Past tenses
When she _______________ (arrive) home, her mother ______________________ (watch) and her father ___________________ (sleep).
"arrived", "was watching" and "was sleeping"
I _____ (just see) the film “The Da Vinci Code”. – ____ you ___ (you see) it too? – No, I ____(not have) but I ___ (read) the book.
have just seen, have ... seen, haven't, read
It ____ (rain) in Scotland next week.
will be raining
arrives
America_____ (discover)by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
was discovered
I bought some postcards of parts of the castle I ___________ (see) earlier during the tour
had seen
Jonathon ___ (watch) the news on TV every day and it ___ (help) him with his English.
watches, helps
Move, bloke! That cyclist ____ (crash into) you!
is going to crash
They (show) _____________________me the pictures, they (take) _______________________during their holidays.
"showed" and "had taken"
Most of us _____________ (listen) to the lecturer but some students _____________ (whisper) to each other. One of the boys _____________ (close) his eyes and _____________ (fall) asleep).
"were listening", "were whispering", "closed" and "fell"
She (throw) ___________________away the letter that she (write) ______________________
"threw" and "had written"
My parents have ________bought a new house, but I haven't seen it ________
"just" and "yet"
Where __ you ___ (spend) your vacation? – I don't know yet. Maybe we ____ (go) to Italy next summer.
are .... going to spend / will go
My family ___ (buy) some land in southern France recently. They ___ (build) a summer house there at the moment.
have bought, are building
When she (start) ___________________ to learn English, she (already / learn) _______________ French.
"started" and "had already learnt"
When I left the restaurant I realized that I ___________(pay) more than I should have to.
"had paid"
Andy and Mary _____ (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They _______ (look forward to) it the whole week.
are going, have been looking forward to
If Tom drinks so much,he _____ (cannot drive) home
won't be able to drive
My sister ___ (fly) home from London today. I think her flight ____ (arrive) in an hour so I ____ (leave) for the airport right now to get there in time.
is flying, will arrive, am leaving
She ____ (not see) her father since he ___ (start) to work in Marseille two years ago.
hasn't seen , started
While I ______________ (read) my English book I ____________(hear) a noise. I ___________(think) that I ________________(hear) that noise before, so I ___________ (call) my mother.
"was reading", "heard", "thought", "had heard" and "called"
So last week we ____ (LOAD) all our belongings into two hired vans, and for the last few days we ____ (TRY) to organise ourselves in our new home. Yesterday, for example, my two brothers and I ___ (START) painting the upstairs rooms.
loaded, have been trying, started,
Next Friday, we __ (fly) to Florida. We ___(take) the aeroplane from Montreal. So on Thursday evening, we ___ (drive) to Montreal, and we __ (stay) overnight at a hotel near the airport. The hotel shuttle ___ (drive) us to the airport, early the following morning.
are going to fly, will take, will drive, will stay, will drive
An accident ____ (happen) near my house last night. A car ___ (hit) a young man. He ____ (ride) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly ___ (open) a car door. Many people __ (see) the accident. The police _____ (interrogate) them last night.
happened, hit, opened , was riding, opened, saw, interrogated
She _____________ (ride) her way home when she _______(fall) down. Someone __________ (come) to help her. He _______(be) the most hand-some boy she ________ never______(see) before.
"was riding", "fell", "came", "was" "had seen"