Ex 1. Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. While Dad ____was watching________ (watch) TV last night, Mum ____was reading________ (read)
the newspaper.

2. They’ll have stopped serving meals by the time we _____get_______(get) to the

restaurant.

3. We must do something soon before it _____is_______ (be) too late.

4. I don’t want to go out without you. I _____will wait_______ (wait) until you____are_____ (be) ready.

5. Sue has applied for the job but she isn’t very well qualified for it. I ______will be______(be)

surprised if she _____gets_______ (get) it.

6. I’m going out now. If anybody ____phones________ (phone) me while I ______am______ (be)

out, can you take a message?

7. It’s raining hard. We _____will get_______ (get) wet if we _____go_______ (go) out. As soon

as it _____stops_______ (stop) raining, we _____will leave_______ (leave).

8. She got a job after she ____graduated________ (graduate).

9. I had a cup of tea before I ___left_________ (leave) for work.

10. I ___have been_________ (be) late to work three times since my watch ____broke________ (break).

11. Mohammad ___has never heard___(never/ hear) about Halloween before he came to the US.

12. By the time I _____left_______ (leave) the room, I had turned off the lights.

13. The first time I ___went_________ (go) to New York, I saw a ballet.

14. Have a good time when you _____go_______ (go) to Paris next week.

15. While I _____was making_______ (make) Sandy’s birthday card, I cut my finger.

16. David ____hasn’t been________ (not/ be) able to work since he _____broke_______ (break) his leg.

17. Whenever I ____see________ (see) her, I say hello.

18. We’re going to tidy after everyone _____goes_______ (go).

a. hasn’t entered b. doesn’t enter c. wasn’t entering d. hadn’t entered

2. Every time Prakash sees a movie made in India, he __________homesick.

a. will have felt b. felt c. feels d. is feeling

3. While he was washing his new car, Mr. Brown__________a small dent in the rear

fender.

a. has discovered b. was discovering c. is discovering d. discovered

4. Yesterday while I was attending a sales meeting, Matthew ______ on the company’s

annual report.

a. was working b. had been working c. has worked d.works

5. Ever since Maurice arrived, he_________ quietly in the corner. Is something wrong?

a. sat b. has been sitting c. had been sitting d.will have sit

6. After Nancy________ for twenty minutes, she began to feel tired.

a. jogging b. had been jogging c. has been jogging d. has jogged

7. Peter, ______since you got home from football practice?

a. have you eaten b. will you eat c. are you eating. d. do you eat

8. By the time the young birds _____ the nest for food, they will have learned how to fly.

a. will leave b. will have left c.are leaving d.leave

9. The last time I______ in Athens, the weather was hot and humid.

a. had been b. was c.am d.will have been

10. After Jessica________ her degree, she intends to work in her father’s company.

a. will finish b. will have finished c.finishes d. is finishing

11. By the time I go to bed tonight, I_______ my work for the day.

a. will finish b. have finished c.will have finished d. finish

first time.

a. will arrive b. arrived c.will have arrived d. arrive

13. By the time Alfonso finally graduated from high school, he _______ seven different

schools because his parents moved frequently.

a. attended b. was attending c. had attended d. had been attending

14. I borrowed four books on gardening the last time I ____________to the library.

a. go b. went c. had gone d.have gone

15. Before I started the car, all of the passengers______ their seat belts.

a. will buckle b. had buckled c. buckle d. have buckled

16. It seems that whenever I travel abroad, I ____________to take something I need.

a. forgot b. am forgetting c. forget d. had forgotten

17. When I see the doctor this afternoon, I_______ him to look at my throat.

a. will have asked b. asked c. will ask d. ask

18. After ancient Greek athletes won a race in the Olympics, they_________a simple crown

of olive leaves.

a. were receiving b. had received c. received d have received

19. After the race______ , the celebration began.

a. had been won b. is won c. will be won d. has been won

20. I’ll return Bob’s pen to him the next time I_______ him.

a. will have seen b. will see c. see d. have seen

Ex 3. Put the verbs into the correct form.

(wait) in the queue at passport control when suddenly I ____realized_____ (realize) that
I___forgot______(forget) my passport. It____was_____ (be) quite a shock. I_________ (hurry) to a

phone and_____rang____ (ring) my parents. They____were working_____ (work) in the garden, but

luckily my mother____heard_____ (hear) the phone. They___found______ (find) the passport and

immediately____drove_____(drive) to the airport with it. I___met______ (meet) them at the

information desk. We___had______ (have) no time to talk, but I___had said______ (say) goodbye to

them earlier that morning. I _____ran____ (run) all the way to the plane. I was just in time.

When I____got_____ (get) there, the passengers____hat sat_____ (sit) on their seats ready for take-

off. When they_____saw____ (see) me, everyone____started_____ (start) clapping.

2. Mark Twain, the author of the ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer___is______ (be) one
of America’s best-loved storytellers. He___grew______ (grow) up in a small town on the

Missis¬sippi River. As a young boy, he___greatly admired______ (greatly/ admire) the pilots of the

riverboats and dreamed about being a riverboat pillot on the mighty river. He pursued his

dream, and by the age of 22, he himself___had became______ (become) a riverboat pilot. Later in

life, when he__became____ (become) a writer, many of his stories____contained_____ (contain)

elements of his own experiences. He____wrote_____ (write) many humorous stories and articles about

life on the Mississippi River before he ___died______ (die) in 1910 at the age of 74. Sadly, Twain

____had been working_____ (work) on a new story for several months before his death, but

he____never finished_____ (finish/ never) it. Over the years since his death, his boyhood home in

Hannibal, Missouri, ____became_____ (become) a favorite place for Americans to visit to learn about

Twain and life on the Mississippi at the turn of the 19th century.

Ex 4. In this exercise you have to do two things: (1) decide on a suitable

Swindon when I ……saw………… a young man standing at the side of the road. He

………wore……… a rain coat and ………brough……… a black briefcase. He was wet because it
………was raining……… hard, so I ……stopped………… the car and……opened………… the window.

“Where ………are ……… you………going………?” I……asked…………

“I ……want………… to……………… go to Swindon.”

“………Do……… you………want……… a lift?”

“Yes please!”

The young man………opened……… the door. He………took off……… his wet coat and ………put……… it

in the back seat. Then he………got……… in the car.

B. I soon………felt……… that the young man ………has……… a strange accent.

He………did……… not……speak………… English like a native speaker. I was curious.

“Where………do……… you……come………… from?” I ……asked………… him.

“Well, I………live……… in France but now I ……am living………… in England.”

“………Do……… you……have………… friends in Swindon?”

The young man………did……… not answer immediately. Then he said:

“Yes. I am at the university there.”

“Oh, really?” I ………said……… “What………do ……… you……study…………?”

“Last year I ………studied……… Mathematics, but next year I ………will studied……… something

different.”

C. I ……have lived………… in Swindon for many years, and I……know………… that there isn’t a

university in Swindon. However, I ……didn’t………… (not) say anything to the young man. His

clothes were strange too. Students usually………wear……… jeans and a tee shirt,

and……bring………… rucksacks, but this young man ……wore………… a suit and tie

and………brough……… a briefcase!

D. At that moment I……heard………… the sound of a police car behind me, and

……saw………… the flashing red light in my mirror. I ……stopped………… the car at the side of the

road. The young man, who ………was……… very nervous, ………got……… out of the car and ……………… to
walk quickly away. The policeman ……said…………: “Hey, ………sir………!! We……want…… to talk to you!”

But the young man ……………… away up the street and one of the policeman

……………… after him.

E. The other policeman ………went……… and ……asked………… to me.

“How ………do……… you ………know……… that young man, sir?”

“I ……have………… never ………seen……… him in my whole life!”

“What ……………… he ……………… in your car, then?”

“Well, he ……standed………… in the rain at the side of the road and I ……stopped………… the car and

………gave……… him a lift.”

“Well, that was very kind of you, sir, but we think this man ……stolen………… a large shop last

night. He ………kept……… the money in that bag, we think.”

Ex 5. Translate the following into English.