THE RIGHT VERBAL FORM

Fill in with the appropriate Mood, Voice and Tense of the verbs given in brackets; make use of any auxiliaries or modals you need! (Mind the ward order particularly in cases of emphasis). 1. I work at Jackson Ltd. 1(1). (to work) there since 1986. Last week the manager asked me to see him if I (2).. (to have) time. He was new so I wondered what he (3) (to be) like. When I went to see him, he said "I'd like you to help me with a special project. I (4) (to hear) that you speak German." He said that a factory in Germany (5)(to want) a specialist for six months. "Tell me if you can go." "I (6) (to like) a few days to think about it." "All right. Here are the papers with all the details. Let me have them back after you (7)..(to read) them. When I told my friends about it they all said it (8)(to seem) marvellous. "I (9) ..(to say) yes yet." But next day I told the manager I wanted to go and he said: "I hoped that you(10) (to agree)." . 2. Here I am (1)..(to reply) to your letter, which (2)(to arrive) two days ago, before (3(to leave) for Rome. I (4)(to tell) yesterday that the company (5) . (to send) me there next week for a business conference. If I (6) ..(to know) about it earlier, I would have told you. Anyway, I'll ring you up as soon as I (7).(to get) there. By the way, I met John Marshall who told me that he (8)..(to work) for the previous two months on the plans for the new factory you are interested in. He (9) (to work) very hard because he looked dead tired. By the time I come to Rome he (10) (to finish) them, so I'll bring them with me. 3.I (1) (to fall asleep) while I was working because it took me a long time to realize that the telephone (2) (to ring). When I answered it, my girl-friend said: "(3) (to forget) that we (4) (to go) to the cinema tonight? 1(5) (to wait) here for half an hour. If you (6) (to come) soon, we'll miss the film." I suddenly remembered that Sally (7) (to give) some tickets for the first performance of a new film. If I hadn't had so much work to do, I (8) (to take) her out to dinner before going to the cinema. "By the time I get there, the film (9) (to start). Let's go out to dinner instead." "You are a nuisance. I (10) (to accept) the tickets." 4. I went to the doctor's yesterday. I (1) (to have to) wait for an hour before he (2) ( can) see me. "I (3) (to go) abroad next week. But I (4) (to have) a pain for two days. (5) (to think) I'll be well enough to go?" "When I (6) (to examine) you, I'll be able to tell you," the doctor said. "I (7) (to work) in the garden when I suddenly felt the pain," I told the doctor. "If 1 (8) (to stop) immediately, it would have been all right, I suppose. But I hardly ever (9) (to get) any exercise in my job so I went on working." After examining me carefully, the doctor said: "You (10) (to hurt) a bone in your back."

5. My wife and I went to the airport to meet some friends. The plane landed but they (1) (to be) on it. "(2) (to see) if there is a message for us, "my wife said. " They (3) (to miss) the plane or perhaps they (4) (to prevent) from coming for some reason." After (5) (to ask for) information at the information desk without success, I had an idea. "You (6) (to have got) still their letter?" I asked my wife. She found it in her hand-bag. "Here you are" she said. "We (7) (to arrive) at 10 o'clock on the 9th and we wish you (8) (to meet) us." "But today's the 8th", I said. "We should have looked at the date before. If we had, we (9) (to have) this journey for nothing. "How silly!", my wife said. "I (10) (to carry) this letter around for days without looking at it." 6. My wife's mother was taken ill two days ago so my wife had to go and look after her. Before (1) (to leave) my wife said: "I'd better tell you where everything is or you (2) (to know) what to do. But my train (3) (to leave) in half an hour's time and I must get to mother's house as soon as I (4) (can)" "(5) (to worry)" I said, "I can look after myself." Now I realize I (6) (to ask for) a map of the house. If I had, I (7) (to find) all the food I needed. But when my wife (8) (to come) back tomorrow, she (9) (to have) any dirty dishes to wash up because 1(10) (to eat) in restaurants since she went away. 7. "Slow down, darling. You (1) (to drive) much too fast." "I know, but by the time we (2) (to get) to the church, the marriage service (3) (to start). If you (4) . (to take) such a long time to gel dressed, we'd have been there by now. I finished (5) (to dress) an hour before you did." "It's not my fault. You (6) (to tell) me we were in a hurry." "Now there's a police car behind us. It (7) (to signal). I (8)......... (to stop)." "Would you mind (9) (to show) me your driving licence, sir? You realize you (10) (to drive) at a hundred miles an hour, don't you?" 8. "Now, sir, you (1) (to see) the accident, I believe. Would you mind (2) (to tell) me what happened?" "Not at all, constable. The driver of the red car was parked there. He (3) (to move) out when a black Mini came up very quickly. If he (4) (to look) in the mirror he would have seen the Mini (5) (to come). But he (6) (to be) in a hurry. The Mini hit him but (7) (to stop). "(8) (to take down) the Mini's number?" "No. I wish I (9) (to do) so. In my opinion the Mini (10) (to steal). That (11) (to explain) it, sir. Anyway, I never (12) (to see) a driver (13) (to leave) the place of the accident." "All right. I (14) (to take down) your name and address in case you(15) (to need) as a witness."

9. By now, a pocket (1) (to set off) on its 35 million mile trip lo MARS and scientists (2) (to wait) anxiously for the results. The rocket (3) (to travel) for six months before it (4) (to reach) the planet. It (5) (to be) a long time before any landing on Mars (6) (to attempt). This will only be possible when scientists (7) (to learn) more about the atmosphere that surrounds the planet. If a satellite can one day (8) (to put) Into orbit round Mars, scientists (9) (to be able) to find out a great deal. An interesting suggestion for measuring the atmosphere around Mars (10) (to put forward). A rubber ball containing a radio transmitter (11) (to drop) from a satellite so that it .(to fall) towards the surface of the planet. The radio (13) (to signal) the rate at which the ball was slowed down and scientists would be able to say how dense the atmosphere is. Only when a great deal more information (14) (to obtain), it (15) (to be) possible to plan a manned trip to Mars. 10. When I boarded the train I could not help (1) (to notice) that a great many local people got on as well. At the time, this (2) (to strike) me as odd. I reflected that there must be a great many people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service. Neither I (3) (to be) surprised when the train stopped at a tiny station a few miles along the line. Even a mighty express train can (4) (to hold up) by signals. Then it suddenly (5) (to dawn) on me that this express (6) (to roar) down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty. One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we (7) (to cover) even half the distance. 1 asked a passenger if this was the Western Express, but he(8) (to hear) even of it. I determined to make a complaint as soon as we(9) (to arrive). Two hours later, 1(10) (to talk) angrily to a bored station master. When he (11) (to deny) the train's existence, I showed him my copy of the timetable,(12) (to glance) at it briefly, he told me to look again. A tiny asterisk (13) (to conduct) me to a footnote at the bottom of the page: "This service (14) (to suspend). Never I(15) (to experience) such a frustrating thing before! 11. My father had described over and over again what we (1) (to see) at every milestone, after leaving the nearest town, so that I was positive I (2) (to recognize) it as familiar territory. Well, I (3) (to be) wrong, for I was now lost. I looked at the map then at the milometer I (4) (to come) ten miles since leaving the town, and at this point, according to my father I (5) (to look) at farms and cottages in a valley with the spire of the church of our village (6) (to show) in the distance. I (7) (can) see no valley, no farms, no cottages and no church only a lake. I decided that I (8) (to take) a wrong turning somewhere. So I (9), (to drive) back to the town and began to retrace the route, taking frequent glances at the map. I landed up at the same corner. The curious thing was that the lake was not marked on the map. I felt as if 1(10) (to stumble) into a nightmare country, as you sometimes do in dreams. Fortunately for me, as I (11) (to wonder) what to do next, there (12) (to appear) on the horizon a man on horseback. I waited till he came near and I asked him the way to our village. He said there (13) (to be) no village. I thought he (14) (to misunderstand) me,

so I repeated its name. This time he pointed to the lake. The village no longer existed because it (15) (to submerge), and all the valley, too. 12. When I opened the door I (1) (to see) a man on his knees. He clearly (2) (to listen) to our conversation, and I wondered how much he (3) (to hear). When I asked him what he (4) (to do) he said that he (5) (to drop) a 5op piece outside the door and (6) (to look) for it. I (7) .. (to see) any sign of the money, but I (8) (to find) a small notebook which he probably (9) (to drop) when the door (10) (to open) suddenly. So he (11) (to take) notes of our conversation! The notes (12) (to be) written in a foreign language, so I (13) (to turn) to the stranger and asked him to translate. But he (14) (to pull) my hat over my eyes and ran off down the corridor. By the time I(15) (to recover) from the shock he (16) (to disappear) round the corner. Curiously e when I (17) (to move) my foot 1(18) (to find) that 1 (19) (to stand) on a 5op piece. Perhaps he (20) (to tell) the truth after all. 13. "Let us meet, today a man who recently (1) (to return) from Mount Everest. Not only he (2) (to climb) the mountain, but also went diving in tinlakes on Everest. Dr. John Leach (3) (to hold) the world record for divine at the highest altitude and (4) (to be) on many expeditions. Now, John, why von (5) (to climb) Mount Everest?" "For the sheer hell of it. But also there (6) (to be) the pioneering side We (7) (to try) to see if new diving techniques and methods (8) (to work ) . We also went to completely new geographical areas - nobody ever (9) (lo be) there before, they (10) (to be) on any maps." "What you (11) (to mean) by geographical areas? Mountains? Glaciers?'" "No, in our case it (12) (to be) lakes at high altitudes. Nobody ever (13) (to dive) in them and we, that is, the team of three 1 (14) (to lend) (15) (can) quite understand why not... Well, the first thing you do is you begin (16) (to break) the ice to get into the lake and we all (17) (to suffer) from frostbite, so you can image that it (18) (to take) us quite along time to break four-and-a-half feet of ice. So you can really understand why no one (19) (to be) there before. They (20) (to have) more sense.