Problems with mixed tenses exercises
Put each verb in brackets into a suitable verb form. Questions 17-18. Use comma.
At the dentist's
I was on time for my dentist's appointment, but the dentist was still busy with another patient, so I (1) ...... (sit) in the waiting room and (2) ........... (read) some of the old magazines lying there. While I ............... (3) (wonder) whether to leave and come back another day, I (4) ............... (notice) a magazine article about teeth. It (5) ..................... (begin): 'How long is it since you last (6) ...... (go) to the dentist? (7) ...... (you go) regularly every six months? Or (8) ..................... (you put off) your visit for the last six years?' Next to the article was a cartoon of a man in a dentist's chair. The dentist (9) ..................... (say): 'I'm afraid this (10)..................... (hurt).' I (11) ..................... (suddenly realise) that my tooth (12) (..................... stop) aching. But just as I (13) ..................... (open)
the door to leave, the dentist's door (14) ..................... (open). 'Next please,' he (15) ..................... (call), as the previous patient (16)
..................... (push) past me. 'Actually I'm not here to see you, I (17) ..................... 
for my friend,' I (18) ..................... (shout), leaving as rapidly as I could.
(19) ..................... (you ever do) this kind of thing? Surely I can't be the only person who (20) (hate) the dentist!
Top answer
I don't see any mistakes there. Sometimes they mess up the exercise itself, but not this time. The answers should be evident and unequivocal.
- I don't see any mistakes there.
- Sometimes they mess up the exercise itself, but not this time.
- The answers should be evident and unequivocal.
- One thing, though.
- Number 17 has produced a little cartoon because this text editor does that with single words in parentheses sometimes.
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I don't see any mistakes there. Sometimes they mess up the exercise itself, but not this time. The answers should be evident and unequivocal.
One thing, though. Number 17 has produced a little cartoon because this text editor does that with single words in parentheses sometimes. My guess is "call".
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