ALL TENSES

SET 1
1. I _______________ a great film yesterday. (see)
2. _____________________ a new car? (you ever buy)
3. I _______________ him last Monday. (meet)
4. The band _______________ while I _______________ . (play, write)
5. She _______________ the new car in 2005. (buy)
6. Her mother _____________________ in Victoria for the past five years. (live)
7. They ____________________________ in Germany when we arrived a few days ago. (already be)
8. _______________________ to get married? (you plan)
9. I _____________________ so much fun since I was a kid. (have)
10. When I got up I _____________________ out of the window and _____________________ that it
_____________________ . (look, see, rain)
11. Janet _____________________ for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us. (work)
12. I _____________________ three movies so far this week. (see)
13. How long _____________________ for me? (you wait)
14. I _____________________ over Loch Ness last week. - _____________________ the Loch Ness monster?
(fly, you see)
15. Im afraid Im not hungry. I _____________________ . (already eat)
16. Peter _____________________ football in the afternoon when he got the call. (play)
17. What _____________________ between 9 and 12 yesterday morning, the detective said. (you do)
18. He kept looking at her, wondering where he _____________________ her before. (see)
19. The doctors waiting room was full of people. Some _____________________ a magazine, a woman
_____________________ and a child _____________________ with a doll. Suddenly the door
_____________________ and a nurse _____________________ out. (read, knit, play, open, come)
20. Travelling _____________________ much easier and more comfortable in the past hundred years.
(become)
21. I _____________________ cake. Thats why my hands are full of flour. (bake)
22. When I first came to this house it _____________________ quite a noisy area. (be)
23. He twisted his ankle while he _____________________ . (ski)
24. _____________________ the doors before you leave the house? (you ever lock)
25. My best friend and I _____________________ each other for 15 years. (know)
26. Jack usually _____________________ but he _____________________ when his father comes. (smoke,
not smoke)
27. _____________________ breakfast yet? Yes I had it together with Sue at 7. (you have)
28. I _____________________ this kind of work when I was a small boy. (do)
29. He _____________________ the paper when his wife came home. (read)
30. He _____________________ for an hour now. Ill be finished soon. (speak)
31. How long _____________________ John and Maria?- We met the couple over thirteen years ago.
(you know)
32. He _____________________ in Oxford for two years and when his mother died he moved to London.
(live)
33. After Harry _____________________ his work he _____________________ Jude from the office. (finish,
call)
34. You _____________________ your homework for two hours. Havent you finished yet? (do)
35. He always _____________________ to the supermarket alone, but today he
_____________________ his son with him. (go, take)
36. He never _____________________ in the evening, only on Sundays. (work)
37. I _____________________ to South America but I have been to New York several times. (never,
be)
38. _____________________ Jean? No, she probably went to her friends place. (anyone, see)
39. I _____________________ to the bank yesterday but when I got there it was closed. (go)
40. She _____________________ in school all day. (be)
41. Lee _____________________ late every day since Tuesday. (be)
42. Herberts father _____________________ his sons birthday (never forget)
43. I _____________________ my report because I had a problem with my computer. (not finish)

SET 2

1. When we reach Lands End we ____________________ 1,500 km. (walk)

2. I just remembered that I ____________________ the rent yet. Im surprised that the landlord
____________________ me up and reminded me. (not pay, not ring)
3. Its a beautiful drive. I am sure you ____________________ the scenery. (enjoy)
4. The car ____________________. If you get in Tom and I ____________________ you a push.
(not start, give)
5. I put the five-pound notes into one of the books; but the next day it ____________________
me ages to find it because I ____________________ which book I ____________________ it in.
(take, forget, put)
6. He ____________________ the bagpipes since six this morning. He ____________________.
(play, just stop)
7. My son ____________________ work yet. Hes still at High School. How long
____________________ at school? - He ____________________ there for six years. Before that he
____________________ five years at primary school. (not start, he be, be, spend)
8. Mary: I wonder what he ____________________ now. Ann: Well, his girlfriend
____________________ from Japan too, so I suppose he ____________________ Japanese. (say,
come, speak)
9. When I first met him he ____________________ architecture. (study)
10. While we ____________________ someone ____________________ into the house and
___________________us this note. (fish, break, leave)
11. It wont be easy to get out of the country .The police ____________________ all of the
ports. (watch)
12. If I catch some fish, ____________________ them for me? (you cook)
13. He ____________________ to come. (not forget)
14. It ____________________ for the last two hours so the game ____________________ (rain,
be postponed)
15. When I ____________________ him he ____________________ a picture of his wife.
____________________ it? (see, paint, you like)
16. The car had nobody I it but the engine ____________________. (run)
17. Tom cant have the newspaper now because his aunt ____________________ it. (read)
18. This shop ____________________ for good next Monday. (close)
19. Where ____________________ tonight? I ____________________ out with Peter. (you go,
go)
20. At 3 a.m. Jane ____________________ up her husband and said that she
____________________ that someone ____________________ to get into the house. (wake,
think, try)
21. When you see me next time I ____________________ my new sunglasses. (wear)
22. This bike ____________________ in our family for the last 14 years. My father
____________________ it for the first five years, then my brother ____________________ it and I
____________________ it since then. (be, use,ride,have)
23. Some time ago I ____________________ that our mayor ____________________ to go to
Iceland. What ____________________ to do there? (read, want, he want)
24. You see, Doctor, she ____________________ ill two days ago and since then she
____________________ anything. Im sure she ____________________ several kilos. (fall, not
eat, lose)
25. Most people ____________________ at work when the fire ____________________. (be, start)
26. After five years of travelling through Asia I ____________________ back to Europe next
week. I ____________________ the flight (go, already book)

27. I saw him when he ____________________ the house. I ____________________ at the corner
when he ____________________ by. He ____________________ a word and I ____________________
a word either. (leave, just stand, pass, not say , not say)

SET 3

1. My family have ___________________ (buy) some land in southern France recently. They
___________________ (build) a summer house there at the moment.
2. Andy and Mary ___________________ (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They
____________________________ (look forward to) it the whole week.
3. Jonathon ___________________ (watch) the news on TV every day and it ___________________ (help) him
with his English.
4. My car ___________________ (break) down when I ___________________ (drive) home from work. I
________________________ (fix) it if I ___________________ (know) what was wrong. But I didnt so
___________________ (have) to take it to the garage.
5. When he ___________________ (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He
___________________________ (already write) his first computer programme six years earlier.
6. An accident ___________________ (happen) near my house last night. A car _______________ (hit) a young
man. He ___________________ (ride) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly ___________________
(open) a car door. Many people ___________________ (see) the accident. The police ___________________
(interrogate) them last night.
7. Mrs Smith said that one day she ________________________ (retire) from teaching. She said that she
___________________ (spend) her new free time learning about computers.
8. I ______________________ (not sleep) at all last night. Someone ___________________ (listen) to music all
night.
9. I ___________________ (see) a film a week ago, but I _______________________ (not enjoy) it very much
because I _______________________ (already read) the book. If I ___________________ (not read) the book I
____________________________ (probably enjoy) the film more.
10. The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he ___________________ (rob) a bank.
11. They ________________________ (stand) in the queue for over an hour when the manager
___________________ (tell) them that there were no more tickets.
12. Alan ___________________ (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver ___________________
(lose) control of his car because he ___________________ (fall) asleep.
13. She ___________________ (not see) her father since he ___________________ (start) to work in Marseille
two years ago.
14. I ___________________ (sleep) when the fire broke out.
15. Linda phoned and explained that she _________________________ (not can) to come to the party the next
day because she ___________________ (be) still sick.
16. I ________________________ (just see) the film The Da Vinci Code. ___________________ (you see) it
too? No, I ___________________ (not have) but I ___________________ (read) the book.
17. My sister ___________________ (fly) home from London today. Her flight ___________________ (arrive) in
an hour so I ___________________ (leave) for the airport right now to get there in time.
18. Unless he ___________________ (sell) more he wont get much money.
19. While he ___________________ (wait) for the bus there ___________________ (be) a robbery at the bank.
After the robbers ___________________ (go) away the police ___________________ (come) but they
___________________ (not can) to catch them.
20. I ___________________ (use) to ski when I was at the university but I ___________________ (break) a leg
five years ago and since then I ___________________ (not ski) any more.