Present Tense

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the present tense.

1. ___________________ how old I am? (YOU KNOW)

2. How ___________________ to work? – I usually ___________________ by car, but today

Jack ___________________ me up (YOU GET, DRIVE, PICK)

3. It often ___________________ in Ireland, but it never ___________________ for days on

end. (RAIN, RAIN)

4. I usually _________________ so quickly that he __________________ me. (SPEAK, NOT

UNDERSTAND)

5. Jane’s husband ___________________ . (NOT SMOKE)

6. Why _________________ on your coat? – I ___________________ for a walk. –

___________________ to come with me? (YOU PUT, GO, YOU WANT)

7. I always ____________ lottery tickets, but I never _____________ anything. (BUY, WIN)

8. It ___________________ in Egypt. (NOT OFTEN RAIN)

9. _________________ to him today? – Yes, I always ________________ to him on his

birthday. (YOU WRITE, WRITE)

10.Can you hear that? The car ___________________ such a strange noise. – It’s OK. It
always ________________ like that. (MAKE, SOUND)

11.The plane that you ___________________ at right now ___________________ for Paris.
(LOOK, LEAVE)
12.What ___________________ to his car? – I think he ___________________ it. (HE DO,
POLISH)

13.Susan ___________________ to her parents every Sunday. In fact, she

_______________ to them today. (WRITE, WRITE)

14.Stop at once! You _______________the flowers every time the ball ______________in
the garden! (DESTROY, LAND)

15.Where is Kevin? I can’t find him anywhere. – He ______________ with Sue in the garden
(PLAY).

16.She normally ___________________ in London, but this weekend she

_________________ with some friends in Liverpool. (LIVE, STAY)

17.Hurry up, the teacher ___________________ to begin! (WAIT)

18.I ___________________ a word he ___________________ . (NOT BELIEVE, SAY)

19.What ___________________ for a living, Claire? – Well as a secretary , I

___________________ emails for my boss all the time. (YOU DO, WRITE)

20. Look over there! He ___________________ in a non-smoking area! (SMOKE)

Past Tense
Fill in the correct form of the past tense.

1. My friend Harry _______________ off the ladder while he _______________ the ceiling
of his room. (FALL, PAINT)

2. We _______________ the house in 2003. At that time it _______________ £ 150,000.

(BUY, COST)

3. Dad _______________ interested in buying a new car. (NOT BE)

4. My sister __________________ for me at the airport terminal when I _______________.

(WAIT, ARRIVE)

5. A few nights ago, I _______________ a book when suddenly I _______________ a noise

outside. A few teenagers __________________ loud music. (READ, HEAR, PLAY)

6. The fire ____________________ when the first firefighters _______________ at the

scene. (STILL BURN, ARRIVE)

7. My brother _______________ for a job when he _______________ across an interesting

ad in the newspaper. (LOOK, COME)

8. I _______________ someone call my name. I _______________ around and

_______________ my dad standing at the back of the queue. I _______________ so
surprised. (HEAR, TURN, SAW, BE)

9. My sister _______________ a bright summer dress when I _______________ her at the

performance. (WEAR, SEE)

10.I _______________ preparing dinner at 4.pm and I _______________ still at it when my

wife _______________ home. (START, BE, COME)
11.Our housekeeper _______________ the vase. As she _______________ up the pieces,
she _______________ her middle finger. (BREAK, PICK, CUT)

12.We suddenly _______________ that we _______________ in the wrong direction.

(REALISE, DRIVE)

13.She _______________ a great skier when she was young. (BE)

14.I _______________ an old friend in town while I _______________ the shopping. (MEET,
DO)

15.While the children _______________ with others my husband and I _______________ to

have a cup of coffee. (PLAY, DECIDE)

16.Magellan _______________ around the world for the first time 500 years ago. (SAIL)

17.I _______________ my dog for a walk in the park when suddenly another dog
_______________ him. (TAKE, ATTACK)

18.When I _______________ back from town everyone was at home. Mum

_______________ homework. Dad _______________ the car and my sister Julia
_______________ on her school project. (COME, CORRECT, WASH, WORK)
Tense 1

Dear Mum,

I _____________________(JUST WRITE) to tell you how much I ________________

(APPRECIATE) the money you have sent me, and to tell you how I ________ (GET) on in my
first term at university. In fact, I ____________________ (REALLY ENJOY) myself. I
_______________ (STUDY) quite hard as well, but at the moment I _____________ (SPEND)
a lot of time making new friends. I _________________________(STILL STAY) with my friend
Jill and I ____________ (LOOK) for some place to live on my own. Only a small number of
first year students _______________ (LIVE) in college here and I ________________(SEEM)
to be spending a lot of time travelling.

I _____________ (ATTEND) lectures every morning, and most afternoons I ______________

(STUDY) in the library. In fact, I ___________________ (WRITE) this letter right now instead
of an essay on Shakespeare. I think I’ll buy some new clothes with the money you’ve sent
me. Everything _______________ (COST) a lot here, and I _________________ (SAVE) to
buy a coat for the winter months. It ___________________ (GET) really cold here in the
evenings. I now ______________________(KNOW) some other students and we
____________________ (HAVE) quite a good time. I __________________ (ALSO LEARN) to
drive. University students _________________ (GET) a refund if they take their tests here. I
___________________ (LOOK) forward to coming home next month.

See you soon.

Kate
Tense 2

Herbie loves trains ! He first __________________ (SEE) a train when he was

five years old and he __________________ (BE) absolutely fascinated. He
__________________ (GO) to a different train station every week and
__________________ (WRITE) down the engine number of every train he sees.
He _____________________ (DO) this since he was seven. By the time he left
school he _____________________ (COLLECT) over 5000 different engine
numbers from all over the world.

At one time, while he __________________ (STAND) at a station he

_____________ (SEE) something very strange. He __________________
(WAIT) for a train for an hour when he suddenly __________________ (SEE) an
old steam locomotive coming down the tracks. It __________________ (NOT
STOP) at the station and when it __________________ (PASS) Herbie saw that
all the passengers __________________ (WEAR) old-fashioned clothes. He told
the station manager about this, but the manager said that no steam
locomotive ___________________ (PASS) through the station for years, and
that the last one __________________ (CRASH) , killing everyone on board.
Tense 3

I love travelling in the country, but I _________________ (NOT LIKE) losing my

way. I _________________ (GO) on a trip the other day, but my trip took me
longer than I _________________ (EXPECT). 'I'm going to Woodford Green’, I
_________________ (SAY) to the conductor as I _________________ (GET) on
the bus, 'but I _________________ (NOT KNOW) where it is.' - 'I
_________________ (TELL) you where to get off,' _________________
(ANSWER) the conductor. I _________________ (SIT) in front of the bus to get
a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus _________________
(STOP). I realized with a shock that I _________________ (BE) the only
passenger left on the bus. 'You _________________ (MUST, GET) off here', the
conductor said, ‘This is as far as we go.' We _________________ (GO) back
now,' _________________ (SAY) the conductor