Tenses: Preparation Test: SolutionsI. BASIC EXERCISES: REVISION

1. Which tense is this?Past ContinuousPresent PerfectFuture ContinuousSimple FuturePast ContinuousPast PerfectSimple PastPast ContinuousFuture PerfectPresent PerfectPresent PerfectSimple PastPast Perfect ContinuousSimple Present

2. Form a sentenceLeave!Were you in the library?She works, doesn’t she?He didn’t believe you.ThoughtI had celebrated.I have written you several times.I will have been leavingShe has never moved.

3. Complete the gridHe teaches, he is teachingHe taught, he was teachingHe has taught, he has been teachingHe had taught, he had been teachingHe will teach, he will be teachingHe will have taught, he will have been teaching

4. Main Tensesto tear, tears, tore, tornto lie, lies, lied, liedto dream, dreams, dreamt/dreamed, dreamt/dreamedto sting, stings, stung, stungto become, becomes, became, becometo swim, swims, swam, swumto run, runs, ran, runto break, breaks, broke, brokento leave, leaves, left, left

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to flee, flees, fled, fledto shine, shines, shone, shoneto fall, falls, fell, fallento steal, steals, stole, stolento light, lights, lit, litto raise, raises, rose, risento hit, hits, hit, hitto forbid, forbids, forbade, forbiddento foresee, foresees, foresaw, foreseento hold, holds, held, heldto speed, speeds, sped, sped

5. Own answers, check with the rules!

II. FILL IN/ CHOOSE1.DrivesWork, I am studyingIs sleepingIs rainingAlways rainsAre saying, is talkingIs currently writingAm goingAre normallyAreIs

2.Were you doingWas trying(had) found, immediately went, turnedSaid, was, neededArrived, wasn’t, was studying at the libraryWas also watchingCalled, weren’tWas workingWalked, was talking, were busily working, were quietly discussingWas watchingWas, wasn’t listeningCalled, was just thinkingWas crossing, struckWere busily bargaining, were trying, were hunting, lead, were argueing, walked, was selling, boughtRescued, wasWas always leaving, actually expected

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(has) lived, was living

3.Present perfectPresent perfectSimple pastPresent perfectPresent perfectSimple pastPresent perfectPresent perfectPresent perfectPresent perfect

4.Has livedSankHas stolenHas fallenGraduatedHave seenHave walkedLivedI have cutLost

5. Blew, had collectedThrew, had writtenShowed, had takenTold, had seenWas, had doneHad spent, wantedHad phoned, leftTurned on, had washedArrived, had already startedHad come, fedSang, had playedWatched, had goneHad made, phonedWas, had studiedHad ridden, met

6. Has forgotten, have been waiting, has takenHas walked, have already orderedHave only beenHaven’t yet ordered, have been sittingHas even noticed, has been running

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Hasn’t looked

7. had been trying, had had, had been waiting, had arrangedHad already picked up, had been waiting, had almost given up, had goneHad been, had missed

8. Will callWill be using / will useWill have been stayingWill be flyingWill have movedWill carryWill have been workingWill be wearing/will wearWill have been presentingWill enjoy/ will be enjoyingWill have travelledWill I trainWill have been sailingWill seeWill be carryingWill have builtWill getWill have beenWill be practisingWill be disqualified

9. He is still working on that assignment.He hasn’t yet called about the new date for the meeting.I had always been a good girl until I met him.I visit him almost never.We will meet in the library at 4 pm.He has only dared to call him after a long time.I’ve never been the same since I met her.By next week, I will have been practising for 8 months.She has clearly never cooked before.It was nevertheless worth the effort, wasn’t it?Is he worried about his results, however?He had been hiding here for nine years before he was discovered.She handed him the present.Have you finally been cleaning the house?He has recently gone bankrupt.

III. Translation Exercises + apply the rule:1) Simple Present, Present Continuous

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1. I’m leaving on holiday tomorrow. Present Continuous, Definite plan for the future2. I usually take my bike to school. Simple Present, habit, routine3. Some trees don’t lose there leaves in autumn. Simple Present characteristic.4. Dogs can’t fly. Simple Present general truth.5. The Eastern European countries are optimalising their economy. Present

Continuous, changing situation or development.6. I feel a bit blue today. Simple Present, verbs of feeling.7. He leads the most important department. Simple present, permanent job8. The meeting starts at seven sharp. Simple Present, fixed time schedule.9. That stalker is following me everywhere. I’m calling the police. Present

Continuous, irritation, Present Continuous, definite plan for the future10. Aeneas leaves Dido to start a new empire. Simple Present, Historic Present11. I am busy retiling the roof. Present Continuous, action going on now.

2) Simple Past, Past continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous

1. Before he went senile, he played chess every week. Simple Past, A habit, routine, hobby

2. At some point he has won a medal. Present Perfect, indefinite past.3. There were a lot of poplar trees around our old house. Simple Past, Characteristics4. Karen rolled her eyes because Kevin was bragging about his marks again. Past

Continuous,.Expressing irritation in the past5. I’ve only just finished the dishes.Present Perfect, Recent past or indefinite past6. Since I live here, I have been haunted by ghosts. Present Perfect, Time period with

since/for7. I have listened to that music since I was a little boy. Present Perfect, A habit8. I have managed all the accounts since 1998. Present Perfect, A Permanent job9. We were both waiting for the train.Past continuous, action going on at a particular

moment in the past10. Things have remained the same around here forever. Present perfect, A state11. Last night, I dreamed I was a unicorn. Simple Past, Verbs of feeling expressing a

state12. The tests have not produced any results. Present Perfect, The result of an ongoing

action13. Last week, a dove flew into my apartment while I was ironing. Past Continuous,

Circumstances or a longer background action in the past14. We have been interrogating the suspect for about 4 hours straight. Present perfect

Continuous, Stress on the duration of an action going on in an indefinte past15. Just one month ago my grandfather died. Simple Past, Definite past actions16. I prepared hamburgers at the drive-in until I got fired.Simple past, Permanent jobs

3) Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous

1. After he had left, I looked around in all the drawers.Past Perfect, Express a past action before another past action

2. We have been cycling all day.Present Perfect Continuous, duration3. She had mostly eaten at the diner on the corner till she got food poisoning. Past

Perfect, A habit in the past.4. We don’t know when he has graduated. Present Perfect, indefinite past.5. We had been drinking non-stop ever since that salty lunch we had. Past Perfect

Continuous, duration6. Just recently he has given an interview for the papers.Present Perfect, recent Past

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7. He had been a performer up till the point when they offered him an acting job.Past Perfect, A permanent job in the past

8. They have searched he house for ages without success. Present Perfect, “for”9. We had never felt that grateful before in our lives. Past Perfect, action before

another action in the past.10. If her present only had cost that much, I certainly would have got it. Past Perfect,

A state or a feeling in the past11. He has regularly visited his grandmother ever since she’s been ill. Present

Perfect, routine/”since”12. The plane had circled the surface twice but could not detect survivors from the

shipwrecking.Past Perfect, action before another action.13. She has been dreaming about this holiday for a long time now. Present Perfect

continuous, duration

4) Simple Future, Future Continuous, Future Perfect, Future Perfect continuous

1. I will probably still be preparing the party when the guests arrive. Future Continuous, action going on in the future

2. I’ll love you forever. Simple Future, promise.3. My cupboards are empty, I’ll go to the shops.Simple Future, Spontaneous decision

at the time of speaking4. I reckon it will be a disaster.Simple Future, a Prediction5. I will have finished reading before you do. Future Perfect, action before another

action in the future6. I’ll be leaving work at 5 pm sharp. Simple Future, volition7. By the time they get back, they will have been travelling the world for a year.

Future Perfect Continuous, duration8. I’ll give that homeless person a place to stay for the night. Simple Future,

Voluntary action.9. By the time you come home, I will have cleaned the house. Future Perfect, action

before another action.10. We will have been studying the tenses for three years.Future Perfect Continuous,

duration11. I will tell your mother if you don’t share that stolen candy.Simple Future, threat

IV. Multiple Choice1. Choose the correct answer

1. A Do you work2. C didn’t go3. D Does this word mean4. B that haven’t seen5. A burnt6. B have known7. C I’ll help8. C I didn’t do9. A for six months

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10. A have you done

2. Choose

1. Has been rainingHaven’t goneWonderingPromise

2. was growingwould have toweren’t used todidn’t remember

3.triedhad leftfoundwere

4. shallare goingwon’t beI’d

3. Choose the correct answerHad been workingWon’t have finishedhad just eatenwill be lyinghad only been sleepinghad been waitinghad been lookingwas havingwill have been marriedhad been drivingwon’t have arrivedwill have been livingwon’t be drivingwill have been smokingwas just stepping

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