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C. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present or past tense

Notice that, in some of the sentences, time-phrases indicate which tense to use.

Jane and Joan (be) .................... both nurses. They (work) .................... at Saint Peter’s Hospital.

Joan is a qualified nurse. Last year she (pass) ............................ her State Finals. Jane (train) ............... still

............. Last month she (work) ........................ in a medical ward, where she (learn) ............... to nurse

patients suffering from cardiac infarction and cerebral hemorrhage. She (help) ..................... the staff

nurse, who (explain) ................. to her the action, side effects and doses of the drugs. This month

Jane (work) .......................... in one of the hospital’s surgical wards. She (learn) ............................ to set

trolleys for sterile procedures. Sometimes she (carry out) ....................... the procedures herself and

sometimes she (assist) .................... the doctors. From time to time, she (take) ................... patients to

the x-ray department or to the physiotherapy department. She often (have) .................... to go to the

C.S.S.D to fetch sterile dressing packs. At the moment, she (help) ..................... another nurse to give a

bed-patient a bed-bath. Yesterday she (assist) .......................... Nurse Brown with t.p.rs. Every day last

week, Jane (take) ........................... the bus to work. She (be) ......................... on an early shift. She (go)

..................... on duty at 7 a.m. and (come) ...................... off duty at 3 p.m. When she is on a late shift, she

usually (walk) ..................... to the hospital. She generally (meet) ................... Joan at the bus stop and

they (walk) ...................... to work together. Today Joan is going by bus and Jane (walk) ................... to

work alone. The sun (shine) ...................... so Jane (not, carry) .................... her umbrella. Last week she

(carry) ........................... her umbrella everyday because the weather (be) ..................... bad.

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