COLEGIO NACIONAL SANTA LIBRADA

JUAN SEBASTIAN VILLALOBOS

VERBS TENSES

MARTHA PATRICIA DIAZ

ENGLISH

2021
 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 __________have never been______________ (never be) to Brazil, but I want to go one day.

2. Look over there. I think that woman in white _________________is filming_______________________

(film) us.

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

4. Peter ____________is going to try_____________ (try) to get into the football team next term but I
don’t think they _____________will accept_______________ (accept) him.

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

6. OK. I ______will shut down____________________ (shut down) the computer since nobody
__________is using_________ (use) it.

7. Until we took Samuel to Wong’s restaurant, he ___________had never eaten_____________ (never /

eat) Chinese food.

8. The kettle _________is boiling_______ (boil) right now so I _____will make____ (make) the tea.

9. He ______will be flying___________ (fly) to Rome in two day’s time.

10. I ___am going to finish___________ (finish) my book report tomorrow morning and then later, meet my
friends for lunch.

11. Mariana ___________photographed___________ (photograph) everyone while we __________were

performing_____________ (perform) at the talent show last week.

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

13. She had already eaten three pieces of cake so she ___________didn´t want__________________ (not
want) more.

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

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

16. Richard was exhausted because he _________had been working__________ (work) all day.

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

18. My English teacher ________doesn´t believe___________ (not believe) in luck but in effort.
19. How long __________has he been sleeping__________________ (he / sleep)?

20. Look at that man! He ___is driving_ (drive) so carelessly that his car ___is going to crash_____(crash).

21. The pirates ______hid_______ (hide) a chest here in 1654.

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

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

24. What do you think you ______will be doing___________ (do) a year from now?

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

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

27. Meg was on the bus when she __realised____ (realise) that she ___had forgotten (forget) her purse.

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

29. I ______didn´t take__ (not take) the dog for a walk last night because Bill ______had already done__
(already / do) it.

30. Linda and Brad ________haven´t spoken__________ (not speak) since she ______saw____________
(see) him kissing another girl.

31. By the time my parents got home, the snow __________hadn´t stopped_______________ (stop) yet.

32. Then, as I ______was_______ (be) really tired, I ____fell______ (fall) asleep while I ________was
reading___________ (read) in bed.

33. My mother ___________fell______ (fall) ill last week and I _________am making____________ (make)
all the meals instead of her. She still ________doesn´t feel_____________ (not feel) well so she __________is
seeing_________ (see) a doctor tomorrow. I hope she _________will get____________ (get) better soon.

34. I _________am___________ (be) disappointed because I _______expected_______________ (expect)

the film to be more exciting.

35. I ________have spent____ (spend) this evening in a pub with my friends. Everybody _____was
smoking_____ (smoke) and now my hair _____is smelling__________ (smell) of cigarette smoke! I ___will
wash___ (wash) it as soon as I get home.

36. I __have been studying__ (study) hard the whole term so I _____am going to pass___ (pass) the term
test. I hope I _____will get___ (get) a good mark and in a few weeks I ___will be enjoying__ (enjoy) my holiday!
I think I _____deserve____ (deserve) it!