Revising Grammar Tenses

HE WAS AFRAID

A nervous man who lived in one of the suburbs of London                           [will be, is being, was, were] on his way home from the railway station. The roads were dark and lonely. He heard footsteps behind him and had an uncomfortable feeling that he                           [was being followed, will be followed, followed, were followed] . He                     [has increased, had increased, was incresimg, increased]his speed. The footsteps                        [will quicken, quickened, has quickened, was quickenin] accordingly. The man became frightened and                   [to dart, was darting, had darted, darted]down a lane. The footsteps still pursued him. In desperation he jumped over a fence and rushing into a churchyard                        [threw, has thrown, had thrown, will throw]himself panting on one of the graves.

“If he follows me here”, he                          [was thinking, to think, thought, had though]fearfully, “there can be no doubt as to his intentions”.

That one behind                           [followed, has followed, has followed, was following] , he was already scrambling over the fence. Visions of robbers, maniacs and the like flashed through the frightened man’s brain. Quivering with fear he                              [to arise, arose, was arising, will arise]and faced his pursuer. “What do you want?” he demanded, “ why are you following me?” “I say”, said the stranger, mopping his brow, “do you always go home like this? Or are you giving yourself a special treat tonight?                     [am going up to, went up to, was going up to, had gone up to]Mr. Brown’s and the man at the station told me to follow you, as you live next door. Excuse my asking you, is there much more to do before we get there?”

Match a time expression with the tense.

Choose the correct option.

Catherine is studying law at the university, and so ... Nick.