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REVISION- VERB TENSES – 1st year

KEY
I. Use present perfect or present perfect continuous:

1. They have pulled down most of the houses in this street, but they haven’t touched the old shop at the
corner yet.
2. “What have you done with my typewriter? I can’t find it anywhere.”
“Tom has just gone off with it. He says he’ll bring it back when he finishes/ had finished.”
3. It was lovely at 11 o’clock, but since then the sky has been getting steadily darker and the wind has been
rising.
4. I’ve been doing housework all day and I haven’t finished it yet. I’ve done mine already.
5. “She’s just sold two of her own paintings.” “She’s lucky. I’ve been painting for five years and I haven’t
sold one picture yet.
6. Someone has been using my umbrella. It’s all wet.
7. That man has been standing at the bus stop for the last half hour. Shall I tell him that the last bus has
already gone?
8. I wonder if anything has happened to Tom. I’ve been waiting an hour now.

II. Use simple past and past continuous:

1. When I heard his knock I went to the door and opened it, but I didn’t recognize him at first because I was
not wearing glasses.
2. “How did you damage your car so badly?”
“I ran into a lamp-post yesterday.”
“I suppose you were driving quickly or were not looking where you were going.”
3. I often told her that she was spending too much money but she never listened.
4. She said she didn’t like her present flat and was trying to find another.
5. “When I saw him he was painting a portrait of his wife.”
“Did you like it?”
6. When I arrived at the station Mary was waiting for me. She was wearing a blue dress and looked very
pretty. As soon as she saw me she waved her umbrella and shouted something but I couldn’t hear what she
was saying because everybody was making such a noise.
7. While he was watering the flowers it began to rain. He put up his umbrella and went on watering.
8. When I last saw her she was hurrying to the station. I asked her where she was going and she said:
‘London’, but I don’t think she was speaking the truth because there wasn’t any train at that time.
9. The tailor said: ‘This suit will be ready on Monday’. But when I called on Monday he was still working
on it.”

III. Use simple or progressive present:

1. “How do you like your tea?” “I like it rather weak.”


2. “Are you liking this nice trip on the sea?” “No, I’m hating it, I feel sick.”
3. Do you mind my smoking in this room?
4. The headmaster desires your immediate presence.
5. I feel that your play is going to be a success.
6. Peggy is a little excited; she is saying that she not only hates, detests and loathes her husband, she also
despises him. I wonder whether he was late again last night
7. He wants to tell you something.
8. “Where’s Tom?” “He’s seeing the town.”
9. “What do you think of that drawing?” “I think it’s excellent.”
10. Blue suits you very well.
11. “What are you thinking about?” “I’m thinking of my childhood days.”
12. You look/ are looking lovely today. I love you, I adore you, I worship you.
13. Do you understand nuclear fusion?
14. “Can you smell anything” “Yes, I smell petrol.”
15. I’m tasting the soup to see whether there is sufficient salt in it. It doesn’t need any more salt. It tastes
just right.
16. The flowers are all being eaten by slugs!
17. He is being a naughty boy again!

IV. Use the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:

1. By the end of next week my wife will have done her spring cleaning and we’ll all be able to relax again.
2. I hope I will have passed the examination when I see you again.
3. Apparently Venice is slowly sinking into the sea. Scientists are trying to save it but by the time they’ve
found the answer the city will probably have sunk.
4. In another week’s time will have seen everything worth seeing.
5. Come back in an hour. I will have done my packing by then and we’ll be able to have a talk.
6. I’ll be back again at the end of next month. I hope I will have passed my driving test by then. If I have,
I’ll meet your train.
7. He will have finished mowing the lawn by dinner time.
8. When we reach Crewe we will have done half of the journey.
9. If you leave it too late he will have sold the machine to someone else.
10. In two months’ time he will have finished his preliminary training and will be starting work.
11. By next October I will have worked in this office for ten years.
12. On May 2, 1999 we will have lived in this house exactly thirty years.
13. When they arrive at the castle, a good fire will have been burning in the fireplace since morning.
14. When you come back home, I will already have read for three hours.
15. When I retire, I will have worked here for forty years.

V. Supply past perfect simple or continuous forms:

1. He had hoped to find John and was very disappointed when he didn’t.
2. We had been cooking all day for the party and by 8 o’clock we still weren’t ready.
3. He had been waiting for that letter for weeks when at last it arrived.
4. I had been working for about two hours when John came with a letter.
5. Mark looked at his watch. It was twenty minutes to three and he had been waiting since two o’clock.
6. Their hands were quite numb because they had made a snowman.
7. Everyone had been packing until the last minute and no time had been left to take the dog round to their
neighbors’.
8. They all had been looking forward to the excursion and were disappointed to hear it had been cancelled.
9. She had been up for three hours when the rest of the household awoke.

VI. Supply the simple past or the past perfect simple forms:

1. She said she had finished her work.


2. He suddenly that he had left his wallet in the train.
3. The following Friday he went to pay the money he had borrowed.
4. I didn't wave back at him until he had waved at me several times.
5. I told James that he had no chance of catching that train.
6. When I entered the room, I noticed that somebody was there.
7. When they had looked everywhere for the missing screw, Joe found it in the turn-ups of his trousers.
8. After he had explained / explained the situation there was a long silence.
9. The suspect declared that he had been asleep in bed at the time when the bank was robbed.
10. He forgot to buy petrol, although his wife had reminded him to do so just before he left the house.
11. When he told them his extraordinary story, they were skeptical at first, but gradually they became more
interested.
VII. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: present perfect or simple past:

1. Peter bought a new car last month, but he hasn't sold his old car yet, so at the moment he has two cars.
2. When we moved into our new flat we asked for a telephone. The Telephone Company told us to wait,
but we have waited a year now and our phone still has not come.
3. When I was on my way to the bus stop it started to rain. I ran back home for my umbrella, but this made
me late for the office. My boss looked up as I entered the office. “You have been late twice this week”, he
growled.
4. Ann thought the garage was empty and turned off the lights. “Hey”, shouted Paul from under the car.
“I’m sorry, Paul”, said Ann, “I didn't know you were there.”
5. Tom met Paul at lunch time and said: “I didn't see you at the bus stop this morning. Did you miss the
bus?” “No, I didn't miss it”, replied Paul, “I haven't missed a bus for years. But this morning George gave
me a lift.”
6. Peter tried to come in quietly but his mother heard him and called out:
“Where have you been? Your supper has been in the oven for an hour.”
7. “I have just bought a copy of ‘David Copperfield’. Have you read it?”
“As it happens it is the only one of Dickens’s books that I have not read. I haven't even seen the film.”
8. " Have you been to Scotland?”
“Yes, I was there last summer.”
9 " Have you been to the theatre lately?”
“Yes, I went to ‘Othello’ last week.”
“Did you like it?” “Yes, but I didn't see it well. I was right at the back.”
10. “How long have you been in your present job?”
“I have been there for six months.”
“And what did you do before that?”
“Before that I worked for Jones and Company.
11. I smoked forty cigarettes a day till the doctor warned me about the dangers.
12. I worked as a civil servant from 1985 till 1989. For 5 years I worked. Since 1989 have worked in a
hospital. It is now 1995. This means I have worked/ have been working in a hospital for 6 years.

VIII. Rephrase the following sentences, using the present perfect tense with for and since, according
to the model:

1. He last shaved last Monday. - He hasn't shaved since last Monday.


2. It’s years since Jane visited us. - Jane hasn't visited us for years.
3. He last ate snails when he was a student in Paris. - He hasn't had snails since he was a student in Paris.
4. It’s years since I last had a really good night’s sleep. - I haven't had a really good night's sleep for years.
5. It’s ages since I last wrote a letter. - I haven't written a letter for ages.
6. She last went to the hairdresser’s for her brother’s wedding. -She hasn't gone to the hairdresser's since
her brother's wedding.
7. I last skated in my childhood. - I haven't skated since my childhood.
8. It’s more than ten years since that house was lived in. - That house hasn't been lived in for more than ten
years.
9. I last met her the day when she got a job. - I haven't met her since the day she got a job.
10. It’s quite a long time since he rode a motorcycle. - He hasn't ridden a motorcycle for a long time.

IX. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or continuous:

1. He is living in London at present but he hopes to move to Edinburgh next year.


2. I hope they realize what a difficult job they are undertaking.
3. Mike and Jack are spending a fortnight at the seaside; they are coming back next week.
4. Who is talking to the pretty girl in the blue dress?
5. The teacher says that you usually make a lot of mistakes.
6. Anybody who looks at his passenger while he is driving is a danger on the roads.
7. Mary is sleeping in the sitting room this week because her bedroom is being redecorated.
8. The path leads to the big house that you see on the hill.
9. My son works very hard. He is studying for an examination now.
10. “Do you hear anything?” “I am listening hard but I can’t hear anything.”
11. Daddy is always leaving lighted cigarettes all over the house. We’ll burn down one day.
12. Mary leaves/ is leaving for London in a fortnight.
13. They are cleaning up the whole town in preparation for the summer.
14. Mr. Green always gets up early.
15. My husband usually leaves his office at 3.00 p.m., but this month he is working later.
16. Jack often goes to the theatre but his wife doesn't go very often. He likes all sorts of plays. She prefers
comedies.
17. Professor Brown is the perfect linguist. He already speaks seven foreign languages. Now he is learning
an eighth.
18. My dog always barks at the postman. But look at that! For once, he is being friendly to the poor man.
19. They left for London an hour ago. I wonder whether they are traveling by air or by train.
20. He is walking very slowly because the bottle he is carrying holds nitro-glycerin and nitro-glycerin
explodes if it is shaken.
21. Let me explain what you have to do. First you...take the photos and sort them into categories. Then you
file them according to subject.
22. The play is set in London in 1890. The action takes place in Mary’s living-room. When the curtain goes
up , the hero and heroine are sitting / sit down. They are arguing.
23. Dear Jane, sorry to hear about your problem at work. I think you are doing the right thing, but I doubt
whether your boss really knows his job from what you are telling me.
24. The house is a mess because we’ve got the workmen in. The plumber is putting in a new bath. The
electricians are rewiring the system and the carpenter is building us some new bookshelves.

X. Put the verbs in brackets in the simple or continuous past tense according to the meaning.
Remember! There are verbs that do not have a continuous form (check ‘the aspect’):

1. He recognized the voice that was shouting the loudest as that of the landlady.
2. I was going to ask you to help me, but you were sleeping so peacefully when I looked into your room
that I decided to do it alone.
3. He didn't keep his appointment with you last Tuesday morning because at the time of the appointment
he was being seeing by the Personnel Manager about a new job.
4. When the dog bit Mary again, mother was preparing dinner and we were listening to the radio. Mary
shouted blue murder and had hysterics again.
5. We had to go round the back door because Grandfather was having his front door painted.
6. I saw that the Browns had a lot of alterations made to their house, but I didn't know if the parents were
going to pay for them.
7. I was walking down the street some minutes ago when I saw a curiously dressed man. He was wearing a
sports-coat with black trousers, and one of his shoes was black and the other was brown.
8. When they got married he found a job as a caretaker on a large estate.
9. She was wearing green and it suited her very well. Her face was mildly pretty but, because she was
crying and mascara was runing down her cheeks, she didn't seem as attractive as I expected
10. The person who was driving the car on the day of the accident was not insured.
11. While she was wondering whether to buy the suit or not, someone else came and bought it.
12. Ann worked in the branch where the big robbery took place place. She actually was working there at
the time of the raid?
13. While the schoolmaster was writing on the blackboard, he didn't notice that the boys in the back row
were stealing out of the room on tiptoe.
14. He came into the room, lit a cigarette, opened the window and leant out.
15. A traffic warden was just sticking a parking ticket to my windscreen when I was coming back to the
car. I tried to persuade him to tear it up but he refused.

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