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I. Use the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. It (1. once, believe) that being overweight ( 2.be ) healthy, but nowadays few people ( 3.subscribe) to this viewpoint. While many people ( 4. fight ) the battle (5.reduce ) weight, studies are being conducted ( 6. concern) the appetite and how it ( 7.control) by both emotional and biochemical factors. Some of the conclusion of these studies may give insight into how ( 8.deal) with weight problems. For example, when (9.ask) about their eating habits in times of stress, several hundred people said they reacted to stressful situations by eating. Further investigations with both human and animals indicated that it (10.be,not) food that relieves tension but rather the act of chewing. 11. Mary isn’t here-but she ( not, take) the car because there’s no petrol in it. 12. hardly they (move) into the house when their friends came. 13. Trade has gone from bad to worse and staff ( lay) off now. 14. Would they not rather you (seek) new sponsors ? 15. By the time we get there now, I’m afraid the meeting ( end) 16. Jean, I’m so glad you’ve got here at last. I ( expect) you all day. 17. Non of the people ( invite) to the party can come. 18. His demand was that his son ( acquit) at once. 19. She (recommend) (study) more English before enrolling at the university. 20. John admitted ( surprise) by the unexpected birthday party last night. 21. The days ( go ) when each nation ( be ) like an island. 22. The teacher asked those who ( complete ) their tests ( turn) in their papers. 23. He suggested ( call) a meeting and ( let) the workers ( decide ) the matters themselves. 24.He made a bad mistake at work, but his boss (build), it ( supply) power for a third of the country’s requirements? 25. We (look) forward to autumn ( come). Summer seems ( be) with us for months. 26. If your clothes (not seem) very white after you (wash) them, try ( soak ) them in a little bleach. 27. I’d rather we ( have) dinner now. 28. If only I (listen) to my parents! 29. Oh ! There is much remains ( do). 30. The mother looks at her son as though ( say) something. 31. (convince) that they were trying to poison him, he refused (eat) anything. 32. It is highly desirable that every effort (be) made ( reduce) expenditure. 33. We (finish) all our homework by tomorrow evening. 34. Is it important that we (be) on time for the meeting tonight? 35. Hadn’t we lost our way, we (arrive) sooner. 36. Henry would rather his girlfriend (work) in the same department as he does. 37. His foul language won’t bear (repeat). 38. You’d better have that old rubbish (take) away. 39. It’s struck midnight. It’s high time we (leave) 40. I (buy) a new carpet. Come and look at it. 41. We’ll meet Alice at the corner. She (wait) when we (arrive) 42. The plane (take off) by this time tomorrow. 43. My roommate’s handwriting is very bad, so he had me ( type) his paper for him last night. 44. Do you wish you (study) science instead of language. 45. Do you mean we don’t have any photographs now? I (not take) the pictures if I (know) there was no film in the camera. 46. I hope the situation in East Timor soon ( stabilize) 47. There was a cold wind ( blow) in our faces when we were in the field. 48.He (suppose) to leave at 4 o’clock. 49. What would you do if he (resign) tomorrow? 50. The child’s arm was swollen because he ( sting) by a bee. 51.When Michelle lived in Italy, she (always/have) dinner at 9 p.m 52. Can you be at the station to meet us ? We (travel) on the 10 a.m train, which ( arrive) in Edinburgh at 15:30. 53. I hate (wait) for buses. You (wait) for ages and then three (come) at the same time. 54. John was exhausted because he ( work) in the garden all day. 55. I (not be) at work tomorrow. I’m taking the day off. 56. On their next anniversary Doris and Fred (be) married for 40 years. 57. Did you remember (send) your Aunt Mary a card when you (be) on holidays? 58. Just think! This time tomorrow we (lie) on a beach in the Caribbean. 59. Sorry! I didn’t mean (stand) on your foot. 60. I feel a bit dizzy. I think I (faint) 61. You have made your mother worried. You (call) her to say you (be) home late. 62. Larry drove all night to get here for his sister’s wedding. He (be) exhausted by the time he (arrive). 63. If I (no, do) the test for the time being, I (play) football with you. 64. By the end of this year, Chen (study) English for three years, but he still (need) more training and experience before he (master) the language. 65. I demand that I (allow) to retake the exam. 66. Congress has decreed that the gasoline tax (abolish) 67. I could tell at a glance that the pile of letters on my desk ( disturb) while I (be) out. 68. He took a risk investing money with them. I’d rather (not do) 69. He had two bottles of Coke and got drunk. He ( not get) drunk on Coke! 70. The laundry has a nice fresh smell from (dry) in the sun. 71. He was far from satisfied with the way things ( turn) out. He sat (lose) in thoughts. 72. Before changing lifestyles (begin) to separate modern families, several generations of the same family (live, often) together. 73. Farmers, as we all (know), (have) a hard time of it in Britain lately, and (turn) to new ways of earning income from their land. This (involve) not only planting new kinds of crops, but some strange ways of making money, the most unusual of which has got to be sheep racing. Yes, you (hear) me correctly! A farmer in the West of England now (hold) sheep races on a regular basis, and during the past year over 100,000 people (turn up) to watch the proceedings. “I (pass) the arm on my way to the sea for a holiday,” one punter told me, and I (think) I’d have a look. I (not believe) it was serious, to tell you the truth”. According to a regular visitor, betting on sheep is more interesting than betting on horses. “At proper horse races everyone (already study) the form of the horses in advance, and there are clear favourites. But nobody (hear) anything about these sheep ! Most people find it difficult to tell one from another in any case”. I (stay) to watch the races, and I must admit that I (find) it quite exciting. In a typical race, half a dozen sheep (race) downhill over a course of about half a mile. Food (wait) for them at the other end of the track, I ought to add! The sheep (run) surprisingly fast, although presumably they (not eat) for a while just to give some motivation. At any rate, the crowd around me (obviously enjoy) their day out at the races, judging by their happy faces and the sense of excitement