Present Tense
Time --- (pass) very quickly when you get older.
passes
She --- (feed) her neighbours’ cat every morning while they were on holiday. Then one morning, it was gone.
was feeding
Naoe and Dave and the boys --- (join) us as soon as they have finished their meetings.
will join
I --- (come) and give a hand if you need help moving your stuff.
will come
When we were kids, we used to --- (invent) amazing games.
[to refer to things in the past which are no longer true]
invent
That is the first time I --- (see) you get angry.
have seen
Carol had a detailed map in her handbag but she --- (leave) her glasses at home and could not read it.
had left
--- you still --- the trees if I join you at 3.30?
Will; be planting
If he --- (stay) in the same room as Dave, it would have been a disaster.
had stayed
He was a salesman, so he was used to --- (travel) up and down the country.
[“be accustomed to” or “be familiar with”]
travelling
He --- (live) in the village since 1995. (He is still living in the village.)
has been living
The ship landed in Nice after it --- (sail) for two days.
had been sailing
It --- (be) difficult to get a job during the summer as the tourist industry is suffering from the economic downturn.
is going to be
If you --- (mix) water and electricity, you --- (get) a electric shock.
mix; get
I haven't got a car. I would very much like to have one.
I wish I --- (have) a car.
had
Maria, 37, --- (get) better and doctors are optimistic she will make a full recovery.
is getting
I --- (not see) her for over 20 years and then I ---(bump) into her last week.
didn’t see; bumped
In a fifty years' time thousands of species --- (disappear) from this planet.
will have disappeared
Why don't you explain everything to him? If you --- (not tell) him the truth, I'm sure you --- (regret) it one day.
don't tell; will regret
I went to bed late last night. I regret it now.
I wish I --- (go) to bed late last night.
hadn't gone
Which one is correct?
A. Those batteries don’t last very long.
B. Those batteries aren’t lasting very long.
A
I --- (sit) in the park and suddenly I saw an old school friend I --- (not see) for 30 years.
was sitting; had not seen
My new PC --- (deliver) by the end of this week.
will have been delivered
If the dog --- (not bark), we --- (not know) there was someone in the garden.
(The dog barked, so we knew there was someone in the garden.)
hadn’t barked; wouldn’t have known
You're playing that music. I would like you to stop playing it but I don't expect that you will.
I wish you --- (stop) playing that music.
would stop