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Verb tense Revision:Verb – tense revision exercises:
A) Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.
1. It’s eleven o’clock now. Terry __________ (get up).
2. Mrs. Royston __________ (work) in a shop from Monday to Friday.
3. We __________ (go) to the cinema. Would you like to come?
4. Sue? Where are you? - I__________ (have) a shower.
5. Why don’t you go out? I can’t. It _________________ (rain). It always __________ on Saturdays.
6. Mr. Moore __________ (travel) to London every day, but today he ___________ (travel) to America.
7. Excuse me, ___________________(you/speak) English?
8. Tom ________________(have) a shower at the moment.
9. They ______________(not/watch) television very often.
10. Listen! Somebody ________________(sing).
11. She’s tired. She ________________(want) to go home now.
12. “ Excuse me, but you ____________________(sit) in my place.” “ Oh, I’m sorry.”
13. I’m sorry, I __________________________(not/understand). Please speak more slowly.
14. Please don’t make so much noise. I _______________________(study).
15. How many languages ________________________(Tom/speak)?
16. This machine ___________________(not/work). It hasn’t worked for years.
17. Hurry! The bus _________________(come). I _____________________(not/want) to miss it.
18. (at a party) I usually __________________(enjoy) parties but I ______________(not/enjoy) this one very much.
19. When we __________ (go) out, it ________________________ (rain).
20. I wasn’t hungry last night. I _____________________ (not/eat) anything.
21. ____________________________ (you/watch) television when I __________________ (phone) you?
22. I _______________________ (get) up early this morning. I___________________(wash), ___________(dress) and then I ___________________(have) breakfast.
23. Tom ________________(take) a photograph of me while I ___________________(not/look).
24. We ___________________(not/go) out because it ______________________(rain).
25. I _____________________(see) Carol at the party. She ___________________(wear) a really beautiful dress.B) Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.
I usually ______________(watch) TV for about 3 hours a day and right now I __________________(watch) some cartoons. My brother ________________(not/like) cartoons so I can only ______________(watch) half of my programme and then we have to change channels so that he __________________(can) watch half of his favourite programme, wrestling. Yuk, I hate it!
So, when we ____________(change) channels I _____________ probably ________________(go) to my bedroom and do my homework. I _______________(must) write a report about our school trip to the zoo last weekend. We ______________(go) there with our teachers last Saturday and we _________________(see) lots of strange animals. I ________________(enjoy) it very much as I ___________________(like) animals.
Have you ever been to the zoo? Some people ____________ (think) zoos are cruel places but I ________________ (disagree). All the animals, which I _________________ (see) last Saturday _______________(seem) to be happy.C) Choose the correct forms of the verbs in brackets in these sentences (present simle, present continuous, past simple, past continuous or future with will).
a) Yesterday _______________(be) a bad day. It _________________(rain) almost all day.
b) Today the weather ______________(be) much better. It _____________________(not/rain) and the sun __________(shine).
c) Tomorrow perhaps it ___________________(be) cold and cloudy.
d) Nowadays Siberia _________________(be) cold and infertile. Some people say it ______________(become) warm and fertile by the twenty-first century.
e) Thirty years ago in Britain there ______________(be) about 400 people 100 years old. By the next century scientists believe there ______________(be) more than 4000 people over 100.
f) The greenhouse effect and acid rain __________________(not/exist) 200 years ago. Today they ____________ (cause) many problems. What kind of problems ____________________ (exist) in the next century?D) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses: simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous or future. I’ve done the first two for you.
My name is (be) Shawn. I live (live) with my parents in New York. My uncle John ______________ (use to) live with us, but I ______________ (not know) him very well. When he ________________ (go away) to university, I ________________ (get) his old room.
I really ___________________ (like) this room because I ___________________ (can) do what I __________________ (want) there. Right this moment I ______________________ (put) new posters on the walls. I _____________________ (be) really lucky because my parents never ________________ (complain) about the way I __________________ (keep) my room.
Last Saturday when I __________________ (make) my bed, my father ___________________ (knock) on the door and __________________ (come) in. He asked:
“What _______________ you _______________ (do) after this? __________________ (have) you got any plans?”
I answered: “If the weather _________________ (be) good, I ___________________ probably __________________ (go) out and play football.”
My father _________________ (give) me a real surprise! He said: “If the weather ______________ (be) bad, I ______________________ (help) you put up your new posters.”
The weather last Saturday _____________________ (be) good, that’s why I _________________ (put) the posters up now.E) Use the correct tense of the verb in brackets:
Last year Maggie __________________ (travel) to London. When she ______________ (arrive) at Victoria Station hundreds of people _________________ (hurry) this way and that. She _____________ (go) to the London Transport Information Centre. They _____________________ (be) very nice to her. While she ____________________ (be) there many young people ______________ (inquire) about accommodation in London. This year she ________________ (plan) a trip to Scotland because she _________________ (like) Scottish food. She _______________ (stay) at youth hostels mainly. If it _________________ (not/be) too expensive, she ___________________ (visit) Loch Ness. Her friends told her: “_________________ (not/forget) to take photos of the monster!”
F) Please fill in the blanks with the right form of these verbs in brackets:
a) “Don’t talk so loudly!” - “ I______________________________ (not / talk) loudly!”
b) We _______________________________ (usually /have) breakfast at 7.00 o’clock nowadays. He _______________________________ (nearly always / take) a nap after dinner but today he ____________________________ (watch) television.
c) I ______________________ (work), so please ____________________ (not / interrupt ) me.
d) Good students ________________________________ (always / study) hard.
e) Why ___________________________ (you / not / fix) it later?
f) When ______________________________ (usually / they / hear) the news on the radio?
g) ___________________________ (the concert / begin) at 5 or at 6 p.m.?
h) He ____________________________ (not / like) his job.
i) I __________________________ (see) a man on the roof. He ________________________ (cry) for help.
j) It______________________ (never / rain) in Summer, but it _________________________ (now / rain).
k) It’s his birthday tomorrow. He _____________________________ (be) fifteen.
l) The weather _________________________ (not / be) fine tomorrow.
m) I can’t see you on Saturday. I ____________________________________ (visit) my uncle.
n) What _______________________________ (you / do) after the lesson?
o) What _________________________ (happen) next?
p) Brian hasn’t done any work for his examination. He _____________________________ (fail).
q) “ This food looks very nice, but I ____________________________ (not / eat) it, because it’s junk food!
r) Yesterday I _____________________ (see) an accident. It __________________________ (take) place while I _________________________ (have) my driving lesson.
s) The computer __________________________ (explode) when Brian ____________________en___ (mend) it last Saturday.
t) Yesterday morning Mary _______________________________ (sleep) heavily when the telephone ______________________ (ring). She ________________________ (get) up and ____________________ (answer) the phone.
u) The driver killed the dog, because he ____________________________ ( not / watch) the road.
v) “________________________ (you / go) to the movie last Friday?” –“No, I __________________ (not /go) to the movie, because I ____________________________ (have) guests at home.G) Supply the correct tense of the verb in brackets and say if it is the FIRST, the SECOND or the THIRD CONDITIONAL:
a) If it rained, I _______________________ (stay) at home. - ______________________
b) If he ______________________ (be) tired, he would go to bed. - _____________________
c) What _________________________ (happen) if we loose the map? - __________________
d) If I were you, I ________________________ (wear) a raincoat. - __________________
e) If I were rich, I __________________________ (not/work) any more. - ______________
f) It __________________________ (be) better if you had waited. - ____________________
g) We would have come yesterday if we__________________ (have) nothing to do. - _________
h) If he ______________________ (push) her, she will be furious. ______________________H) Join the following pairs of sentences with the correct CONJUNCTION in brackets:
a) I like tea. I don’t like coffee. (but) ________________________________________________________
b) I called him. He answered. (and) ________________________________________________________
c) I did not know the name of the street. I asked the policeman. (so)
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d) He finished his job. He went away. (then) __________________________________________________
e) Don’t work so much. You’ll get sick. (or) ___________________________________________________
f) He ran fast but he failed to win the race. (although) __________________________________________
1.- Please fill in the blanks with the right form of these verbs in brackets:
a) “Don’t talk so loudly!” - “ I______________________________ (not / talk) loudly!”
b) We _______________________________ (usually /have) breakfast at 7.00 o’clock nowadays. He _______________________________ (nearly always / take) a nap after dinner but today he ____________________________ (watch) television.
c) I _________________________ (work), so please ________________________ (not / interrupt ) me.
d) Good students ________________________________ (always / study) hard.
e) Why ___________________________ (you / not / fix) it later?
f) When ______________________________ (usually / they / hear) the news on the radio?
g) ___________________________ (the concert / begin) at 5 or at 6 p.m.?
h) He ____________________________ (not / like) his job.
i) I __________________________ (see) a man on the roof. He ________________________ (cry) for help.
j) It_______________________ (never / rain) in Summer, but it __________________________ (now / rain).
k) It’s his birthday tomorrow. He _____________________________ (be) fifteen.
l) The weather _________________________ (not / be) fine tomorrow.
m) I can’t see you on Saturday. I ____________________________________ (visit) my uncle.
n) What _______________________________ (you / do) after the lesson?
o) What _________________________ (happen) next?
p) Brian hasn’t done any work for his examination. He _____________________________ (fail).
q) “ This food looks very nice, but I ____________________________ (not / eat) it, because it’s junk food!
r) Yesterday I _____________________ (see) an accident. It __________________________ (take) place while I _________________________ (have) my driving lesson.
s) The computer __________________________ (explode) when Brian ____________________en___ (mend) it last Saturday.
t) Yesterday morning Mary _______________________________ (sleep) heavily when the telephone ______________________ (ring). She ________________________ (get) up and ____________________ (answer) the phone.
u) The driver killed the dog, because he ____________________________ ( not / watch) the road.
v) “________________________ (you / go) to the movie last Friday?” –“No, I __________________ (not /go) to the movie, because I ____________________________ (have) guests at home.
2.- Supply the correct tense of the verb in brackets and say if it is the FIRST, the SECOND or the THIRD CONDITIONAL:
a) If it rained, I _______________________ (stay) at home. - ______________________________________
b) If he ______________________ (be) tired, he would go to bed. - _________________________________
c) What _________________________ (happen) if we loose the map? - _____________________________
d) If I were you, I ________________________ (wear) a raincoat. - _________________________________
e) If I were rich, I __________________________ (not/work) any more. - ____________________________
f) It __________________________ (be) better if you had waited. - _________________________________
g) We would have come yesterday if we ________________________ (have) nothing to do. - _____________
h) If he ______________________ (push) her, she will be furious.
3.- Add a QUESTION – TAG on the end of these sentences:
a) He’s late this morning, __________________________ ?
b) The hotel was quite good, _________________________ ?
c) She cooks well, __________________________ ?
d) You can’t tell the difference, _______________________ ?
e) They won’t get there in time, ______________________________ ?
f) They will come tomorrow, ________________________________ ?
g) Lizzy enjoyed her breakfast, _______________________________ ?
4.- Join the following pairs of sentences with the correct CONJUNCTION in brackets:
a) I like tea. I don’t like coffee. (but)
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b) I called him. He answered. (and)
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c) I did not know the name of the street. I asked the policeman. (so)
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d) He finished his job. He went away. (then)
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e) Don’t work so much. You’ll get sick. (or)
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f) He ran fast but he failed to win the race. (although)
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5.- Put the following sentences in the PLURAL:
a) This baby likes cake very much. His tooth doesn’t look nice.
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b) That man and his wife have a child.
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c) This pupil is a very hard – working boy.
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