law degree and I'll be defending them!

• mention

• mentioned

• mentioning

• had been mentioned

Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs between brackets. For 2nd Blank of sentence 2.

1. Hi, I …………………. (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2. Oh, yes. Alice …………………. (mention) you the other day. Gee, you ……………… (not look) like a detective.

3. Well, that's good, I …………………. (guess).

4. I'm curious. Tell me, how you …………………. (decide) to become an undercover cop?

5. Well, when I …………………. (be) a kid, I …………………. (love) to read detective novels. By the time I …………………. (be) ten, I …………………. (read) every book in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I …………………. (want) to go into law enforcement.

6. But according to Alice, you …………………. (attend) law school nowadays.

7. Right. I …………………. (get) married last month. I …………………. (not mind) being on the police force when I …………………. (be) single, but ever since I …………………. (meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do something less dangerous.

8. I …………………. (understand). By the way, you …………………. (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

9. Well, I …………………. (follow) them for more than a month now, but so far I …………………. (not be able to) catch them in the act. Sometimes I …………………. (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have my law degree and I'll be defending them!

• don't look

• look

• are not looking

• didn't looked

Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs between brackets. For Blank on sentence 3

1. Hi, I …………………. (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2. Oh, yes. Alice …………………. (mention) you the other day. Gee, you ……………… (not look) like a detective.

3. Well, that's good, I …………………. (guess).

4. I'm curious. Tell me, how you …………………. (decide) to become an undercover cop?

5. Well, when I …………………. (be) a kid, I …………………. (love) to read detective novels. By the time I …………………. (be) ten, I …………………. (read) every book in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I …………………. (want) to go into law enforcement.

6. But according to Alice, you …………………. (attend) law school nowadays.

7. Right. I …………………. (get) married last month. I …………………. (not mind) being on the police force when I …………………. (be) single, but ever since I …………………. (meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do something less dangerous.

8. I …………………. (understand). By the way, you …………………. (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

9. Well, I …………………. (follow) them for more than a month now, but so far I …………………. (not be able to) catch them in the act. Sometimes I …………………. (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have my law degree and I'll be defending them!

• guess

• guessed

• guessing

• not guessed

Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs between brackets. For blank on sentence 5

1. Hi, I …………………. (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2. Oh, yes. Alice …………………. (mention) you the other day. Gee, you ……………… (not look) like a detective.

3. Well, that's good, I …………………. (guess).

4. I'm curious. Tell me, how you …………………. (decide) to become an undercover cop?

5. Well, when I …………………. (be) a kid, I …………………. (love) to read detective novels. By the time I …………………. (be) ten, I …………………. (read) every book in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I …………………. (want) to go into law enforcement.

6. But according to Alice, you …………………. (attend) law school nowadays.

7. Right. I …………………. (get) married last month. I …………………. (not mind) being on the police force when I …………………. (be) single, but ever since I …………………. (meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do something less dangerous.

8. I …………………. (understand). By the way, you …………………. (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

9. Well, I …………………. (follow) them for more than a month now, but so far I …………………. (not be able to) catch them in the act. Sometimes I …………………. (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have my law degree and I'll be defending them!

• do

• does

• did

• doesn't

Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs between brackets. For 1st Blank on sentence 5.

1. Hi, I …………………. (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2. Oh, yes. Alice …………………. (mention) you the other day. Gee, you ……………… (not look) like a detective.

3. Well, that's good, I …………………. (guess).

4. I'm curious. Tell me, how you …………………. (decide) to become an undercover cop?

5. Well, when I …………………. (be) a kid, I …………………. (love) to read detective novels. By the time I …………………. (be) ten, I …………………. (read) every book in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I …………………. (want) to go into law enforcement.

6. But according to Alice, you …………………. (attend) law school nowadays.

7. Right. I …………………. (get) married last month. I …………………. (not mind) being on the police force when I …………………. (be) single, but ever since I …………………. (meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do something less dangerous.

8. I …………………. (understand). By the way, you …………………. (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

9. Well, I …………………. (follow) them for more than a month now, but so far I …………………. (not be able to) catch them in the act. Sometimes I …………………. (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have my law degree and I'll be defending them!

• is

• am

• was

• were

Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs between brackets. For 2nd blank sentence 5

1. Hi, I …………………. (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2. Oh, yes. Alice …………………. (mention) you the other day. Gee, you ……………… (not look) like a detective.

3. Well, that's good, I …………………. (guess).

4. I'm curious. Tell me, how you …………………. (decide) to become an undercover cop?

5. Well, when I …………………. (be) a kid, I …………………. (love) to read detective novels. By the time I …………………. (be) ten, I …………………. (read) every book in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I …………………. (want) to go into law enforcement.

6. But according to Alice, you …………………. (attend) law school nowadays.

7. Right. I …………………. (get) married last month. I …………………. (not mind) being on the police force when I …………………. (be) single, but ever since I …………………. (meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do something less dangerous.

8. I …………………. (understand). By the way, you …………………. (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

9. Well, I …………………. (follow) them for more than a month now, but so far I …………………. (not be able to) catch them in the act. Sometimes I …………………. (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have my law degree and I'll be defending them!

• to love

• love

• loved

• loving

Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs between brackets. For Blank 6

1. Hi, I …………………. (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2. Oh, yes. Alice …………………. (mention) you the other day. Gee, you ……………… (not look) like a detective.

3. Well, that's good, I …………………. (guess).

4. I'm curious. Tell me, how you …………………. (decide) to become an undercover cop?

5. Well, when I …………………. (be) a kid, I …………………. (love) to read detective novels. By the time I …………………. (be) ten, I …………………. (read) every book in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I …………………. (want) to go into law enforcement.

6. But according to Alice, you …………………. (attend) law school nowadays.

7. Right. I …………………. (get) married last month. I …………………. (not mind) being on the police force when I …………………. (be) single, but ever since I …………………. (meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do something less dangerous.

8. I …………………. (understand). By the way, you …………………. (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

9. Well, I …………………. (follow) them for more than a month now, but so far I …………………. (not be able to) catch them in the act. Sometimes I …………………. (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have my law degree and I'll be defending them!

• attend

• attended

• are attending

• attendence

Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs between brackets. For 1st blank on sentence 7

1. Hi, I …………………. (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2. Oh, yes. Alice …………………. (mention) you the other day. Gee, you ……………… (not look) like a detective.

3. Well, that's good, I …………………. (guess).

4. I'm curious. Tell me, how you …………………. (decide) to become an undercover cop?

5. Well, when I …………………. (be) a kid, I …………………. (love) to read detective novels. By the time I …………………. (be) ten, I …………………. (read) every book in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I …………………. (want) to go into law enforcement.

6. But according to Alice, you …………………. (attend) law school nowadays.

7. Right. I …………………. (get) married last month. I …………………. (not mind) being on the police force when I …………………. (be) single, but ever since I …………………. (meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do something less dangerous.

8. I …………………. (understand). By the way, you …………………. (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

9. Well, I …………………. (follow) them for more than a month now, but so far I …………………. (not be able to) catch them in the act. Sometimes I …………………. (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have my law degree and I'll be defending them!

• to get

• get

• got

• getting

Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs between brackets. For 2nd Blank on sentence 7.

1. Hi, I …………………. (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2. Oh, yes. Alice …………………. (mention) you the other day. Gee, you ……………… (not look) like a detective.

3. Well, that's good, I …………………. (guess).

4. I'm curious. Tell me, how you …………………. (decide) to become an undercover cop?

5. Well, when I …………………. (be) a kid, I …………………. (love) to read detective novels. By the time I …………………. (be) ten, I …………………. (read) every book in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I …………………. (want) to go into law enforcement.

6. But according to Alice, you …………………. (attend) law school nowadays.

7. Right. I …………………. (get) married last month. I …………………. (not mind) being on the police force when I …………………. (be) single, but ever since I …………………. (meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do something less dangerous.

8. I …………………. (understand). By the way, you …………………. (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

9. Well, I …………………. (follow) them for more than a month now, but so far I …………………. (not be able to) catch them in the act. Sometimes I …………………. (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have my law degree and I'll be defending them!

• didn't mind

• mind

• minding

• minded