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English Tenses Practice Exercises

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English Tenses Practice Exercises

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Unt 2.

- Tenses

1. Read the text and find:

a. Another sentence with be as a main verb à line 39, line 43, line 46, line
58
b. A sentence with be and a sentence with have as auxiliary verbs à with be
à line 5, line 18, line 19, line 25, line 27, line 28, line 30, line 35, line 41,
line 42, line 52; with have à line 3, line 7, line 11, line 12, line 15, line 19,
line line 28, line 31, line 36, line 55. Have has a main verb and not auxiliary
à line 48, line 54, line 58.

2. Choose one as a final sentence

a. B
b. E
c. D
d. A
e. C

3. Complete the table

a. Imperative or infinitive: turn, celebrate, do, pay, make, become, imagine,


write, get, download, be, create, work.
b. Present simple: need
c. Present continuous: are applying, am writing, is counting, is having
d. Present perfect: has asked, have known, has thought.
e. Present perfect continuous: have been trying
f. Past simple: started, sold, met, showed, created, established, set, found,
needed, were, didn’t think, discovered, turned,…
g. Past continuous: were starting, were looking, weren’t learning, was
working, …
h. Past perfect: has seemed, has used.
i. Past perfect continuous: were starting, were looking, weren’t learning,
was working, was doing.
j. Future: will need, won’t be, will have.
k. Future continuous: wont be doing
l. Future perfect: wont have made
m. Future perfect continuous: will have been trying.

4. Complete with present simple or continuous.

a. Is being a. look a. am looking


b. Tell b. are b. isn’t
c. Says c. live c. Do…you
d. Has d. move d. are repairing
e. Is e. resemble e. is using
5. Complete with present perfect.

a. Has won…has said…hat-trick


b. Also-ran…has taken…has not finished
c. Has heard…has-been…has trained
d. No-show…has bought…hasn’t come

6. Choose the answer and complete the sentences

1. Have…known à C. have been


2. B. have…been swimming
3. Have…completed à D. have done
4. Have…shown à A. Has been reading

7. Correct the mistakes (LOOK AT THE BOOK)

8. Complete with past simple or continuous.

a. Were listening; came; said; were making


b. Broke; stole; was teaching; saw
c. Explained; understood; was talking
d. I didn’t get; missed; was wondering (OR wondered)

9. Complete the text

a. Had been worrying (OR had worried)


b. Had planned (OR had been planning)
c. Had been
d. Had broken
e. Had caught
f. Had been living (OR had lived)
g. Had been taking (OR removing)
h. Had made
i. Had….removed (OR taken)
j. Had…had

10. Correct the mistakes. (LOOK AT THE BOOK)

11. Complete with present perfect or past simple.

a. 've (OR have) known 2 started


b. 've (OR have) ... met
c. Have ... heard 5 have ... become
d. had
e. told 8 've (OR have) had
f. hasn't come
12. Complete the dialogue

a. have ... been


b. were
c. did... say
d. didn't know
e. 've (OR have) had
f. Asked
g. didn't seem
h. told
i. didn't call
j. haven't eaten
k. 's (OR has) made

13. Complete

1. needed (b) gave


2. said (a) had talked
3. came (d) hadn't finished
4. (c) had worked

14. Complete

a. 've (OR have) ... heard


b. was
c. had ... reached
d. were
e. hadn't ... locked
f. didn't lock
g. hadn't eaten*
h. went
i. didn't eat*
j. was
k. had cooked
l. have gone
m. explained

15. Write the numbers in the correct paragraph.

- 2. to give or ask for information about the future


- 1. when we make promises, requests or threats
- 5. future actions in progress at a particular time
- 4. expressing plans or intentions
- 7. something will be completed by a particular time
- 6. lasting from a point before that time up to that future time
- 10. a prediction based on past experience or knowledge
- 9. in predictive conditionals
- 8. a prediction based on what we feel or think now
- 12. a past prediction about the future [11] a decision already made
- 16. a decision made at that moment [13] future events in a schedule or
timetable
- 15. future actions in clauses after suborning
- 14. a future action we have planned or arranged

16. Choose

1. will be (b) 'll (OR will) have been


2. will (d) Will ... be
3. will be (a) 'll (OR will) have been
4. will be (c) 'll (OR will) have been

17. Complete

a. will have
b. wasn't going to stop (OR wouldn't stop)
c. don't start
d. 'll be (OR 'm going) to be
e. 'll give
f. Make

18. Correct the mistakes (LOOK AT THE BOOK)

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