tenses: choose the option
I didn’t recognise my cousin at the airport because I have never seen / had never seen him before.
had never seen
I got my new phone about three weeks _____ and it’s broken already!
yet / last / ago / for / since
ago
I showed Sara my holiday photos on my phone, but she didn’t seem to be excited / interested – she wanted to talk about something else.
interested
You can find _____ on almost any topic on the internet, but it’s not always correct, so you need to check it very carefully to make sure it’s reliable.
certificate | essay | information | level | term
information
I’ve been scuba diving three times since I got / have got my diving certificate last year.
got
I haven’t finished my essay _____ but the teacher says we have to stop.
yet / last / ago / for / since
yet
I won a prize for my science project, and my parents were delighted / disappointed.
delighted
I did a life-saving course at the swimming pool last summer, and at the end of the course I received a _____, which is now on the wall in my bedroom.
certificate | essay | information | level | term
certificate
Before I went to England, I never travelled / had never travelled outside my own country.
had never travelled
I’ve had a headache _____ I woke up this morning.
yet / last / ago / for / since
since
I remember the first time we went into the school computer room, we were all really calm / excited.
excited
We all had a big party to celebrate the end of _____, and then we broke up for the summer holidays.
certificate | essay | information | level | term
term
I can’t go out tonight because I didn’t finish / haven’t finished my geography essay yet.
haven't finished
I’ve lived in this street _____ five years now.
yet / last / ago / for / since
for
Harry left school two hours ago, and his parents are excited / worried because he hasn’t arrived home yet.
worried
I had to write an _____ about the life cycle of frogs for the science teacher. She said the writing was not very well organised but my diagrams were excellent!
certificate | essay | information | level | term
essay
I made a real mess of my English exam because before I started writing, I didn’t read / hadn’t read the instructions properly.
hadn't read
What time did you go to bed _____ night?
yet / last / ago / for / since
last
I tried to watch a film in English but I got confused / delighted because I couldn’t understand it. Then I realised it was in German!
confused
Last summer I studied English in Ireland. On the first day of the course, they gave us all a test to find out what our _____ of English was, so that they could put us into different groups.
certificate | essay | information | level | term
level