Question

I. Read the following text and put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
Herbie loves trains ! He first (1)__________________ (SEE) a train when he was five years
old and he was absolutely fascinated. He (2)__________________ (GO) to a different train
station every week. He (3)_____________________ (DO) this since he was seven. By the
time he left school he (4)_____________________ (COLLECT) over 5000 different engine
number plates from all over the world. At one time, while he was standing at a station he
(5)_____________ (SEE) something very strange. He (6)__________________ (WAIT) for a
train for an hour when suddenly an old steam locomotive came down the tracks. It
(7)_________________ (NOT STOP) at the station. Herbie saw that all the passengers
(8)_________________ (WEAR) old-fashioned clothes. He told the station manager about
this, but the manager said that no steam locomotive (9)___________________ (PASS)
through the station for years, and that the last one (10)__________________ (CRASH),
killing everyone on board

Answer 1

1. saw
2. goes
3. is doing
4. has collected
5. saw
6. has been waiting
7. didn't stop
8. were wearing
9. had passed
10. crashed