SECTION 2. SOLVE THESE GAMMAR PROBLEMS
B. Read the paragraphs below carefully and give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses (…..) to make the paragraphs meaningful. (15 grades) [THIS WILL COUNT FOR ASSIGNMENT]
Now my friend Mr. Foster 1…………….. (plan) 2……………. (visit) France next year. He 3………………….(leave) for Paris on March 15, 2007. Naturally, all his friends 4…………………..(be) there 5…………….(say) “goodbye” when his boat 6 ……………….. (leave). When he 7…………….. (write) his first letter to us on March 17, 2007 he 8……………….. (cross, still) the Atlantic Ocean. Mr. Forster said he 8 …………….. (visit, also) Belgium, Holland, and Germany on the same trip. I know that he 9 …………………. (have, always) a great deal of curiosity about those countries. Therefore, he 10…………….. (appreciate) 11…………………… (visit) all the famous places which he 12 …………………..(read) about so many times in the past.
Mr. Foster realizes that he 13…………………. (learn) French and German before he 14…………………….(go) to Europe. At the moment, he 15 ……………….(take) a course in French in preparation for the trip. He 16…………………… (think) French is quite easy. Of course, he 17…………………… (be, never) to France up to now, so he 18……………….. (have) little opportunity 19 ……………………… (understand) French 20…………………. (speak) by natives. Last week, he told me that he 21…………………. (study) German at New York University next semester. However, at present, I 22 …………………..(urge) him 23………………..(take, not) a course in German. He 24 ………………… (work) very hard every day, and in addition, he 25………………. (attend, already) a French class. I’m sure that he ……………………. 26 (have) no language problem in other countries when he 27 …………………. (get) there. Many people in those countries 28……………………. (understand) English or French. Fortunately, English 29…………………………. (become) the world language, and the world 30……………………… (become) global village.
Write the number and the correct verb forms here as you answer: