Present simple vs progressive
Complete with the suitable form of the verb given:
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao ... (house) Spain's largest collection of Modern Art.
houses
Complete with the suitable form of the verb(s) given:
Seventy cars ... (cross) the bridge when the supports ... (collapse) into the river.
were crossing
collapsed
Complete with the suitable form of the verb given:
The manor ... (stand) there for over two hundred years. It's still a beautiful building.
has stood
Complete using the verb given:
I left university before I ... (finish) the course I was taking.
had finished
Put the verbs into the correct tense:
When Roger ... (come) home, his mother ... (wait) for him for almost two hours.
came
had waited/had been waiting
Complete with the suitable form of the verb given:
At the start of the film, the world ... (generally/get) warmer, ...
generally gets
Match the underlined words with the correct explanation:
The whole time that I was talking, the one child in the audience was howling!
A. An action in progress in the past
B. Two actions that happened at the same time in the past
C. One action interrupted by another, shorter action
B
Complete with the suitable form of the verb given:
the largest car plant in Detroit ... (shut down). It ... (close) its doors for the last time yesterday.
has shut down
closed
Complete the sentence using the correct form:
We ... (plan) the merger for weeks when we ... (receive) the news that it was all off.
had been planning
received
Form sentences using the prompts. Mind the tenses!
1. the tourists - to visit the British Museum
2. to have a tea at the Ritz
After the tourists had visited the British Museum, they had a tea at the Ritz.
OR After they had had a tea ..., they visitied the ...
Complete with the suitable form of the verb given:
You ... (always/complain) and it really gets on my nerves!
are always complaining
Match the underlined words with the correct explanation:
Food was in short supply throughout the war.
A. A state existing for some time in the past
B. An action in progress in the past
C. A description of a past situation which is different now
A.
Create a sentence using the words given:
You / been / moody / since / ever / have / letter / that / arrived
You have really moody ever since that letter arrived.
Is the sentence correct?
I am learning how to play chess for three years now.
No. I have been learning
Translate the following sentences:
Als Columbus Amerika entdeckte, glaubte er, dass er einen kürzeren Weg nach Indien gefunden hatte.
When Columbus discovered America, he thought that he had found a shorter way to India.
Use the words to create a sentence:
British / hotter / summers / get
British summers are getting hotter.
Use the words given to create a sentence about habit in the past:
when / child / I / get up / 7 / I / every / at / day / would
When I was a child, I would get up at 7 every day.
Rewrite the sentence using the one given in brackets so it has a similar meaning:
Most of the workers started here in 1996, when the factory opened.
(since)
Most of the workers have worked/been/been working here since 1996.
Match sentences 1 and 2 with their meaning A, B, or C.
1. A group of us have learnt how to play bridge.
2. A group of us have been learning how to play bridge.
A. We can play it now.
B. We're still learning.
C. We need to practise more to play.
1 = B
2 = A
Translate the following:
Als er plötzlich zur Tür rannte, wurde er von den beiden Polizisten, die draußen warteten, verhaftet.
When he suddenly ran to the door, he was arrested by the two policemen who were waiting outside.
Find the mistakes:
... Many of the trees are dead, and more die because of the irreversible damage. We at Friends of the Forest are believing that the authorities aren't doing enough right now to restore this beautiful forest ...
are dying
believe
aren't doing
Explain the difference between:
A. I used to live alone
B. He wasn't used to living on his own.
A = I lived alone at a time in the past.
B = He wasn't accustomed to it.
Rewrite the sentence using the one given in brackets so it has a similar meaning:
Kay and I met each other twenty years ago, when we were children.
(for)
Build a sentence using the prompts and setting the verbs in the correct tense:
fire / she / before / him / have / he / behaviour / chance / explain / to / a / his
She fired him before he had had a chance to explain his behaviour
Translate the following:
Als wir das letzte Mal in den USA waren, erfuhren wir, dass viele Mexicaner schon jahrelang auf das Einwanderungsgesetz gewartet hatten.
When we were in the USA the last time, we learned/found out that many Mexicans had been waiting for the new immigration law for many years.