REVISION

ALL TENSES

 I feel really tired. I … (1 - weed) the garden for the last three hours and I … (2 - not rest) for a single
moment.
 I can’t believe you … (3 - eat) three pizzas already! I … (4 – only buy) them fifteen minutes ago.
 I can see from what you say that your mornings are very busy! But what … (5 – you do) in the
afternoons?
 I’m going to buy a new swimming costumes. My old one … (6 – not fit) me anymore.
 It … (7 – not be) long before Doctor Smith is here.
 How long … (8 – you have) driving lessons? And … (9 - you take) your test yet?
 It’s very hot in here. We’ll go to the park when you … (10 - finish) your tea.
 Everything was perfect, although not many people … (11 - dance).
 Jill was really hungry because she … (12 – not eat) all day.
 At school, I disliked the Maths teacher because he … (13 – always pick) on me.
 Harry … (14 - leave) home rather suddenly and we … (15 – not hear) from him since.
 You (16) … (be) here before? – Yes, I (17) … (spend) my holidays here last year. – You (18) …
(have) a good time?
 Why you (19) … (smoke) a cigar, Mrs Prim? You (20) … (not smoke) cigars as a rule.
 They (21) … (build) that bridge when I (22) … (drive) past last year. They (23) … (not finish) it yet.
 You (24-do) anything this evening? – Well, I (25-not go) out, because it (26-rain) and I (27-not have)
an umbrella.
 You (28-belong) to the local library? – Yes, I do. – You (29-read) a lot? – Yes, quite a lot. – How
often you (30-change) you books? – I (31-change) one every week. – What you (32-read) now? – I
(33-read) a crime story by Agatha Christie. I don’t know when she (34-write) it.
 You (35-be) here before? – Yes, I (36-spend) my holidays here last year. – You (37-have) a good
time? – No, it never (38-stop) raining.
 I (39-glance) out of the window before I (40-go) to bed and (41-notice) a man standing on the
opposite pavement. He (42-watch) the house. When I (43-get) up the following morning he (44-be)
still there and I (45-wonder) whether he (46-stay) there all night or if he (47-go) away and (48-come)
back.
 We (49) … (think) about moving to the city recently.
 How long (50) … (you/ work) as a waiter?
 He was dirty because he (51) … (work) in the garden all morning.
 By the time the rain (52) … (stop) yesterday morning, we (53) … (drink) two pots of coffee.
 When we (54) … (live) by the sea, we (55) … (swim) every day.
 Yesterday while I (56) … (sit) in class, I (57) … (get) the hiccups. The person who (58) … (sit) next
to me told to hold my breath. I (59) … (try) that, but it didn’t work. The instructor (60) … (lecture).
Finally, after I (61) … (hiccup) for five minutes, I (62) … (raise) my hand and excused myself from
class.
 The weather has been terrible lately. It (63) … (rain) off and on for two days, and the temperature
(64) … (drop) drastically. Just three days ago, the sun (65) … (shine) and the weather was pleasant.
The weather certainly (66) … (change) quickly here.
 About three yesterday afternoon, Jessica (67) … (lie) in bed reading a book. Suddenly she (68) …
(hear) a loud noise and (69) … (get) up to see what it (70) … (be). A truck (71) … (just back) into
her new car!
 I’m going to watch a TV program at nine, but before I (72) … (watch) the program, I (73) … (write)
a letter to my parents.
 Yesterday at a restaurant, I (75) … (see) Pam Donnelly, an old friend of mine. I (76) … (see, not) her
in years. At first, I (77) … (recognize, not) her because she (78) … (lose) a great deal of weight.
 Since classes (79) … (begin), I (80) … (have, not) much free time.
 I admit that I (81) … (get) older since I last (82) … (see) but I hope I (83) … (also get) wiser.
 I (84) … (hear, not) the thunder during the storm last night because I (85) … (sleep).
 Look! It (86) … (snow). It’s beautiful! This is the first time I’ve ever seen snow. It (87) … (snow,
not) in my country.
 Carol … (88)(break) her arm, so she couldn’t write for six weeks.
 How much … the bag of apples … (89)(weigh)?
I don’t know yet. The man … (90)(weigh) the bag now.
 I … (91)(practise) my lines for weeks now but I still … (92)(not remember) them very well.
 When Simon … (93)(arrive) at the cinema last night, dozens of people … (94)(queue) outside. They
… (95)(wait) to see the same film as Simon. Simon, however, … (96)(buy) a ticket in advance, so he
… (97)(walk) straight to the front of the queue and … (98)(enter) the cinema.
 I … (99)(think) of going for a picnic in the country, but the weather is awful so I … (100)(change)
my mind.