Fisa de lucru verb tenses.

Complete the following sentences according the model:

I usually get up early, but…( late-this week)

I usually get up early, but I’m getting up late this week.

1) We usually go to school by bus, but…( by car-today)

2) Mother usually drinks coffee in the morning, but…( tea-this morning)
3) The children play in the garden in the afternoon, but…( in the park-this afternoon)
4) They usually study in the morning, but…( in the afternoon –this year)
5) My father works in London, but…( in Bristol-for a fortnight)
6) Betty generally listens to classical music, but…( pop music-now)

Add tag questions to the following statements:

1) You always forget your glasses.

2) Richard’s wife doesn’t play chess.
3) Your friends don’t like beer.
4) It usually rains a lot in April.
5) He feels better today.
6) My father doesn’t have trouble with his car.

Fill in the blanks with the past tense of the verbs in italics.

Example: Paul tells stories well. Last night he told us a funny one.

1) Mary makes her own clothes. She…………….a pretty dress last week.
2) Peter always knows the lesson. Yesterday he got a ten, as he…………the lesson
very well.
3) I am feeling well now, much better than I …………….yesterday.
4) Stephen spends a lot of money on books. Yesterday he………………50 lei.
5) Our class football team wins most of the games, but yesterday the other
class………….the match.
6) I usually wake up early, but last Sunday I ………………….up at 10 o’clock.
7) The wind blows hard in autumn. Last night it……………………....some trees
down.

Put the verbs in brackets in the past tense continuous.

Model: He (read) for four hours yesterday.
He was reading for four hours yesterday.

1) Father (work) __________________on a building site throughout 1996.

2) What (you, do)____________________from July to September? I (make)
________________the tour of the country.
3) The builders (install) _____________________plumbing and electricity all last
week.
4) Jack, what (you, do)_____________________ all yesterday afternoon?
5) From 3 to 5 I (play)_____________________ tennis.
6) Between 5 and 7 my brother (do) __________________his homework

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Tense:

1) You ever (ride) a Honda motorbike?

2) How long you (know) your best friend?
3) The show just (begin).
4) We (miss) the last train. What shall we do?
5) Mary (phone) yet?
6) It (not rain) here for three years.
7) Why you (not bring) your sister with you?
 8) My dog never (eat) mice.

Use the present perfect + ALREADY for an action completed at a time earlier than
expected.

Model: Mother: Now, Diana, you must clean your room.

Diana: I’ve already cleaned it, mum.

And you must dust the furniture.

Don’t forget to make the beds.
And the dishes-you must wash them.
And you must iron the tablecloth.
And you must buy some fruit, too.

I. Fill in the verbs in the right tense: Past Perfect or Past Simple

Example: Pat ____ (to live) in London before he ____ (to move) to Rome.
Answer: Pat had lived in London before he moved to Rome.

1. After Fred ________________ (to spend) his holiday in Italy he ________________ (to
want) to learn Italian.
2. Jill ________________ (to phone) Dad at work before she ___________________ (to
leave) for her trip.
3. Susan __________________ (to turn on) the radio after she __________________ (to
wash) the dishes.
4. When she ____________(to arrive) the match _________already _____________ (to
start).
friends.

II. Put the verbs into the correct form (Past Perfect Continuous).

1. We (sleep) ______________________for 12 hours when he woke us up.

2. They (wait) _________________at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally
arrived.
 3. We (look for) ___________________her ring for two hours and then we found it in
the hall.
4. I (not / walk) ________________________for a long time, when it suddenly began
to rain
5. How long (learn / she) ____________________English before she went to
London?

Use the verbs in brackets in the correct form:

The pupils (read)_____________ the lesson for ten minutes when the teacher entered the
classroom.
“Harold (book) ____________the hotel room yet?” “Well, he (write)_____________ to
the hotel ten days ago, but they (not answer)______________ him yet.”
My father (usually/get)_____________ up at 6 o’clock, but today he (get) __________up
later.
Mike (read) ________a letter when mother (open) _______________the door.
We (not hear) _____________anything from him for ten days.
They (go) __________on a trip next week.
Mary (do)__________ her homework before mother (come)____________ home.
Look at the clouds. It (rain)__________ in a few minutes.
My grandparents (work)______________ in the garden for half an hour.
Tom (not go) __________________to school yesterday