- •Mіністерство освіти і науки україни
- •Time expressions
- •Identify the tenses in bold, then match them with the correct description.
- •State Verbs
- •13. Some state verbs can be used in continuous forms but the meaning changes. Read the sentences below and match the verbs in bold with their meaning.
- •14. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Present forms
- •Time expressions
- •15. Fill in for or since.
- •Have gone (to) / have been (to)
- •16. Fill in the gaps with have /has been (to) or have / has gone (to).
- •17. Fill in the gaps with recently , how long , yet , for ,always , ever ,already , since , so far or just. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
- •18. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or continuous, using short forms where appropriate.
- •19. Choose the correct answer.
- •20. Underline the correct tense.
- •21. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect
- •22. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or present perfect continuous.
- •23. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect
- •24. Complete the following conversation with verbs from the list. Use the present perfect or the present perfect continuous. You will need to use some of the verbs more than once.
- •25. Use the words given to complete the sentences. Put the verbs in the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
- •26. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •27. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •28. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present forms.
- •29. Identify the tenses, then match them with the correct description.
- •30. Choose the correct answer.
- •31. Correct the mistakes.
- •32. Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate present forms.
- •33. Make all the necessary changes and additions to make a complete letter.
- •Present forms
- •Friday afternoon at MacGruder’s department store
- •Time expressions
- •35. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •36. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •37. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect.
- •38. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •39. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •40. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •41. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •42. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •Used to / Be used to / Get used to / Would
- •43. Choose the correct answer.
- •45. Choose the correct form of the verbs.
- •46. Write a sentence for each of the following using used to / didn’t use to.
- •47. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •Past forms
- •Time expressions
- •48. Identify the tenses, then match them to the correct descriptions.
- •49. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.
- •50. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •51. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •52. Complete the sentences below using the information in the box.
- •53. Complete the sentences using the past continuous, the past perfect or the past perfect continuous. Use the verb given in brackets. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
- •54. Choose the correct form of the verbs. Conference report
- •55. Most of the sentences have one verb in the wrong tense. Correct them or
- •56. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past perfect.
- •57. Rewrite the following passage, making all the necessary tense changes.
- •58. Underline the correct tense.
- •59. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate past form.
- •60. Fill the gaps in this text with one suitable word. Disaster!
- •61. Supply suitable verbs for the following conversation.
- •62. Identify the tenses , then match them with the correct description.
- •63. Choose the correct answer.
- •64. Correct the mistakes.
- •65. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past forms.
- •66. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past forms.
- •Past forms
- •How I changed my life.
- •The present continuous tense as a future form
- •67. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous tense.
- •68. Put the verbs in brackets into the be going to form.
- •The future simple
- •69. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple.
- •The present continuous and the future simple
- •70. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous or the future simple using the present continuous where possible.
- •71. Fill in the gaps with shall, will or the correct form of be going to.
- •72. Replace the words in bold with will / won’t or shall I / we, as in the example.
- •The future continuous tense
- •77. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous tense.
- •The future perfect tense
- •79. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect tense.
- •The future perfect and the future perfect continuous tenses
- •80. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect or future perfect continuous.
- •81. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous or future perfect.
- •82. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect continuous or future perfect.
- •83. Choose the correct answer.
- •C have lived
- •C will be seeing
- •C will be dancing
- •84. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •85. Underline the correct tense.
- •86. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense.
- •87. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense.
- •88. Underline the correct tense.
- •89. Put the verbs into the correct future tense.
- •90. Correct the mistakes.
- •91. Identify the tenses, then match them to the correct description.
- •92. Fill in the correct present or future forms.
- •Future forms
- •93. Choose the correct item.
- •B will have arrived d arrives
- •B will be finishing d will have finished
- •B are going to have worked d will work
- •94. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •95. Underline the correct item.
- •1. Choose the correct answer.
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into a correct tense.
- •3. Correct mistakes.
- •“Really? What sort of car?”
- •“Well, I ….. Him this afternoon. Why don’t you come along?”
Time expressions
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PAST SIMPLE |
PAST CONTINUOUS |
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The past simple is used with the following time expressions: yesterday, then, when, How long ago...?, last night / week / month / year / Tuesday, etc., three days / weeks, etc. ago, in 1997, etc. |
The past continuous is used with the following time expressions: while, when, as, all morning / evening / day / night, etc. |
. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
She 1) ..... (lie) in bed when she 2) .... (hear) a sudden noise. She 3) ..... (open) her eyes in horror. Someone 4) ..........(open) a downstairs window; they 5) ..... (try) to get into her house. She 6) ..... (climb) slowly out of bed and 7) ..... (creep) to the door. She 8) ..... (stand) very still and listening carefully when she 9) ..... (see) a light downstairs. It 10) ..... (move) about as if someone 11) ..... (hold) a torch and searching for something. She 12) ..... (know) that they 13) ..... (look) for her.
35. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
A Charlie Chaplin 1) ..... (become) one of the best-known personalities in America within two years of his first appearance in motion pictures. He 2) ..... (be) so famous that no studio could afford to pay him, so he 3) ..... (appear) only in films which he 4) ..... (produce) himself.
B It 1) ..... (happen) at ten o’clock last night. John 2) ..... (sit) in his cosy living room with his wife and children. They 3) ..... (watch) the evening news on TV when suddenly, the lights 4) ..... (go out) and everything in the house 5) ..... (become) quiet.
C The boys 1) ..... (play) football on the river bank while the girls 2) ..... (talk). Everyone 3) ..... (enjoy) the picnic when suddenly they 4) ..... (hear) a loud cry from further up the river. They all 5) ..... (rush) to see what was wrong.
D In prehistoric times, people 1) ..... (live) in caves. They 2) ..... (hunt) animals which they then 3) ..... (use) for food and clothing. They 4) ..... (make) everything by themselves and they 5) ...... (have) very simple lives.
36. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
They ..... (clean) the windows when it ..... (start) to rain.
As he ..... (drive) to work, he ..... (remember) that his briefcase was still at home.
Melanie ..... (cook) dinner when her husband ..... (come) home.
I ..... (hear) a loud crash as I ..... (sit) in the garden.
She ..... (type) a letter when her boss ..... (arrive).
While the dog ..... (dig) in the garden, it ..... (find) a bone.
Mary ..... (ride) her bicycle when she ..... (notice) the tiny kitten.
While I ..... (do) my homework, the phone ..... (ring).
37. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect.
A A: I 1) ..... (see) this film before.
B: Me too, but I love this actor. He 2) ..... (play) a lot of good roles.
A: Tom Cruise? I 3) ..... (meet) him, you know.
B: Really? When?
A: When I 4) ..... (be) in Los Angeles on holiday.
B A: Who is that man?
B: He’s an artist. He 1) ..... (paint) a lot of beautiful pictures.
A: I think Van Gogh 2) ..... (paint) the most beautiful pictures ever.
But his life 3) ..... (be) miserable.
C A: I 1) ..... (just / hear from) an old friend of mine.
B: Oh, really?
A: Yes. Jim 2) ..... (write) to me. I 3) ..... (get) the letter this morning.
B: That’s nice. When 4) ..... (you / first / meet) him?
A: He 5) ..... (live) next door to me for three years, but he 6) ..... (move) away last June and 7) ..... (not / see) him since.