The verbs in the text should all be in the present simple tense.You have to find the 16 verbs that are in the past tense and correct them.   

            Mrs.    Cable    was    the    richest    woman    in    the   city,    but    she    is    also    a    busybody.    She    always    wanted    to    know    what    everybody    is    doing.   When    she    needs    something    she    rings    a    bell    and    a    servant    came    .    One    day    a   truck    stops    in    front    of    her    house    and    three    men    got    out.    They    are    carrying    a    large    box.    Mrs.    Cable    sees    this    and    told   her    servant,    Sam,    to    go    and    see    what    the    men    were    doing.    Sam    goes    out    and    spoke    to    the    men    but    they    don't    tellhim.    When    he    came    back    Mrs.    Cable    is    very    angry    with    him.    Next    she    sent    George    to    find    out.    He    didn't    want    to    go    at    first    and    Mrs.    Cable    told    him    he  is    afraid.    When    he    goes    out    the    men  ignored    him    when    he    said    good    morning.    He   tries    again    but    this    time    the    big    man  hit    him    in    the    stomach    and    he    fell   on    the    ground.    Mrs.    Cable    sees    all    this  and    went    down    to    the    street.    The    men    take    her    by    the    arms    and    put    her    in    the    box.  

Ex. 10: All Tenses

 Choose the most appropriate answer.

 1. Who       food in your family when your Mom is away? (  cooks ,  is cooking,  has been cooking,

  Cooked)

 2. Where is John? – He       his car in the garage. (repairs  , is repairing  , has repaired

  repaired )

 3. I love this film. I       it four or five times already.  ( see  , have seen  , had seen )

 4. Have you visited any European countries? – Yes. I       Spain and Italy two years ago.

(  visited ,  have visited,   had visited )

 5. She       the living room when she heard a strange noise in the kitchen. ( has cleaned,  has been cleaning ,  was cleaning )

 6. I envy you. At five tomorrow you       some tan on a nice beach in Greece. (  will get ,  will be getting ,

  will have gotten,  will have been getting )

 7. You arrived two days ago. You are going to leave next Sunday. By the time you leave, you       nine days here. (  spend ,  have spent,  are spending ,  will have spent )

 8. Where is he? I       for him since three o'clock! (  am waiting ,  have been waiting ,  was waiting ,

  had been waiting)

 9. I went to Belgium last month. I       there before. It's a beautiful country. (  have never been ,

  had never been,  never was ,  never been )

 10. He said that his mother would be very upset when she       that he had lost his job. (  learns ,

  Learned,  had learned ,  would learn)