- •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
The future continuous tense
77. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous tense.
This time next month I (sit) on a beach.
When you arrive I probably (pick) fruit.
When we reach England it very likely (rain).
In a few days time we (fly) over the Pyrenees.
I’ll call for her at eight.
No, don’t; she still (have) breakfast then.
I (wait) for you when you come out.
When you next see me I (wear) my new dress.
My son will be in the sixth form next year.
That means that old Dr Adder (teach) him mathematics.
I’ll give Jack your message. I can do it easily because I (see) him tomorrow. We go to work on the same train.
10 You (do) geometry next term.
11 I’ll look out for you at the parade.
Do, but I (wear) uniform so you may find it hard to recognize me.
12 He (use) the car this afternoon.
13 It’s a serious injury but he (walk) again in six weeks.
14 I’ll come at three o’clock.
Good, I (expect) you.
15 They are pulling down all the old houses in this street. I expect they (pull) down mine in a few years’ time.
will + infinitive and the future continuous
78. Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate future form, using will + infinitive or the future continuous.
There is going to be a bus strike. Everyone (walk) to work next week.
You’ve just missed the last train!
Never mind, I (walk).
I’ll ring you tomorrow at six.
No, don’t ring at six; I (bath) the baby then. Ring later.
Mother: Your face is dirty.
Child: All right, I (wash) it.
Will you have lunch with me on the 24th?
I’d love to, but I’m afraid I (do) my exam then.
I (work) for Mr Pitt next week as his own secretary will be away.
You (have) something to drink, won’t you?
Why did you take his razor? He (look) for it everywhere tomorrow.
I hope you’ll do well in the race tomorrow. I (think) of you.
10 Notice on board ship: In the event of an emergency all passengers (assemble) on the boat deck.
11 I don’t feel well enough to go to the station to meet him.
I (meet) him for you. But how I (recognize) him?
He’s small and fair, and he (wear) a black and white school cap.
12 I (leave) these flowers at the hospital for you. I (go) there anyway to visit my cousin.
13 You ought to try to get a ticket for the Spectators’ Gallery next week; they (debate) international fishing rights.
14 You’ve left the light on.
Oh, so I have. I (go) and turn it off.
15 I’ve just been appointed assistant at the local library.
Then you (work) under my sister. She is head librarian there.
The future perfect tense
79. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect tense.
In fortnight’s time we (take) our exam.
I (finish) this book by tomorrow evening.
By this time tomorrow we (have) our injections.
By the end of next year I (be) here twenty-five years.
I’ll still be here next summer but Tom (leave).
I (finish) this job in twenty minutes.
By next winter they (build) four houses in that field.
When we reach Valparaiso we (sail) all round the world.
At the rate he is going he (spend) all his money by the time he is twenty-one.
By this time next year I (save) $250.
By the time we get to the party everything (be) eaten.
The train (leave) before we reach the station.
If I continue with my diet I (lose) 10 kilos by the end of the month.
By the end of my university course I (attend) 1,200 lectures.
By the end of this week my illness (cost) me $100.