TENSES REVIEW KEY

REVIEW OF TENSES

Fill in the gaps with the correct tense

1)   My parents (recently / buy) ___have recently bought__________________ some property in the south of France. They (build) ____are building_________________ a summer cottage there at the moment.

2)   Andy and Sally (go) ____are going _________________ to a concert tomorrow night. They (look) _have been looking____________________ forward to it all week

3)   When he (found) _____founded________________ Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He (already/write) ____had already written_________________ his first computer program seven years earlier.

4)   Mrs. Smith said that one day she (retire) _____would retire________________ from teaching. She mentioned that she (spend) ______would spend_______________ her time learning about computers.

5)   They (stand) _____had been standing________________ in the queue for an hour when the manager (inform) ____informed_________________ them that no more tickets were available.

6)   The men (sentence) _____were sentenced________________ to eight years in prison. They (rob) _______had robbed______________ many banks.

7)   The building the squatters (live in) ___are living in__________________ at present (abandon) ____had been abandoned_________________ for a year.

8)   If the rate of unemployment (not be) _________wasn’t____________ so high, there (be) _____would be________________ fewer violent incidents. Let’s hope this situation will change soon.

9)   If I (make) ____had made_________________ more of an effort during my school years. I (accept) ___would have been accepted__________________ at university. Now I am sorry I didn’t

10)   An accident (occur) ______occurred_______________ near my house last night. A cat (hit) _______hit______________ a young man. He (ride) _______was riding______________ his bicycle when someone in front of him suddenly (open) _______opened______________ a car door. Several witnesses (see) _______saw______________ the accident. The police (question) ______questioned_______________ them last night

11)   Robert (watch) ______watches_______________ the news in English every day on TV and it (help) _____helps________________ him with his English. He says. “If you (watch) ______watch_______________ the news in English, it (help) _______will help______________ you too”

12)   I saw a film a week ago, but I (not enjoy) _______didn’t enjoy______________ it very much. The problem was that I (already read) ___had already read__________________ the book. If I (not read) _____hadn’t read________________ the book first, I probably (enjoy) ____would have enjoyed_________________ the film more.

13)   Alan (be) _______was______________ in a car accident yesterday. The other driver (lose) ______lost_______________ control of his car because he (fall) _____had fallen________________ asleep. If he (stop) _____had stopped________________ to rest, the accident (not occur) ____wouldn’t have occurred_________________

14)   My car (break) ____broke_________________ down yesterday on my way home from work. I (fix) _____would have fixed________________ if I (know) ____had known_________________ what to do but how I didn’t, I (have to) ______had to_______________ take it to the garage.

15)   Last night my neighbour (knock) ________knocked_____________ on the door. She wanted my father to move his car. She said she (can not) ________couldn’t_____________ get out of her parking space.

16)   Linda (phone) _______phoned______________ and (explain) ______explained_______________ that she (not come) ___wasn’t coming__________________ to our party the next day because she (be) ________was_____________ still sick.

17)   Barry had an argument with Tom. Barry said that he (return) ______had returned_______________ Tom’s money the week before. Tom insisted that he (not receive) ____hadn’t received_________________ it.

18)   My teacher (ask) _________asked____________ me if I (ever use) ______had ever used_______________ a computer before. I explained to him that I (learn) ______had learnt_______________ to use computers the year before. He said that it (be) ________was_____________ fantastic and (ask) ______asked_______________ me to help some of the other students in the class.

19)   My sister (fly) ______is flying_______________ home from London today. Her flight (arrive) _____is arriving________________ in one hour so I (leave) ______am leaving_______________ the house right now to get to the airport on time.

20)   I (sleep) ______was sleeping_______________ when the fire (break out) ______broke out_______________

21)   She (not see) _____hasn’t seen________________ her father since he (start) ________started_____________ to work in France two years ago.

22)   I (not sleep) ______didn’t sleep_______________ at all last night, someone (listen) _____was listening________________ to loud music all night.

23)   Once Susan (pay) ______has paid_______________ her fare, she’ll sit at the back of the bus.

24)   “(you, write) _____Are you writing________________ to him tonight?” Yes, I always (write) _____write________________ to him on his birthday. (you, want) _____Do you want________________ to send him a message?

25)   “I (just, be) _____have just been ________________ to see the film “The Da Vinci’s Code” “(you, see) ______Have you seen_______________ it? “ No, I haven’t. Is it like the book?” “I don’t know, I (not read) _____haven’t read________________ the book”

26)   Unless he (sell) _______sells______________ more, he won’t get much commission.

27)   She looked as if her husband (get) _______had got______________ the sack

28)   While I was waiting for the bus, there (be) _____was________________ a robbery at the bank. After the robbers (go away) ______went away_______________, the police (appear) _____appeared________________  but they ( not be able, catch) _____weren’t able to catch________________ them.

29)   Before Peter went out home, he (write) _______wrote______________ a note to Mary saying that he (not be able, come back) _____wouldn’t be able to come back________________ for dinner that evening.

30)   “Who (move) _____is moving________________ the furniture about upstairs?” “It’s Tom, he (paint) ____is painting_________________ the front bedroom”.

31)   He (always, say) ____always says_________________ that he will mend the window but he never (do) ______does_______________ it.

32)   I used to ski when I (be) ________was_____________ at university but I (break) ______broke_______________ a leg five years ago and since then I (not do) ______haven’t done_______________ any skiing.

33)   He (park) ______had parked_______________ his car under a No Parking sign and (rush) ______rushed_______________ into a shop. When he (come) ______came_______________ out of the shop ten minutes later the car (be) _______was______________ no longer there. He (wonder) _______wondered______________ if someone (steal) _____had stolen________________ it or if the police (take) ____had taken_________________ it away.

34)   Do not worry! I (give) ______will give_______________ you a call at 6.30, Peter, in any case you (fall) _______fall______________ asleep again before your alarm clock (go) _________goes____________ off.

35)   I’m sorry. If I (know) ______had known_______________ before you were still reading them, I (not throw) ____wouldn’t have thrown_________________ the magazines away.

36)   I (not see) ________haven’t seen_____________ him for three years. I wonder where he (be) _________is____________

37)   “He’s cut my hair too short” “Don’t worry! It (grow) _____will grow________________ again very quickly”

38)   If she (know) ______knew_______________ his address, she’d visit him

39)   She had a headache; otherwise she (come) ___would have come__________________ with us

40)   Would you visit me if I (send) _______was (were) sent______________ to prison?