This document provides 30 sentences with verbs missing and asks to provide the correct form of the verb. It provides context for determining the correct verb form based on subjects, objects, tense, aspect and other grammatical considerations.

1. Exercise: Put the verb in the correct form
1. I distinctly remember (pay) …….. him. I gave him a $5 note.
2. Did you remember (lock) …….. the door? ~ Oh, no, I didn’t. I’ll go and
do it now.
3. He stopped (light) ……..a cigarette, but it was so windy that he failed (do)
…….. it.
4. I decided (stop) to stop (smoke) ……... Before that he used (smoke) to
smoke a packet of cigarette a day.
5. The fox tried in vain (reach) …….. the grapes.
6. He even tried (work) …….. the car twice downhill.
7. They don’t allow (smoke) …….. here.
8. The didn’t allow me (go) ……..out.
9. We are allowed (leave) ……..early.
10. Get someone (do) ……..it.
11. I had my tooth (pull) …….. out by a dentist.
12. Women dread (get) ……..old.
13. (err) …….. is human; (forgive) ……..is divine.
14. It’s no use (cry) ……..over spilt milk.
15. It is pointless (tell) to tell him.
16. There is no need (go) ……..
17. Don’t bother (knock) ………….... on the door.
18. Keep (practice) ………….... .
19. The British are used to (drive) ……..on the left.
20. A knife is used (cut) …….. things.
21. Neil Armstrong is the first man (set) …….. foot on the moon.
22. This may contribute to (build) …….. trust.
23. I suddenly woke up and didn’t know what (do) …….. .
24. This book is worth (read) ………
25. He deserved (be) …….. the welcome guest.
26. I regret (be) …….. rude to her.
27. I regret (say) …….. I stayed there so long.
28. They caught him (climb) …….. over the wall.
29. We left him (talk) …….. to her
30. He hesitated (meet) …….. her.