- •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
43. Choose the correct answer.
A 1 “Sharon looks different now, doesn’t she?”
“Yes. She ….. to have long dark hair, didn’t she?”
A is used B used C would
2 “I have never driven an automatic car before.”
“You will soon ….. to it.”
A get used B be used C used
3 “How is Sarah?”
“She’s fine. She ….. to life in the countryside.”
A got used B used C is getting used
4 “Have you always worked as a nurse?”
“No. I ….. a childminder.”
A was used to being B used to be C am used to being
5 “Do you remember when we were little?”
“Yes. Dad ….. always read us a bedtime story.”
A was used to B would C got used to
6 “Aren’t you tired?”
“No. I ….. to walking long distances.”
A am used B got used C used
7 “Jane had trouble with her job at first.”
“Yes. She ….. to working on her own.”
A used B got used C wasn’t used
8 “Did you find your degree course difficult?”
“Yes, but I soon ….. to it.”
A used B got used C was used
9 “Do you remember Uncle Danny?’
“Yes. He ….. always bring us presents.”
A would B was used C used
10 “Have you ever lived in a flat before?”
“No, but I will ….. to it.”
A be used B get used C used
11 “Why are you so tired?”
“Because I ….. to getting up early in the morning.”
A am used B used C am not used
12 “Do you know that man?”
“Yes. He ….. to work for me.”
A was used B used C is used
B 1 Mary met her husband while she worked / was working / used to work in the States.
2 Why does Warren keep shouting at people? He wasn’t / wasn’t being / didn’t use to be so bad-tempered.
3 How long is it since you had / were having / used to have a holiday?
4 The government provided / were providing / used to provide much more help for disabled people than they do now.
5 It’s all very well complaining you haven’t any money, but while you were travelling around the world, I studied / was studying / used to study sixteen hours a day for my exams.
6 The only time I ever rode / was riding / used to ride a horse, I fell / was falling / used to fall off in the first five minutes.
44. In some of these sentences you can use used to (used to work / used to play / used to be, etc.) instead of the past simple (worked / played / was, etc.). Where possible rewrite the sentences using used to.
1 Every summer, Eileen stayed with her grandparents while her parents were away on holiday. ...Eileen used to stay with her grandparents...
2 Bruce drove the new lorry to Scotland, stopping one night in the north of England. ...No change...
3 My aunt had a dog which she had rescued from drowning when it was a puppy.
4 As Mary was getting out of the boat her foot slipped and she fell into the river.
5 Before the new shopping mall was built, there was a football pitch here for the local children.
6 Jasper grumbled that bread didn’t taste like cardboard until the supermarkets started making it.
7 During our voyage across the Atlantic I took several photos of the great seabirds which followed the ship, riding on currents in the air.
8 While I was waiting for the bus I noticed a group of tourists who were listening intently to a guide.
9 The punishments at our school were very harsh before the new head teacher was appointed.
10 As children we spent a lot of time helping with the household chores, but we didn’t help in the garden.
11 The politicians made innumerable promises before the election, but kept none of them, as usual.