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.
Change belong to past tense
belonged
He never was in Italy.
He has never been to Italy.
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.
change to past tense
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 few weeks we --- (ski) in the Alps with our friends.
will be skiing
I --- (see) my dentist tomorrow.
Change to future tense
will see
Look at those dark clouds! It will rain.
Change "will rain" to present tense
Look at those dark clouds! It is raining.
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).
Change to past tense
had eaten, began
I have been knowing her since 2008.
I have known her since 2008.
The fans were happy because their team --- (win).
had won
For the last three days I --- (organise) a traditinal Christmas 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 exactly one 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.
Change to present tense
have been waiting, hasn't arrived
She put on her coat, takes her bag and left.
Change "takes" to past tense
She put on her coat, took her bag and left.