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daily

A [daily, dayly, day] paper is a paper that is published daily.

alive

After the Titanic had sunk, the violet rat was reported to be still [alive, aswim, live].

told

After the servant has spread the rumour that the Empress is unfaithful, the Emperor will demand that he should be [telling, told, tell] who is more worthy of her love than him.

unless

All Cologne inhabitants would now be waiting for the Romans to come again [lest, unless, if not] the history teacher had talked some sense into them.

sleeping

All [sleeping, asleep, slept] beavers will usually snore unless woken up in time.

that

All [what, that, which] I know is in this book, and if you ask me politely, I might tell you what you want to find out from me.

away

All his governesses ran [away, along, over] as soon as they found out he would never grow up.

to have tried

All investors were said [to have tried, to have been tried, had tried] their luck at the stock exchange before going bankrupt.

of

All the cats in the neighbourhood were dreaming [at, to, of] the striped tomcat.

lest

All the postman's friends told him that he should stop opening letters which were not addressed to him, [lest, least, unless] he should be caught red-handed.

would go

As the elephant was signing the peace treaty, the hedgehog wished everybody [will go, would go, will have gone] to war.

about

Can the wheelwright have written an article [about, for, of] Freud's love affairs?

had, until

Don't you wish the conductor had been sent abroad before he [has, having, had] brought down all the pheasants in the king's forest with his gun, which he fired [up to, as far as, until] the king's counsellor informed His Majesty of what was going on?

passers-by

Ever since the giant has been wearing his yellow socks, he has been dreaming of being mistaken for the sun, and has been known to carry a flashlight and point it at all the [passers-by, passer-bies, passer-bys] whenever they happen to look at him.

went

Had her brother-in-law found out what she was up to, he would have told her his knowledge of German was not good enough, and he could not possibly read German stories to her before she [went, came, started] to sleep.

but

Had the boatman relied on his intuition and steered the boat upstream, he would have been last [but, except, less] one in the race.

was going to

Had the clerk known his boss [will, can, was going to] fire him, he certainly would not have fallen asleep during office hours.

any

Had the physician told me he had been visited by many people, I would certainly have asked him if [any, which, someone] of them had left a message for me.

all

Had the pilgrims not walked [whole, all, all the] day, every day, for the last two years, they would now be the rulers of the world.

the freckled pupil was

Had the teacher realized how ashamed [is the freckled pupil, was the freckled pupil, the freckled pupil was], he would have stopped talking about his freckles.

had the ant, stole

Hardly [the ant had, has the ant, had the ant] gone to bed at night when the cricket [stole, had stolen, stealed] into her pantry, and ate all her chocolates.

had the vixen, would

Hardly [the vixen had, had the vixen, has the vixen] stolen the cheese from the raven than the hawk shouted from up high that he [will, shall, would] send the police to arrest her for theft.

Prince Charming

Hardly had [Charming Prince, Prince Charming, the charming prince] opened the letter from Cinderella when the black witch turned him into a dwarf.

when

Hardly had the TV remote controls been purchased [than, that, when] they were all confiscated by aliens.

attacked

Hardly had the collector caught the golden fish when the mermaids [have attacked, attacked, will attack] him.

sat

He [sat, sit, set] down, and began by saying that he wanted the Governor General to become president.

to

He must have gone [for, to, at] the auction in Brussels.

below

Her schoolmates would always play in the snow when the temperature was seven degrees [below, to, from] zero outside.

neighbour downstairs

His [neighbour downstairs, downstairs neighbour, neighbour down the stairs] must have hidden his cat in the cellar.

would

His mother-in-law would not have bought him a book if she had been told he could not read, [could, had, would] she?

strange, will have finished

However [strange, strangest, stranger] it may seem, the gravedigger [will have finished, has finished, would finish] digging Hamlet's grave by the time the stage manager decides to kill the actor.

would

I [will, would, have] give him the novel if I had bought it yesterday, but I have not found it at the bookshop yet.

had

I asked the four-year-old squirrel whether she could tell me all about the incident she [has, had, was] just witnessed.

have helped

I can't help telling myself that the pedestrian could [have helped, had helped, helped] the eighty-eight-year-old driver if he had really wanted to.

given

I could have [gave, given, giving] the scales to her if she had asked me.

have been

I gave the cab driver all the money I had on me, and he should [has been, had been, have been] satisfied.

frightened

I remembered I had met the [afraid, very much afraid, frightened] explorer while I was heading for the North Pole, unless that man had been his twin brother.

on

I shall get [in, up, on] the bus when it comes.

better, rather

I think the physicist had [sooner, rather, better] sleep late today, even if you would [rather, better, preferable] send him after milk.

for

I told her I had no idea what the headmaster was looking [after, for, to].

all

I was told the bat had been [very, pretty, all] alone the whole night.

will

I wish the cyclist would stop complaining that nobody watches him while he is racing because he has done nothing but weep all day, and by tonight he [would, should, will] have flooded all the rat holes in the city.

all, studying

I wish the whale did not swim [all, every, whole] day long, instead of [study, studied, studying] history and mathematics.

had happened

I wondered whether all that [has happened, had happened, will have happened] might have something to do with your firing him the day before.

bread and butter

If he did not like [bread and butter, butter and bread, bread with butter], he would not have put on so much weight, would he?

Secretary General

If the [Secretary General, General Secretary, Generally Secretary] had hired a guide, he would not be missing today.

wanted

If the audience had applauded, the violinist would have played for as long as they [want, will want, wanted] him to.

would be

If the bachelor were not blind, he [would be, will be, were] able to choose the right woman when she came along.

but

If the conductor had managed to avert his eyes from the bottle, he would have noticed that everybody [but, apart, only] his wife was staring at him while he was drinking himself into oblivion.

paid

If the mayor forces you to work for a living, you should tell him you must be [payed, paied, paid] in Egyptian gold coins.

Secretary General

If the member of the Labour Party had not stated that the [General Secretary, Secretary General, Secretary in General] was very fond of chocolates, the latter might have been re-elected.

before

If the patient had accepted hypnosis yesterday in order to find out who had killed the nurse a year [ago, before, long], the psychiatrist would have given him as much champagne as he could drink.

themselves

If the rich should ever be forced to adapt [himself, themselves, oneself] to living on only five pounds a day, there would be a lot of suicides in this country.

was going

If the wizard were as quick as lightning, the audience would not have seen where he [will go, were going, was going].

that

It is the early bird [what, that, it] catches the worm.

have been

It must [have been, to be, has been] sheer madness on his part to imagine that he could live on coconuts alone.

should

It was natural that the gardener [must, might, should] have brought his wife flowers on their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

was it not

It was natural that the witch should have looked for her striped cat under the shelf where she kept her magic potions, [is it not, was it not, isn't it]?

latter

It was strange that the benefactor should have banged the door in the minstrel's face when the [second, latter, last] had started playing his harmonica.

remind, remember, they

It was unusual that a thief, of all people, should [remind, remember, recall] me that I should [remind, remember, recall] the good old days, when everybody was honest and [they, he, it] always told the truth.

unlikely

It was very [unlike, unlikely, not like] that the milkman should sell both his cows.

black and white

Magritte cannot have shown Dali his [white and black, black and white, black with white] photos for the simple reason that he had none.

highest

My son-in-law wanted to know if I should have told him how tall I was, and how high the [highest, tallest, longest] mountain in the world was.

as

Naive [than, like, as] he was, the psychopath would have eaten all the mushrooms if he had not been told how poisonous they were.

all the

Napoleon must have hidden [each, all the, every] spears in the dungeon, and nobody has found them ever since.

had the witch

Never [the witch had, the witch has, had the witch] seen a woman so young and beautiful slaving for a hideous monster.

had written

Never had the editor considered the idea that a novel could be far more interesting if the author admitted he [had written, has written, wrote] it in prison.

had Gulliver

No sooner [Gulliver had, had Gulliver, has Gulliver] asked for a cup and saucer than Jonathan Swift began talking about the flying saucer he had seen.

had the ball been

No sooner [the ball has been, had the ball been, the ball had been] over than he entered the drawing room, looking all around.

hum

No sooner had my roommate told me he could not help but [humming, hum, hummed] when he listened to his CD's than I smashed them all to pieces.

there lived, as, had not

Once upon a time [lived, there lived, has lived] a firefly who could give as much light [than, as, like] the moon at night, and he would have helped any of you save your money for electricity if he [would not have, had not, has not] flown into the outer space, in search of adventure.

would, all

Only when the colonel realized that he [will, would, must] have to send the seven dwarfs to prison, did it occur to him that he was [very, so, all] alone, and the dwarfs were about to beat him up.

had not been

Our former mayor would be buying mushrooms now if he [is not, had not been, has not been] sentenced to life detention.

fishing

Out [fished, fishing, fish]. Closed for the day.

-

Prince Charming should have played [-, at, on] the violin for the giants if he wanted them to join his army.

alive

Red Riding Hood told the raven she would not give him any cheese as long as she was [lively, alive, live].

rose, has been working, has finished

Since the moon [raised, aroused, rose], the mole [works, has been working, worked] on a house in the south of France, and the scorpion has been trying very hard not to bite her before she [will finish, has finished, is finishing].

may

Somebody must sell socks, so that all the children [must, should, may] use them when they are waiting for Santa Claus.

has been

Ten years ago, the soldier aimed his gun at his image in the mirror, and fired at it, and was convinced that he had killed himself, so he [has been, had been, was] running around stark naked ever since, positive that he is a ghost.

hardly, harder

The Chinese [hard, little, hardly] knows any Norwegian at all, and he had better have worked [stronger, harder, hardly] before going to live in Norway.

Court Martial

The Indian chieftain could have been brought before a [Martial Court, Courts Martial, Court Martial] unless the general's head had been found.

on

The Oxford housewives were reported to have gone [for, to, on] strike because their kitchens were too small.

won, make a, gained

The President's wife would have [won, gained, earned] the elections after the President had been kidnapped, if she had not had to [win her, gain her, make a] living, and if she had already [won, gained, earned] enough experience as a politician.

born

The Swede would be a Swiss if he had been [borne, born, bored] in Switzerland.

Poet Laureate

The [Laureate Poet, Poet Laureate, Laureated Poet] confessed that he would return the golden bar that he had borrowed from the usurer when he inherited the Moon.

scared

The [afraid, scared, affright] soldier ran away as soon as he saw the bumble bee.

deadly

The [dead, deadly, death] weapon was bought by the badger on Boxing Day.

knight errant

The [knight errant, errant knight, erring knight] prayed that the ogre might grant him a long life and many dwarfs to feast on.

mentally ill

The [mental ill, mentally ills, mentally ill] have just elected their own world president.

seventy-seven-year-old

The [seventy-seven-years-old, seventy-seven-year-old, seventy-seven year's old] Pole urged his elders to get married sooner because he thought he was supposed to wait for them to start a family before him, and he was not getting any younger.

sick

The [sick, ill, not well] passenger honestly believed that he would never recover.

there

The abolitionist declared that he did not want [there, it, their] to be any more slaves, and that he would fight for his idea.

as

The academic told the queen that she was [so, as, more] beautiful as a wax doll.

have acted

The actor was not thought to [act, have acted, has acted] Hamlet as well as he had done it at The Royal Theatre, where he could still remember all his lines.

unless

The actress would have seen where she was going [unless, lest, whether] she had broken her glasses while skating.

before

The adventurer would never have declared that the leopard had reached the North Pole [before, in front of, until] him unless he had known for sure that the latter had been living there for fifty-five days.

comes

The ambassador's granddaughter will not make faces at the ambassador before she makes sure she is his sole inheritor, which will not happen before she [will come, came, comes] of age.

in

The applicant for the position of donkey tamer was thought to be [in, on, into] his early fifties.

lived

The archaeologist claimed that he would remember the day of his graduation as long as he [will live, lived, would live].

if

The archer is to be initiated by Cupid [whether, if, unless] he is willing to collect all the arrows at the end of the class.

had he stepped, eloped

The bachelor got married in May, but no sooner [he stepped, he had stepped, had he stepped] out of the town hall than his wife [had eloped, eloped, did elope] with his driver.

be living

The badger can't [have lived, be living, have been living] in the furrier's backyard right now, since he has been told what happened to all the other animals the furrier has ever taken care of.

lying, lay

The badger had been [laying, lying, lied] in bed for hours when his two ten-year-old sons came back from the ball and ordered him to [lie, lay, lain] the table at once.

forty-four, had lost

The badger was turning [forty-for, fourty-four, forty-four] on the Friday his cherry tree was expected to blossom, and the hedgehog threatened that the plague would break out in Oxford that spring, after the badger's garden [had lost, will have lost, has lost] all its flowers.

would he

The baker may have watched his apprentice eat a loaf of bread, but he would never have told him that it was all right, [would he not, may he, would he]?

her age

The bald man would always remind his granddaughter that he would never eat frogs when he was [her age, at her age, of her age].

have

The barber's stepson may [have, has, had] persuaded the archduchess to elope with him.

have explained to

The bear should [have explained to, have explained, explain] the bat that he had never eaten grilled bats in his entire life, if he really wanted to make friends with him.

as old as

The bearded merchant would be seven times richer than his skinny neighbour if he were not twice [older than, elder than, as old as] the latter.

on

The beggar claimed that he had compiled a treatise [on, of, over] modern society.

ever

The beggar would have been thought to be just as stingy as he had [ever, never, always] been unless he had lent money to his long-lost brother, who had just been found in the Himalayas.

spend

The billionaire has to look after his fortune as well as [spending, spend, spent] it.

fifty-million-pound

The bishop keeps boasting that he has acquired a [fifty-million-pound, fifty-millions-pound, fifty-million-pounds] castle.

on

The bishop may have been meditating [about, to, on] his future visit to Venice, for all I know.

up

The bull was expected to give [in, for, up] singing at night.

there to be

The bureaucrat would like to be able to blame his wife's kidnapping on the stork, but lack of evidence prevents him from doing so, unless he wants [to be there, there was, there to be] an unjust trial.

had been sold

The butcher's offspring wishes all the meat [had been sold, has been sold, will sell] before its price went down.

before

The butler admitted he had visited his stepson at the mental asylum three years [ago, before, past], and he had sworn he would never think of his family again.

were

The butler's family [was, were, are] all working for the CIA when Sir Robert discovered that they were related to the royal family.

for

The candidate to the presidency was rumoured to have been fined [because, for, about] stealing a fur cap.

elder

The cardiologist predicted that his [bigger, greater, elder] brother would never pay his debts.

himself

The cashier had been saving money for years to buy [himself, to himself, to his own] a gingerbread house.

were

The caterpillar wishes the butterfly [had been, were, is] still her bosom friend.

up

The chambermaid cannot have made [up, for, in] her mind to resign before she turns ninety.

to

The champion would have climbed the mountain if he had not been forced to go [on, to, for] sea.

for

The chaplain can't enter the church until he has looked [about, into, for] the key.

unless

The chimney sweeper would still be wandering about the slums [unless, if only, suppose] the bus driver had realized that he would be rich before he turned thirty.

on

The coach must have forbidden the players to talk [at, on, in] the cell phone when they were playing, which made them all leave the team.

more

The collector would have wanted there to be three times [as much, more, many] paintings in the exhibition than he knew there were.

to be

The comedian had expected there [to be, were, are] fifty people in the room, but there were only two.

ago, since, for

The composer had an argument with the convict a fortnight [before, ago, since], and, [since, before, for] the moment they argued, he has been cleaning the attic, while his whole family have been wondering what he can possibly be doing up there [since, ago, for] so long.

have composed

The composer was said to [have composed, had composed, be composed] better music than Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.

has often lent

The confectioner [has often borrowed, has often been lending, has often lent] his flour to the pastry cook, and the latter has been using it for free since he opened his pastry shop.

out of

The cook must have told everyone that he had run [into, for, out of] sugar.

was

The cook's elder sister would not know what to say if the mayor asked her to tell everyone how much older than her brother she [had been, was, were].

with

The corporal fears his superior might be angry [because, for, with] him.

will wake, six

The corporal, who is in his prime, will always drop his gun when the illegal immigrants are asleep, and [would wake, will wake, had woken] all those who are under the age of [six years, six years old, six].

for

The counsel for the defence blamed the judge daily [because, about, for] having sent an innocent Chinese to prison on the charge of having swallowed a fly without the Court's permission, and, eventually, the judge had a nervous breakdown.

had not swallowed

The crocodile wishes he [did not swallow, had not swallowed, has not swallowed] the hedgehog two hours ago.

was

The cyclist wishes he had not left the desert just as the camel [were, was, would be] falling in love with him.

Pole

The diplomat could not believe his ears when he was told that the [Polish, Pole, Poland] had been accused of selling cocaine on the black market.

would, anybody

The dragon promised the prince that he [will, would, does] never harm [anybody, somebody, nobody] again for as long as he lived.

be flying, which

The dragonfly would [have flown, be flying, flown] towards Holland now if the pigeon had lent her his compass and a map of Europe, [which, that, what] he never did.

between

The drug addict wished he had never slept [between, among, in the middle of] the two midgets who had dragged him out of the room at midnight, and had handed him to a group of starving policemen, all eager to fine him.

had been, big enough

The dustman wanted to know where the snake [has been, is, had been] brought up, whether he had ever had enough money, enough food, and if his house had been [enough big, big enough, enough large] for his whole family to live in.

hanged, hung

The editor-in-chief confessed that he would have [hanged, hung, hanging] himself if the doorman had [hung, hanged, hanging] the lamp from the ceiling.

should

The elephant could be persuaded not to bite off more than he can chew, lest he [could, would, should] have a heart attack.

had survived

The fiddler would have been punished unless the old king [has survived, had survived, will have survived] the operation performed on him by seven surgeons.

seven-inch-high

The fortune teller whom he has been talking about for half an hour now must have lived in a [seven inches high, high seven inches, seven-inch-high] card castle when she was young.

should

The four-year-old was accused of violent behaviour, and was imprisoned lest he [could, should, would] endanger the life of the queen.

had received

The gaoler handed the manager the last letter he [received, will have received, had received] from his son-in-law.

Attorney General

The gatekeeper has often been accused by the [General Attorney, Attorney General, General] of allowing the elephants to spend the night in the guest room.

which

The geologist was rumoured to have been wearing the same dark navy blue suit for a decade without ever washing it, [that, what, which] prevented all his friends from shaking hands with him.

but

The ghost of the spider would still be haunting the elephant, and would allow him to eat nothing [than, then, but] wasps if the elephant had crushed the spider under his sole a week ago.

on

The giant must have been so fat that he was unable to put [on, up, over] his raincoat.

had remembered

The giant wished he [had reminded, had remembered, will remember] that the hangman had warned him that he would be beheaded if he ever whimpered again.

thirties, to live

The gorilla you bought at the fair the other day is in her late [thirties, thirty, thirty's], and she will have broken with you forever by the time you make up your mind to sell it for flour and peanuts to the housewife who used [lived, to live, living] next door to you.

little, few, a few

The governor was being scolded for the [few, little, a little] money he was willing to invest in orphanages, but he replied there had always been [a few, few, several] abandoned children in his state, and, anyway, he would give up [a few, few, a little] more of those children for adoption as soon as somebody was willing to take them.

need not

The graphologist [need not, needed not, did not need to] have confessed that he was in his mid-thirties, as nobody expected his ageing to bring about any change in his rude behaviour.

whether

The grocer must have been as drunk as a lord if he asked the judge [whether, weather, unless] the pig would go to prison.

months'

The gymnast was wondering whether it would have been any help if he had had a five [months, months', month's] holiday before he fought the gorilla.

Attorney General

The hangman kidnapped the [Attorney General, General Attorney, Attorney in General] because he was persuaded that the latter would prosecute him.

would listen

The heathen decided that he [would listen, will listen, will have listened] to Bach's 'Well-Tempered Clavier' twenty-four hours a day, after he had been baptized.

as usual

The helmsman was drunk [as usual, as usually, as ever] when the captain asked him what they should do if they got lost in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

had been

The highwayman complained that there [are, have been, had been] only five people in the last coach he had robbed.

all

The historian was not able to explain why almost [all, every, each] employees had gone on strike on the day the mayor resigned.

well

The horseman never told the bank robber that he could play the violin very [good, well, nice].

was born

The hunchback says he [is born, was borne, was born] in , and he will have become king of Holland by the time his granddaughter reaches the age of bearing children.

had driven

The illiterate ran out of jokes before the show had ended, and he had to answer to the manager for all the clients he [has driven, had driven, drove] away into the cold winter night.

admiring

The innkeeper could not help [to admire, than admire, admiring] the playwright, who drank fifty pints of beer a day without getting as drunk as a lord, and he only wished the latter did not swear at the cook whenever he opened his mouth.

whether, would sing, rose

The innkeeper was burning with curiosity to know [whether, unless, that] the nightingale [will sing, would sing, sung] for him when the sun [will rise, would rise, rose].

to

The jailers will have testified against the escaped convict by the time the murderer is brought [at, to, for] justice by the chimney sweeper.

had purchased

The jester's car would never have broken down, unless he [will purchase, had purchased, purchases] five hundred and fifty-five screws, which he had stuck into the tyres and the engine of his car, positive that he would invent the limousine that would never need gasoline.

there to be

The jeweller could have finished all the necklaces but one, and he would have been awarded the Nobel prize if he did not always yell at his apprentices that he would not like [there was, there to be, it to be] another auction for his gold mine.

ten-year-olds, caught

The jeweller would not have been rumoured to have shot his enemies unless two [ten-years old, ten years olds, ten-year-olds] had [caught, been catching, catched] sight of him when he was hiding the gun he would usually keep on his night table at home.

as if

The judge wishes he had not questioned the rabbit [as if, as when, like] the latter had stolen five cabbages, not just one carrot.

first, would

The kleptomaniac screamed at the judge that he had seen the necklace [at first, first, before], and had wanted to make sure nobody else [did, must, would] take it, although the shop assistant would have wrapped it for him if he had paid for it, instead of stealing it.

had accepted

The knight errant wished all his family had congratulated him on his victory, and he also wished they [has accepted, will accept, had accepted] the dragon as a gift.

would

The knight of the Round Table felt he [will, would, didn't] break out in a cold sweat, and would never be able to fight the dragon, and restore the toad to its rightful owner unless he drank a magic potion.

there to be

The landlady was burying the corpse of her dead alien cousin when she saw the ghost of her dog, who warned her that he would not like [there was, it to be, there to be] any argument, so she had better bury her cousin somewhere else, because that was the spot where the dog used to hide his bones when he was alive.

like

The landlord thought that his nephew must have acted [alike, similar, like] a young spendthrift, which had been the reason why the owner of the castle had told the landlord he would never allow any of his butlers to hire him.

everything

The lawyer stated that [all, everything, all it] would be mine if the will had been found.

kilometres'

The lawyer would have a nervous breakdown if he were told that, in a dream, he had robbed the mayor's house, and then he had had to walk a ten [kilometre's, kilometres', kilometre] distance to the border, because it had not occurred to him that he might as well hitchhike.

can't

The lazybones [can't, mustn't, might not] have been thought to be an outlaw, because everyone knows him to have learned from the sad experience of his great-grandfather, who became a train robber when he was in his late eighties, and who was hanged for interfering with the train schedule on the day when he turned ninety.

on

The learned priest visited all his parishioners [for, on, in] Sundays, but the wheelwright would never let him in.

had been

The literary critic [was, has been, had been] asking the editor over for a drink for weeks when, to his horror, he was told that the latter had been arrested for stealing a bottle of vodka.

would be

The literary critic looked at the four-volume novel, and wished he [would be, will be, may be] illiterate.

must

The milkman [was to, has to, must] have drunk milk instead of beer last night because the milk is gone, and he is not drunk at all.

of

The miser suggested that we should buy him a book [with, for, of] fairy tales.

had not

The miser thought of the billions of pounds he might have saved if he [would not have, had not, would not] thrown a penny to the blind beggar, who was actually a multimillionaire in disguise.

should

The murderer's manners, as well as his smiling countenance, suggest to the witch that she [should, does, would] have adopted him.

geese

The musician wished the emperor would buy a million [geese, gooses, geeses].

still

The neurosurgeon's hair would [yet, though, still] be dark and curly unless it had fallen off when the dinosaur attacked him.

had never argued

The onlooker would rather he [has never argued, will never argue, had never argued] with his childhood bosom friend about the results of the examination, as he suspected there must have been some mistake.

clothes, cloth

The opera singer had brought his family over from the Congo so that they might sew five suits of [clothing, clothes, cloth] for him out of the [clothing, clothes, cloth] he would never have bought if he had suspected it had been woven in the outer space.

told, during

The orphan had been [said, told, said to] to bring the wine to the boil before the party, and, [during, while, at the time of] the mayor's speech, he handed everyone a glass of steaming wine.

below

The ostrich asked the camel out to see the sunset when the temperature was fifteen degrees [under, lower, below] zero, so that the camel might ask him to hug her until they found an electric heater.

would be, would be, hard

The outlaw asked angrily when he [will be, would be, would have been] brought up to date on the fuel crisis, and when he [would be, will be, was] able to drive his car again, as he had worked [hard, hardly, very hardly] to purchase it.

up to

The patient would hide in the pantry if he found out what the psychiatrist was [for, up to, about].

would tell, newly

The peacock decided that, when he found a mate his own age, he [would tell, will tell, told] all the birds in the grove about his [new, recent, newly] found happiness.

tuned

The pianist was thought to have had her piano [tuned, tuning, tune] before she eloped with the piano tuner.

living

The playwright dedicated his play about the dead to the [alive, living, live].

to have had

The playwright was known [having had, to have had, to have] light brown hair in his youth, but, in his late eighties, it started turning green, and he had to shave his head.

have mistaken

The poacher can't [be mistaken, mistook, have mistaken] the forest ranger for a deer because, to begin with, he knows the latter never dresses up as a deer, that he would rather disguise himself as a chimp if he had a choice in the matter, and, besides, he shoots at all poachers with dimples in their left cheek.

anyone

The policeman did not want [somebody, anyone, no one] to know about his wedding.

had spent

The policeman was unwilling to confess he had stolen ivory in Africa, where he [spent, will have spent, had spent] his honeymoon.

rose, raised, arose

The porter claimed he had been asked when the library would be burnt down, and he had answered he would do it when the sun [raised, rose, aroused], provided he managed to buy matches by then, since their price had been [roused, risen, raised] again, and the problem of matches often [arised, roused, arose] in the meetings he organized with his team.

he had last seen

The potter complained that [he had seen last, he had last seen, last had he seen] his clay when he was arguing with the spy, who had been accusing him for ages of hiding secret messages in the mugs he made.

was

The president of the republic told the nun that he [was, is, has been] ten times wiser than her.

might

The protagonist wanted there to be as many people as possible in the room so that he [will, can, might] become a star in no time.

all

The psychiatrist would have saved his patient if he had realized in time that not [every, any, all] lunatics needed treatment.

have killed, may

The rabbit can't [have killed, kill, have been killing] a bear last July, whatever the bear's granddaughter [may, can, must] say.

there

The rabbit did not expect [there are, they're, there] to be so many carrots in his pantry.

would

The ragged teenager [had, would, will] sooner his step-brother had abstained from voting for the rich miller.

to be

The rope dancer did not want there [were, to be, being] another show because he was afraid for his life.

alive, living

The sailor could still be [alive, live, living] today if he had not been swallowed by a [live, alive, living] whale.

as

The sailor wishes he had never gone treasure hunting, [that, as, why] the island he has reached is surrounded by mountains.

all

The sailors were [every, each, all] sleeping when the boat sank.

a proper examination, proper hangmen

The scholar insisted that his students should take [an examination proper, a proper examination, an examination properly] before they became [hangmen proper, proper hangmen, hangmen properly].

were

The second-hand bookseller is arguing about the price, as if the archbishop [would be, were, should be] willing to sell his Bible.

as much

The shareholder would expect there to be [as much, as many, more] money in this deal for him as there is for his partner.

spending

The sheep were looking forward to [spend, spending, spent] a night at the pub with the shepherd.

either

The shepherd boasted that he could use the shears with [either, any, both] hand, without killing more than eight sheep out of ten.

would fall, would be

The shepherd hoped he [would fall, will fall, fell] asleep and dream of a flock of sheep that would take care of themselves, and he [is, was, would be] free to surf the net all day.

deeper and deeper

The ship was sinking [ever deeper, deeper and deeper, always deeper] into the ocean when it occurred to the mouse who was hiding in the captain's cabin to email the whale and ask her to rescue the crew.

on

The slug took revenge [for, on, at] the snail when he refused to let him in during the storm.

borrowed

The slug will have [borrowed, lent, lended] a hundred gold coins from his fiancée by the time the latter lets him know that she wants to break the engagement.

had been told, teens

The snail denied everything when his wife let him know that she [had been said, has been told, had been told] the truth about his affair with a turtle in her early [fourteens, teens, fourteen].

there to be

The snail would not have liked [there to be, there was, it to be] another war in the forest.

had ever been

The snake told himself that it was better to be a snake than an owl, for the simple reason that no owl [had ever been, has ever been, can ever be] able to creep among the trees when it was raining.

had never been

The soldier testified that the accused [has never been, had never been, was never] a millionaire, and that was why he had robbed a bank safe.

had

The soldier wished he [has, had, was] never seen a sword in his life.

did he not

The solicitor wished the ballet dancer would stop hiding behind the giant, [would he not, wouldn't she, did he not]?

would rather

The soothsayer [had rather, would better, would rather] his relatives had not all bought red ties for his birthday party, as he had already predicted he would be murdered on the day when his whole family wore red ties.

late

The spaceman and the astronomer were said to have stayed in the outer space until they were in their [last, late, latter] eighties.

were

The stage manager cannot have informed his wife that their scales [is, are, were] out of order and nobody but her could fix them, because he knew her fingers were all thumbs, and she would damage them for ever.

few, done, the same

The stork had [few, little, a little] friends, but those who were her friends would have [made, done, achieved] anything for her, and expected her to do [similar, like, the same] for them.

was

The superintendent would have been sent to The Hague if he had not told his boss where the fugitive [is, was, will be] hiding.

more

The teenager would have spent a few [further, more, later] years in the Sahara if he had inherited the czar's fortune, and if he did not always spend all his money on movies he disliked.

older

The teenager, who was rapidly growing [elder, older, elderly], wished he would be considered the true author of Shakespeare's plays.

several years'

The thinker could have sworn on his ex-wife's life that, in [several years', several-year, several year's] time, the stutterer would break down, and start whimpering whenever his schoolmates, who had all grown up in the meantime, reminded him of all the blunders he had ever made.

there to be

The toad stated that the turtle did not want [it were, there were, there to be] another storm in their village.

had known, was

The tomcat would never have married a lizard if he [has known, knew, had known] that she [is, has been, was] so careless when it came to her tail.

all

The tramp was reported to have thrown a party to which he invited [all, any, every] of us to see him crowned king of the slums.

beside

The truck driver was [beside, besides, outside] himself with anger when he was told nobody but the rat he was sheltering could have eaten his Swiss cheese.

should

The two aged bees will always abide by the rules of the beehive, lest the gardener [would, might, should] sell them at the fair.

was

The tyrant told the scientist who called himself Einstein that it was high time a new discovery [is, has been, was] made.

before

The undertaker whispered to us that he had never been cursed [ago, before, still].

to be

The vicar would not have wanted there [to be, being, be] another uprising in the village.

unless

The volunteer could have been blamed for helping the hunchback dive into a boiling pot of chocolate, [lest, least, unless] the latter had been known to be addicted to chocolate.

need not

The watchmaker [needs not, must not, need not] fear he might be sued for stealing the hands of Big Ben.

said

The water-colour painter was [told, said, asked] to have used on his canvas as many colours as he could afford to buy.

ill

The wayfarer fell [unwell, ill, unhealthy] after he had returned from the Congo.

older

The wheelwright would have been thought to be one year [elder, older, greater] than his stepbrother if the latter had not been born five years and a half before him.

all

The witness had offered to tell the police the whole story about [all, every, each] his encounters with the criminal.

would bring, had

The wizard promised that he [can bring, would bring, will bring] back to life the scientist who had been killed on the very day he [had, has, is] discovered a cure for old age.

the Congo, The Hague

The woodpecker would now be flying over [the Congo, Congo, Kongo], unless the skylark had boasted that she was going to cross Holland as far as [Hague, The Hague, Haga], daring the woodpecker to race her.

as

Tired [like, as, so] he is, the mayor has never regretted having won the elections.

had

Unless the eagle [had, has, would have] scared the hare to death, the latter would never have become the world's best runner.

be weaving

Unless the postman had left the door ajar, the spiders would not [be woven, have waved, be weaving] their nets all over the house now.

on

Upon reaching the farm, the traveller realized that he had been travelling for five days [on, at, to] end.

deaf

What short story had his script about the [deaf, deafs, deafen] been adapted from?

of

What was he thinking [at, to, of] when you told him you had eaten his pie?

hands and knees

When I met the librarian, he was on his [knees and hands, hands and feet, hands and knees], looking for his magnifying glass.

will

When [will, has, had] the archdeacon advise the monk on the best way of poisoning hares?

had been

When the bell rang, the naked grasshopper [has been, had been, was] chewing a maple leaf for hours.

to have been painting, were

When the fire started, the bookkeeper is said [having been painted, to have been painting, having painted] his chairs blue, so that the people who sat on them might think they [will be, would be, were] in heaven.

is

When the judge of the Supreme Court [will be, will have been, is] admitted to the mental asylum, the referee will admit to having been bribed by the players.

would

When the knight came back from the battlefield, Sleeping Beauty [would, will, would have] often be asleep.

must have

When the witch saw Cinderella barefoot, all in rags, totally undesirable, she [can have, must have, should] thought to herself that no prince would ever choose her for his wife.

for

Why is he said to have paid [for, in, over] all the plates he broke a week ago?

have told

You had better [told, telling, have told] the toad that she must buy books in Dutch if she wants to become a Dutch novelist.

should be

Your son-in-law left early lest he [should be, would be, was] asked to clean the kitchen.

All the

[All, All the, The all] way home, the teenager kept mumbling that he would rather grown-ups treated him better.

All

[All, All the, Whole] last week the preacher kept complaining that he should never have slandered the Pope.

However

[Although, Despite, However] poor the tenant may be, he promised he would pay his rent as usual, even after he had bought the mansion.

All

[Anything, All, All of] that Vivaldi had to say was he had never seen flying horses, and would never buy one if he saw it.

As

[As, During, Till] the newspaperman was commenting on the football game, the football player wished the match had never taken place.

Sleeping

[Asleep, Sleepy, Sleeping] Beauty could have asked someone to help her wake up if she had known beforehand what would happen to her.

In front of

[Before, Till, In front of] the Fountain of Youth there was a poster saying that anyone interested in posing naked should apply to the astrologer for a vacant job.

Both

[Both, None, Also] the genius and the beggar proved to have been aliens in a previous life.

But for

[But for, Except, Aside] the volcano eruption a hundred thousand years ago, the biologist would never have discovered the fossils of extinct insects, and he would not be behind bars now for having stated that aliens had brought them to Earth.

Although

[Despite, In spite, Although] the teetotaller was not so smart as the graduate, he did not want there to be another nuclear war, either.

Had I imagined, was

[Did I imagine, Had I imagined, I had imagined] the wolf [was, is, will be] hungry, I would have taken him to a restaurant.

Never do

[Do never, Never do, Don't ever] in Rome as the Romans do, unless your lawyer advises you otherwise.

Had the janitor

[Had the janitor, The janitor had, The janitor hadn't] been awake when the elephant trampled the roses, he would have been able to do something about it.

Much

[Much, More, However] as the strolling actor respects the butcher's views, he still wishes the latter would stay at home on the opening night.

sometimes, some time

[Sometimes, Sometime, Some times], the merchant would rather his apprentice had not stolen all his silver coins [sometimes, sometime, some time] before Christmas.

The blind

[The blind, The blinds, The blinded] were promised that a miraculous medicine which would make them see again would be discovered.

As, would

[While, Since, As] the raven grew older, he was beginning to lose his feathers, and the fox realized that the time [will, does, would] soon come when she would have to steal the cheese from a bald bird.

When, about

[While, When, As] the townsman turned forty-four, the mayor paid him a visit, and reminded him that he had never paid entrance fee at the zoo, and it was [near, good, about] time he started paying.

do

Before I had finished talking about the Sahara, the teacher stopped me, saying "That will [make do, be it, do]".

coming

Before [had come, came, coming] to the Sahara, the conductor answered to the name of Ramses, which he afterwards changed to Moses.

having had

Before [having had, has had, had had] plastic surgery, the lizard looked like a frog.

Poet Laureate

Before becoming an English teacher, your stepson's seventh wife had been the cook of the new [Poet Laureate, Laureate Poet, Laureated Poet].

six-zero

Before the beekeeper finds out that the coins hidden by the goblin in his beehives amounts to a [six-zero, six zeros, six-zeroed] figure, the honey will already have been sold at the fair by the bees.

waking

Before the sun rises, the wolf will have to apologize to Sleeping Beauty for [waked, woken, waking] her up.

costly

Being addicted to gambling is a very [costly, costing, costful] habit.

needed

Butler [needs, needing, needed]. Apply to Sherlock Holmes, Oxford.

under

By the time the gangsters arrive at a conclusion concerning the carrots they stole from the rabbit, the latter will have found them counting the carrots [under, beyond, below] the kitchen table.