PRESENT TENSES
I normally ________ (work) from home, but this week I ________ (stay) at the office because my colleague is ill.
work / am staying
When I ________ (walk) home, I suddenly ________ (hear) someone shouting my name.
was walking / heard
I ________ (wait) for over an hour, and I'm starting to get impatient.
have been waiting
Look at those clouds! It ________ (rain).
is going to rain
When I arrived at the station, the train ________ already ________ (leave).
had / left
Why ________ you ________ (look) at me like that? ________ I ________ (have) something on my face?
are / looking — Do / have
I ________ (think) about calling you when you suddenly ________ (text) me.
was thinking / texted
She looks exhausted. She ________ (work) all morning.
has been working
Someone's at the door.
“Don't worry, I ________ (get) it.”
will get
I ________ (not see) Tom since he ________ (move) to London.
haven't seen / moved
I ________ (understand) what you're saying now, but I ________ (not agree) with you.
understand / don't agree
What ________ you ________ (do) when you realised you'd lost your phone?
were / doing
When I arrived, Sarah ________ for over two hours.
A) waited
B) had waited
C) had been waiting
D) was waiting
C
This time tomorrow, we ________ (fly) to Rome.
will be flying
She ________ (work) at the company for five years before she ________ (decide) to leave.
had been working / decided
Correct the mistake:
I'm knowing him since we are children.
I've known / know him since we were children.
Mime an action that was happening at a specific moment yesterday. Your team must describe it using Past Continuous.
Any valid answer.
Explain the difference between these two sentences:
A) I've read three chapters of the book.
B) I've been reading the book for three hours.
B emphasizes time.
By the end of the year, she ________ (work) for the company for ten years.
will have been working
Correct the mistakes:
When I arrived home, my wife already cooked dinner and the children were going to bed.
When I arrived home, my wife had already cooked dinner and the children were going to bed.
Sing a line from a song containing a Present Simple verb. Your team must identify the verb and explain why Present Simple is used.
Any valid example.
While the police ________ (question) the witnesses, the suspect suddenly ________ (leave) the building.
were questioning / left
Correct the mistake:
They had been waited for two hours when the bus finally arrived.
They had been waiting for two hours when the bus finally arrived.
She said that by the end of the following year, she ________ (work) for the company for ten years.
would have been working
Complete all four gaps:
By the time the police ________ (arrive), the thieves ________ already ________ (break) into the building, but they ________ (not manage) to steal anything because the alarm ________ (go) off.
arrived / had already broken / hadn't managed / went