PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS?
PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINOUS?
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?
MIXED TENSES
100
______________(enjoy) working as a teacher?
Do you enjoy working as a teacher?
100
She couldn't come to the party. She ____________(work)
She couldn't come to the party. She was working.
100
She _________(read) ten books this summer.
She has read ten books this summer.
100
We were very hungry because we___________(not / eat).
We were very hungry because we hadn't eaten.
100
You often __________(talk) about Friends, is it a comedy show?
You often talk about Friends, is it a comedy show?
200
What time ______________(meet) John tomorrow?
What time are you meeting John tomorrow?
200
______you ________(wake) up early this morning?
Did you wake up early this morning?
200
How long ________they _________ (play) tennis?
How long have they been playing tennis?
200
I was delighted when I found my keys. I__________(look) for them for hours.
I was delighted when I found my keys. I'd been looking for them for hours.
200
Look! Betty's cat Carlos ___________(sit) on the table and he ___________ (play) with Betty's present.
Look! Betty's cat Carlos is sitting on the table and he is playing with Betty's present.
300
Our teacher always ___________ (give) us lots of homework
Our teacher always gives us lots of homework
300
We ________________ (watch) television when the power ________(go) off yesterday evening.
We were watching television when the power went off yesterday evening.
300
How long ________you ________(know) each other?
How long have you known each other?
300
Everything was white because it___________(snow).
Everything was white because it had been snowing
300
A. why are your clothes so dirty?
B: I _____________ (tidy) up the shed in the garden.
A. why are your clothes so dirty?
B: I have been tidying up the shed in the garden.
400
We____________(not want) to go to the concert.
We don't want to go to the concert.
400
Just as we ___________________ (discuss) the problem, he _________________ (start) to cry.
Just as we were discussing the problem, he started to cry.
400
You____________(clean) the bathroom! It looks lovely!
You've cleaned the bathroom! It looks lovely!
400
I___________(not / see) Jacob for several years, but I recognised him immediately.
I hadn't seen Jacob for several years, but I recognised him immediately.
400
How long ________ Brian ___________ (work) here when they ________________ (fire) him last month?
How long had Brian been working here when they fired him last month?
500
In five days, Sue ___________(go) back to South Korea because the next term at university _________(start) in ten days.
In five days, Sue is going back to South Korea because the next term at university starts in ten days.
500
A man ______________(mow) the grass while his wife _______________(pick) strawberries.
A man was mowing the grass while his wife was picking strawberries.
500
We ___________________ (do) shopping here for the last 6 years and we _________________ (never, have) a problem.
We have been doing shopping here for the last 6 years and we have never had a problem.
500
The children were wet because they____________football in the rain.
The children were wet because they had been playing football in the rain.
500
She was exhausted because she _________(work) since eight o'clock that morning.
She was exhausted because she had been working since eight o'clock that morning.