The tense system

How did you get here? We ______. It didn’t take long.

Hello Mary? It’s me. Listen, I ____ just ______ up your road – I’ll be with you in five minutes!’

I need to sit down. We _____ for hours.

It was a hard match. At half-time, one of the footballers________ to hospital.

This shirt fits me perfectly. I ____ it.

My dog looked guilty. He ____ some food from the kitchen table.

We need a new car. We ____ this one for ages.

We ____ a lovely picnic until my wife was stung by a bee.

Don’t phone at 8.00. We____ dinner then.

Our sandwiches ___ freshly ___ daily

Have you heard about Lenny? He ____ redundant.

By the time I’m 40, I ____ enough money to retire.

Where are my jeans? They ____ at the moment.

My favourite white T-shirt went pink. It _____ with my daughter’s red jumper.

Simon was all wet because he ____ the car.

My sister ____ her home-made cakes at the market on Saturdays.

If no one offers to buy the house, it ____ by auction next month.

I wish I’d bought that antique chair I saw I’m sure it
______ by now.

At the end of this term, I ______ for six years.

The children ____ how to make cakes when one boy dropped his bowl on the teacher’s foot.