Open the brackets putting the verbs in the proper form.
1. the lord (prefer) common-looking people. that is why
he (make) so many of them. (abraham lincoln) 2. every time a child (say) ‘i (not believe) in fairies’ there (be) a little fairy some-
where that (fall) down dead. (j.m.barrie) 3. at 50, everyone
(have) the face he (deserve). (george orwell) 4. ‘classic a book
which people (praise) and (notread). (mark twain) 5. this (be)
an important book, the critic (assume), because it (deal) with
war. this (be) an insignificant book because it (deal) with the
feelings of women in a drawing-room. (virginia woolf) 6. cats
(seem) to go on the principle that it never (do) any harm to ask
for what you (want). (joseph wood krutch) 7. ten thousand difficulties (not make) one doubt. (cardinal newman) 8. any man
who (hate) dogs and babies can’t be all bad. (leo rosten) 9. there
(be) always one moment in childhood when the door (open)
and (let) the future in. (graham greene) 10. a child (become) an
adult when he (realize) that he (have) a right not only to be right
but also to be wrong. (thomas szasz) 11. in examinations those
who (not wish) to know (ask) questions of those who cannot
tell. (walter raleigh) 12. i never (think) of the future. it (come)
soon enough. (albert einstein) 13. every generation (revolt)
against its fathers and (make) friends with its grandfathers. (lewis
mumford) 14. it (take) a lot of imagination to be a good photog-
rapher. you (need) less imagination to be a painter because you
can invent things. but in photography everything (be) so ordi-
nary; it (take) a lot of looking before you (learn) to see the ordi-
nary. (david bailey) 15. slang is a language that (roll) up its sleeves,
(spit) on its hands and (go) to work. (carl sandburg) 16. man
(dream) of fame while woman (wake) to love. (lord tennyson)
17. all women (become) like their mothers. that (be) their trag-
edy. no man (do). that’s his. (oscar wilde) 18. the man who
(make) no mistakes (not make) usually anything. (edward john
phelps) 19. we (know) what (happen) to people who (stay) in
the middle of the road. they (get) run down. (aneurin bevan)
20. money (not talk); it (swear). (bob dylan)
1. prefers
2. makes
3. says
4. don't believe
5. is
6.falls
7. has
8. deserves
9. praise
10. don't read
11. is
12. assumes
13. deals
14. is
15. deals
16. seem
17. does
18. want
19. don't make
20. hate
21. is
22. opens
23. let
24. becomes
25. realises
26. has
27. doesn't wish
28. askes
29. think
30. comes
31. revolts
32. makes
33. takes
34. need
35. is
36. takes
37. learn
38. rolls
39. spits
40. goes
41. dreams
42. wakes
43. become
44. is
45. do
46. makes
47. doesn't make
48. know
49. happens
50. stay
51. get
52. don't talk
53. it swears