- •Identify the tenses in bold, then match them with the correct description.
- •Read the following extracts and put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Read the text and put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Underline the correct tense, present simple or present continuous, in the following sentences.
- •Complete these sentences using the present simple or the present continuous. Use the verbs given in brackets. Add never or always if this is also given.
- •Complete this letter with the correct form of the present simple or the present continuous. Use each verb in the list once. The first (0) is given as an example.
- •Choose the correct form of the verbs.
- •Put the verbs in the correct tense, present simple or present continuous.
- •Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •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 the present perfect 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 continuous.
- •22. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
- •23. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
- •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
- •. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •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
- •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 write right.
- •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.
- •The be going to form
- •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 the future perfect continuous.
- •81. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous or the future perfect.
- •82. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect continuous or the 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.
- •Choose the correct answer.
- •“Really? What sort of car?”
- •“Well, I ….. Him this afternoon. Why don’t you come along?”
- •Put the verbs in brackets into a correct tense.
- •Correct the mistakes.
- •Put the verbs in brackets into a correct tense.
- •Correct the mistakes.
- •Irregular verbs
42. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
1 It 1) ..... (happen) in June 1985. It 2) ..... (be) summer and we 3) ..... (all / lie out) in the garden. My mother 4) ..... (read) and my uncle 5) ..... (just / doze) in the sun. We children 6) ..... (look for) worms and insects. And then he 7) ..... (arrive). He 8) ..... (be) a tall, handsome man with piercing blue eyes and he 9) ..... (look) straight at my mother. Her face 10) ..... (go) pale and her eyes 11) ..... (open) wide with shock. “Arthur, I 12) ..... (think) you 13) ..... (be) dead”, she 14) ..... (say) in a kind of whisper.
2 A: I 15) ..... (phone) you at about 9 o’clock this morning but you 16) ..... (not answer). What 17) ..... (you / do)?
B: Well, I 18) ..... (hear) the phone but I 19) ..... (have) a shower and I 20) ..... (can not) get out in time to answer it. Anyway, what 21) ..... (you / want)?
A: Well, last night I 22) ..... (clear out) that old desk you 23) ..... (give) me when I 24) ..... (come across) a pile of letters with a red ribbon round them.
B: My letters ?
A: Yes, they 25) ..... (be addressed) to you. And they 26) ..... (all / smell) of perfume, a man’s perfume.
3 Last night Jake 27) ..... (wake up) at about 3 a.m. As soon as he 28) ..... (wake up), he 29) ..... (listen out) for strange noises but he 30) ..... (not hear) any. His father 31) ..... (snore) in the next room, some central heating pipes 32) ..... (make) a bit of noise and a tap 33) ..... (drip) in the bathroom. It was all as usual. Jake 34) ..... (open) the window and 35) ..... (look) outside. The moon 36) ..... (be) full and it 37) ..... (shine) brightly. Jake 38) ..... (think) he 39) ..... (see) an owl in one of the trees. He 40) ..... (can certainly hear) one. But then he 41) ..... (see) something different. A man – no, it 42) ..... (be) a woman. She 43) ..... (wear) white and she 44) ..... (hide) behind a tree. Suddenly she 45) ..... (run) towards the house.
Used to / Be used to / Get used to / Would
We use used to + infinitive to refer to past habits or states. In such cases, used to can be replaced by the past simple with no difference in meaning.
e.g. They used to travel / traveled a lot when they were younger. (They don’t any more).
We use the past simple, and not used to, in the following cases:
to refer to an action which happened at a definite time in the past.
e.g. I drove to work yesterday.
to say how many times an action happened at a definite time in the past.
e.g. I went to the cinema four times last month.
We use would / used to for repeated actions or routines in the past.
e.g. We would / used to eat out on Sundays.
We do not use would with state verbs.
e.g. a) They used to live in London.
b) I used to have a pet dog.
Be used to + noun / pronoun / -ing form = be accustomed to, be in the habit of
e.g. a) They are used to the cold. (present)
b) I don’t mind walking. I’m used to it. (present)
c) She wasn’t used to living in the country. (past)
Get used to + noun / pronoun / -ing form = become accustomed to
e.g. a) I am getting used to the weather. (present)
b) He didn’t like using the computer at first, but he got used to it. (past)
c) She will soon get used to wearing contact lenses. (future)