All Tenses - Revision

(1.) Fill in the correct form of the verb given.

1. Mario can’t answer the door because he _________________ his hair (WASH).
2. I ____________ to the park yesterday, but I _______________ there today. (GO, NOT BE)
3. He _____________________ when we arrived at 8. (ALREADY SHOWER)
4. I __________________ anyone interesting since I moved into this apartment. (NOT MEET)
5. I ______________________ on this island for two years now. (LIVE)
6. Peter ______________________ the gym when I got there (ALREADY LEAVE).
7. Paul usually _________________ his meals in the firm's canteen but today he
_________________ out with his sister. (HAVE, GO)
8. Jeff is a basketball player, but he ____________________ right now because it’s off-
season. (NOT PLAY)
9. The weather was perfect for our picnic yesterday. The sun _________________ and the
birds _________________. (SHINE, SING)
10. Yesterday, I _________________ into an old high school friend whom I
_________________ for ages. (RUN, NOT SEE)
11. My dad _________________ to many conferences since the end of the month. (BE)
12.While dad _________________ him good night stories, he _________________ asleep
and _________________ up until three hours later. (TELL, FALL, NOT WAKE)
13. I _________________ such a violent storm in my whole life (NEVER SEE)
14. The new shop around the corner _________________ next Wednesday (OPEN).
15.When David _________________ on the couch, he suddenly _________________ an
explosion outside. (SLEEP, HEAR)
16. I _________________ a few days off next week. I think I _________________ a few
days in Berlin. (TAKE, SPEND)
17. The city council ___________________ a new shopping centre in town next year.
(BUILD)
18. Ben is a very quick writer. He ___________________ his third book. (JUST FINISH)

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19. I _________________ in Cyprus at the moment. I _________________ a great time. The
weather _________________ great and the food _________________ delicious here. (BE,
HAVE, BE, BE)
20. The last time I _________________ to Brighton was in August. (GO)

(2.) Fill in the correct form of the verb given.

1. After Howard ___________________ his studies he intends to work in his father's
company. (FINISH)
2. I ____________________ the instructions on the test sheet when the headmaster came
in and wished all of us good luck. (READ)
3. By the time I finish my thesis I ________________________ on it for over three years.
(WORK)
4. Ancient Greek athletes received a wreath of olives after they ___________________ a
race. (WIN)
5. The last time I went to the library I _________________ three books on painting.
(BORROW)
6. I ___________________ when I looked down and saw a snake at my feet. (SCREAM)
7. By the time I get to bed I ________________________ for 8 hours. (WORK)
8. Jane _______________________ yet. I _______________________ since noon, but
there's no sign of her. (NOT ARRIVE, WAIT)
9. Yesterday, while I ___________________ in class, I had nosebleed. The boy who
___________________ next to me gave me a paper handkerchief. (SIT, SIT)
10.All the passengers ______________________ their seat belts by the time the pilot made
his announcement. (FASTEN)
11.I'll return his wallet the next time I ___________________ him. (SEE)
12.A small stone struck the windshield while we _______________________ down the
gravel road. (DRIVE)
13.My grandfather ________________________ in an airplane before and he doesn't plan
to do so. (NEVER FLY)
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14. At the moment we _____________________ a long spell of rain. It
______________________constantly for the last three days. (HAVE, RAIN)
15.When I got to the party last night, the other guests _______________________.
(ALREADY ARRIVE)
16.We ________________________ to go on vacation next week. First, we
___________________to New York for a few days, then we _____________________ at
the Super Bowl finals in Washington. (PLAN, GO, BE)

(3.) Put each verb into their correct past form.

Last summer I __________________ (CYCLE) in the
rain along a country road in France with my best
friend Tom. We __________________ (DECIDE) to go
on a cycling holiday in northern France. Neither of us
__________________ (BE) to France before, but we
__________________ (LEARN) a little bit of French at
school and we __________________ (MANAGE) to
brush up on the basics.

Now we __________________ (WONDER) if we __________________ (MAKE) the right

decision. We
__________________ (PLAN) our route carefully for months, but we __________________
(FORGET) one important factor: the weather. It __________________ (RAIN) heavily since
our arrival and that night we __________________ (END UP) sleeping in the waiting room
at a railway station.

When we __________________ (RIDE) down a steep hill the next morning my bike
__________________ (SKID) on the wet road and I __________________ (FALL) off. I
__________________ (REALISE) immediately that I __________________ (BREAK) my left

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arm and after a visit to the hospital I __________________ (CATCH) the next train to Calais
for the ferry home.

Unfortunately, my parents _______________________ (NOT EXPECT) me home for a

fortnight, and __________________ (GO) away on holiday. So, I __________________
(SPEND) a miserable couple of weeks alone, reading books about cycling in bad weather.

(4.) Write sentences, using the tense given. Add any words you need.
1. We – have – accident (past perfect)
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2. My parents – wait – for me – over an hour (present perfect continuous)
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3. When – we – get – married? (present continuous)
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4. What – you – think? (present simple)
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5. Next week – I – climb – mountains – Switzerland (future continuous)
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6. Howard – not able to – play hockey – after the accident (past simple)
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7. The children – run – down – street (past continuous)
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8. They – can – not see – far – because – fog (past simple)
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9.I – read – a book (present perfect continuous)
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10.Joseph – not be – to a party – Easter (present perfect)
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11.My sister – go -dentist – next Monday (present continuous)
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12.She – ever be – cruise ship? (present perfect)
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13.My friend and I – learn – whole night (past perfect continuous)
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14.When – you – be – at home? (future simple)
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15.Dad – not feel well – yesterday (past continuous)
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16.My team – not win – a competition – for five years (present perfect )
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17. She – often – shop – at Macy's (present simple)
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18. We – watch TV – when – we – hear – bad news (past)
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19. I – find – my briefcase – this morning (present perfect )
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20. My sister – get married – next Sunday (present continuous)
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21. I – never – think – about it – before (past perfect simple)
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22. I – prepare – for the test – since Monday (present perfect progressive)
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23. You – ride – a camel – in Egypt? (past simple)
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24. I – think – I – stay – at home. (future)
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25.Where – he – go? (present perfect )
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26.I – cannot – visit you – last week (past simple)
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27.How often – you go – to the dentist – last year? (past simple)
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28.Breakfast – not serve – after 11 o'clock (present simple)
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29.She – play – this game – over an hour (present perfect progressive)
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30.I – work - in the garden – whole afternoon (past progressive)
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