ENGLISH TENSE (REVIEW)

Present Tense

1

They ___ (be) friends since 1993.

have been

2

My father is busy now. He ___ (paint) the walls.

is painting

3

Cats ___ (not, eat) sweets

do not eat

4

___ (you, done) your homework yet?

Have you done

5

Anne ___ (usually, make) all her clothes herself. At the moment she ___ (make) a dress for a fancy dress party

usually makes, is making

Past Tense

1

What ___ (you, do) at 8 P.M. last night?

were you doing

2

Theresia left the house after she ___ (clean) her house.

had cleaned

3

She ___ (break) her arm in 1999.

broke

4

He ___ (not, watch) TV when I called. He ___ (listen) to the radio.

was not watching, was listening

5

When I ___ (arrive) home, I saw that the children ___ (already, leave).

arrived, had already left

Future Tense

1

Come over my house around 9 o'clock. By then, I ___ (complete) my history essay and we can go to the movie.

will have completed

2

Don't phone me between 7 and 8. I ___ (have) a phone call with my boss.

will be having

3

A: Where are you going on holiday? - B: I don't know yet. Maybe I ___ (go) to India.

will go

4

Look at that beautiful sky! It ___ (most certainly, not, rain) today.

is most certainly not going to rain

5

By the time they ___ (get) married next month, they ___ (be) together for six years.

get, will have been

Mixed Tenses (1)

1

A: Why don't go out? - B: I can't. It ___ (rain). It always ___ (rain) on Saturdays.

is raining, rains

2

Tomorrow afternoon, we're going to play tennis from 3:00 until 4:30. So, at 4 o'clock , we ___ (play) tennis.

will be playing

3

Since Mr. Dodson became president, unemployment ___ (increase)

has increased

4

The band members ___ (play) a concert when Adrienne's clarinet ___ (squeak). She ___ (feel) embarrassed.

were playing, squeaked, felt

5

We ___ (watch) TV when we ___ (see) that a devastating earthquake had hit California.

were watching, saw

Mixed Tenses (2)

1

A: Film maker, George Richards, ___ (be) interested in the cinema since he ___ (be) a small child. - B: That's why he has produced a number of good films.

has been, was

2

Please don't make so much noise. I ___ (study).

am studying

3

I am sure she ___ (find) a good job soon.

will find

4

Jack really needs to get in touch with you. Since this morning, he ___ (call) here four times trying to reach you. He ___ (call) at 9:10, 10:25, and 1:45.

has called, called

5

Technology is advancing so fast that by the year 2050 who knows what technologies we ___ (invent). It is quite likely that by 2050, we ___ (use up) most of the earth's natural resources.

will have invented, will have used up