Examen Temps Verbals

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1. Complete this radio news report with the verbs given. Use the tenses present simple, present
continuous, past simple, past continuous. Be careful with the order of the adverbs and the verbs.
Emergency services were bombarded with phone calls from all over the north of England last night by
people who 1........................................ (report) seeing blue objects shoot across the sky. Mrs Linda
Hayward 2................................. (drive) along the B456 road at the time. ‘I usually
3........................................ (come) along that bit of road at about ten. As I
4.................................................. (go) past the old barn, I 5..................................... (see) a single
bright blue light going across the road in front of my car. I 6.................................. (stop) the car and
7..................................... (watch) it for about fifteen minutes. It 8...................................... (travel) quite
slowly from east to west and then it suddenly 9........................................................ (disappear). Until
now I never 10 .................................. (believe) in UFOs, although my son forever
11............................................ (try) to persuade me that they 12.................................... (exist). But
now I 13 ................................................... (think) that maybe he 14.....................................................
(be) right’.
At the height of the panic, police stations 15.............................................. (get) around a thousand
calls an hour from members of the public. Sergeant Ron Drake of the Ambledale police
16........................................ (be) particularly busy. ‘Between 10 and 11 o’clock we
17........................................ (receive) around thirty calls. The callers said they
18........................................... (see) a single blue light about as big as a car over the village. We now
19...................................... (consider) searching the fields around Ambledale for any evidence left
behind’.
Dr Bart Mastow, a lecturer in astronomy at Trumpton University 20................................... (offer) a

simple explanation. ‘The reports that 21................................. (come) in last night
22................................................ (suggest) that it 23....................................... (be) a meteor shower.
This 24...................................................... (be) not unusual on a small scale, but last night’s shower 25
............................................ (seem) to have been very large. In fact, we
26............................................... (get) an increasing number of meteor showers, and my department
currently 27......................................... (research) possible reasons for this’.
But many witnesses to the events 28............................................. (believe) that they

29................................................. (observe) more than a meteor shower, and the Ministry of Defence
30........................................................ (say) they 31......................................... (take) the reports of
UFO sightings very seriously.
2. Complete the sentences using a future form of the verbs given.

A. Get – go – terminate
a. All change, please –this train ............................... here.
b. What time .................................... (our plane) to Athens?
c. The cat runs away from me as soon as I ............................................ near it.
B. Buy-have- need
a. What are you going to town for?
b. I ....................................... some new shoes.
c. Jane’s not looking very well.

d. No, apparently, she ........................................ a major operation.
e. I’ve made a list of the things you ................................... for the field trip to Iceland.
f. Thanks, that’s really helpful.
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C. Negotiate – watch – work

a. On April 1st next year I ........................................... at the university for 25 years.
b. It’s such a pity that Helen is away and can’t watch the match with us. You know how much
she loves tennis.
c. I’m sure she ......................................... it on TV in her hotel room.
d. The next statement from the trade union leaders is expected at ten o’clock this evening. By
that time they ....................................................... with the employers for nearly 36 hours.
D. Come – do – support
a. Justin’s not feeling well, so he ........................ tonight after all.
b. Who ................................ (you) in the rugby world cup final next week, England or South
Africa?
c. What do you think Susan .............................. at the moment?
d. Oh, she’ll still be in bed.
E. Analyse – have – move

a. The bank predicts taht by the end of next year, over 80% of its customers ............................
to online banking.
b. Natasha ..................................... her exam results by now. I wonder how she’s got on.
c. My research is going rather slowly at the moment, but I’m certain by the end of the year all of
my data ..................................................
F. Go – have – make
a. She ..................................................... a speech at the conference next week.
b. I ....................................................... out there – it’s pouring with rain and I haven’t got an
umbrella.
c. We ................................................ risotto for dinner. Is that okay with you?
3. Fill in the gaps with the most suitable verb tense. Sometimes there is more than one option, choose the
one you think is the best.
1.You look really great! ________________ you _______________ (work) out at the fitness center
recently?
2. What __________________ you ______________ when the accident happened?
3. The nurse ________________ (weigh) the baby, she says he ____________________ (weigh) 4 kilos.
4. I _____________________ (have) the same car for more than ten years. I’m thinking about buying a
new one.
5. Right now, I __________________ (watch) TV. Tomorrow at this time, I _________________ (watch)
TV as well.
6. Samantha ____________________________ (live) in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she
________________________ (live) there when the Berlin wall came down.
7. Shhhh! Be quiet! John _________________________ (sleep). He _____________________ (sleep)

since midday.
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8. When the train _______________________ (arrive) tomorrow, I ______________________ (wait) for

you in front of the newsagents.
9. The film _______________ at 10. We ________________ (meet) in front of the cinema at 9.45.
10. It _________________________ (rain) all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to
the beach.
11. When I __________________________ (arrive) home last night, I discovered that Jane
_______________________________ (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.
12. Tomorrow, we ____________________ (hide) when Tony __________________ (arrive) at his

surprise party. As soon as he _____________________ (open) the door, we ____________ (jump out)
and _______________________ (scream): ‘Surprise’!
13. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we ___________________ (wake) up tomorrow
morning, I hope the sun _____________________ (shine).
14. Sarah __________________________ (write) this report for hours, she ___________ (seem) really
tired, don’t you think that?
15. Look at these black clouds! I think it ________________________ (rain).
16. Don’t call me tomorrow at 9.30, please, I _______________________ (have) dinner with my parents.
Call me at 11, I think I __________________________ (already, finish) by this time.
17. Bruce ____________________ (not stop) studying until he ________________ (revise) all topics this
evening.
18. When the old woman _________________ (hear) that her grandson ________________ (arrest) for
robbery, she _________________ (get) a big shock.
19. When Megan __________________ (have) problems at school, her parents _______________
(usually help) her to cope with them.
20. We ______________________ (wait) for the bus for nearly half an hour, but it _______________ (not
arrive) yet so I don’t think we __________________ (be able to) attend the meeting on time.
21. When Sarah _____________________ (graduate) from University next year, she _______________
(study) English for nearly four years.
22. While the children ______________________ (play) by the lake, one of them ________________
(drop) his ball and __________________ (try) to get it out himself.
23. Tomorrow at around 7.30 pm, I __________________ (drive) through America.
24. Builders _________________ (finish) the Millennium Dome by the end of the year 2000.
25. Yesterday, when I ____________________ (have) another look I _______________ (realize) the shirt
in the laundry ______________________ (shrink).
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Dr Bart Mastow, a lecturer in astronomy at Trumpton University 20................................... (offer) a

But many witnesses to the events 28............................................. (believe) that they

2. Complete the sentences using a future form of the verbs given.

c. Jane’s not looking very well.

C. Negotiate – watch – work

E. Analyse – have – move

2. What ____ you when the accident happened?

7. Shhhh! Be quiet! John _____ (sleep). He _ (sleep)

8. When the train _ (arrive) tomorrow, I (wait) for

12. Tomorrow, we __ (hide) when Tony (arrive) at his

15. Look at these black clouds! I think it ________________________ (rain).

23. Tomorrow at around 7.30 pm, I __________________ (drive) through America.

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