- •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
95. Underline the correct item.
I’m sorry, I’m not ready to go out. I haven’t finished doing the washing-up already / yet.
I don’t think I’ve ever met her yet / before.
He’s still / yet got a good memory even though he’s almost eighty.
I used to live here six years before / ago.
He’s lived in Rome all his life and he yet / still lives there.
I’ve before / already read this book. I don’t want to read it again.
The last time I fed the goldfish was two days before / ago.
I can’t believe I’ve been here nearly a year yet / already.
I’m afraid the plumber hasn’t arrived still / yet.
He can still / already speak and he’s only one year old.
PROGRESS TEST 1
1. Choose the correct answer.
Computers ….. more and more efficient.
A are becoming B become C is becoming
Paul ….. to Tina when I saw him.
A is talking B was talking C talks
Richard ….. very hard at the moment.
A is working B works C has worked
Sam ….. to school every day.
A was walking B is walking C walks
We ….. to Austria last winter.
A have gone B went C go
The bank ….. by the time I got there.
A closes B closed C had closed
Tina ….. while Bob was watering the plants.
A cooked B was cooking C has been cooking
I ….. Italian for three years now.
A learn B am learning C have been learning
Jason ….. Amanda since he was five years old.
A has known B knows C have known
They ….. for three hours when they stopped for a rest.
A have been driving B had been driving C were driving
The River Amazon ….. into the Atlantic Ocean.
A is flowing B flows C flowed
Dad ….. to work by the time I woke up.
A is going B has already gone C had already gone
Fay ….. every day for the last six months.
A exercise B is exercising C has been exercising
They often ….. on holiday abroad when they were single.
A went B go C have gone
They ….. in that house for five years.
A have lived B are living C live
Mary ….. to Singapore at 3:00 tomorrow morning.
A flies B was flying C is flying
17 Chris ….. for an international company.
A working B work C works
18 Our climate ….. warmer these days.
A is getting B will get C got
19 Michael ….. with his toys since nine o’clock.
A has been playing B has played C is playing
20 We ….. each other for ten years.
A know B have known C are knowing
2. Put the verbs in brackets into a correct tense.
Last summer I 1) ….. (visit) the United States. I 2) ….. (look forward) to the trip for ages, and I 3) ….. (enjoy) myself very much. On the 4th of July a friend 4) ….. (suggest) we go and watch the fireworks. I 5) ….. (see) fireworks before, but I 6) ….. (never / experience) anything like the spectacle we 7) ….. (witness) that night.
Sarah 1) ….. (leave) school two years ago and for the last year she 2) ….. (look) for a decent job. She 3) ….. (hope) to find work as a secretary but as she 4) ….. (never / do) a secretary course before, I think she 5) ….. (have) some difficulty in finding such a job.
A: “Where 1) ….. (you / be) lately? The last time I 2) ….. (see) you 3) ….. (be) two years ago.”
B: “I 4) ….. (move) to London 18 months ago. I 5) ….. (work) as a nurse there since then.”
A: “Oh really! How 6) ….. (it / go)?”
B: “Great! I 7) ….. (enjoy) it very much at the moment, although at first it 8) ….. (be) very hard.”