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Revision of Verb Tenses

The document provides examples of verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect, future simple, future continuous, future perfect simple, and future perfect continuous. There are exercises for the learner to practice conjugating verbs in different tenses based on contexts provided.

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Revision of Verb Tenses

The document provides examples of verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect, future simple, future continuous, future perfect simple, and future perfect continuous. There are exercises for the learner to practice conjugating verbs in different tenses based on contexts provided.

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REVISION OF VERB TENSES

1. Write the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.


a. We ................................................. (not like) English.
b. .................... he ................................ (speak) Italian?
c. My father .................................... (wash) his car every Sunday.

Present Continuous

2. Write the Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets.


a. My parents ........................................... (have) lunch in the kitchen.
b. I .................................................. (not do) my homework.
c. .............................. he .................................. (wash) the car?

3. Present Simple or Present Continuous?


a. Peter .......................................... (watch) TV ten hours a week.
b. My grandparents ............................................... (play) tennis now.
c. My friends often ................................ (go) to the pub after work.
d. I ..................................... (listen) to my new cassette at the moment.
e. Maria sometimes ................................ (eat) at school.

4. Write the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.


a. Paula …………………… (forget) to phone Sam on his birthday.
b. He ……………………… (be) ill last Sunday, so he …………………. (miss) the football match.
c. I …………………… (not go) to his house yesterday.
d. …………….. you ……………… (study) for the exam last weekend?

Past Continuous

5. Fill the gaps using the verb in brackets in the Past Continuous tense.
a. I …………………………. letters all day yesterday. (write)
b. You ………………………… on the phone for hours and hours. (talk)
c. What ……………… you ………………….. when I phoned yesterday? (do)
d. ……………… you …………………TV when it happened? (watch)
e. What …………………. you ………………….. at the party? (wear)

6. Past Simple or Continuous?


a. Simon …………………….. (watch) the match when the TV …………………….. (break down).
b. ………………….. they ………………….. (play) cards at 10 o’clock yesterday?
c. I ……………………….. (clean) the house while my husband …………………….. (work) in the garden.
d. What …………………. you …………………… (talk) about when I ………………… (come) in?
e. Yesterday I ………………………. (see) Margaret at the supermarket, but I ………………… (not speak)
with her.
Present Perfect

7. Put the verbs into the Present Perfect Simple.


a. I ……………………….. (not / work) today.
b. We ……………….………… (buy) a new lamp.
c. We ………………………… (not / plan) our holiday yet.
d. Where …………… you ……………. (be)?
e. He …………………………….. (write) five letters.

8. Present Perfect or Past Simple?


a. He .......................................... (live) in Tokyo for five years, but he left in 1993.
b. The Titanic .......................................... (sink) in 1912.
c. Somebody .......................................... (steal) my bicycle! Now I'll have to walk home.
d. He .......................................... (fall) off his bike three times this month.
e. She .......................................... (graduate) from university last July.

Present Perfect
Continuous

9. Write the Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.


a. That man ..................................... (stand) outside for hours.
b. The castle .................................... (stand) on that hill for 900 years.
c. Ann .................................... (garden) all afternoon. She .................................... (plant) a lot of rose bushes.
d. James ..................................... (go) out every night this week.
e. How long .................. you …............................. (wait)?

Past Perfect
10. Write the Past Perfect of the verbs in brackets.
a. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we ………………… (build)
b. He …………………… (not / be) to Madrid before he got married.
c. When she went out to play, she ……………………….. (do / already) her homework.
d. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum ………………….. (make).
e. The doctor took off the plaster that he …………………….. (put on) six weeks before.
f. The waiter brought a drink that I …………………… (not / order).
g. I could not remember the poem we …………………… (learn) the week before.

Future Simple Going to

Personal intentions // Predictions based on evidence.


General predictions / Quick
decisions, I’ll answer the phone.

11. Complete with will or going to.


1. - It's hot in here. - OK, I …………….…… (open) the window.
2. - Have you decided what you're doing at Christmas? - Yes, we …….………… (stay) with my parents.'
3. - Why are you driving so fast? - Because we …………………… (be) late.
4. - We're going to Paris for Sylvia's birthday. But it's a secret. - Is it? OK, I ……………… (not tell) her.
5. - Oh, no. I haven't got any money! I'll have to go to the bank. - I ......................... (lend) you some.

Future continuous Future perfect Future perfect continuous

12. Write the Future Continuous.


a. At this time tomorrow, I ………………………. (study) English.
b. In a month, we ………………….. (celebrate) Christmas.
c. This time next year, I …………………………. (learn) mechanics.

13. Write the Future Perfect Simple or Continuous.


a. By 2005 we ………………… (live) in London for 14 years.
b. He …………….…….. (write) a book by the end of the week.
c. He ……………………….(write) this book for 3 months by the end of this week.
d. ……………… you ………….……. (finish) this project by the next week?
e. By the end of their studies, they ……………………………….. (receive) better preparation for the world of
work.
All tenses: EASY

We ……………….. (go) to Italy again next year for our holidays. Last year we ……………… (be) there
for our honeymoon. We ………………… (like) all the little Italian towns with their beautiful houses. We
……………….. (decide) to stay longer in Venice because it was so nice. This city ………………… (be)
famous for the gondolas. So we …………………. (ride) one in the evening and it was wonderful. We
……………………. (see) all the town from the water. There …………….. (be) many people on the
streets at that moment. We …………… (return) to our hotel at midnight. We ……………… (be) so tired
that we fell asleep very soon.

All tenses: MEDIUM

a. It isn't raining now! It …………………………. (stop)


b. I ……………………………..(dream) when the alarm clock rang.
c. What ………………………. (you do) yesterday afternoon?
d. This year we …………………………. (travel) to Germany.
e. Jack and I ……………………………… (play) table tennis when you called.
f. Last month prices ……………………….. (go) up 10 percent.
g. I ……………………….(love) concerts but yesterday we ………………………. (go) to a concert
that ……………….. (be) really boring. I ……………………. (not like) it at all!
h. The train ……………………………….. (arrive) late so I missed my connection.
i. You never ………………………. (write) to me! Come on, can't you just send an email?
j. I …………………………… (see) your friend Judy last week.

All tenses: DIFFICULT

a. Michael …………………. (be) ill yesterday. He …………………. (be) in bed all day. He
…………… (take) his medicine yesterday morning. Yesterday afternoon, a doctor
………………… (go) to see him. The doctor ……………………. (tell) him to stay in bed. Today,
Michael ……………. (be) still in bed. He ……………………. (be) ill for a week. He
………………… (never be) ill for such a long time. Now, he ……………….. (hope) to get well
soon because he (need) to study for his next exam.

b. Carol …………………………… (go) to England last year. She ……………………. (decide) to go


to that country because her brother lives there. He …………………… (live) in London now. But he
…………………………. (move) to Oxford next year. Carol …………………… (spend) three
weeks with his brother. She …………………….. (visit) many places during her stay. She
…………………….. (enter) the Buckingham Palace but she didn't see the Queen! The weather was
not very good. It ………………………….. (rain) most of the time. She …………………………
(buy) an umbrella and a raincoat at Harrod's. She (go) back to England next year.

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