Use the correct form
That broccoli ______(smell) terrible.
smells
Alex will leave for Portugal tomorrow.
is leaving
It’s something that you always do every day, month or year. Or it’s something that you never do.
Present Simple
To think of an idea
Come up (with something)
The cat has never got lost.
Present Perfect
We _____ (go) for a walk when it stops raining.
will go
If she has been there, she could have helped you.
had been
It includes a finished action and time.
Past Simple
visit somebody
call on smb
He will probably be dreaming of a nice bowl of milk.
Future Continuous
I _________ (look) for him outside for half an hour, you know.
have been looking
He will probably sleep when you return.
will be sleeping
In this verb tense, an action starts in the past but it’s still continuing now.
Present Perfect Continuous
stop providing
cut off
He was holding a flower that he’d bought in a nearby flowershop.
Past Continuous, Past Perfect
So after I ________(check) all the messages on my answering machine, I put on my jacket, took my bag and went to the park.
had checked
She had travelled around Europe when she heard about her mother’s illness.
had been travelling
This verb tense uses two actions at two different times. Before the second action occurs, the first action is complete.
Past Perfect
To stop by for a visit, for a short time.
Drop by/in
By the time she returns, I will have finished my work on the report.
Future Perfect
By 2050, scientists _________(find) the cure for cancer.
will have found
Have you been listening to realistic songs?
Have you listened
An action will be completed in the future before another is completed.
Future Perfect
When something that was lost is found unexpectedly.
Turn up
I had been working on the ranch for more than half my life when I retired.
Past Perfect Contunuous, Past Simple