Revision: TENSES

1. Underline the correct item. Explain your choice.

2. Match the sentences with the meaning of the tense used in each of them.

3. Fill in with YET, SINCE, FOR, TONIGHT, OFTEN or HOW LONG as appropriate.

4. Fill in with the present (simple/continuous) or the present perfect (simple/continuous).

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5. Rephrase the following sentences beginning as shown.

6. Rephrase the following sentences using the word given in bold type.

7. Match the sentences with the correct tense description.

E ? 3
L 11

H? A 6

J 10
F
1
C 5

A? H 12

K ?3 7
I 9
D 4
B
8
G 2

8. Fill in with the past tense simple or continuous as appropriate.

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9. Match the sentences and connect them with WHEN, WHILE, AND, AFTER or BECAUSE as
appropriate.

10. Fill in with a suitable word/phrase in the present (simple/continuous), past (s/c), present perfect
(s/c) or past perfect (s/c).

11. Put the verbs in brackets into the past tense simple or past perfect.
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12. Fill in with USED TO or WOULD as appropriate.

13. Fill in with WAS GOING TO, USED TO or WOULD as appropriate

14. Fill in with the past simple, present (simple/continuous), present perfect simple.

15. Fill in with the past perfect (simple/continuous).

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16. Fill in with the past tense simple or present perfect simple.
PAST SIMPLE vs. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

17. Rephrase the sentences using the word in bold type. Look first at the following possibilities:
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18. Match the sentences with the correct tense description. Look at the following table for reference:

Future simple (WILL) BE GOING TO Future Continuous Future Perfect

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E 6
G 9
D 5
H 3
1
C
A 7
F 2
J 4
B 13
L 8
M 12
K 10
I 11

19. Fill in with WILL, WON’T or SHALL as appropriate.

20. Fill in with BY or UNTIL as appropriate.

21. Put the verbs in brackets into the present tense simple or future simple as appropriate.
Remember the following restrictions:

DO NOT USE FUTURE FORMS

a. In time clauses (introduced by: WHEN, AS SOON AS, WHILE, BEFORE, AFTER, UNTIL, BY THE
TIME) which refer to the future; only the verb in the main clause is in the future:
She’ll text us as soon as she arrives / has arrived.
By the time we graduate we will have practised our writing skills quite extensively.
b. In conditional clauses:
What are you going to do if the weather is fine this weekend?
However, when IF = WHETHER follows a transitive vb. to introduce its direct object clause or
when the sentence is a polite invitation, not a conditional sentence proper, the restriction no
longer obtains:
Mother asked her if/whether she would like something to eat.
If you will take a seat, I will go and check whether Prof. Johnson can see you. [= polite invitation
to sit down while a certain action is conducted]
c. With GO and COME use the present continuous instead of to be going to:
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She’s going to London next week. (Rather than: She’s going to go to London next week.)

22. Fill in with WILL or TO BE GOING TO.

23. Match the sentences and fill in the correct tense.

24. Fill in using future simple or continuous forms as appropriate.

25. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect (simple/continuous) as appropriate.
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26. Complete the dialogue using the correct future form.