Name: _________________

GRADE 8 – UNIT 6: LEARN – PRACTICE 3

Date: __________________

I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the tense in brackets.

Use past simple or present perfect (simple and progressive).

1. What ______________________________ since you came to this school? I hope you

___________________________ many friends in the past year. (you learn, make)

2. She _________________________ tired when she ___________________________

home last night, so she __________________________ straight to bed. (be, get, go)

3. I ____________________________ her husband. I don't even know what he looks like.

(never meet)

4. It ______________________ the whole week. I wonder when it's going to stop. (snow)

5. Who ________________________________ The Taming of the Shrew ? – I think it was

Henry James. (write)

6. The weather ___________________________ great when we __________________ in

Sicily last August. (be, be)

7. I _____________________ to study for the past hour, but I simply can't concentrate. (try)

8. World War I ___________________ in 1914 and ___________________ four years

later. (start, end)

9. I _________________ lunch, but I _________________ coffee yet. (just have, not

have).

10.I _______________________ a nice girl recently. – How long

______________________ on? – Oh, for about a month. (see, it go)

11.Last night I ___________________ some spare time, so I ___________________ to

the cinema to see the latest Bond movie. (have, go)

12.I ___________________ my room recently. That's why it looks so nice and fresh. (paint)
13.How many matches _____________________ so far this season? Well, I
___________________ almost all games last season, but I _____________________ any
this year. (you win, win, not win)

14.Mom _____________________ thank you notes the whole morning. She

_______________________ about 20 so far. (write, already write)

15.Dad ___________________ as a consultant for over 20 years. Then he

___________________. (work, retire) 16.___________________ Max at the staff meeting
last Tuesday? No, I ___________________ him for ages. (you see, not see)

II. Fill in the correct form of the Future Tense. In some sentences several forms are
possible.

1. They __________________________ driving to New York tomorrow evening. (drive)

2. I offered him a job last week and I think he __________________________ it. (take)

3. I hope the weather __________________________ nice when you get to Sardinia. (be)

4. We __________________________ married on June 25th . (get)

5. I suppose real estate prices __________________________ up again next year. (go)

6. What ____________________________________________ when you grow up?

– I __________________________ a pilot. (you do, be)

7. I am _____________________ football this afternoon so I can't make it to the party.

(play)

8. Put your wallet away. I __________________________ for the tickets. (pay)

9. I _____________________________ John at the airport tomorrow at 5.30. (meet)

10.Take the umbrella with you. I think it ________________________ in the afternoon.

(rain)

11.I think I __________________________ a cup of tea after all. (have)

12.Ask Mary. She __________________________ the answer (probably know)

13.Which car __________________________ to buy? (you plan)

14.Jack missed the train. He __________________________ late again. (be)

15.All our stores __________________________ next Monday at 10.00 a.m. (open)

16.We __________________________ our holidays in France next year. (spend)

17.What do you want to eat? – I think I __________________________ a sandwich. (have)

18.We have to go now. It __________________________ late. (get)

19.I can't talk about it now, but I _________________________ you a mail next week.
(send)

20.The Jacksons __________________________ a party tomorrow afternoon, but they

haven't invited us. (have)

III. Fill in the correct form of the past tense: simple or progressive.

1. While the policeman __________________ out of the window, he __________________

that a blue SUV __________________ down the road. (look, notice, park)

2. I __________________ on my report when the phone __________________. My wife

_______________ to know when I ____________________ home. (work, ring, want,
come)

3. He _____________________ down the street when he _____________________ his

old school teacher on the other side. (walk, see)

4. During the time I __________________ in South Africa I never __________________ a

serious crime. (spend, see)

5. While they _________________________ lunch at the new restaurant, a journalist

__________________ up to them and ________________________ to ask a few
questions. (have, come, want)

6. The farmer ________________________________ the whole neighbourhood with fruit

and vegetables. (supply)

7. The hairdresser __________________ up her shop, __________________ into the car

and __________________ home. (lock, get, drive)

8. My brother __________________ to contact me at the office, but he

__________________ me because I __________________ lunch with a customer. (try,
cannot reach, have)
9. Jack __________________ over the carpet because he __________________ attention
to where he __________________. (trip, not pay, go)

10.Where __________________ when I __________________ across you yesterday?

(you go, come)

11.I __________________ him off at the airport when the police

______________________ and ________________________________ him. (see, come,
arrest)

12.The old man _________________________ on the pavement, so James

______________________________ to help him. (fall, stop)

13.How _______________________ your leg? – Well, I ________________________ on

the ladder when, suddenly, I __________________________ my balance and
____________________________. (you break, stand, lose, fall)

14.She _____________________________ in France at the time she

_______________________________ the bad news. (live, receive)

15.I __________________________ the new Prime Minister while I

______________________________ the press conference. (meet, attend)

16. While I _____________________________ on the motorway, more and more police

cars _______________________________ in my direction. (drive, come)

IV. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Present Tense: simple or
progressive

1. Jeremy usually _________________________ to school by bus but today his dad

________________________________ him. (go, drive)

2. How often _________________________________ to the park for a picnic? (you go)

3. Northern California __________________________ a lot of rain during the wintertime

but this winter it ______________________________ at all. (get, not rain)

4. My sister often _______________________________ in bed but today she is so tired

that she _________________________________ anything at all. (read, not read)
5. Look to your right! Mary _________________ her little sister to school. How sweet!
(bring)

6. Mom can't help you right now because she _______________________ dinner.
(prepare)

7. The neighbours' boys always ______________________________ to school late.

(come)

8. My parents never ______________________________ cigarettes in front of us. (smoke)

9. I can't understand him because I __________________________ any French. (not

know)

10.Mary _________________ eating sweets. Every morning she _________________

coffee with lots of sweets. (like, have)

11.What _______________________? – I think they ______________________________

to be fed by the tourists. (the ducks do, wait)

12.It ____________________________________ very hard at the moment. (rain)

13.They normally _______________________________ TV on Sundays but today they

_________________________________ a nap. (watch, take)

14.Dad _____________________ TV when he ____________________ home from the

office. (not usually watch, come)

15.Every Monday my dad _______________________ to work by train because my mom

____________________________ the car. (go, need)

16.Our teacher often _______________________ at us when she's in a bad mood. (shout)

17.I _____________________ for a new car which I want to buy as soon as possible.
(save)

18.What _____________________ right now? – He ______________________________

in the river. (Tom do, swim)