VERB TENSES (ENGLISH)

VERB TENSES
I. Simple Present.
1. They often (have) ________ eggs for breakfast.
2. We usually (play) _________ badminton.
3. She sometimes (wake up) ___________ late.
4. He always (go) ________ to the cinema at weekends.
5. Mary (watch) _________ TV every night.
6. She always (kiss) _____her children before she (go) _____ to
bed.
7. My parents (teach) _________ chemistry.
8. She (dance) _________ very well.
9. _________Tom often (arrive) _________ late?
10. _________you always (go) _________ to school in the
morning?
11. We (not wake up) _________ early.
12. _________these hens (lay) _________ brown eggs?
13. She (be) _________very nice.
14. _________he (be) _________ tall?
15. _________you (be) _________a teacher?
II. Present continuous & simple present.
1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep) ___________
2. The student (look up) ___________ the new word right now.
3. He (play) ___________ game at the moment
4. At present, that author (write) ___________a historical novel.
5. She (play) ___________ tennis when It (rain) ___________.
6. She sometimes (buy) ___________ vegetables at this market.
7. I (read) ___________book while they (do) ___________
homework
8. I (see) __________ that you (wear) ___________your best
clothes.
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9. My mother (cook) ___________some food in the kitchen at
present.
She always (cook) ___________ in the morning.
10. Sarah often (work) ___________late at the office.
III. Simple Past.
1. She (spend) ____ all her money last week.
2. Mum (never spend) ___________ any money on herself.
3. I (lend) __________ my penknife to someone, but I can't
remember who it was now.
4. John and his father (build) _______ the cabin themselves last
year.
5. My parents (sell) ____________ the stereo at a garage sale.
6. ___________You (tell) ___________ anyone about this
yesterday?
7. The unidentified plant (bear) ___________ gorgeous flowers.
8. She (tear) ___________ the letter to pieces and threw it in the
bin.
9. He often (wear) ___________ glasses for reading.
10. Before God He (swear) ___________ he was innocent
11. Yesterday Clouds (creep) ___________ across the horizon, just
above the line of trees.
12. We both (sleep) ___________ badly that night.
13. She (weep) ___________ for the loss of her mother.
14. Jane (keep) ___________ the engine running.
15. A huge wave (sweep) ___________ over the deck
16. Mum (pay) ___________ for my driving lessons.
17. He (lay) ___________ his hand on my shoulder.
18. He (break) ______ the biscuit in half and handed one piece to

me.
19. He (choose) _____ his words carefully as he (speak) _______.
20. Yesterday, I (go)______ to the restaurant with a client.

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We (drive) ______ around the parking lot for 20 mins to find a
parking space.
22. When we (arrive) ______ at the restaurant, the place (be) _____
full.
23. The waitress (ask) ______ us if we (have) reservations.
24. I (say), "No, my secretary forgets to make them."
25. The waitress (tell)______ us to come back in two hours.
26. My client and I slowly (walk) ______ back to the car.
27. Then we (see) ______ a small grocery store.
28. We (stop) in the grocery store and (buy) ______ some
sandwiches.
29. That (be) ______ better than waiting for two hours.
30. I (not go) ______ to school last Sunday.
31. ________She (get) ______ married last year?
32. What _____you (do) _____last night?- I (do) ______ my
homewor
33. I (love) ______ him but no more.
34. Yesterday, I (get) _____ up at 6 and (have) ____ breakfast at
6.30.
35. Tom (not shave)………. this morning because he (not have)
…………time
36. Where …………….you (go)……………?
37. I (be)…………… hungry, so I (buy)……………….. something

to eat
38. She (not invite)………………… her to the party
39. ………..They (be) ……….at work yesterday?
40. We all (leave)…………….. the party at 11 o’clock
41. I (be) ……………..angry because Tom and Ann (be)
…………… late
42. What…………… you (do) ……………….at the weekend?
43. They (sell)…………………… their house
44. Professor Kenneth (teach) ……………… another class last
year.
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We (spend) …………………… two weeks in JAPAN.
The rain (stop) …………………… in the middle of the
afternoon.
47. We (speak) ……………………to our friends last night.
48. I (realize) …………………… my error at once.
49. We (eat) …………………… lunch at the cafeteria with them.
50. He (drive) …………………… his car to work yesterday.
51. Albert Einstein (die) …………………… in 1955.
52. Tom (go) …………………… to the post office twice yesterday.
53. My car (break) …………… down this morning on the way to
work.
54. I (see) …………….her last year.
55. What …………….you (do) …………….yesterday?
56. You (watch) …………….TV last night?
57. She (be) …………….born in 1980.

58. We (study) ………..almost every lesson in this book so far.
59. We (watch, never) ……….. that television program.
60. We (watch) ………..an interesting program on television last
night.
61. My wife and I (travel) ……….. to Mexico by air last Summer.
62. I (read) ……….. that novel again during my last vacation.
63. I (have) ……….. a little trouble with my car last week.
64. However, I (have) ……….. no trouble with my car since then.
65. He (work) ……….. all day yesterday.
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IV.Present Perfect and simple past.
1. I (wait) ________for two hours, but she (not come)
________yet.
2. He (write) ____________ a book since last year.
3. How long ____________you (learn) ____________English?
4. Tom (already finish) ____________his homework.
5. I (read) ____the novel written by Jack London several times
before.
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6. Mai (never be) ____________ in Hanoi.
7. She (study) _____________ Korean for two years.
1. How many times you (see)………. him since he went to
Edinburgh?
2. We are from French. We (be)…………………… there for 20
years.
3. I am sorry. I (forget)…………… that girl’s name already.

4. Mai (lose) ……………….her dictionary.
5. I (wait) ……………………for the manager for two hours.
6. …………….You (ever, see)……………… a lion?
7. . I (work) ……………. very hard for the exam.
8. . I (live) …………….here since 1970.
9. . ………….You (be) to the zoo?
10. I’m afraid you (look) …………….aty the wrong one.
11. Why are the police here? What……………. (happen)?
12. Please stay for dinner, Jane (cook) ……………. a lovely meal.
13. He (learn) ………. English for three years, but he can’t even read
a newspaper yet.
14. My teacher (teach) …………..English at this school for six years.
15. Michael (study)………………. English for six month now.
16. Up the the present, George (do) …………good work in this class.
17. Our present boss (work) …………..in this company all of his life.
V.Simple past and Past Perfect.
1. When the police (arrive) _________, the car (go)
_____________.
2. They (eat) ____ everything by the time I (arrive) ______at the
party
3. When I (find) _____________ my purse, someone (take)
_____________the money out of it.
4. By the time I (get) _______ into my town, the shop (close)
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5. They (go) ________ after they (finish) _____________their
work.

6. He (do) __________ nothing before he (see) _____________
me.
7. When they (get) _______ the station, the train (leave) _______.
VI>Gerund, to infinitive & bare infinitive
1. I hope (have) ________ a job
2. Try to avoid (make) __________ him angry.
3. He thinks of (leave) _________ his job.
4. Would you mind (show) _____ me how (work) ________ the
lift?
5. It's no use (wait) ________.
6. I hate (see) _________ a child (cry) _________.
7. I'm looking forward to (see) ________ you.
8. He warned her (not touch) _________ the wire.
9. Gravity makes water (run) __________ downhill.
10. Please let me (know) __________ your decision.
11. It is difficult (please) __________every body.
12. We are eager (return) __________ to school in the fall.
13. Stop (argue) __________ and start (work) __________
VII- past continuous;
1. This time last year I (live)………….. in Brazil
2. What……………. you (do)…………. at 10 o’clock lastnigt?
3. Tom (cook) ……………the dinner
4. Tom burn his hand when he (cook) ……………the dinner
5. We(read)………….. a book when he arrived
6. What…………. he (do) ……………..when you came?
7. At 9.o’clock yesterday Lan (not watch)………… T.V
8.All the students (read) ……………………the text carefully
9.They (walk) ……………………to the corner.
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10.They (study) …………… in the library when the fire alarm
went off.
11.It (snow) ……………………when I got up this morning.
12.Helen (wait) ……………………in the lobby, wasn’t she?
13.The wind (blow) ……………very hard when I went out this
morning.
14.He fell while he (go) ……………………down the stairs.
15.Where…………. she (be) at 5 o’clock this morning?
VIII- past simple or past continuous:
1. His uncle (teach)…………………. English in our school 5
years ago
2. The old man (fall………….) as he (get)…………….. into the
bus
3. They (not go)…………….. to the movies last Sunday
4. When I saw him, he (sit) ………………..asleep in a chair
5. ……………You …………(find)………….. my pen yesterday?
6. It (take)……………. me 5 minutes to walk to school last year
7. The light (go) ………out when we (study)………….. our
lesson
8. There (be)……………… a lot of noise at the fair yesterday
9. They (give) ………..me the letter a few minutes ago.
10. What she (do) …………………… when you (arrive)
…………………… there? She (write) …………………… a
letter.
11. She (have) …………………… her bath while her sister (get)
…………………… the breakfast ready.
12. The storm (begin) …………………… at half past ten while the
class (study) ……………………history.
13. When the students (hear) ………… the bell, they (get)

…………… up and (leave) ……………
14. Mr Harvey (ask) …………… me about my plans the next time
he (see) ………… me.
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Just as I (leave) ……………for home, a student (stop)
……………………me in the hall.
16. As I (cross) …………………… the street, two cars (race)
…………………… by me at full speed.
17. Dorothy and I (just leave) …………… the house when the
telephone (ring) ……………
18. The minute I (hear) ……………… the news, I (send)
…………………… him a telegram.
19. I (go) …………………… to ask you to help me, but you
(sleep) ………… so peacefully when I (look) …………… into
your room that I (decide) …………… to do it alone.
20. My mother (arrive) ………………… while I (clean)
……………… the kitchen .
21. John (work) ………………from morning to night: he (study)
……………… to be a doctor.
22. Just as I (write) ……………………the letter, the inkpot (fall)
……………………over.
23. A noise of breaking chairs (suggest) ……………………that the
men (fight) ……………………
24. He (just close) ………………the church door when he (notice)
……………………a man still praying in the corner.
25. The men (fight) ……………… bravely, but the general (order)
…………………… them to retreat.
26. As he (come) …………………… up his house in the darkness,

he (see) …………………… that a man (climb) ………………
out of one of the bedroom windows.
27. John (work) ……………… hard when suddenly the door
(open) ……………………
28. When we (open) ………………the front door we (see)
………… someone walking out of the gate.
29. Lighting (strike) …………………… the tree that they (shelter)
……………………under. Of course, they (have)
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……………… a terrible fright, but they (be) ………………
very lucky. No harm (come) ……………………to them at all.
30. When I (arrive) ………at his house, he still (sleep)
……………….
31. The light (go) ……………………out while we (have)
……………………dinner.
32. Bill (have) ……………breakfast when I (stop) …………… at
his house this morning.
33. As we (cross) ……………………the street, we (see)
………………… an accident.
34. Tom (see) …………… a serious accident while he (stand)
……………… at the bus stop.
35. While my father (read) ……………… a newspaper, I (learn)
…………… my lesson and my sister (do) ……………… her
homework.
36. The children (play) …………… football when their mother
(come) ……………back home.

37. The bell (ring) ………………while Tom (take) …………… a
bath.
38. I (be) ………very tired because I (work) ………… all day
yesterday.
39. He (sit) ……………in a cafe when I (see) …………………
him.

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He bought a Vietnamese-English dictionary and (give)
………………..it to me.
The coffee was all right,but the cream (be)
…………………..sour.
He has a piano and a violin, but he (not have)………….a flute.
He says that he (arrive)……………..on time tomorrow.
She says that she (arrive)…………..on time yesterday.
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I think that Victor (be)……………late.
He said that he (graduate)……………….from university in
1991.
8. We thought they (move)……………to Califoria.
9. The teacher said that water (consist)….. of hydrogen and
oxygen.

10. I (be)……….there when you arrive.
11. They were still waiting when I (get)……………..there.
12. He has worked very hard since he (be)………………here.
13. We have just come in when you (call)…………..
14. We’ll have already gone before you (get)……………back.
15. We decided to go home because it (be)…………….very late.
16. We have been very busy while they (be)…………..here.
17. I haven’t seen him since he (arrive)…………..
18. The teacher gave us too many assignments, that we (can not)
……… go to the concert.
19. It was such a beautiful day that I (feel)……….like taking a
walk.
20. He works on sundays so that he (can)………earn money to pay
his tuition.
21. I (be) ……………… busy since we last met.
22. I’m very fond of Jane but I (not see)………….much of her
lately.
23. There (be)……….. no guests at all since I left?
24. I never(see)………….anyone more beautifulthan your wife.
25. I (meet)………………..your husband this afternoon at the
station.
26. He solved the problem more quickly than I (do)………….
27. This one of the best books that I (ever read)………………….
28. She has already telephoned the people who (come)………
tomorrow.
29. I’ll never forget the kindness that you (show)………………me.
30. Are they the Italians who (own)………… this store?
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It was the Smiths who (call)………….you.
She left her home last week and nobody (see)……….her since.
The video film is so interesting that I (see)…………it twice.
It is the first time I (meet)………………..him here.
It was at the age of 14 that Jack London (leave)…………school
and (become)…………a sailor.
36. The video film was so interesting that I (see)…………it twice.
37. It was the first time they (ever meet)……………….
38. The news (be)………quite alarming yesterday.
39. We (not live)……….. in England for two years now.
40. I (never forget)…………..what you (just tell)………….me.
41. They (prepare)………….. the christmas dinner at the moment.
42. When I last (stay)……… in Cairo,I (ride)………to the
Pyramids on a camel that my friend (borrow)………… the day
before.
43. Our teacher (tell)………………… us yesterday that he (visit)
………England in 1970.
44. George (work)……………………at the university so far.
45. When he lived in Manchester,he (work)………..in a bank.
46. Birds (build)……………their nests in the summer and (fly)
…….to the south in winter.
47. I (lose)……………………my key. Can you help me look for
it?
48. My father (not smoke)……………………….for 5 years.
49. My teacher wasn’t at home when I (arrive)…………He (just
go)…….out
50. How long Bod and Mary (be)…………married?

51. You (receive)………………….any letter from your parents
yet?
52. My brother (join)…………the army when he (be)
……….young.
53. I (see)……. a car accident while I (wait)………..for you at this
corner yesterday.
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Mr.John (be)………..principal of our school since last year.
Mr. Smith (teach)…………….at this school since he (graduate)
………………..in 1990.
56. My father (not watch)……….TV every night.
57. I (meet)…………………. Arthur 3 weeks ago.
58. Yesterday the police (report)…………that they (capture)
……………………..the thief.
59. My friend (thank)…………………me for what I had done for
him.
60. Someone (steal)………….. my handbag on the bus.
61. The Browns (live)……. in Paris for 7 years when the second
world war (break)………. out.
62. Last month I (be)…………………….in the hospital for ten
days.
63. Don’t call me in the afternoon. I usually (be)

………………...away in the afternoon.
64. John (drive)………..that car ever since I (know)……….him.
65. People (speak)……….English in most of Canada.
66. The dog (wag)………his tail whenever he (see)………me.
67. I (never see)…………anyone more punctual than your brother.
68. I (meet)……. your brother this afternoon at Green Street.
69. He (light)………. a cigarrette and (walk)………to the window.
70. The performance (begin)………….at 7 o’clock and (last)
……………..for 3 hours.
71. “You (be)…….here before? ” - Yes, I (spend)……..my
holidays here last year.
72. He (leave)…………for London 2 years ago and I (not see)
……..him since.
73. You (be)…………………to the laboratory this week?
74. Thousands of people (see)……….. this exhibition by the end of
the month.
75. By the time you (finish)…………. cooking they (do)
……………… their homework.
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I don’t think he (change)………in the thirty years I (know)
……..him.
77. Then about a year ago he (disappear)………….and I (never
hear)……… from him since.
78. My father (fight)…………. for 4 years in the last war.
79. I’m taking my daughter out tonight. She (not have)

…………..fun for a long time.
80. When I (look)………… at my suitcase,I could see that
somebody (try)……….to open it.
81. When we (get)…………. to the restaurant, we (find)
……….that nobody (remember)…………………..to reserve a
table.
82. The doctor (examine)……….him, and that he (break)
………..his arm.
83. As soon as she arrived England, she (find)……..that the
language (be)……quite different from the English that she
(learn)………………..at school.
84. I’m going to bed. I (work)………………..for hours and I’m
tired.
85. Good afternoon. Can I help you? – Yes. I (bring)
……………...my watch to youfor repair 3 weeks ago. Is it
ready yet?
86. I wanted to be the first to teel her the news, but I was too late.
Someone (already tell)……………………her.
87. He (come) ………in to the room a moment after I (get)…….
there.
88. I hardly (be)………there 5 minutes when Mrs . Brown (come)
…………in with the coffee.
89. Scarcely they (move)…………….. into the new house when
their friends (come)……..in.
90. I (meet)………...John before I (be)…………….. a fortnight in
Paris.
91. He no sooner (reach)……..the door than he (come)…….back.
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He (have)………a bad fall while he (repair)………his roof.
By the end of this month, I hope, I (write)……………………
200 pages of my new novel.
94. It (take)…….a moment before Nick (realise)…………...he
(offer)……… a cigarette by the stranger.
95. While he (learn)……. to drive he (have)……… 25 accidents.
96. It’s no using getting inpatient.The plane (not arrive)……..until
the weather (clear)……up.
97. I (think) ……..about you a lot lately and I (come)……… to the
conclusion that I(not be) ……..able to live without you.
98. I don’t mind (wait)………I’d rather (be)…….too early than too
late.
99. Those students who (fail)………the exam are going to take
another one held in August.
100. “ I am just going out to get an evening paper.” “ But it (rain)
……….Why you (not wait)………..till the rain (stop)………?
101. I (think)……… your father’s health (improve)………so much
since I (see)……him last.
102. Don’t worry. We (finish)……… ……..the report by 11.
103. Listen to this ! I think this news (surprise)…………you.
104. When I first (come)…….to this village, it was quiet place. But
since then the population(double)………and a lot of leisure
facilities (build)……….
105. Hurry up or you (be)……. ……….late for class.
106. The Ajax shoe company (employ)……. 25 new men next
month.
107. Don’t talk to me . I (try)………… to learn this page by heart.
108. A:Call a doctor quickly! The old man (die)………..

B: The doctor is on the way. He (just leave)………..his house.
109. Don’t be upset.I (understand)………….perfectly.
110. We must take umbrella. It (rain)……………….
111. Wood usually (float)…………. on the water.
112. Look out! The ceiling (fall)………………in.
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It’s too late. Nothing (matter)………….. now.
I (listen) ……… to the radio when you (ring)…………..the
bell first time , and that’s why I (not hear)………….you.
115. At school, We (learn)……..two foreign languages.
116. As a boy , I (always read)………….I always (have)
………..my nose in a book.
117. John (learn)……….English for seven years, and at last he
(master)………the irregular verbs.
118. It (rain)……… but it (stop)………….. now.
119. When I (open)……..the door this morning I (see)…… a man
on his knees.
120. When I (ask)………him what he (do)………, he (say)…….
that he (drop)………a 50p piece outside the door and (look)
…………for it.
121. By the time I (recover)………. from the shock he (disappear)
………round the corner.
122. I am going to write John as soon as I (have)……….spare
moment.
123. The thief was arressted as he (leave)………. the bank.

124. We (send)……… the money as soon as the goods are
delivered.
125. Before we (go)……very far we found that we (lose)
……………. our way.
126. By the end of this year I (be)…………..here for fifteen years.
127. After I (hear)………. the news yesterday evening I (hurry)
………… to see him.
128. I (not give)…………anather cake till you (finish)……….your
milk.
129. I’m busy at the moment. I (decorate)…………….the living
room.
130. I see that Tom (write)……………..his composition.
131. He says that he (look)………….for a job next week.
132. They think he (be)……………here last night.
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He tells us that he (be)……………..to the mountains before.
I hoped that he (be)………….. able to attend.
He wants to do it before his father (come)
………………………
136. The student who answered the question (be)
……………..John.
137. This is the house that Jack (build)………………..three years
ago.
138. Mary (have)…………….. dinner when her friend called.
139. John (live)……………… in the same house since he left

school.
140. Shut all the windows before you (go)………………….out.
141. You may begin when you (be)……………….ready.
142. I see that Henry (write)………………… his composition
now.
143. I had done what (be)…………………necessary.
144. They had found that the road (be)……………………very
long.
145. I saw that I (make)……………………..a mistake.
146. We find that we (take)…………………….a wrong way.
147. I want to know how long she (live)………………..here.
148. I didn’t know who (help)……………him.
149. Do you hear what she (just,say)…………………….?
150. They believe that the police (capture)………………the thief
soon.
151. Did John say he (call)……………….you again?
152. She has thought that the work (be)………………….easy.
153. She said that she (get)………………married soon.
154. He thinks that it (rain)………………….tonight.
155. The students had thought that the English test (be)
……………….rather difficult.
156. I wonder what changes the new president (introduce)
……………
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Please be quiet! I (work)…………………
When I (be) …………..a child,I (want)……………..to be a
doctor
159. Up to now, the teacher (give)……………………. our class 5
tests
160. I (not send)……………..the parcel until I hear from you.
161. It (rain)…………….when we arrived.
162. Bill said he (forget)……………………to buy a dictionary
163. He felt asleep while he (do)………………his homework.
164. At this time next week, we (live)………………..in USA.
165. John (watch)…………………….TV at 8 last evening.
166. By the end of last March, I (study)…………….English for 5
years.
167. By next month. I (finish)………………my first novel.
168. By this time next week, he (write)………..his novel for 6
months.
169. By the time you arrive, I (finish)……………….writing an
essay.
170. He might get fat if he (stop)…………………..smoking.
171. If I had seen the movie, I (tell)………………you about it last
night.
172. If she (work)………harder, she would probably get a better
salary.
173. If I (find)……………. The book, I shall give it to you.
174. If she (not hurry)………….., she may be late.
175. My teacher (teach) ……. English at this school for six years.
176. Listen! I (think) ………….someone (knock) ………….at the
door.
177. Mr Smith (pay) ……………. all of his bills at the end of the
month.

178. Michael (study) ……………. English for six month now.
179. It usually (rain) …………. very much in that part of the
country.
157.
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I (be) sorry, I (forget) ……………. that fellow’s name
already.
181. My secretary (sit) …………….at a different desk today.
182. Our present boss (work) …………. in this company all of his
life
183. Up the the present, George (do) ………. good work in this
class.
184. So far, you (make) …………….no mistakes on this exercise.
185. I (be) ………..sorry. I (forget) ………..that fellow’s name
already.
186. Jack (look) ……..no trouble with my English lesson up to
now.
187. Michael (work) ……….. thirty hours a week.
188. At present, that author (write) ……….. a historical novel.
189. How long you (learn) ………..English?
190. The weather generally (get) ………..quiet hot in July and
August.
191. Fred’s brother just (graduate) ……….. from Oxford
University.
192. That brown briefcase (belong) ………..to Dr. Rice.
193. Robert (wait) ………..for you since noon.

194. Yes, I (remember) ……….. that fellow’s name now.
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