All Tenses: Fill in the correct form

1. When we reach Land’s End we ________were walking____________ 1,500 km. (walk)

2. I just remembered that I ___________have not payed_________ the rent yet. I’m surprised
that the landlord _____has not rung_____ me up and reminded me. (not pay, not ring)

3. It’s a beautiful drive. I am sure you ___________will ẹnjoy_________ the scenery. (enjoy)

4. The car ________doesn’t start____________. If you get in Tom and I ___will give______
you a push. (not start, give)

5. I put the five-pound notes into one of the books; but the next day it _____tooks_______ me
ages to find it because I __________forgot__________ which book I
_________put___________ it in. (take, forget, put)

6. He ______has been playing______________ the bagpipes since six this morning. He

______has just stopped______________. (play,just stop)

7. My son _______hasn’t started_____________ work yet. He’s still at High School. – How
long ____has he been ______ at school? - He _________has been ___________ there for six
years. Before that he _________spent___________ five years at primary school. (not start, he
be, be, spend)

8. Mary: I wonder what he ______is saying______________ now. Ann: Well, his girlfriend
_________comes___________ from Japan too, so I suppose he _____is speaking______
Japanese. (say, come, speak)

9. When I first met him he ________was studying____________ architecture. (study)

10. While we ________were fishing____________ someone __________broke__________ into

the house and ______left_____us this note. (fish, break, leave)

11. It won’t be easy to get out of the country .The police _________are watching___________
all of the ports.(watch)

12. If I catch some fish, _______will you cook_____________ them for me? (you cook)

13. He ________don’t forget____________ to come. (not forget)

14. It _______has been raining_____________ for the last two hours so the game _________has
been postponed___________ (rain, be postponed)

15. When I __________saw__________ him he ____________was paitting________ a picture

of his wife. ______Do you like ______________ it? (see, paint, you like)
16. The car had nobody I it but the engine _________was running___________. (run)

17. Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt ________is reading____________ it.
(read)

18. This shop ________is closing____________ for good next Monday. (close)

19. Where ________are you going____________ tonight? – I _________am going___________

out with Peter. (you go, go)

20. At 3 a.m. Jane ________woke____________ up her husband and said that she
______thought_________ that someone _________was trying___________ to get into the
house. (wake, think, try)

21. When you see me next time I __will be wearing_________ my new sunglasses. (wear)

22. This bike ________has been____________ in our family for the last 14 years. My father
________used____________ it for the first five years, then my brother ____rode______ it and I
________have had____________ it since then. (be, use,ride,have)

23. Some time ago I ____read_____ that our mayor _______wanted________ to go to Iceland.
What _________does he want___________ to do there? (read, want, he want)

24. You see, Doctor, she _____fell____ ill two days ago and since then she____hasn’t ate_____
anything. I’m sure she ___has losts_______ several kilos. (fall, not eat, lose)

25. Most people _________were___________ at work when the fire _____started__________.

(be, start)

26. After five years of travelling through Asia I ______will go______________ back to Europe
next week. I _______have already booked____________ the flight (go, already book)

27. I saw him when he _____was leaving________ the house. I _______was just standing____
at the corner when he _____passed_______________ by. He _________didn’t say___________
a word and I _____didn’t say____ a word either. (leave, just stand, pass, not say , not say)