Past Tenses
Present Tenses
Future Tenses
Mixed Tenses
Tense Transformation
Logical questions
100
Complete the gaps with the verbs in brackets.
1. She to the store yesterday. (go)
2. They a movie last night. (watch)
3. He a letter to his friend. (write)
4. We soccer in the park. (play)
5. I a beautiful bird in the garden. (see)
6. The cat on the couch. (sleep)
7. Monica her homework before dinner. (finish)
8. They a trip to the mountains last weekend. (take)
9. They dinner at a fancy restaurant last night. (eat)
10. We our grandparents last summer. (visit)
11. They the project in detail during the meeting. (discuss)
12. William his neighbor move the furniture. (help)
13. She him a gift for his birthday. (give)
14. They the party early. (leave)
15. We casually for the weekend trip. (dress)
1. went. 2. watched. 3. wrote. 4. played. 5. saw. 6. slept. 7. finished. 8. took. 9. ate. 10. visited. 11. discussed. 12. helped. 13. gave. 14. left. 15. dressed.
100
Find the incorrect sentences.
My dad has fourty years old. His name is Paul. He is tall and strong. He has got short curly hair and blue eyes. He wear glasses. He usually wears a shirt and a tie. He is very intelligent and he works in a bank. His favourite hobbies is cycling, fishing and going to the mountains. He loves climbing but he hates beaches. He don't like hot weather. My dad is very funny. He always tells jokes.
He usually gets up at seven o'clock. He have a shower and he get dressed. Then he have breakfast with me and my brother. He loves cereals for breakfast. At half past eight, he goes to work in a bank. He doesn’t like his job. At half past one, he have lunch. He usually have lunch with his friends. At six o'clock, he finishes work. After work, he usually go to the gym. When he arrives at home, he plays with me and my brother and he watches television. At eight, we have dinner all together. It's fun! My dad usually go to bed at twelve. My dad is great!
My dad is forty years old. His name is Paul. He is tall and strong. He has got short curly hair and blue eyes. He wears glasses. He usually wears a shirt and a tie. He is very intelligent, and he works in a bank. His favourite hobbies are cycling, fishing, and going to the mountains. He loves climbing, but he hates beaches. He doesn't like hot weather. My dad is very funny. He always tells jokes.
He usually gets up at seven o'clock. He has a shower and he gets dressed. Then he has breakfast with me and my brother. He loves cereals for breakfast. At half past eight, he goes to work in a bank. He doesn’t like his job. At half past one, he has lunch. He usually has lunch with his friends. At six o'clock, he finishes work. After work, he usually goes to the gym. When he arrives at home, he plays with me and my brother, and he watches television. At eight, we have dinner all together. It's fun! My dad usually goes to bed at twelve. My dad is great!
100
Listen and complete the dialogues.
1) Do you fancy a __snack__
Yes, please. __I’ll have__ a sandwich.
2) Do you want to __________ later?
Good idea. I __________ at the pool at 4.30.
3) The ________ It won’t be for me.
OK. I __________ it.
4) We haven’t got any ________
All right. I __________ some.
5) Have you got Maggie’s __________?
Yes. I __________ it to you.
6) It’s __________ on Saturday.
Don’t worry. I __________
2) go swimming, ’ll meet you
3) phone’s ringing, ’ll answer
4) milk, ’ll get
5) telephone number, ’ll text
6) Dad’s birthday, won’t forget
100
Listen and complete the sentences.
Hello. Willow 1) __Tree__ Medical Centre.
Oh, 2) _____ name’s Molly Freeman. I’ve got an appointment at 3) _____ o’clock 4) _____, but I’m afraid I can’t make it now.
OK. Let me see. Can you come 5) _____ at 6) _____ instead?
No. I’m sorry. That’s no good for me. I’ve got a 7) _____ exam.
Oh, well. I’m afraid we haven’t got anything else 8) _____ What about 9) _____ at 10) _____?
What date is that?
It’s 11) _____
Yes, that will be fine. Thank you. Goodbye.
Goodbye.
2) hello 7) piano
3) 10 8) this week
4) tomorrow morning 9) next Monday
5) this Thursday 10) 1.30
6) 4.30 11) 2 August
100
Past Simple to Present Perfect
1. She went to the market yesterday.
2. We had dinner at a restaurant.
3. He cleaned his room on Sunday.
1. She has gone to the market.
2. We have had dinner at a restaurant.
3. He has cleaned his room.
100
A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son.
Who am I?
The daughter.
200
Listen to Mrs Jones. What does she think about life in the past? Choose the correct answers.
1) Mrs Jones thinks that some things in the past were
a more expensive. b worse. c better.
2) Children used to play
a in the street. b indoors. c in the park.
3) They can’t do that now because, there’s too much
a crime. b traffics c pollution.
4) Most people didn’t use to lock their
a windows. b doors. c cars.
5) Which of these things does Mrs Jones say people didn’t use to have?
a televisions d digital cameras
b cars e MP3 players
c computers f mobile phones
6) How does she describe life in the past? Choose two.
a more difficult d safer
b slower e simpler
c easier f nicer
7) What does she think was the best thing about life when she was a girl?
a People didn’t use to travel much.
b Most people didn’t have a car.
c People used to spend more time together.
d People used to help each other more.
1) c 2) a 3) b 4) b 5) c, f 6) b, e 7) c
200
Complete the voice message with the correct present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
Hi Steve! It’s Sean. How are things? I hope you are well. 1) _________ (you / have) a good time in Hull? I 2) _________ (call) from grandparents’ house in Cornwall. sister and I 3) _________ (stay) here for a couple of weeks, and we 4) _________ (enjoy) it a lot. I 5) _________ (plan) to study for exams later, but now I 6) _________ (relax). I’m not totally lazy, though – I 7) _________ (run) every morning. Jake and I 8) _________ (think) about spending a month in Spain. Would you like to go with us? Let me know! Well, the sun 9) _________ (shine) so I think I’ll go for a walk. Bye!
1) are you having 2) ’m calling 3) are staying
4) are enjoying 5) am planning 6) am relaxing
7) am running 8) are thinking 9) is shining
200
Complete the sentences with will or going to and the verbs in brackets.
1) The sky is so black! It ________ (rain)
2) Are you busy? I ______________ the phone for you. (answer)
3) I’ve decided that I ______________ for a year before I start university. (travel)
4) Yes, take the job. I don’t think you ______________ it. (regret)
5) I promise I ______________ you every day while I’m away. (text)
6) I can’t keep quiet. I ______________ boss what I think. (tell)
1) is going to rain 2) will answer 3) am going to travel 4) will regret 5) will text 6) am going to tell
200
Read the predictions made by Eloise James, a leading campaigner for environmental change. Choose the correct answer.
What does the future hold?
By 2050:
1) many people will have lived / will be living on the moon.
2) the polar ice-caps will be melting / will have melted completely.
3) the temperature on Earth will be rising / will have risen to 40 °C all year round.
4) all marine life will be dying / will have died .
5) We will be eating / will have eaten only processed food.
6) the world population will have increased / will be increasing to 30 billion.
1) will be living 2) will have melted
3) will have rise 4) will have died
5) will be eating 6) will have increased
200
Future Simple to Past Perfect
1. She will visit her grandmother next week.
2. He will buy a new phone soon.
3. We will celebrate his birthday on Saturday.
1. She had visited her grandmother next week.
2. He had bought a new phone soon.
3. We had celebrated his birthday on Saturday.
200
Do you know where you can find cities and countries, towns and shops, roads and lakes, but absolutely no people whatsoever?
On a map
300
Choose the correct tense.
Last year, some friends and I 1 went / were going to Brazil for three weeks. While we 2 stayed / were staying in Rio de Janeiro, an unusual thing 3 happened / was happening . The sun 4 shone / was shining one morning, so we 5 decided / were deciding to go to the beach. Next to us on the beach, a group of boys 6 played / were playing football. One of them 7 came / was coming over to us and 8 suggested / was suggesting a football match: Brazil versus England. Maybe it was because one of friends 9 wore / was wearing an England T-shirt. Anyway, we 10 agreed / were agreeing . In the end, we 11 lost / were losing the game, but we all 12 enjoyed / were enjoying our international football match against Brazil!
1) went 2) were staying 3) happened 4) was shining 5) decided 6) were playing 7) came 8) suggested 9) was wearing 10) agreed 11) lost 12) enjoyed
300
Listen to four dialogues. Complete the chart.
Carla : passed.
Ross : swimming competition, He came last.
Maxine : hockey match, They lost 5-1.
Jamie : Science test, He passed.
300
Complete the text with the future continuous, future perfect or future perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
It started life above a pizza shop in the USA, but the world’s most visited travel website, TripAdvisor, 1) _____. (run) for over fifteen years by the end of this month. This year, millions of us 2) _____. (read) the online reviews and using them to help us plan our holidays. The most reviewed city is London – very soon, reviewers 3) _____. (post) over two million reviews and 4) _____. (give) the city’s attractions a rating out of five ‘bubbles’. Astonishingly, the website 5) _____. (receive) reviews for so long that very soon, the total number of words published 6) _____. (approach) 12,000 times the number of words in the complete works of Shakespeare!
1) will have been running 2) will be reading 3) will have posted
4) will have given 5) will have been receiving
6) will be approaching / will have approached
300
Read the text and choose the correct answers.
Today, many teenagers 1) _____ a hoody instead of a coat to keep warm when they’re outside. However, some adults 2) _____ hoodies. They 3) _____ that young people who 4) _____ these sweatshirts are criminals, and that the teenagers 5) _____ the hood to hide their identity when they 6) _____ things they shouldn’t be doing. For example, shoplifters often wear hoodies because they 7) _____ their faces to appear on security cameras when they 8) _____ things from shops. Nowadays, some shopping centres 9) _____ to introduce a ban on hoodies to stop this problem.
1) a 2) c 3) a 4) c 5) b 6) b 7) a 8) a 9) b
300
Present Continuous → Future Continuous
They are watching a movie.
She is studying for her exams.
They will be watching a movie.
She will be studying for her exams.
300
Where Is 11+2=1?
In watches
On a clock, if you add 2 hours to 11 o'clock, it becomes 1 o'clock.
400
Complete the table with the -ing form, past simple and past participle form of the verbs.
1) marrying, married, married
2) fighting, fought, fought
3) dying, died, died
4) meeting, met, met
5) retiring, retired, retired
6) thinking, thought, thought
7) stopping, stopped, stopped
8) riding, rode, ridden
9) falling, fell, fallen
10) learning, learned, learned
400
Complete the replies with the present perfect simple or present perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1) a Have you finished that history project?
b No, I haven’t. And I ______________ (do) it all day!
2) a Why are your hands so dirty?
b I ______________ (try) to repair bike.
3) a Did your brother forget about football practice?
b Yes. And I ______________ (remind) him three times this week!
4) a Did you write a letter to the town council?
b Yes, but I ______________ (not send) it.
5) a Are those potatoes ready yet?
b No, they aren’t. How long ______________ (we / cook) them?
6) a Has Billy replied to your messages yet?
b No, he hasn’t. And I ______________ (text) him five times!
7) a You’re nearly an hour late. What ______________ (you / do)?
b Sorry. I was asleep!
8) a This film doesn’t make sense. Why are the police chasing that man?
b I don’t know. I ______________ (not watch).
1) ‘ve been doing 2) ‘ve been trying 3) ‘ve reminded 4) haven’t sent 5) have we been cooking 6) ‘ve texted 7) have you been doing 8) haven’t been watching
400
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. Include the future perfect simple or continuous or the future continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1) We’ll finish all our exams in June. (take)
By the end of June, ____________ all our exams.
2) Ben is starting a one-year degree course. (do)
Ben ____________ a degree for the next year.
3) The bar stops serving drinks at 11 p.m. (serve)
The bar ____________ drinks after 11 p.m.
4) nine-year-old brother started English lessons when he was five. (have)
When brother starts secondary school at eleven, he ____________ English lessons for six years.
5) I’m going to learn to drive before I finish school. (learn)
By the time I finish school, I ____________ to drive.
6) uncle retires next month after 25 years with the company. (work)
When uncle retires next month, he ____________ for the company for 25 years.
1) we will have taken 2) will be doing 3) won’t be serving 4) will have been having 5) will have learned 6) will have been working
400
Complete the sentences with the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous form of the verbs in the box.
1) I was annoyed when the DVD player stopped working because I ____________ the film.
2) Selina had to come home early from her holiday because she ____________ all her money.
3) According to the police, the accident happened because both cars ____________ too fast.
4) In the first round he played Nadal, who ____________ the tournament three times already.
5) dad retired early from his job because he ____________ a bad back for years.
6) I found five coins down the back of the sofa, although in fact I ____________ for keys.
1) had been enjoying 2) had spent 3) had been going
4) had won 5) had had 6) had been looking
400
1. Біз саябақта футбол ойнап жатырмыз. → Біз саябақта футбол ойнап жататын боламыз.
2. Олар үй жұмысын бітіріп қойды. → Олар үй жұмысын бітіріп қояды.
1. Present Continuous → Future Continuous
Original: We are playing football in the park.
Transformed: We will be playing football in the park.
2. Present Perfect → Future Perfect
Original: They have finished their homework.
Transformed: They will have finished their homework.
400
I am white and I am black.
I am fast and I am not fat.
I confuse many people with my style.
Who am I?
Zebra.
500
Look at the picture and match the nouns and verbs in the box. Then write a description of the picture using the past continuous.
At eleven o’clock yesterday morning, the sun was shining.
A boy __________________
________.
________.
________.
At eleven o’clock yesterday morning, the sun was shining. A boy was cycling and a girl was chatting on the phone. Two women were having a coffee and a man was reading a magazine. Two cats were fighting.
500
Translate these sentences into your own language.
1) I’ve been learning to drive, but I haven’t taken test yet.
________
2) I’ve just finished homework. I can go out now.
________
3) I haven’t been playing much tennis recently.
________
4) How long have you lived in London?
__________________
I’ve been learning to drive, but I haven’t taken test yet.
Мен көлік жүргізуді үйреніп жүрмін, бірақ әлі емтихан тапсырған жоқпын.I’ve just finished homework. I can go out now.
Мен үй жұмысын жаңа ғана бітірдім. Енді сыртқа шыға аламын.I haven’t been playing much tennis recently.
Мен соңғы кезде көп теннис ойнамадым.How long have you lived in London?
Сіз Лондонда қанша уақыт тұрып жатырсыз?
500
The ***** tense helps us talk about an action that will be ongoing up until a point in the future.
future perfect continuous
500
********* it is used to talk about the future in relation to something else that will occur in the future.
future perfect
500
1. Present Continuous → Future Perfect Continuous
- Original: She is practicing the piano.
- Transformed: __________________________
2. Past Simple → Future Continuous
- Original: They finished their work early.
- Transformed: __________________________
3. Present Perfect Continuous → Future Perfect
- Original: He has been waiting for the bus for an hour.
- Transformed: _________________________
1. Present Continuous → Future Perfect Continuous
- Original: She is practicing the piano.
- Transformed: She will have been practicing the piano.
2. Past Simple → Future Continuous
- Original: They finished their work early.
- Transformed: They will be finishing their work early.
3. Present Perfect Continuous → Future Perfect
- Original: He has been waiting for the bus for an hour.
- Transformed: He will have waited for the bus for an hour.
500
I make two people out of one.
What am I?
A mirror.