- •Mіністерство освіти і науки україни
- •Time expressions
- •Identify the tenses in bold, then match them with the correct description.
- •State Verbs
- •13. Some state verbs can be used in continuous forms but the meaning changes. Read the sentences below and match the verbs in bold with their meaning.
- •14. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Present forms
- •Time expressions
- •15. Fill in for or since.
- •Have gone (to) / have been (to)
- •16. Fill in the gaps with have /has been (to) or have / has gone (to).
- •17. Fill in the gaps with recently , how long , yet , for ,always , ever ,already , since , so far or just. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
- •18. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or continuous, using short forms where appropriate.
- •19. Choose the correct answer.
- •20. Underline the correct tense.
- •21. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect
- •22. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or present perfect continuous.
- •23. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect
- •24. Complete the following conversation with verbs from the list. Use the present perfect or the present perfect continuous. You will need to use some of the verbs more than once.
- •25. Use the words given to complete the sentences. Put the verbs in the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
- •26. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •27. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •28. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present forms.
- •29. Identify the tenses, then match them with the correct description.
- •30. Choose the correct answer.
- •31. Correct the mistakes.
- •32. Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate present forms.
- •33. Make all the necessary changes and additions to make a complete letter.
- •Present forms
- •Friday afternoon at MacGruder’s department store
- •Time expressions
- •35. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •36. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •37. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect.
- •38. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •39. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •40. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •41. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •42. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •Used to / Be used to / Get used to / Would
- •43. Choose the correct answer.
- •45. Choose the correct form of the verbs.
- •46. Write a sentence for each of the following using used to / didn’t use to.
- •47. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •Past forms
- •Time expressions
- •48. Identify the tenses, then match them to the correct descriptions.
- •49. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.
- •50. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •51. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •52. Complete the sentences below using the information in the box.
- •53. Complete the sentences using the past continuous, the past perfect or the past perfect continuous. Use the verb given in brackets. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
- •54. Choose the correct form of the verbs. Conference report
- •55. Most of the sentences have one verb in the wrong tense. Correct them or
- •56. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past perfect.
- •57. Rewrite the following passage, making all the necessary tense changes.
- •58. Underline the correct tense.
- •59. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate past form.
- •60. Fill the gaps in this text with one suitable word. Disaster!
- •61. Supply suitable verbs for the following conversation.
- •62. Identify the tenses , then match them with the correct description.
- •63. Choose the correct answer.
- •64. Correct the mistakes.
- •65. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past forms.
- •66. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past forms.
- •Past forms
- •How I changed my life.
- •The present continuous tense as a future form
- •67. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous tense.
- •68. Put the verbs in brackets into the be going to form.
- •The future simple
- •69. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple.
- •The present continuous and the future simple
- •70. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous or the future simple using the present continuous where possible.
- •71. Fill in the gaps with shall, will or the correct form of be going to.
- •72. Replace the words in bold with will / won’t or shall I / we, as in the example.
- •The future continuous tense
- •77. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous tense.
- •The future perfect tense
- •79. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect tense.
- •The future perfect and the future perfect continuous tenses
- •80. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect or future perfect continuous.
- •81. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous or future perfect.
- •82. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect continuous or future perfect.
- •83. Choose the correct answer.
- •C have lived
- •C will be seeing
- •C will be dancing
- •84. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •85. Underline the correct tense.
- •86. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense.
- •87. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense.
- •88. Underline the correct tense.
- •89. Put the verbs into the correct future tense.
- •90. Correct the mistakes.
- •91. Identify the tenses, then match them to the correct description.
- •92. Fill in the correct present or future forms.
- •Future forms
- •93. Choose the correct item.
- •B will have arrived d arrives
- •B will be finishing d will have finished
- •B are going to have worked d will work
- •94. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •95. Underline the correct item.
- •1. Choose the correct answer.
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into a correct tense.
- •3. Correct mistakes.
- •“Really? What sort of car?”
- •“Well, I ….. Him this afternoon. Why don’t you come along?”
95. Underline the correct item.
I’m sorry, I’m not ready to go out. I haven’t finished doing the washing-up already / yet.
I don’t think I’ve ever met her yet / before.
He’s still / yet got a good memory even though he’s almost eighty.
I used to live here six years before / ago.
He’s lived in Rome all his life and he yet / still lives there.
I’ve before / already read this book. I don’t want to read it again.
The last time I fed the goldfish was two days before / ago.
I can’t believe I’ve been here nearly a year yet / already.
I’m afraid the plumber hasn’t arrived still / yet.
He can still / already speak and he’s only one year old.
PROGRESS TEST 1
1. Choose the correct answer.
Computers ….. more and more efficient.
A are becoming B become C is becoming
Paul ….. to Tina when I saw him.
A is talking B was talking C talks
Richard ….. very hard at the moment.
A is working B works C has worked
Sam ….. to school every day.
A was walking B is walking C walks
We ….. to Austria last winter.
A have gone B went C go
The bank ….. by the time I got there.
A closes B closed C had closed
Tina ….. while Bob was watering the plants.
A cooked B was cooking C has been cooking
I ….. Italian for three years now.
A learn B am learning C have been learning
Jason ….. Amanda since he was five years old.
A has known B knows C have known
They ….. for three hours when they stopped for a rest.
A have been drivingBhad been drivingCwere driving
The River Amazon ….. into the Atlantic Ocean.
A is flowing BflowsCflowed
Dad ….. to work by the time I woke up.
Ais going Bhas already goneC had already gone
Fay ….. every day for the last six months.
AexerciseBis exercisingChas been exercising
They often ….. on holiday abroad when they were single.
A went B go C have gone
They ….. in that house for five years.
A have lived B are living C live
Mary ….. to Singapore at 3:00 tomorrow morning.
A flies B was flying C is flying
17 Chris ….. for an international company.
A working B work C works
18 Our climate ….. warmer these days.
A is getting B will get C got
19 Michael ….. with his toys since nine o’clock.
A has been playing B has played C is playing
20 We ….. each other for ten years.
A know B have known C are knowing
2. Put the verbs in brackets into a correct tense.
Last summer I 1) ….. (visit) the United States. I 2) ….. (look forward) to the trip for ages, and I 3) ….. (enjoy) myself very much. On the 4th of July a friend 4) ….. (suggest) we go and watch the fireworks. I 5) ….. (see) fireworks before, but I 6) ….. (never / experience) anything like the spectacle we 7) ….. (witness) that night.
Sarah 1) ….. (leave) school two years ago and for the last year she 2) ….. (look) for a decent job. She 3) ….. (hope) to find work as a secretary but as she 4) ….. (never / do) a secretary course before, I think she 5) ….. (have) some difficulty in finding such a job.
A: “Where 1) ….. (you / be) lately? The last time I 2) ….. (see) you 3) ….. (be) two years ago.”
B: “I 4) ….. (move) to London 18 months ago. I 5) ….. (work) as a nurse there since then.”
A: “Oh really! How 6) ….. (it / go)?”
B: “Great! I 7) ….. (enjoy) it very much at the moment, although at first it 8) ….. (be) very hard.”