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?
