EXERCISES ON THE TENSES

A. Write the verbs in italics in the Simple Past or the Pres.Perf.

1. During my visit to London last year, I to take took pictures.2. Who to lead led last year's expedition to the North pole?3. Man is a social being; he always/to want has always wanted to meet other people.4. In 1939 the novel to use was used as the film script for 'Tarzan'.5. During my stay in England three years ago, I to visit visited some cathedrals.6. For the last five years a lot of foreigners to come have come to live in our street and some of them even to buy have even bought houses there.7. The hotel to be used to be a manor house until 1984.8. You to type Have you typed that letter yet?9. This is the third English novel I to read have read this year.

B. Write the verbs in italics in the present or past tenses.

1. Near Sixty-third and Stony Island I ran into Alf Steidler whom I not to see had not seen in years. He to hear had heard that I to draft had been drafted, and I to hear had heard the same news about him. 'They to turn turned me down,' he said. 'Bad teeth, bad heart and emotionally unsuitable. Mostly the last. Jack Brill to be was bait, though.' ' They/to take Did they take him ?' 'In December. He's going to be a marine.' 'What you / to do are yoy doing so far from Huron Street?' 'I to be up have been up to see my brother in the hospital. He to smash smashed his cab last Thursday.' 'Too bad. he/to be Is he hurt much ?' 'Oh no, he to damage damaged his looks a little, that's all.'

2. 'How to be is our old school chum Morris?' he asked. 'Abe? He to do is doing very well; he to be is in Washington.' 'And what about you ?' 'I to wait am waiting for the army call. What you/to do are you doing, Alf ?' 'Oh, the same. Still trying to lead a genteel life. Things to go went well for a couple of years. I was an honoured artist. First I to be was in the theatre, you to remember remember? Then I to organize organized a water ballet for the parks system, and after that I to lead led a chorus. But I to start started at the bottom. My first job to be was digging up a street. I had to explain to the people who asked me what I to work was working at that I to be was a geologist.

C. Active and passive tenses. Use the correct form of the verb.

1. My brother to develop has developed a very bad habit. As soon as he to come comes in the garden, he to do does what he to do used to do as a little kid : he to pull out pulls out all the flowers. We hope he to wait will wait in future until mother to ask asks him to cut flowers for her.2. The title given below now/to abandon has now been abandoned and not to appear will not appear in the future. We therefore to cancel have therefore cancelled your order for this item.3. I don't want to see you ever again. I not to listen didn’t listen when people to tell told me about you and her. I to go will be going abroad soon, so it's no use writing or phoning. You to be have been very bad to me and what to hurt hurts most is that

you to tell have been telling lies all the time. I to expect expect you to think thought I was too young and silly to make you happy. Perhaps I to be was , but now I to feel feel grown up.4. My father to own owns retail ladies clothes' shop. He to be has been ill for a long time now and only yesterday he to ask asked me if I to look after could/would look after the business for him. I obviously, not to refuse could not refuse / have not refused him. 5. Britain's official reserves to rise rose by 118 million pounds last month, which to mean means that they now/to stand are now standing at nearly three and a half thousand millions.6. Iraqi security forces say that another six terrorists to kill have been killed. It to happen happened in what to call is called the operational area which now/to cover now covers most of the seven hundred mile border with Iran.7. The executive of the train drivers' union met today to discuss the unofficial strike which to paralyse has paralysed most of the eastern regions since Monday, but there to be is still no sign of an end to the dispute. In fact, the strike to spread has spread during the day with many more services cut and British Rail say there to be is little hope of any improvement tomorrow.8. During the past hundred years many wonderful cave paintings to discover have been discovered. Early artists to use used simple materials to draw on rocks. One of the first discoveries to make was made in 1879 in Altamira. A young girl to walk was walking in a cave, when she to stop stopped to light a candle. As soon as she to do so did, she to see saw strange animals on the walls. Since then a great many more paintings to find have been found. Nobody to think thinks that they to be are childish. From them we to learn have learnt/learned a great deal about early man.9. Everyone to know knows that schools to change have changed, that despite all the influences of tradition things aren't the same as they to be used to be. Yet during the past decade the change to be has been on such unprecedented scale that in many ways schools to become have become surprising places not only to those who to work work with them - like parents and employers - but even to those who to work work in them, like teachers and parents.

D. Use present tense or the simple future.

1. Next year there not to be won’t be girls in our school.2. I to play play football at ' o'clock this afternoon.3. Where you/to sleep will you sleep tonight?4. Next Christmas to fall falls on a Monday.5. Peter to fail will fail his exams this year.6. We to leave leave for the Riviera tomorrow.7. I think there to be will be a lot of fun tonight.8. I/to hear Shall I hear from you soon?9. The exhibition to close closes Friday week.

E. Use the Simple Past, Past Cont. or the Past Perfect Conti nu ous .

1. He to try tried to persuade him to stay, but it was too late.2. When she last to see saw, she to wear was wearing a sweater.

3. In 1968, when the troubles to begin began, the Civil Rights Movement already/to exist had already existed for two years.4. I to see saw you in the park last night. You to talk were talking with my boyfriend.5. There to be was a time when I to dream was dreaming of leaving.6. They to be were an untidy lot. We to have had to clean the flat after they to leave had left it.7. His father to be had been a teacher for 30 years when he to retire retired.8. He to come came into the darkroom just as I to develop was developing the film.9. We to go back went to London in 1990. But this time it to be was a quite different trip. Everything to plan had been planned by our teachers.

F. Supply the appropriate verb-form of the verb in italics.

M was standing at the big window that looked across the park. He did not look round. 'Sit down , he said. No name, no number !James Bond to take took his usual place, to face facing M's tall chair. There to be were no papers on the desk top.Suddenly Bond to feel felt really bad about everything.'We to have have nothing for you', the empty desk, the empty chair to seem seemed to say. 'You to be are no use to us anymore.'M to come over came and to sit down sat . He to look at looked Bond. 'You/to know Do you know why I to send have sent for you ?' he asked.'I to think think so, sir. I to be will be sorry to leave. But I'm sure it's the best thing for the Service.''What are you/to talk about are you talking' said M angrily. 'I to do have done badly in my last two jobs. I to know know my health to be has been poor these last few months.''Oh, you to be have been through a bad time, that's all. As for your last two jobs, anyone to make can make mistakes. Well James, I to take am taking you out of the dubble O team.'So that's it, Bond to think thought, the old man just/to try is just trying to be kind.He said, 'Then I still/like would still like to leave, sir I to have have had my double O number for too long. I not to be am not interested in other work.'M's hand to crash down crashed on the desk top. 'Who you/to think do you think you to be are? I to give am going to give you the most important job you ever/to have have ever had. And you to talk talk about to leave leaving. you/to be are you out of your mind ? 'Suddenly Bond was excited. What was this all about? He said, 'I am sorry, sir. But I to do have been doing so badly.''I soon to tell will soon you when you to do are doing badly. Now listen to me. I to move am moving you to another team. You to have will have a four-figure number. More money too. You can keep your old office and your secretary. And keep your new job secret. Understand! ''Yes, sir.'

'In any case, you to leave will leave for Japan in a few days. Even my secretary to know knows nothing about it. M pointed at the empty desk. 'There to be aren’t even any papers on this case.

G. Translate the following sentences into English

1. Hij zou je betaald hebben als je het hem gevraagd had.I would have paid him if he had asked me.2. Ik heb hem gisteren om 2 uur in de namiddag in een café in Gent ontmoet.I met him in a pub at 2 pm yesterday.3. Ik woon nu al drie jaar in Brussel in een huis van mijn tante.I have been living in Brussles in a house of my aunt’s.4. Hij las een boek toen de elekriciteit uitviel.He was reading a book when there was a power failure.5. De Kennedy's hadden vroeger veel invloed op het politieke leven in de US.The Kennedy’s used to have a lot of influence on political life in the US.

H. Use the correct form of the verb

1. We (listen) were listening to the radio yesterday evening when we (hear) heard a knock on the door and we all (wonder) were all wondering who it could be as it (be) was nearly midnight. It (turn out) turned out to be our friend John, who (stand) was standing in the doorway. We (be) were very surprised, as he (emigrate) had emigrated to Australia the year before and we (not know) didn’t know that he (return) had returned.2. Queen Elisabeth (rule) had ruled England for half a century when she (die) died in 1603.3. Our labourers (construct) will have constructed more than 10,000 cars by the end of this year. 4,000 cars (construct) have already been constructed.4. I f he had been more careful the accident (not happen) would not have happenen.5. He always (help) has always helped us. Why shouldn't he help us now?6. I (write) wrote six letters today.7. I (write) have written/have been writing letters all morning.8. I would have helped him if he (speak) had spoken the truth.9. You cannot trust him: He (lie) is always lieing.10. He said that he (live) has lived in Ghent for more than fifteen years and that he still (like) likes it there.