- •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
C have lived
“….. to the supermarket today?”
“Yes. Do you want me to get you something?”
A Will you have gone
B Will you have been going
C Will you be going
“Can you give Steve a message for me?”
“Certainly I ….. him at work, later on today.”
A will be seeing
B will have seen
C will have been seeing
“You’ve been working hard all day.”
“Yes. At 3 o’clock, I ….. for six hours.”
A will be studying
B will have been studying
C will have studied
“Sarah has gone to the cinema to see that film again.”
“I know. After this time, she ….. it five times!”
A will have seen
B will have been seeing
C will be seeing
“John has an exam tomorrow, doesn’t he?”
“Yes. In fact , at this time tomorrow, he ….. the exam.”
A will have been sitting
B will be sitting
C has sat
“Are you typing another report?”
“Yes. By the time I finish this one, I ….. twenty-three reports today!”
A will have been typing
B will have typed
C will be typing
“Those two people have been dancing all evening.”
“Yes. By 11 o’clock, they ….. for four hours.”
A will have been dancing
B will have danced
C will be dancing
84. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
A: What ….. (you/do) tonight?
B: I ….. (leave) at 7 o’clock to go to the airport.
A: Oh yes, I remember. You ….. (go) on holiday.
A: Excuse me, what time ….. (the bus/arrive)?
B: It ….. (arrive) at 11 o’clock.
A: It’s cold in here.
B: You’re right. I ….. (close) the windows.
A: Mum, my winter coat needs cleaning.
B: Okay, I ….. (take) it to the dry-cleaner’s tomorrow.
A: Is Jerry coming to the theater with us next week?
B: I don’t know, but I ….. (see) him at football practice tomorrow. I ….. (ask) him then.
A: How is your project coming along? Is it done?
B: Not yet, but I ….. (finish) it by the time the holidays are over.
A: Have you been waiting in this queue long?
B: Yes. By 4 o’clock, I ….. (wait) for two hours.
A: What ….. (plan) to do this summer?
B: I ….. (spend) a few weeks with my cousins. I have already arranged it with them.
85. Underline the correct tense.
Next Monday, Amanda 1) will have been starting / is starting work. She 2) is going to work / will work for a large company in the city centre. By the end of next week, she 3) will be finishing/will have finished her training.
My parents have been married for almost thirty years. In fact, this time next month, they 1) will be celebrating / will have been celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. They 2) will have been living / will be living in the same house for twenty-five years by next Thursday, and, by the time my father is sixty, he 3) will work / will have been working for the same company for forty years.
Next Saturday, Daisy 1) is flying / flies to Paris for a business meeting. Her secretary has already booked the flight. The plane 2) will leave / leaves at nine o’clock in the morning and one of her business clients 3) will have met / will be meeting her at the airport when the plane lands. She doesn’t know how long the meeting will last, but she 4) will have returned / will have been returning home by Thursday evening.
Florence 1) is going to become / will be becoming a doctor when she finishes medical school. She thinks she 2) will probably work / will have probably worked in a hospital for most of her career. This time next month, she 3) will have revised / will be revising hard for her exams. By the time she gets her degree she 4) will have been studying/ will have studied medicine for five years. Florence hopes she 5) will have passed / will pass all the exams with excellent grades.