TENSES T 20

1. Fill in the correct form of the verb All tenses

1. My family have (buy) some land in southern France recently. They

(build) a summer house there at the moment.
2. Andy and Mary (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They
(look forward to) it the whole week.
3. Jonathon (watch) the news on TV every day and it
(help) him with his English.
4. My car (break) down when I (drive) home
from
work. (fix) it if I (know) what was
I wrong.
But I didnt so (have) to take it to the garage.
5. When he (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He
(already write) his first computer programme six years earlier.
6. An accident (happen) near my house last night. A car
(hit) a young man. He (ride) his bike when someone in front of
him
suddenly (open) a car door. Many people
(see) the accident. The police (interrogate) them last night.
7. Mrs Smith said that one day (retire) from teaching. She said that
she
she (spend) her new free time learning about computers.
8. I _ (not sleep) at all last night. Someone
to music all (listen)
night.
9. I (see) a film a week ago, but I (not
enjoy) it very much because I _ (already read) the book. If I
(not read) the book I _ (probably
enjoy)
the film more.
10. The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he
(rob) a bank.
11. (stand) in the queue for over an hour when the manager
They
(tell) them that there were no more tickets.
12. Alan (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver
(lose) control of his car because he (fall)
asleep.
13. She (not see) her father since he (start) to
work in
Marseille two years ago.
14. I (sleep) when the fire broke out.
15. Linda phoned and explained that she (not can) to come to the party
the next day because she (be) still
sick.

16. I (just see) the film The Da Vinci Code.

(you see) it too? No, I (not have) but I
(read) the book.
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17. My sister (fly) home from London today. Her flight
(arrive) in an hour so I (leave) for the airport right now to get
there in time.
18. Unless he (sell) more he wont get much money.
19. While he (wait) for the bus there (be) a
robbery at the bank. After the robbers (go) away the police
(come) but they (not can) to catch them.
20. I (use) to ski when I was at the university but I
(break) a leg five years ago and since then I (not ski) any
more.

2. Fill the gaps with the correct tenses

1. I (learn) English for seven years now.

2. But last year I (not / work) hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not /
be) really that good then.
3. As I (pass / want) my English exam successfully next year, I (study)
harder this term.
4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) me on a language course to
London.
5. It (be) great and I (think) I (learn) a lot.
6. Before I (go) to London, I (not / enjoy) learning English.
7. But while I (do) the language course, I (meet) lots of young people from
all over the world.
8. There I (notice) how important it (be) to speak foreign languages
nowadays.
9. Now I (have) much more fun learning English than I (have) before the
course.
10. At the moment I (revise) English grammar.
11. And I (begin / already) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.
12. I (think) I (do) one unit every week.
13. My exam (be) on 15 May, so there (not / be) any time to be lost.
14. If I (pass) my exams successfully, I (start) an apprenticeship in
September.
15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) back to London to work there for a while.
16. As you (see / can) , I (become) a real London fan already.