VERB TENSES REVIEW

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb given in brackets and be prepared to support your answers
next class.

1. I ________________________ (never be) to Brazil, but I want to go one day.

2. Look over there. I think that woman in white ________________________________________ (film) us.

3. The day before yesterday, at the end of the city tour, the bus __________________(bring) us back to
the hotel.

4. Peter _________________________ (try) to get into the football team next term but I don’t think they
____________________________ (accept) him.

5. This busker will become famous after he _________________________ (release) his album.

6. OK. I __________________________ (shut down) the computer since nobody ___________________

(use) it.

7. Until we took Samuel to Wong’s restaurant, he ________________________ (never / eat) Chinese food.

8. The kettle ________________________ (boil) right now so I ___________________________ (make)

the tea.

9. He _________________ (fly) to Rome in two day’s time.

10. I ________________________ (finish) my book report tomorrow morning and then later, meet my
friends for lunch.

11. Mariana ______________________ (photograph) everyone while we _______________________

(perform) at the talent show last week.

12. I’m not sure what I want for dinner. Oh, I know! I ________________________ (have) some pizza and
milk.

13. She had already eaten three pieces of cake so she _____________________________ (not want) more.

14. Where were you! I _________________________ (wait) for you for an hour and a half!

15. By the year 2030, they ___________________________ (invent) a device for doing homework.

16. Richard was exhausted because he ___________________ (work) all day.

17. This milk _______________________ (smell) sour. Let’s open a new bottle.

18. My English teacher ___________________ (not believe) in luck but in effort.

19. How long ____________________________ (he / sleep)?

20. Look at that man! He ____________________ (drive) so carelessly that his car _____________________
(crash).
21. The pirates _____________ (hide) a chest here in 1654.

22. Listen to this awful noise! Where _________________ (it / come) from?

23. The crew ____________________ (give) instructions to the passengers while the plane
____________________ (make) an emergency landing.

24. What do you think you _________________ (do) a year from now?

25. By the time the technician _______________________ (arrive), we had already been trapped in the lift
for nearly two hours.

26. It’s great to see you! When ________________________ (you / get back) from your holiday, James?

27. Meg was on the bus when she _____________________ (realise) that she ________________ (forget)
her purse.

28. By the end of May, Julia _________________________ (have) her baby.

29. I _________________ (not take) the dog for a walk last night because Bill _________________ (already /
do) it.

30. Linda and Brad __________________ (not speak) since she __________________ (see) him kissing
another girl.

31. By the time my parents got home, the snow _________________________ (stop) yet.

32. Then, as I _____________ (be) really tired, I __________ (fall) asleep while I ___________________
(read) in bed.

33. My mother _________________ (fall) ill last week and I _____________________ (make) all the meals
instead of her. She still _____________________ (not feel) well so she ___________________ (see) a doctor
tomorrow. I hope she _____________________ (get) better soon.

34. I ____________________ (be) disappointed because I ______________________ (expect) the film to be

more exciting.

35. I _____________________ (spend) this evening in a pub with my friends. Everybody

________________________ (smoke) and now my hair _________________ (smell) of cigarette smoke! I
_____________________ (wash) it as soon as I get home.

36. I _______________________ (study) hard the whole term so I __________________________ (pass)

the term test. I hope I ____________________ (get) a good mark and in a few weeks I ____________________
(enjoy) my holiday! I think I __________________ (deserve) it!