EXERCISE 4 SHOULD HAVE AND COULD HAVE

Read the example sentences. Then think about past situations you have experienced. Write
five sentences about things you should or shouldn’t have done. Then write five additional
sentences about things you could have done.

I should have studied more for my English test.

I shouldn’t have spent so much money on my new computer.

I could have given my sister a better present for her birthday.

EXERCISE 4 FUTURE TIME VERBS

Answer the questions. Write complete sentences based on your own experience.

1. What do you think your career will be?

I think I will be a nurse.
2. Where do you think you’ll be living in five years?
3. What are you going to do this evening after dinner?
4. Where are you going on your next vacations?
5. What are you going to do as soon as you leave English class today?
6. What time does your next English class begin?
7. By what date will you have finished your studies?
8. In year’s time, how long will you have been studying English?

EXERCISE 6 PAST TIME QUESTIONS

Answer the questions about your past experiences. Write complete sentences. Use the
grammatical structures in parentheses.

1. How long ago did you start school? (simple past)

I started school ten years ago
2. Which countries have you visited? (present perfect)
3. Where were you living one year ago? (past progressive)
4. Had you already met any of your classmates when you started this class? (past perfect)
5. How long had you been studying English when you started this class? (past perfect
progressive)
6. What did you use to do when you lived in the country you were born is? (habitual past
action with used to)
7. What would you do regularly when you first moved to United States? (habitual past
action with would)