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WORKSHEET 1 ANSWERS

SUBJECT : Tenses (Rewrite or Combine)

A) Change the tense of the following:

1. They often play cards.

a) When I saw them,…. When I saw them, they were playing cards……………
b) for two hours …….. They have been playing cards for two hours. ………….
c) While we were studying maths, …They were playing cards while we were...
d) three hours ago They were playing cards three hours ago
e) on Saturday nights they play cards on saturday nights
f) at the moment They are playing cards at the moment

2. John copies two cassettes everyday.

a) since 8 o’clock John has been copying cassettes since 8


b) at present John is copying two cassettes at present
c) next Saturday John is going to copy/ is copying two cassettes next...
d) already John has already copied two cassettes
e) yesterday John copied two cassettes yesterday

3. Kathy is writing a letter now.

a) every two weeks Kathy writes a letter every two weeks


b) while we were playing ……was writing………………
c) when she is alone ……writes…………………
d) just ……has just written……………………
e) next month ……is going to write…………………………
f) last week …wrote…………………………

4. He usually reads magazines.

a) for an hour ……has been reading……………


b) when I saw him ……was reading…………………………
c) every morning ……reads……………………………
d) now ……is reading……………………………
e) yet ……hasn't read……………………………

5. The children are doing their homework.

a) yet ……haven't done…………………………


b) just ……have just done……………………………
c) every evening ……do…………………………………
d) when she came …were doing………………………...

B) Read the passage and ask questions:

Janet Johnson is a film actress. She made several animal films. She is talking about an
elephant called HEKIMA.
“I met Hekima when I went to Africa seven years ago. We were in Tanzania and we were
making a film about elephants. When we arrived, we saw three young elephants. They were
playing together. Hekima was small, friendly and intelligent. We called her Hekima because it
means “wisdom”. Hekima was a great actress, and the film made her famous. After we finished
the film we left Africa. I thought I’d never see Hekima again. But she left Africa, too. She came
to a zoo in the USA. I was working in New York when I heard about that. She was happy when
she saw me. She was playing happily. I think she remembered me.”

1. ____When did Janet go to Africa_______________________________ ?


Janet went to Africa seven years ago.
2. ____What was Janet doing in Tanzania_________________________________ ?
Janet was making a film in Tanzania.
3. ______________What were the elephants doing when they arrived_______ ?
The elephants were playing when they arrived.
4. ________Why did they name her Hekima_____________________ ?
Because Hekima was an intelligent elephant.
5. ______What does Hekima mean________________________ ?
It means “wisdom”.
6. _______Where was Hekima while..._____________ ?
Hekima was in a zoo in the USA while Janet was working in New York.
7. _______What was Hekima doing when..._____________________ ?
Hekima was playing when Janet went to see her.
C) Match the sentences using WHILE and PAST CONTINUOUS / PAST SIMPLE:

_______A________ ________B__________
1. I (burn) my finger. I (drive) to work.
2. I (break) a cup. I (eat) a nut.
3. My car (break down). I (cook) the dinner.
4. I (see) a shark. I (do) the washing up.
5. My clothes (get) dirty. I (swim) in the sea.
6. I (break) a tooth. I (clean) my room.

1. ….I burnt my finger while I was cooking the dinner. …….


2. …I broke a cup while I was doing the washing up……….
3. …My car broke down while I was driving to work………….
4. ……I saw a shark while I was swimming in the sea……….
5. …My clothes got dirty while I was cleaning my room………….
6. …I broke a tooth while I was eating a nut………….

D) Use the correct form of the verbs:

1. The Bartons …went… (go) to the mountains last weekend. While they ..were having..
(have) lunch, a man …fell……. (fall) down the tree. They ……took……… (take)
him to the hospital in their car. They ……have visited………… (visit) him twice in the hospital
since that time. The man ………is…….. (be) better now and the doctors say he ………will leave/ is
leaving/ is going to leave…….. (leave) the hospital soon. When The Bartons ..visited…
(visit) him yesterday, they …took…. (take) him a bunch of flowers. The man …was…. (be) very
happy and …thanked……. (thank) them. Mr. Barton now says he …is spending/ is going to
spend…. (spend) the next weekend at the seaside and he …hopes……… (hope)
there ……aren't……. (not / be) any more accidents.

E) REWRITE or COMBINE the following:

1. It (start) to rain. The children (play) in the garden. (while)


…It started to rain while the children were playing in the garden………
2. What (you/do)? The doorbell (ring). (when)
…What were you doing when the doorbell rang?……………
3. I (walk) along Main Street. I realized a man (be) behind me. (when)
…I was walking along MS when I realized a man was behind me…………
4. I started to play football when I was five. (since)
…I have played/ have been playing football since I was 5……
5. The windows are dirty. I last cleaned them last month. (since)
…I haven't cleaned the windows since last month…
6. He last shaved a week ago. (for)
…He hasn't shaven for a week…………
7. Maybe the train leaves at six. I won’t catch it. (If)
…I won't catch the train if it leaves at 6………………
8. We slept last night. The robber stole all the jewellery. (as)
…As we were sleeping last night, the robber stole all the jewellery…
9. Tom prefers learning French to learning Japanese. (would rather)
…Tom would rather learn French than Japanese……………
10. Angela looks after many children. It keeps her busy. (Gerund)
……Looking after many children keeps Angela busy………
11. He went to London. He wanted to work there. (to)
……He went to London (in order) to work there………
12. They had a picnic. The forest caught fire. (as)
……The forest caught fire as they were having a picnic……………
13. No sound could be heard. The walls were very thick. (because of)
……No sound could be heard because of the thick walls………………
14. My bed is terribly hard. I can’t sleep well. (so ……… that)
……My bed is so hard that I can't sleep well……………

15. The shopkeeper doesn’t let the children put their fingers on the glass while they are
looking at the sweets. (be allowed to)
…The children aren't allowed to put...……………
16. My mother would rather cook than iron. (prefer)
…My mother prefers cokking to ironing…………
17. We bought this house in 1990. (since)
…We have owned this house since 1990………
18. He may come late. He will call us. (If)
…He will call us if he comes late………
19. My father would rather read newspapers than watch TV. (prefer)
…My father prefers reading newspapers to watching TV…

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