Complete the text with the correct forms of the given verbs TOM 1 BE an engineer. He is 23. Не 2 work at IBM. Every morning he 3 drive a car to work. He starts working at half past nine and 4 finish at a quarter to seven. He usually 5 come home at nine o'clock in the evening. Sometimes he 6 have dinner with his cousin Sam at the small local restaurant "The Pearl". Sam 7 studymedicine at university. After dinner, Sam 8 stays at Tom's place and they watch TV together. At the weekend Tom 9 play golf with his friends or goes to the cinema.
Explanation:
In this text, we learn some information about Tom and his daily routine. The verbs are given in the base form and we need to put them in the correct tense in order to make the text grammatically correct.
- For the first sentence "Tom 1 BE an engineer", we use the present simple tense to indicate that Tom is currently an engineer. So we use the base form "is" to complete the sentence.
- In the second sentence "Не 2 work at IBM", we use the present simple tense again to indicate Tom's current job. So we use the base form "works" to complete the sentence.
- In the third sentence "Every morning he 3 drive a car to work", we use the present simple tense to indicate a repeated action that happens every morning. So we use the base form "drives" to complete the sentence.
- In the fourth sentence "He starts working at half past nine and 4 finish at a quarter to seven", we use the present simple tense to describe Tom's regular working hours. So we use the base form "finishes" to complete the sentence.
- In the fifth sentence "He usually 5 come home at nine o'clock in the evening", we use the present simple tense to describe Tom's usual time of coming home. So we use the base form "comes" to complete the sentence.
- In the sixth sentence "Sometimes he 6 have dinner with his cousin Sam at the small local restaurant 'The Pearl'", we use the present simple tense to describe a general situation that sometimes happens. So we use the base form "has" to complete the sentence.
- In the seventh sentence "Sam 7 studymedicine at university", we use the present continuous tense to indicate an action that is happening at the moment. So we use the present continuous form "is studying" to complete the sentence.
- In the eighth sentence "After dinner, Sam 8 stays at Tom's place and they watch TV together", we use the present simple tense to describe a regular action that happens after dinner. So we use the base form "stays" to complete the sentence.
- In the ninth sentence "At the weekend Tom 9 play golf with his friends or goes to the cinema", we use the present simple tense to indicate a regular activity that happens on weekends. So we use the base form "plays" to complete the sentence.