went go to go gone
2. Mr. Booker _____ a hard-working professor of literature (...).
were was hadn't aren't
3. He ______ now a bald-headed old man of sixty (...).
were was had have
4. He ______ for magazines and brought out some book oh his own almost annually.
wrote write writing written
5. It ______ be confessed that literary scruple had long departed from his mind.
must ought had would
6. I am only ______ a royalty, which does not commence till the first four hundred are sold.
got getting get gotten
7. There was nothing in this which ______ Mr. Booker.
has shocked shocked shocking shocks
8. He would not probably ______ that the book was accurate (...)
said saying say says
9. I ______ not strong enough to put the world straight.
is are am can
10. I have not _____ you for the last 3 weeks.
seen saw see seeing
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