Name __Dawood Ahmed____________

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MOSTLY PRESENT TENSES

Situation:

Right now Toshi (sit) ______________at his desk. He (study) _____________his text book. His roommate, Oscar (sit, also) ________________at his desk, but he (study, not) __________________. He (stare) _____________out the window. Toshi (want)__________to know what Oscar (look)___________________at.

TOSHI: Oscar, what (you, look)_____________________at?

OSCAR: I (watch) ___________________the bicyclists. They are very skillful. l (know, not) __________________how to ride a bike, so I (admire) ________anyone who can. Come over to the window. Look at the guy in the blue shirt. He (steer) ___________ his bike with one hand while he (drink) _______________a soda with the other. At the same time, he (weave)_________________in and out of the heavy street traffic. He (seem) ___________fearless.

TOSHI: Riding a bike (be,not) ___________as hard as it (look)_________ . I'll teach you to ride a bicycle if you'd like.

OSCAR: Really? Great!

TOSHI: How come you don't know how to ride a bicycle?

OSCAR: I (have, never) _______________a bike when I (be)_______ a kid. My family (be) __________ too poor. Once I (try) _______to learn on the bike of one of my friends,

but the other kids all (laugh) _________at me. I never (try) ________it again because I (be) ___________too embarrassed. But I'd really like to learn now!

PAST TIME

Yesterday, Toshi (sit) ___________at his desk and (study) ____________his math book. His roommate, Oscar, (sit) ______________at his desk, but he (study, not)________________. He (stare) _________________out of the window. He (watch) ______________bicyclists on the street below.

Toshi (walk) _________over to the window. Oscar (point) ___________out one bicyclist in particular. This bicyclist (steer) ____________with one hand while (drink) ___________ a soda with the other. At the same time, he (weave)_____________in and out of the heavy street traffic. To Oscar, he (seem) ___________fearless.

Oscar (learned, never )_____________how to ride a bicycle when he (be ) ______

a child, so Toshi (offer) ____to teach him. Oscar (accept) ___________gladly.