Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of verbs:

1. People usually _______________ (judge) you by your looks.
2. I ______________ (not come) back to you if you ______________ (not do) change your ways.
3. Farmers _____________ (grow) a number of crops every year.
4. She _________________ (always behave) well on all occasions. I ___________ (fail) to understand why she _____________ (act) so weird this time.
5. The bell _______________ (ring) for a couple of hours. Please ____________ (turn) it off.
6. When I left, it ______________ (not rain). So I ______________ (not carry) an umbrella with me.
7. The plane _______________ (take-off) before we reached the airport.
8. The clothes ______________ (hang) out to dry. Please go and pick them.
9. I ___________ (see) someone at the store yesterday. He ___________ (look) simple and sober but there __________ (be) something odd about him.
10. Our association __________________ (organize) a charity event for the orphans next month. We _________________ (not get) any sponsors yet. But we ______________ (hope) to get some very soon.

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Answers:

1. judge
2. will not come/am not coming; do not
3. grow
4. has always behaved/always behaves; fail; acted
5. has been ringing; turn
6. was not raining; did not carry
7. had taken off
8. are hanging
9. saw; looked; was
10. will organize/is organizing; have not got; hope/are hoping