For discussion

1. (watch)

Right now John ______ an interesting TV show.

2. (ring)

When we walked into the office, the phone ______ .

3. (run)

Nobody turned off the water; when we came home it ______ for hours.

4. (talk)

The president is in his office now; he ______ on the phone for more than an hour.

5. (leave)

At 10 o’clock tomorrow we ______ for Washington.

6. (live)

I ______ in New York City since last summer.

7. (walk)

It started to rain while we ______ to the bus stop.

8. (sit)

By the time the meeting started we ______ in the office for twenty minutes.

9. (work)

John ______ for an electronics firm now.

10. (teach)

Bertlitz ______ languages for more than a hundred years!

1. (take, am taking)

Usually I ______ my coffee break at three o’clock

2. (rained, was raining)

When I left the house this morning, it _____ .

3. (wait, be waiting)

Tomorrow at six o’clock I will _____ for your call.

4. (made, been making)

When last week’s meeting began, we had already ______ our decision.

5. (come, been coming)

Miss Lyons has ______ to the office three times already looking for a job.

6. (seen, been seeing)

So far this month I have ______ four movies.

7. (waited, been waiting)

When I arrived at the office Mr. Smith had ______.

8. (listen, am listening)

I always ______ to the radio in the evening.

9. (makes, is making)

The director can’t speak. He ______ a call.

10. (bought, bee buying

We had already ______ our transistor.

11. (read, been reading)

I have ______ these reports for two hours.

Present Perfect:

I

you

we

they

he

she

have

has

arrived

begun

Past Perfect:

I

you

we

they

he

she

had

been, etc.

I ate at noon. At one o'clock my boss invited me to lunch.

When my boss invited me to lunch, _____ .

The plane left at 11 o'clock. I arrived at the airport at noon.

When I arrived at the airport, _____ .

The concert was given on Wednesday. He heard about it on Friday.

When he heard about the concert, _____ .

My car was washed at 13:30 p.m. I got to the garage at noon.

When I got to the garage, _____ .

I typed up the report this morning.

When I left the office yesterday, _____ .

We were waiting for John for two hours. He arrived at five o'clock.

When John arrived, _____ .

On Monday I went to the meeting. I received the reports on Tuesday.

When I went to meeting, _____ .

The secretary left in September. She found another job a month later.

When the secretary left, _____ .

Mr. Jones had twenty years of management experience. He was named president last week.

When Mr. Jones was named president, _____ .

They went back to the office. Then they finished their lunch.

When they went back to the office, _____ .