Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.

1. When I was young I ………………………. every day.

a) used to exercise
b) had exercised
c) was exercising
d) exercising

2. He said that he ……………………… from fever for four days.

a) had been suffering
b) was suffering
c) suffered
d) is suffering

3. By this time next year, I ……………………. my studies.

a) will have finished
b) would finish
c) would have finished
d) should have finished

4. He does not …………………… to go against the wishes of his family.

a) dare
b) need
c) ought
d) should

5. If you …………………… run into Martha, tell her she owes me a letter.

a) would
b) should
c) will
d) could

6. Walk carefully lest you ……………………. fall.

a) should
b) could
c) would
d) might

7. If he had not done that, the teacher ……………………….. punished him.

a) would not have
b) should not have
c) could not have
d) will not have

8. The sailors …………………….. to the broken mast, as the ship sank.

a) clung
b) were clinging
c) cling
d) was clinging

9. The snake ………………….. round his hand, but he flung it away.

a) wound
b) wind
c) was winding
d) had wound

Answers

1. When I was young I used to exercise every day.

2. He said that he had been suffering from fever for four days.

3. By this time next year, I will have finished my studies.

4. He does not dare to go against the wishes of his family.

5. If you should run into Martha, tell her she owes me a letter.

6. Walk carefully lest you should fall.

7. If he had not done that, the teacher would not have punished him.

8. The sailors clung to the broken mast, as the ship sank.

9. The snake wound round his hand, but he flung it away.