- •Simple tenses
- •State verbs
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into Present, Past or Future Simple.
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into Present, Past or Future Simple.
- •3. Put the verbs in brackets into Present, Past or Future Simple.
- •5. Present Simple or Simple Future. Put the verb into either the Present Simple or the Simple Future tense.
- •Continuous tenses
- •3. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Continuous, Present Simple, Past Simple or Future Simple.
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous.
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into Present, Past, Future Simple; Present, Past Continuous.
- •4. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Continuous, Present Simple, Past Simple or Future Simple.
- •Perfect tenses
- •1. Mrs. Brown is on a pension. While working she was a prosperous lady. Tell your group mates about her achievements. All the sentences are in Present Perfect.
- •3. Make up the questions starting with Have you ever …?
- •5. Read the situations and write sentences ending with before. Use the verb in brackets.
- •6. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form Past Perfect or Past Simple.
- •7. Turn the following into the Future Perfect.
- •Perfect continuous tenses
- •1. Write a question for each situation.
- •2. Read the situations and complete the sentences as in the example.
- •3. Put the verb in brackets into Present Continuous or Present Perfect Continuous.
- •4. Read the situations and make sentences from the words in brackets.
- •5. Read the situations and complete the sentences as in the example.
- •6. Put the verb into the most suitable form: Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.
- •7. Let’s sum up. Make the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
- •8. Choose the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Watch out for Stative verbs.
- •9. Choose the Past Simple or the Present Perfect.
- •10. Choose the Present Perfect or Past Simple.
- •11. Choose the Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.
- •12. Choose the Past Perfect or the Past Simple.
1. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous.
1. Nina (to celebrate) her birthday yesterday. Her room looked beautiful, there (to be) many flowers in it. When I (to come) in, somebody (to play) the piano, two or three pairs (to dance). 2. Listen! Somebody (to play) the piano. 3. I (to like) music very much. 4. When I (to look) out of the window, it (to rain) heavily and people (to hurry) along the streets. 5. What you (to do) at seven o’clock yesterday? - I (to have) supper. 6. When I (to come) home yesterday, I (to see) that all my family (to sit) round the table. Father (to read) a letter from my uncle who (to live) in Kiev. 7. Where you (to be) yesterday? – I (to be) at home the whole day. – How strange. I (to ring) you up at two o’clock, but nobody (to answer). – Oh, I (to be) in the garden. I (to read) your book and (not to hear) the telephone. 8. What you (to do) at five o’clock yesterday? – I (to work) in the library. – I (to be) there, too, but I (not to see) you. 9. Yesterday I (to work) at my English from five till seven. 10. It (to rain) the whole day yesterday. 11. Where your sister (to be) now? – She (to be) in her room. She (to do) her homework. 12. Kate (to cook) dinner now. 13. I (not to eat) ice-cream now. 14. You (to go) to school now? 15. What your brother (to do) now? 16. Look! My friends (to play) football. 17. What mother (to do) now? – She (to cook) dinner. 18. I (not to write) a report now.
2. Put the verbs in brackets into Present, Past, Future Simple; Present, Past Continuous.
1. Look at these children: they (to skate) very well. 2. You (to skate) last Sunday? – Yes, we (to skate) the whole day last Sunday. We (to skate) again next Sunday. 3. My brother can skate very well. He (to skate) every Sunday. 4. What you (to do) now? – I (to wash) the dishes. 5. What you (to do) at three o’clock yesterday? – I (to have) dinner. 6. You (to have) dinner now? 7. Where your brother (to work)? – He (to work) at an institute. 8. Your grandmother (to sleep) when you (to come) home yesterday? 9. What your brother (to do) tomorrow? 10. I (not to go) to the shop yesterday. I (to go) to the shop tomorrow. 11. Where Kate (to go) when you (to meet) her yesterday? 12. Every day the boss (to enter) the office at nine o’clock. 13. Yesterday the boss (to enter) the office at half past nine.14. When the secretary (to come) tomorrow? 15. At six o’clock yesterday we (to listen) to a very interesting lecture. 16. When I (to enter) the office, the secretary (to type) some letters. 17. My friend (to ring) me up at eight o’clock yesterday.
3. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Continuous, Present Simple, Past Simple or Future Simple.
1. We (to go) on a tram last Sunday. 2. Your brother (to go) to the country with us next Sunday? 3. Granny (not to cook) dinner now. 4. We (to cook) our meals on a fire last summer. 5. My sister (to wash) the dishes every morning. 6. When you (to go) to school? 7. What you (to prepare) for breakfast tomorrow? 8. You (to invite) your cousin to stay with you next summer? 9. How you (to help) your sister last summer? 10. I (to send) a letter to my friend tomorrow. 11. Every morning on the way to school I (to meet) my friends. 12. My friend (to go) to the library every Wednesday. 13. He (not to go) to the country yesterday. 14. Why you (to go) to the shop yesterday? 15. We (to grow) tomatoes next summer. 16. What you (to do) now? 17. He (to sleep) now. 18. Where your father (to work) last year? 19. You (to go) to the south next summer. 20. He (not to watch) TV yesterday. 21. Yesterday we (to write) a test-paper. 22. I (to buy) a very good book last Tuesday. 23. My granny (not to buy) bread yesterday. 24. What you (to buy) at the shop tomorrow? 25. Don’t make noise! Father (to work).