Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. I (learn) English for seven years now.

2. But 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.
MIXED TENSES
Set 1
1. They___________________ (hold) a festival next month.
2. One day, as I________________ (walk) to the station, I
____________________(notice) a strange-looking man.
3. I cant hear what they ________________________(talk) about.
4. Nobody ________________________(see) them since last month.
5. We ______________________(have) our breakfast before we set off.
6. I __________________________(work) in the garden when you get back from
the shops.
7. By next winter they _________________________(build) ten houses in this
street.
8. I______________________ (go) to the library twice a week.
9. ________________________________ (you/ever/try) to give up smoking?
[Link] __________________________(break) my pencil. I cant write with it.
[Link] my mother ___________________(cook), my father_____________
(watch) TV.
12.I ____________________________(remember) this day all my life.
[Link] I ______________________(be) you, I would study Italian or Spanish.
14. ____________________(you/find) it yesterday?
[Link] you work hard, you ___________________(pass) your examination.
16.I ______________________(not be) at home on Saturday evening.
17._______________________(you/always/write) with your left hand?
[Link] at those grey clouds!. It _________________________(snow).
[Link] ________________________(not meet) her father for seven years.
[Link] _____________________________(drive) all day. Let me drive now.
[Link] bus_________________ (start) as I___________________ (get) on.
22.I will come as soon as I ______________________(complete) my task.
[Link] you drove more slowly, you ___________________(not have) so many
accidents.
[Link] __________________________(iron) all afternoon.
[Link] we ______________________(walk) along the road, we
______________________(hear) a car coming from behind us.
26.I _____________________(hear) the news last night, but I
________________(not hear) it today.
[Link] I ____________________(know) that, I wouldnt have made a mistake.
[Link] is a lovely day. The sun __________________(shine) and the birds
______________(sing).
29.I _____________________(not pay) the telephone bill yet.
[Link] grandparents _______________________(celebrate) their golden
wedding next week.
[Link] you think that he ________________________(recognize) me?
[Link] you ______________________(arrive) ten minutes earlier, you would have
got a seat.
33._________________(you/like) spicy food?
[Link]. Smith always________________ (read) his newspaper in the evening.
Mrs. Smith sometimes __________________(knit), but
she___________________ (not knit) tonight.
[Link] ______________________(snow) heavily when he _________________(wake)
up.
36.I ________________(not play) football since I ______________(be) fifteen
years old.
[Link] _______________________(have) a drink with Peter tonight.
[Link] __________________(buy) a new car. Come and look at it.
39._____________________ (you/smoke) when I ___________________(come) in?
[Link] ________________________(he/do) at 5 p.m. yesterday?
[Link] concert ______________________(start) before I got to the hall.
42.I _______________________(finish) this book by tomorrow evening.
[Link] in and sit down. I _________________(make) a sandwich for you.
[Link] we _______________________(finish) our dinner, we will watch a video
film.
[Link] _______________________(play) in a tennis match on Saturday.
46.I______________________________ (read) a lot of good books recently.
47.I hope the weather____________________ (not change) for the worse.
48.He_________________(live) in Canada for three years and then he
___________(move) to Spain.
[Link] I __________________(hear) the news, I hurried to see him.
[Link] ______________________________(spend) a few days in Cambridge last
month.

Set 2
1. I _______________ (already/enrol) for an intensive language course.
2. We ___________________(sleep) when an earthquake
________________(shake) the house.
3. How often_________________(she/go) swimming?
4. She____________________ (play) the piano all day yesterday.
5. In the evenings we usually____________ (watch) TV but today we
________________(have) guests.
6. He is the most intelligent man I _________________ (ever/speak) to.
7. We took a taxi after we________________ (miss) the bus.
8. If the weather is nice, we ________________(go) to the mountains.
9. By this time tomorrow I_______________________ (receive) the results of
my exam.
[Link] day I______________ (do) the shopping on my own but today I
________________(take) my daughter,too.
[Link] ____________________(you/last/go) to the hairdressers?
[Link] is the fastest car I _____________________(ever/drive).
[Link] I ___________________(go) downstairs, I __________________(slip) and
__________(fall).
[Link] long _____________ (he/be) unemployed?
[Link] he died, he _________________(be) ill for years.
16.I____________________ (try) to contact him tomorrow.
[Link] bought a load of bricks because I _________________(build) a house.
[Link] you had hurried, you ________________________(not miss) the train.
[Link] ______________________(just/move) into a new house.
20.I_________________________ (get) hungry because I only ate a slice of beef
for lunch.
[Link] __________________(burn) her hand when she________________ (take)
the chicken out of the oven.
22.I cant pay the bill because I __________________(leave) my purse at
home.
23.I wish my parents __________________(not quarrel) so much when I was a
child.
24.___________________________(it/snow) in England every winter?
25.I ____________________(look) at a shop-window when somebody
__________(pat) me on the shoulder.
26.I ________________(take) the driving test three times, but I____________
(not pass) it yet.
27.I dont believe that you ________________ (be) fifty next week.
[Link]! What _______________(you/do) under the bed? What
_________________(you/look) for?
[Link] you park your car here, you ___________________(be) fined.
30._____________________ (you/ever/see) the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
31.She_____________________ (come) back on Monday.
[Link] you think it over, you___________________ (see) that I am right.
33.He___________________ (break) his leg in a skiing accident last year.
[Link] film ___________________(come) to the local cinema next week.
_____________ (you/want) to see it?
[Link] hired a typewriter and I_________________________ (learn) to type.
36.I could get a job easily if I _______________________(have) a degree.
37.Someone________________ (use) my bicycle. The chains fallen off.
[Link] he ____________________(water) the flowers ,it
________________(begin) to rain.
[Link] kettle___________________ (boil) now. Shall I make the tea?
[Link] ___________________________(be) very cold this year.
[Link] two men __________________(cycle) across Africa.
[Link] he_________________ (arrive) in time for lunch.
[Link] I__________________ (arrive) at the station, Mary______________
(wait) for me.
44.Chopin_________________ (compose) some of his music in Majorca.
45.I cant go out because I _________________(not finish) my work yet.
46.___________________________ (your mother/work) in this hospital?
[Link] lift ____________________(not start) until you press the button.
[Link]. Count ________________________(work) as a cashier for twenty-five
years. Then he __________________(retire) and _________________(go) to
live in the country.
[Link] is Peter? _______________________(he/have) a shower?
50.________________________________ (your father/speak) any foreign
languages?
Set 3
1. I_________________ (dream) when the alarm clock
____________________(ring).
2. This box______________________ (contain) old magazines.
3. Dont switch off the computer. I _____________________(use) it.
4. This young producer_____________________ (make) four films so far.
5. A strong wind ____________________________(blow) all day.
6. There was no sign of a taxi although I___________________ (order) one
half an hour before.
7. There isnt a cloud in the sky. It ____________________________(be) a lovely
day.
8. As soon as you __________________________(hear) the news, will you let
me know?
9. I hope I___________________ (have) my own exhibition by the age of 25.
10.I rang at one, but you werent in your office. - No, I
_________________(have) lunch at that time.
11._________________________________(the teacher/ correct) our tests yet?
[Link] people_______________________ (die) in a fire yesterday.
[Link] friend _______________________(visit) me every Sunday.
[Link] the way, who _______________________________(win) the quiz show last
night?
15.I _____________________________(be) interested in classical music all my
life.
[Link] cant answer the phone because he ________________________(paper)
the living-room.
[Link] when __________________________(you/be) able to cook such
delicious goulash?
18.I never_______________ (go) to the cinema but now I ______________(go)
because there is a good film.
[Link] Tuesday I_____________ (take) a day off because I_______________
(have) a terrible headache.
[Link] is the second time I ______________________(give) up smoking.
21.I think the shortage of housing always __________________(be) a serious
problem in Hungary.
[Link] I had more money, I _________________________(travel) around the
world.
[Link] the end of the month thousands of people _____________________(see)
this exhibition.
24.Who______________________ (do) the shopping in your family?
25.___________________________(these trousers/be) out of fashion next year?
[Link] plumber______________________________ (repair) the taps for two
hours.
27._____________________________________ (you/still/do) your homework?
28.I ___________________________(write) a letter to you if I hadnt lost your
address.
[Link] ______________________(fall) off the chair if you stand in such an
unstable position on it.
[Link] dad_________________________________ (wash) the car now.
31.They_____________________________ (just/sell) their old house.
[Link] year our school _________________(have) a charity day.
We__________________ (do) jobs and __________________________(collect)
money for charity.
[Link] _____________________(sit) in the park when it
___________________(start) to rain.
[Link] __________________________(write) her third novel by next November.
[Link] more than 6 years since she__________________________ (go) abroad.
36.I ___________________________(never/have) such a strange dream.
[Link] mother_______________ (be) able to drive for 5 years.
[Link]!. Sarah ____________________(cut) the grass.
[Link] brother _______________________(watch) horror films all day. Perhaps
he should stop.
40.___________________________ (you/like) stuffed cabbage?
[Link] sister __________________________(stop) smoking more than a year
ago.
42.I ______________________(be) married for nearly five years.
43.I wish they _______________________(not eat) all the chocolate cake
yesterday.
[Link] you recognize your attacker if you ______________________(see)
him again, madam?
45.I cant see what they ________________________(do).
46.I _________________________(have) a shower before I went to bed.
[Link] next summer she _____________________________(have) her baby.
[Link] ________________________(not like) classical music.
49.(you/be) at home tomorrow evening?
[Link] _______________________(not drink) beer for a long time.