Present & Past (Mixed)
Correct the error: "I am knowing him for 5 years."
Answer: "I have known him..." (Stative verbs aren't used in Continuous).
"The train (leave) at 6:00 tomorrow morning."
Answer: leaves (Present Simple for timetables).
"I will call you as soon as I will arrive."
Answer: "...as soon as I arrive" (No "will" after time conjunctions).
"Я никогда не был в Париже."
Answer: I have never been to Paris.
Which tense do we use for permanent truths and laws of nature?
Answer: Present Simple.
"While I (cook) dinner, the lights (go) out." Put the verbs in the correct form.
Answer: was cooking / went.
"Look at those clouds! It (rain)."
Answer: is going to rain (Prediction based on present evidence).
"I wasn't seeing him since last Tuesday."
Answer: "I haven't seen him..."
"Она пишет тест уже 2 часа."
Answer: She has been writing the test for 2 hours.
Which auxiliary verbs are used in the Past Perfect Tense?
Answer: Had + V3 (Past Participle).
What is the difference between "I have been to London" and "I have gone to London"?
Answer: "Been" means you came back; "gone" means you are still there.
"This time next week, I (relax) on a beach in Spain."
Answer: will be relaxing (Future Continuous for action in progress at a specific time).
"When I was younger, I was playing football every day."
Answer: "I played" or "used to play" (Past habits, not process).
"Завтра в это время я буду лететь в самолете."
This time tomorrow I will be flying.
Name three time-markers for the Present Perfect.
Answer: Already, yet, just, ever, never, since, for.
By the time we arrived at the cinema, the film (start).
Answer: had already started (Past Perfect for an action before another past action).
"By 2026, I (graduate) from school."
Answer: will have graduated (Future Perfect for action completed by a certain point).
"She is always losing her keys!" Is this sentence grammatically correct?
Answer: Yes. (Present Continuous + always = expression of annoyance).
"Он сказал, что уже видел этот фильм."
Answer: He said he had already seen that film (Sequence of Tenses).
When do we use the Past Continuous instead of the Past Simple?
Answer: To emphasize the process/duration or background action in the past.
"I (work) on this project since 9 AM and I'm exhausted!"
Answer: have been working (Present Perfect Continuous for duration up to now).
"Next month, they (be) married for 20 years."
Answer: will have been (Future Perfect for state duration).
"By the time he is 30, he will be working here for ten years."
Answer: "...will have been working" (Need Future Perfect Continuous for duration).
"Я ждал целый час, прежде чем она пришла."
Answer: I had been waiting for an hour before she came.
Construct a sentence using Future Perfect Continuous.
(Any valid example, e.g., "By midnight, I will have been reading for 5 hours").