Q: Put the verbs into the correct tense in the sentences below: past simple, present perfect or
past perfect. There is more than one possibility in some cases.
a: They
(rise) at dawn and since then they
(have) nothing to eat.
b: When I first
(see) the cloud appear in
the sky, 1
(shake) in fear. Since then,
I
(feel) increasingly alarmed.
c: The plates still
(lie) on the table, but someone
(break) one of them.
d: They finally
(find) the treasure which they
(seek) for ten years.
e: Since leaving school, my elder brother
(not be able to
find a suitable job, but during the summer holidays he
(work) for a week as a waiter.
