REVISION OF ENGLISH TENSES 1. I____________(watch) Tv most evenings 2. Shh! I__________(watch) TV. 3. She__________(hurt) her back when she___________(lift) the bag. 4. We_______(be) in the park from 6.00 to 8.00 yesterday. The children________(play) football and we____________(sunbathe) when it suddenly__________(start) to rain cats and dogs. 5. I__________(go) down in the lift when it suddenly___________(stop). 6. John had a sports car once. How long____________(he,have) it? 7. Maria has got a new motorbike. How long____________(she,have) it? 8. We ____________(start) yo play tennis when it ____________(stop) raining. 9. The lesson____________(already start) when I_____________(get) to the classroom. 10. What are you doing with those tools?- I________________(repair) the car. 11. Are you going shopping?, I_____________(go) with you if you like. 12. You can turn off the radio, I_____________(not listen) to it any more. 13. The thieves__________(already,escape) when the police________(arrive) at the bank. 14. Oh, no! We haven´t got any milk.- Haven´t we? I_____________(get) some from the shops then. 15. Be quiet! I__________ (think). 16. This time next week we_______________(sit) on the beach. 17. There were many books in the room. She______________(read) for hours. 18. Yesterday I____________(get) to the stadium at 7:45, but the game_________(start) at 7:30. 19. It____________(rain) in winter but today it_________(not rain). 20. As we_____________(cross) the road, he slipped and_____________(fall). 21. Lend me your rubber. You _____________(make) a mistake and I_______(wish) to rub it out. 22. My tooth__________(break) when I___________(eat) a hazel-nut. 23. The sun___________(rise) night________(fall).
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it___________(set)
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24. What are you doing?- I____________(sit) on a chair and____________(eat) a banana. 25. As he___________(die), he_____________(ask) for a priest. 26. I_______________(try) to learn English for years, but I__________(not succeed) yet. 27. I__________(meet) him once, it__________(be) a long time ago. 28. Look! That man in the white hat who_______________(walk) past the window_________(live) next door. 29. Jack______________(go) to Switzerland for a holiday. I_____________(never,be) there. 30. You must wake her up, she_____________(sleep) soundly for ten hours! 31. He____________(smile) at me in a friendly way when he___________(see) me. 32. Look! A man__________(run) after the bus. He_________(want) to catch it.
33. My friend___________(already find) a good job in the city. 34. They___________(not speak) to each other since they quarreled. 35. Wood___________(float) on water but iron_____________(not float). 36. _____________(you wash) your hands every meal? 37. ________________(You, understand) the English tenses now? – Yes, I___________(do) an exercise at the moment and I___________(think) that I_______(know) how to use them now. 38. When the police arrived, the car__________(go). 39. I____________(not see) Lucy since last Friday. 40. We__________(not smoke), but we____________(eat) a lot. 41. If you buy some food, I_____________(make) a good meal. 42. Kathy can´t com to the phone, she___________(have) a bath at the moment. 43. I usually_________(go) to school by bus, but yesterday I_________(walk). 44. If someone offered her a job, she__________(accept) it. 45. I__________(talk) to Peter on the phone one week ago. 46. When I got to the cinema, the film_____________(already,start). 47. Mary is pregnant. She_____________(have) a baby next July. 48. He____________(learn) French for two years now. 49. Next year I____________(be) at the university. 50. Jane___________(not study) at the moment, she____________(write) letters. 51. When the car crashed, I_____________(walk) along the street. 52. How long____________(you live) in London? 53. They___________(not want) to come to the party last Sunday. 54. If I had known that he was married, I__________(not dance) with her. 55. I_____________(watch) television this evening. 56. When I got there she was very tired, because she_____________(work) all night. 57. When my sister is 25, I think she____________(have) a big house. 58. I_____________(not finish) my homework, but I decided to go out with my friends. 59. In 1965 a lot of people______________(go) to Germany. 60. I____________(write) her a letter, if I knew her address. 61. I___________(visit) my parents three times this year. 62. If I_________(be) a young man, I would travel everywhere. 63. I´m sorry I can´t help you now, I__________(work). 64. When you telephoned, I_____________(watch) television. 65. I started this book at 7:00, and I______________(read) until now. 66. My brother usually_____________(have) lunch at that restaurant. 67. If you painted this room white, it____________(be) happier. 68. When I finish this school, I___________(be) a nurse. 69. I___________(study) in this school for the last five years. 70. I can´t talk to Jennifer in this moment, she____________(have) lunch.
71. At last he ended the book in October. He______________(write) for a year. 72. If you_____________(study) more, you would have passed this exam. 73. Caroline____________(not like) going to parties until late. 74. There was nobody in the car, but the engine_______________(run).
Revision of English Tenses. Key 1. Watch
9. Had already started/got
2. Am watching
10. I am going to repair
3. Hurt/lifted
11. Will go
4. Were/were playing/were sunbathing/started
12. Am not going to listen
5. Was going/stopped 6. Did he have 7. Has she had 8. Started/stopped
13. Had already escaped/arrived 14. Will get 15. Am thinking 16. Will be sitting 17. Had been reading
18. Got/had started
45. Talked
19. Rains/is not raining
46. Had already started
20. Were crossing/fell
47. Is going to have
21. Have made/wish
48. Has been learning
22. Broke/ate
49. Will be
23. Rises/is setting/is falling
50. Isn´t studying/is writing
24. Am sitting/eating
51. Was walking
25. Was dying/asked
52. Have you lived
26. Have been trying/haven´t succeed
53. Didn´t want
27. Met/was
54. Wouldn´t have danced
28. Is walking/lives
55. Am watching
29. Has gone/has never been
56. Had been working
30. Has been sleeping
57. Will have
31. Smiled/saw
58. Hadn´t finished
32. Is running/wants
59. Went
33. Has already found
60. Would write
34. Haven´t spoken
61. Have visited
35. Floats/doesn´t float
62. Was/were
36. Do you wash
63. Am working
37. Do you understand/am doing/think/know
64. Was watching
38. Had gone
65. Have been reading
39. Haven´t seen
66. Has
40. Don´t smoke/eat
67. Would be
41. Will make
68. Will be
42. Is having
69. Have studied
43. Go/walked
70. Is having
44. Would accept
71. Had been writing
72. Studied 73. Doesn´t like
74. Was running