Revision exercises: Tenses

6/13/2022 5:11:48 PM

Complete the sentences. Use 'will', 'shall', 'be going to', the present simple or continuous, and the verb in the bracket.

What's wrong? You look as if you . (cry)

Complete the sentence. Use 'will', 'shall', 'be going to', the present simple or continuous, and the verbs in the bracket.

A: Luis and Sondra round for a meal? (we / invite) 

B: That's a good idea.

Complete the sentence.

(you / wait) long before the train (arrive) yesterday?

Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. 

A: There was a very good documentary on TV last night. (you / see) it?

B: No, I (study) for my exam all night. 

Choose the most suitable answers to complete the conversation.

A: Could you help me decorate the living room this afternoon?

B: Sorry, I can't. I tennis with Tom. We've already booked the court. 

A: I hope you're playing indoors. It's nice now but the weather forecast says it later today.

Complete the texts. Use the correct form of 'used to' or 'be/get used to' and the verbs in brackets.

1. I (hate) going in at weekends but I (work) now and I don't mind it anymore.

2. I can't (see) my daughter as a grown-up. I still think of her as a child. I remember how I (hold) her in my arms when she was a baby.

3. My wife and I (never / go) abroad for our holidays. We (spend) our summers in Cornwall.

(Adapted from Grammar practice upper intermediate 3rd edition)

Look, the conservation volunteers ____ cheerfully in the sunshine all morning, unlike yesterday, when they ____ to work in the rain.

  • worked / are refusing
  • are working / were refusing
  • will work / have refused
  • have been working / refused

What time _____ in Chicago tomorrow?

  • would this train arrive
  • does this train arrive
  • is this train arriving
  • did this train arrive
For most of the time throughout the picnic, the boys ____ football while the girls ____ flowers.
  • will play / have been picking
  • are playing / have been picking
  • were playing / were picking
  • had been playing / have picked
Isn't it strange that you ____ for Mark’s surprise party all week, but you ____ him a birthday present yet?
  • are preparing / didn’t buy
  • have been preparing / haven’t bought
  • have prepared / aren’t buying
  • prepare / weren’t buying

A: Is that your pure wool pullover in the washing machine? It ____ you know!

B: No, I ____ it several times in the machine already. I use the wool cycle and it's fine.

  • was shrinking / wash
  • will shrink / washed
  • is going to shrink / have washed
  • is shrinking / have been washing
My father ____ English at all although he ____ it for three years when he was in high school.
  • isn’t speaking / has studied
  • hasn’t been speaking / studies
  • doesn’t speak / studied
  • didn’t speak / has been studying
  • wasn’t speaking / is studying

He _____ to unlock the door to his flat because the telephone _____.

  • was hurrying / rang
  • hurries / has been ringing
  • hurried / was ringing
  • has hurried / has rung
She says that she ____ the eight o'clock train tomorrow, but I'm sure she ____ it, as usual.
  • has caught / misses
  • will have caught / has missed
  • is going to catch / will miss
  • was catching / missed
______ this song? You ______ it! You make it hard for me to concentrate.
  • Do you love / always sing
  • Are you loving / are always singing
  • Are you loving / always sing
  • Do you love / are always singing

Choose the correct answer.

The Tower of London centuries of warfare but it could vanish from sight in the twenty-first century, experts yesterday. The ancient fortress, which the city skyline for almost a thousand years, could be placed on a United Nations list of endangered landmarks because developers new buildings in the area and a number of high-rise buildings views of the famous World Heritage site, according to the UN's cultural body UNESCO. British officials have until the end of the month to show UNESCO that they can save the Tower. If not, the Tower could be put on UNESCO's World Heritage in Danger list. UNESCO inspectors London last year after they received a damning report that the City of London to do enough to protect the setting of some of Britain's important sites. Other buildings under threat include Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament.

(Adapted from Grammar practice upper intermediate 3rd edition)

Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.

1. Managing an actor's image through media relations became popular in the 1980s. Up until then actors (not care) much about their public image. 

2. Newspapers and magazines (respect) the privacy of celebrities more than they do nowadays.

3. The president (prepare) for his speech the whole morning. He still hasn’t finished it.

4. The photographers (wait) for hours for the stars to arrive at the 2010 Oscar ceremony.