- •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?”
58. Underline the correct tense.
1 Lynne was singing / had sung as she was cleaning the windows.
2 Mr Todd was teaching / had been teaching for thirty years when he retired.
3 I phoned Jack because I wanted / had wanted to ask him a question.
4 They had walked / had been walking for hours when they stopped for a rest.
5 The shop had been selling / had sold the table by the time I got there.
6 Joe was happy. He was winning / had won first prize in the competition.
7 It was raining / had rained while they were playing the football match.
8 Rob was opening / opened the box and looked inside.
9 Eve was delighted to hear that she was getting / had got the job.
10 People used to work / were working very long hours in those days.
11 I was running when I slipped / was slipping on the ice.
12 They were already buying / had already bought the tickets when they went to the concert.
13 Carol had broken / was breaking her arm, so she couldn’t write for six weeks.
14 We had been staying / stayed in a hotel by the sea last summer.
15 Elvis Presley sang / had sung lots of hit songs.
16 I opened / was opening the door and stepped outside.
17 They had stood / were standing outside when the results were announced.
18 Alexander Graham Bell had invented / invented the telephone.
19 She broke the glass while she had washed / was washing it.
59. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate past form.
One fine morning, a man 1) ..... (fish) in a river. The sun 2) ..... (shine) and the man 3) ..... (sit) on the river bank. Everything was very quiet and peaceful. The man 4) ..... (wait) patiently for several hours when suddenly he 5) ..... (feel) something pulling on the fishing line. He 6) ..... (stand up) quickly and 7) ..... (begin) to take in the line. He 8) ..... (just / lift) the huge fish he had caught out of the water when there was a loud splash and it fell back into the river. At first, the man didn’t know what 9) ..... (happen). Then, he 10) ..... (look) carefully at his fishing line. It 11) ..... (snap). The poor man was so disappointed that he 12) ..... (pack) away all his things and went home.
60. Fill the gaps in this text with one suitable word. Disaster!
About 70 years ago, a Dutch ship was 1) ..... near the North Pole; it 2) ..... heading for Blacklead Island. On the ship was a scientist, Edgar Greenhead, who 3) ..... worked on the island for many years; he had 4) ..... conducting research into the life of the local inhabitants, who were Eskimos (Inuits). Greenhead had 5) ..... away for a long holiday and now he was 6) ..... back to the island to continue his work. At about midnight, Greenhead felt very tired as he had 7) ..... writing his journal all day. After he had 8) ..... goodnight to the captain, he 9) ..... down to his cabin. Outside there 10) ..... a strong wind, and the waves 11) ..... crashing onto the side of the ship. Greenhead was just 12) ..... ready to climb into his bunk when he suddenly 13) ..... a great crash. He dashed up on the deck and although it was dark he 14) ..... see that the ship 15) ..... run onto an iceberg.