PAST TENSES
When I --- (come) home this evening, my parents had gone out for a walk.
came
Do you know what time the 10:45 plane --- (arrive) in Chicago?
arrives
Jane --- (be) eighteen next Friday.
will be
This vase once --- (belong) to the Emperor of China. It is worth over a million dollars.
belonged
He promises that he is never forgetting about it.
He promises that he won't ever forget about it.
At 7 o'clock yesterday she --- (watch) TV with her daughter.
was watching
Niagara Falls --- (be) a popular tourist attraction for many years.
has been
LAURA: Hey! Why don't we go to the cafe tonight?
TANYA: That's a good idea. I --- (phone) the others and see if they want to join us.
will phone
I --- (always, to want) to be a vet ever since I --- (to be) little.
have always wanted, was
Shakespeare has written 154 sonnets.
Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets.
We --- (look for) her ring for two hours when we found it in the bathroom.
had been looking for
I --- (not/know) where Kate is at the moment.
don't know
In a weeks' time, we --- (ski) in the Alps with our friends.
will be skiing
I've already got an appointment. I --- (see) my dentist tomorrow.
am seeing
Look at that cat! He will jump into that tree.
Look at that cat! He's going to jump into that tree.
Last night I --- (study) my English tenses, when suddenly I --- (hear) a loud noise outside my bedroom window.
was studying, heard
My grandparents --- (come) to see us next weekend. They --- (not/visit) us for two years.
are coming, have not visited
When Sarah --- (graduate) from university next year, she --- (study) English for nearly four years.
graduates, will have studied
Yesterday Tom --- (eat) all the cakes by the time his birthday party --- (begin).
had eaten, began
I have been knowing her since 2008.
I have known her since 2008.
The fans were happy because their team --- ( just win).
had just won
For the last three days I --- (organise) a traditinal Cristmas party for my family. But I --- (not/decorate) the house with coloured lights yet.
have been organising, haven't decorated
By Saturday next week, I --- (work) on this painting for over a month.
will have been working
We --- (to wait) for the bus for nearly half an hour, but it --- (not, to arrive) yet; so I don't think we will be able to attend the meeting on time.
have been waiting, hasn't arrived
In Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen wrote:
"However, I shan't say anything against them to YOU"
What does "shan't" stand for?
shall not