TENSES!

2. – I’ll call you as soon as I ___ (arrive) at the airport.
6. – I was ___ to call him yesterday, but I completely forgot.
9. – The little boy ___ (cling) to his mother’s leg on his first day at school.
12. – I’ve been studying English ___ eight years.
15. – Hurry up! The film is ___ to start.
17. – By 2040, my father will have ___ (retire).
18. – She has ___ (deal) with difficult clients many times before.
19. – When I was a kid, my grandmother ___ tell us stories every night before bed.
21. – The thief ___ (flee) before the police arrived.
22. – I won’t leave ___ you get home safely.
24. – Don’t worry, she’s ___ to call you. She always does.
27. – A serious problem has ___ (arise), so the meeting is cancelled.
28. – The company ___ (seek) a new manager for months before finding the right person.

1. – I’ve never ___ to Japan, but I’d love to go one day.
3. – Prices have ___ (rise) a lot this year.
4. – Last year I ___ (spend) far too much money on clothes.
5. – The balloon ___ (burst) when the child sat on it.
7. – The baby is ___ in March, so they’re painting the bedroom now.
8. – This is the best meal I’ve ___ eaten.
10. – I was so tired that I ___ (lie) on the sofa and fell asleep.
11. – “Where’s Paula?” “She’s ___ to the bank. She’ll be back in ten minutes.”
12. – My parents ___ (forbid) me to go to the party, so I stayed home.
13. – If I ___ known you were in hospital, I would have visited you.
14. – This time next week, I’ll be ___ (work) in our London office.
16. – My car was ___ (steal) from outside my house last night.
19. – By the time the bus finally came, we had been ___ (wait) for over an hour.
20. – The guide ___ (lead) us through the forest without a map.
23. – This beautiful basket was ___ (weave) by hand.
25. – I ___ I had studied harder for the exam.
26. – She ___ (lay) the table before the guests arrived.