Language Hub Upper-Intermediate, Unit 1.2 - Grammar, Tense revie

What were you doing / did you do between three and five o'clock yesterday?

• were you doing

• did you do

Joe: Yes but, in a funny way, I think I was young enough to get over it - it would be much worse to go through that now.

Interviewer: I see. Apart from that one extreme event, was your childhood a happy one?

Joe: Let me think… Yes, I _ _ _ _ _ _ (HAVE) a happy childhood. Things got a bit difficult later, though. I _ _ _ _ _ _ (NOT BE) very happy at university, so I left. That was quite tough because I _ _ _ _ _ _ (LOOK) for a job for at least six months before I found one. But I think I _ _ _ _ _ _ (GO) through my biggest challenge at the moment, actually. It isn't easy getting started in my profession - especially when you're a foreigner.

Interviewer: No, I guess it isn't. I _ _ _ _ _ _ (NOT THINK) about that. Good point.

Interviewer: So would you say you _ _ _ _ _ _ (FACE) a lot of challenges in your life up to now? What was your childhood like, for example?

Joe: Well, actually - something pretty crazy happened to me while I was growing up. My parents came to get me from school one day and told me that our house had burnt _ _ _ _ _ _ (BURN) down - there was nothing left of it. I was nine years old. That was quite a challenge.

Interviewer: Wow! That must have been awful. It _ _ _ _ _ _ (SOUND) like a devastating experience, especially for someone so young.

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs: close, finish, leave, live, see, sell out

This is ridiculous - I can't believe he _ _ _ _ _ _ the report yet!

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs: close, finish, leave, live, see, sell out

I _ _ _ _ _ _ just _ _ _ _ _ _ the house when the phone rang.

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs: close, finish, leave, live, see, sell out

Apparently, all of the tickets _ _ _ _ _ _ by the time she got there.

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs: close, finish, leave, live, see, sell out

We'd better hurry up - the shop _ _ _ _ _ _ at 4 pm on Sundays.

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs: close, finish, leave, live, see, sell out

Actually, I _ _ _ _ _ _ him on Friday - you should come along.

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs: close, finish, leave, live, see, sell out

I _ _ _ _ _ _ in New York for eight years, but never went to the Empire State Building.

I grew/ have grown up in France, but strangely I've never been to Paris.

• grew

• have grown