1. Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.
1.I ................................................................................(learn) English for seven years now.
2.Last year I........................................ (not / work) hard enough for English, that's why my
marks ..................................................(not / be) really that good then.
3.As I ..............................................(pass / want) my English exam successfully next year,
I .................................................(study) harder this term.
4.During my last summer holidays, my parents ...........................................(send) me on a
language course to London.
5.It ....................................................................(be) great and
I..................................... (think) I ......................................................................(learn) a lot.
6.Before I.................................................. (go) to London, I .......................................(not /
enjoy) learning English.
7.But while I ........................................................(do) the language course,
I ...........................................................(meet) lots of young people from all over the world.
8.There I................................... (notice) how important it ..............................(be) to speak
foreign languages nowadays.
9.Now I ...................................................................(have) much more fun learning English
than I ............................................................................(have) before the course.
10.At the moment I..................................................................... (revise) English grammar.
11.And I................................... (begin / already) to read the texts in my English textbooks
again.
12.I................................................................... (think) I.................................. (do) one unit
every week.
13.My exam........................................................ (be) on 15 May, so
there....................................................................................... (not / be) any time to be lost.
14.If I........................................................... (pass) my exams successfully,
I................................................................... (start) an apprenticeship in September.
15.And after my apprenticeship, maybe I ............................................................(go) back
to London to work there for a while.
16.As you................................................................ (see / can) ,
I....................................................................... (become) a real London fan already.
Mixed Tenses - Put the verbs into the correct tenses.
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Andy is tired because he ..............................................................(work) all day.
By 1960 most of Britains old colonies ......................(become) independent.
David broke his leg when he ..................................................(ski) last week.
(you/have) .....................................................................a nice time in Rome?
(you/finish) ....................................................................your homework yet?
6. He (be) ............................................................. at his computer for six hours.
7. How long (she/have) ........................................................................ that car?
8. How many people (die) ................................................ in the fire yesterday?
9. I (not/know) ...................................... much about art, but I like some artists.
10.I (wait) ................................................. for ages when finally the bus arrived.
11.I (receive) .....................................................a postcard from Jane yesterday.
12.I (correct) ............................................................ all morning, Im exhausted.
13.I (never/be) ................................................................... sailing, whats it like?
14.It was late. Most of the shops (close)................................................................. .
15.It (rain) ................................................................when I got up this morning.
16.Janet (start) ............................................................... a new job in September.
17.Nelly (have) ....................................a great time in New York at the moment.
18.She was cooking dinner when we (arrive).......................................................... .
19.She (just/come) ........................................back from a Mediterranean cruise.
20.My husband (be) ............................................. free for most of the afternoon.
21.The children were tired because they (swim) .......... in the pool all afternoon.
22.They (go) ....................................................... to spend six weeks in the USA.
23.We can use the car, I .....................................................................(repair) it.
24.We were tired because we (be) ............................. to a party the night before.
25.We (be) ...................................................too late for the train, it had just left.
26.When I got the airport I realized I (forget) ................................. my passport.
27.As soon as they (arrive) ........................................................... we had dinner.
28.When they were driving home last night they (see) ........... a terrible accident.
29.Where .................................................................................(Robert/live) now?
30.Who ......................................................................................(Mandy/talk) to?
1. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we
(drive) ...................................................... more than four hundred miles. We are going to
be exhausted.
2. When Sarah goes on vacation next month, she (study) ......................................German
for over two years. She should be able to communicate fairly well while she is in Austria.
3. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit) ............................................. the Grand
Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States.
4. By the time you finish studying the verb tense tutorial, you
(master) .................................................. all twelve tenses including their passive forms.
5. Drive faster! If you don't hurry up, she (have) ......................... the baby by the time we
get to the hospital.
6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago.
When I return to Australia, I (study) ................................. for nine months and I
(be) ............................................................................. in England for exactly one year.
7. Margie just called and said she would be here at 8 o'clock. By the time she gets here,
we (wait) .......................................................................................... for her for two hours.
8. Frank just changed jobs again. If he keeps this up, he
(change) ............................................................. jobs at least four or five times by the
end of the year.
9. Come over to my house around 9 o'clock. By then, I
(complete)................................................... my history essay and we can go see a movie.
10. In June, my grandmother and grandfather (be) .............................................. married
for fifty years.
