VERB TENSES PRACTICE 2
Underline the correct Word or phrase in each sentence.
• When you passed the town hall clock, DID YOU NOTICE/
WERE YOU NOTICING what time it was?
• Last night my neighbours WERE SHOUTING/WOULD SHOUT
for hours and I couldn’t get to sleep.
• When you lived in London, DID YOU USE TO TRAVEL/WERE
YOU TRAVELLING by bus?
• Everyone was having a good time, although not many people
DANCED/WERE DANCING.
• Jill was really hungry because she DIDN’T EAT/HADN’T
EATEN all day.
• Before we went to the theatre, we CALLED IN/HAD CALLED
IN at George’s café for a pizza
• It took a while for me to notice, but then I did. Everyone
STARED/WAS STARING at me. What had I done wrong?
• Nobody bothered to tell me that the school DECIDED/HAD
DECIDED to have a special holiday on Frida.
• I WAS TRYING/TRIED to get in touch with you all day
yesterday. Where were you¿
• A: Excuse me, but this seat is mine.
B: I’m sorry, I DIDN’T REALISE/HADN’T REALISED that you were sitting here.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Do not change the word given.
• I don’t suppose you have heard the news.
WON’T
You _______wont have heard___________ the news.
• The Prime Minister expects an easy victory for his party in the
election.
BELIEVES
The Prime Minister _____believes he has won_____ the election easily.
• I’ve been in this company for almost three years.
WILL
By the end of the month ______i will have been____ in this company for three years
• This book will take me two years to write.
HAVE
In two years’ ________i will have written___ this book
• Scientists are on the point of making a vital breakthrough
ABOUT
Scientists are ____about to make_____ a vital breakthrough
• Maria is pregnant again.
HAVE
Maria is __going to have a____ baby
• I’ll be home late.
UNTIL
I ___wont be home until_____ late.
• No one knows what the result of the match is going to be.
WHO
No one knows ____who is going to win the____ the match
• Don’t worry; David won’t be late.
HERE
Don’t worry; David ____will be here in_____ time.
• Mary and Alan’s wedding is next weekend.
GETTING
Mary and Alan ___are getting married____ next weekend.
Put each verb in brackets into the most appropriate perfect or past verb form.
• So far we ___havent notices___ (not/notice) anything unusual,
but we __havent payed___ (not/pay) very close attention
• I’m sorry I ___havent been coming___ (not/come) to class lately.
• C) I ___have been working_____ (work) late in the evenings for
the past fortnight.
• D) I wonder if Mary ___has reached___ (reach) home yet? She
___had left____ (leave) too late to catch the bus
• E) Here is the news. The Home Office __has announced____
(announce) that the two prisoners who _had escaped__ (escape) from Dartmoor
prison earlier this morning __has given themselves up__ (give themselves up) to
local police.
• ___Did you make up__ (you/make up) your minds? What _did
you decide___ (you/decide) to do?
• Harry ____left___ (leave) home rather suddenly and we __havent
heard__ (not/hear) from him since.
• Recent research ___has shown___ (show) that Columbus
___hadnt discovered___(not/discover) America, but that Vikings _had
landed___ (land) there five hundred years before him
• I think that people ____become__ (become) tired of the poor
quality of television programmes, though they ___have improved___ (improve)
lately.
• __Has something happended___ (something/happen) to the
phone lines? I __have been trying___ (try) to get through to Glasgow for the
past hour.
• Bill __is getting____ (get) that new job, but he __hasnt been___
(complain) about it ever since.
