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___________________________________(ever - you - fly) to America? Kevin is lucky - he

_________________________ (can) visit his cousin Amy Baxter last year. Yesterday, while

Kevin _________________________ (read) a book, his mother _________________________

(come) in and gave him a letter from Amy. He read:" Hi, Kevin, I hope you

_________________________ (not forget) me yet. _________________________ (you -

remember) how much fun we _________________________ (have) last year? What_________________________ (do - you) since then? Well, let me tell you the chaotic story of

my trip to the Poconos. I _________________________ (want) to spend a nice weekend with

my friend Jane. "Im sure we_________________________ (have) lots of fun," Jane said while

I _________________________ (unpack) my things. "If the weather

_________________________ (be) fine tomorrow we_________________________ (go) on a

trip to the Poconos." " I think this is a fantastic idea," I agreed. "I _________________________

to climb the highest mountains."

When we _________________________ (drive) along Interstate 95 the next day we

_________________________ (notice) a red light in Janes mother s car. "I think, if we

_________________________ (want) to reach the Poconos we_________________________

(need) some help first", Janes mother said.

"I _________________________ (read - never) the handbook, so I

_________________________ (not have) any idea whats wrong."

We _________________________ (leave) the expressway and soon saw the sign of a car repair

garage. The mechanic quickly_________________________ (check) the car and smiled.

"Lady," he said, "I _________________________ (see) this problem many times before. Im

sorry, but a mechanic is not what you need. If I _________________________ (be) you,I

_________________________ (fill) up the tank.

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1. You look really great! _________________________ (you, work) out at the fitness center

recently?

2. A: What (you, do) _________________________ when the accident occurred?

B: I (try) _________________________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

3. I (have) _________________________ the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking

about buying a new one.

4. If it (snow) _________________________ this weekend, we _________________________

(go) skiing near Lake Tahoe.

7. Sam _________________________ (arrive) in San Diego a week ago.

8. Samantha _________________________ (live) in Berlin for more than two years.

10. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however,

their culture _________________________ (disappear) by the time Europeans first

_________________________ (arrive) in the New World.

11. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John _________________________ (sleep) .

12. It (rain) _________________________ all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want

to go to the beach.

16. I _________________________ (see) many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt.

Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.

17. In the last hundred years, traveling _________________________ (become) much easier

and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it _________________________(take) two or three

months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip _________________________ (be)

very rough and often dangerous. Things_________________________ (change) lately. Now

you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

19. When I _________________________ (arrive) home last night, I discovered that Jane

_________________________ (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.

20. If you _________________________ (need) to contact me sometime next week, I

_________________________ (stay) at the Sheraton in San Francisco.

Choose the correct form of the verb!

1)

You can wake him up now. He for over three hours _________________________

(SLEEP)

2) We _________________________ married next Tuesday. (GET)

3) Before Mr Green went to bed, he _________________________ his sleeping pills.

(TAKE)

4) They_________________________ everything by the time we arrived at the restaurant.

(ALREADY EAT)

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5) I think I_________________________ another drink. Can you get me one? (HAVE)

6) I _________________________ a scary movie when suddenly my mobile phone rang.

(WATCH)

7) I usually_________________________ as a secretary but this summer I

_________________________ to America to study art. (WORK, GO)

8)

We_________________________ a car for ten years before it broke down. (HAVE)9) While my sister _________________________ in her room I

_________________________ mother with the dishes (READ, HELP)

10)We _________________________ to America the week after Easter. We

_________________________ you a call as soon as we arrive. (COME, GIVE)