REVISION OF TENSES

Tom Wilson 1) .... is.... (be) an explorer. He 2) ………….(be) to nearly every country in the world, but the
most exciting time he 3) …………………………. (ever/have) was when he 4) …………………… (go) to the
Congo jungle. A magazine 5)………………….. (ask) him to retrace the route of a famous explorer who 6)
…………………. (disappear) in the 1920's. As he 7) ……………….(follow) a small river he got separated
from his guides. He 8) …………………………. (go on) alone, hoping he 9) ………………….. (find) them, but
instead he 10) ………………… (encounter) a group of natives. He 11) …............... (stay) with them for
several days and 12) …………………….. (find out) that a very old woman
13) ……………………(actually/meet) the famous explorer. She 14) …………… (know)
how he 15) …………………………….(die). Tom 16) ………………………….(become) very
friendly with the natives and now he 17) …………………………… (plan) to go back and see them again. He
is sure they 18) …………………………………..(welcome) him back.

When Francis Lee was a boy he 1) ............................. (want) to be an astronaut. He

2) ……........…….(watch) TV one day in 1969 when he 3) ……………………. (see) Neil Armstrong walk on
the moon. Since then he 4) …………….......……… (always/dream) of doing the same. Every night when
there is a full moon, he 5)………….……….. (stare) up at it for hours and 6) ……………..........……. (imagine)
himself walking around on it. At the moment, however, he 7) ……………….(work) as a night-watchman at a
meat factory. He 8) …………………………. (do) the same job since he left school fifteen years ago, but he
still hopes that one day his dream 9) ……….............………….. (come) true. He 10) ………………… (hear)

that in the 21st century they 11) …................... (sell) tickets to fly to the moon. For this reason he 12)
…………….............(save) half of his wages every month for the past two years.

Sue Thomas is a fashion designer. She 1) ... has been making.... (make) clothes ever since she 2)
………….(be) a young girl. She 3) …………………………. (get) her first job in a clothes factory when she
was sixteen. She 4) …………………… (sew) buttons onto a shirt one day when she 5)…………………..
(have) a brilliant idea for a design. After she 6) …………………. (speak) to her bank manager, she got a loan
and she 7) …………....…….(open) her own little workshop. Now she 8) …………………………. (make) lots
of money. Next year she 9) ………………….. (open) a shop which will sell all her own designs. She 10)
………………… (sell) clothes to a lot of famous people, including film stars and singers, and she 11)
…...................... (think) she will be very rich soon.

1. He ......................................(bring) his wife to the party tonight. _________ __________

2. I ....................................(just/sart) learning French. I ..............(not/study) languages when
I ..................(be) at school.__________ __________ _______ __________
3. When I ......................(open) the door, I ................(see) a man bleeding. _______ ______
4. What’s the biggest lie she..................................(tell/ever)? _______ ________
5. What .....................................(you/do) when I ..................(phone) you yesterday?
6. Stop making that noise!! You .........................(use) that machine for 2 hours!!
7. After Martin ................(finish) his work this evening, we will go to the pub.................
 (you/come) with us?
8. He is good at ..........(write) poems, but I ................(not/like).................(Read)........... them.
9. Tomorrow at 22:30 we .......................(go) to bed.
10. I .................................................(never/be able to) dive under water.
11. What ...........................(you/visit) on your next holidays?
12. I have a lot of homework today, if you come before 12:00 I .....................................
(not/finish/yet.
13. If you aren’t in a hurry you ................(have to) run.
14. You ................................(not/be able to ) win the race if you .........................(not/have ) more
discipline.
15. If I had studied veterinary I ...................................(buy) a farm.
16. We’ll lock the doors as soon as you ................(sit) safely in the van.
17. ...................................(anybody/injure) in the accident last week?
18. Who............................(ring) the bell? I think it’s my sister.
19. Next Sunday I ..................................(run) a marathon from 12:00 to 18:00.
20. When the police car ...............(arrive),the thief ,......................(already/run) away.
21. I think drugs ............................(be/never) abolished.
22. He would go to prison if the policeman ................................(catch) him.
23. She ...........................(not/find) a solution to her problem yet.
24. .....................................(you/ever/sleep) in a tent? No, but I .....................(take) a survival
course this summer.
25. What are you doing? Oh!I ..................................(I/clean) the house for 3 hours I’m exhausted.
26. (you/like/listen)................................... to soap operas?
27. You can phone Peter, it’s 12 o’clock and I think he ............................................(already/wake
up)
28. How long .................................(you/live) in this house?
29. Unless you eat less, you .............................(put on ) weight.
30. Who ................................(your mother/work)for?
31. When I ..........................(go) to London I ........................(visit) Big Ben.
32. She.........................(cut) the grass in the garden when she ...................(hear) the bomb.
33. I.....................(phone) everyday, I promise.
34. She ..........................(give) us her phone number,as she ......................(promised) before.
35. Why .....................(she/cry) when I ...............(see) her in the street yesterday?
36. ....................................(you/come) with me to the cinema tomorrow?
37. My old car is making too much noise, it .......................................(break down).
38. I would buy a horse if you .......................(lend) me the money.
39. When ..................................(you/fisrt/meet) John? I think it ...........(be)ten years ago.
40. Isn’t Mary here?No, she ..................................(wait) for you at the bus station.
41. I ...............................(not/play) football since I was 5 years old.
42. (At a factory) They normally..................(produce) more chairs than tables but this year
they ................(producing more tables.
43. .................................(you/know) that girl over there?The one that .................(sit) on the bench?
44. She .........................(spend) 5 months in Israel.
45. I.............(take) you into town tomorrow if you ............(want.)

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 didn’t 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 won’t 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.

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. I’m afraid I’m 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 doctor’s 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. That’s 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. I’ll 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. Haven’t 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 friend’s 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. Herbert’s father _____________________ his son’s birthday (never forget)

43. I _____________________ my report because I had a problem with my computer.

(not finish)

1. When we reach Land’s End we ____________________ 1,500 km. (walk)

2. I just remembered that I ____________________ the rent yet. I’m surprised that
the landlord ____________________ me up and reminded me. (not pay, not ring)

3. It’s 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. He’s 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 won’t 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 can’t 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. I’m 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)

1. It _______________ ( rain ) since last night, and it ___________________

( look )as if it may rain for the rest of the day. !

2. My school ________________ ( hold ) a food-and-fun fair next month to raise

money for the school building-fund. !

3. Look! Those bees _____________ ( buzz ) round the flowers. The bees _________
not only ______ ( collect ) honey, but they ______ ( pollinate ) the flowers as well.

!
4. Mary told him what _________ ( happen ) to his dog, so he _________ ( run )
home

to see how it ________ ( be ). !

5. __________ the taxi ________ ( come ) yet ? It ________ ( be ) already ten
minutes

late. I hope it ______ ( be ) here soon. !

6.We _________ ( go ) shopping last weekend. There ________ ( be ) a great crowd
at
the shopping center. Most of the people __________ ( do ) their New Year's

shopping. !
7.It _________ ( be ) a fine morning today. The birds _________ ( sing ) in the
trees,

and there __________ ( be ) not a cloud in the sky. !

8. That child ________ always _________ ( ask ) questions. Sometimes he ______

( ask ) such complicated questions that I ______ ( become ) puzzled, too. !

9. I thought that the grass ______ ( need ) cutting, but the lawnmower ______
( be )

out of order. Therefore, I __________ ( cut ) the grass with a pair of shears. !
10. Your friends __________ ( wait ) for you for over an hour. Where _________ you

__________ ( be ) all this time ? You __________ ( be ) out for almost four hours. !
11. She ________ ( mop ) the floor when her cousin came in. She ______________
( scold ) him angrily because he ___________ ( make ) the floor dirty with his
muddy

shoes. !
12. She ______ ( look ) very worried for the past few days; but when I __________
(ask )what the matter was, she _________ ( say ) that it _________ ( be ) nothing.

!
13. She says that she __________ ( send ) the letter a month ago; but, so far, she
__________ ( not receive ) any reply. She __________ ( think ) that her letter
__________ ( be ) lost in the post.