Practicing Past and Future

Part 1: Fill in the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

1. I fell asleep late last night, so I feel tired today.

2. Even though I studied really hard last night for my exam, I won’t pass the class at the end of the semester.

3. Because I am brushing my teeth now, I won’t eat again before I go to bed tonight.

4. Because my mother has finished (finish) all her work earlier today at 5:00, she is watching (watch) a movie now.

5. Now that Brian has graduated from college, he is applying for jobs next week.

6. Because I speak two languages, I am able to get a better job when I start applying for positions next year.

Part 2: For each of the following sentences, decide when the each underlined action occurs (past, present, or future). The first one has been done for you.

1. I am going to leave as soon as I find my keys. future future

2. The teacher shut (past) the door as soon as she entered (past) the classroom.

3. I am going to be (future) late for this wedding because I forgot (past) to bring the directions.

4. I went (past) to bed early because I am going to have (future) a busy day.

5. I’m wearing (present) a dress because I’m going (future) to a wedding later.

6. I’m flying (future) to Prague tomorrow because my grandfather lives (present) there.

7. I’ll go (future) to bed early because I stayed up (past) late the night before.

8. I put (present) my keys on the table near the door every time I come (present) home.

9. I put (past) my keys on the table near the door when I came (past) home.

10. Maria puts (present) her keys in her purse because she will lose (future) them if she doesn’t.

11. After I put (future) my car in the garage, I will clean (future) the windshield.

12. Kevin is getting (present) an A in his literature class because he put(past) in a lot of effort earlier in the semester.

13. Jack is taking (future) a class about music theory next quarter because his father told (past) him to.

14. I’ll be sleeping (future) tomorrow when you call (future) me.

15. My teeth are (present) red because I had been eating (past) beets before you arrived (past).

16. My teeth were (past) red because I had been eating (past) beets.

17. Because I had been eating (past) before you arrived(past), I am not going to eat dinner with you.

18. I will have been studying (future) English for four years by the time this year ends (future).