Grammar monster

When the scout group finally ---- the top of the hill, they ---- for three hours. (reach - climb)

After the old radiator of the bus ----, the travelers ---- their cross-country trip. (replace - continue)

The poor man’s back ---- badly because he ---- heavy boxes since eight in the morning. (hurt - carry)

He ---- in the army for ten years when I first met him and then he ---- in the service for another ten years. (be - stay on)

My parents and I ---- about travelling to Antalya for the weekend when we ---- the news about the oncoming storm.(think - see)

When the minister ---- this place as a meeting place for traders, nobody thought that one day it ---- transformed into a concert hall. (open - be)

Ever since the government ---- some measures two years ago, the industrial production ---- considerably. (too - has increased)

Shakespeare ---- to have been one of the world’s best poets. (think)

When the thunderstorm ----, the little girl ----into her parents’ room. (start - rush)

Almost all the forests in the northern part of the country ---- by 1950s. (cut down)

After she ---- her chores, my mother ---- down to rest. This is her plan. (complete - lie)

Sam ---- the new knife Mary had given him to cut the vegetables and he ---- his finger. (use - cut)

In the past, our great grandparents ---- before twenty and ---- married till the end of their lives. (marry - remain )

As the man pressed the button of the lift, he ---- that he ---- something vital. (realise- forget)

A number of tactics ---- by criminals to steal money from seniors. (use)

The driver of the car ---- to hospital immediately after the crash, which ---- yesterday. (take - happen)

A little while after the boys ---- to the store, they ---- to go over to Tom’s house. (go-decide)

Hangovers ---- poorly understood clinically since ancient times. (be)

Many new discoveries ---- recently. For example, we know that Shakespeare ---- Hamlet 10 years earlier than first thought. (make -write)

You’re bound to feel a little homesick after you ---- away from home for such a long time. (stay)

I ---- my work three times and I still ---- finding mistakes. (check - keep)