16731 grammar exercises

Supply the blanks with the appropriate tenses of: present tense, present continuous, simple past,
past continuous, present perfect and future (will)
1. I was in a hurry, so I (not have) ______________ time to phone you.
2. Jenny (wait) ______________ for me when I (arrive) ____________.
3. How fast _____________you (drive) ___________when the accident (happen)___________?
4. I (not see) ____________ Tom today.
5. A: Do you know what’s that book like?
B: I have no idea. I (not see) ____________ yet.
6. A: Can you drive?
B: I (learn) ___________. My father (teach) _____________ me.
7. Normally I (finish) ___________ work at five, but this week I (work) __________ until six.
to earn a little more money.
8. The River Nile (flow) _____________ into the Mediterranian.
9. Let’s go out. It (not rain) ______________ now.
10. I (get) ____________ hungry. Let’s go and have something to eat.
11. Louise usually (phone) _________me on Fridays, but she (not call) _________last Fridays.
12. The phone (ring) ____________ three times while we (have) __________ dinner last night.
13. A: When I last saw you, you (think) __________ of moving to a new flat.
B: That’s right, but in the end, I (decide) ___________ to stay where I was.
14. Please don’t make so much noise I (study) _____________.
15. Sandra (take) ____________ English course next month.
16. Sshhh… The baby (sleep) ___________.
17. We (learn) ___________ English now.
18. I (read) ____________ the novel you gave me, but I (not finish) ____________ it yet.
19. How long ___________ you (learn) ____________ English?
20. The bird market isn’t far away from here. I (walk) ___________ there two times.
21. You must tell me what you (do) ____________ since I last saw you.
22. Hadi (buy) ___________ a new car two weeks ago.
23. He (be) _____________ late three times this week.
24. A: I don’t know Anna’s husband. I (never/ meet) _____________ him.
25. Anna (go) __________ to school 5 minutes ago.

26. Hadi and Anna are married. They (be) ______________ married for 20 years.
27. We (listen) ____________ to the radio when David (rush) __________ into the room.


28. Jeanne (come) ____________ here in a few minutes.
29. He (get) ____________ up early this morning.
30. My brother isn’t here. He (just leave) ______________ for school.
31. It’s already 5 o’clock. The train (not arrive) __________ yet.
32. As Jack (run) ___________ across the road, the bus (hit) ___________ him.
33. Two days ago, he (leave) ____________ for Pearl Island. Till now he (not come ___________
home yet.
34. When I (reach) ___________ there last evening, they (dance) ___________ in the hall.
35. What __________ you (do) ___________ at 9 p.m last night? Oh, I (listen) ___________
to the radio.
36. A: What ___________ you (do) ___________ now?
B: I (polish) _____________ my shoes.
37. The price of sugar (rise) ____________ up for the last seven years now.
38. Please shut the window. The rain (beat) _____________ in.
39. Someone (knock) _________ at the door. Please see who it is.
40. I (be) _____________ 20 years old in September.
41. Just ring the bell, the servant (open) _____________ the door to let you in.
42. The boys are practicing hard. They (play) ___________ the match on Sunday.
43. If she comes late, she (miss) ____________ dinner later.
44. While I (write)_____________ a letter, my mother (walk) ____________ in.
45. He (hurt) _________ his ankle while he (play) _____________ football.
46. This is my house, I (live) ___________ here for 20 years.
47. Those trees (grow) ____________ taller since last year.
48. The boy always (behave) ____________ badly in class.
49. I (buy) ___________ this jacket two days ago.
50. It (begin) ___________ to rain now. It (rain) ___________ at this time of the day.

51. The clock seldom (keep) ___________ correct time.
52. John is not at home. He (go) ________ to the cinema with his brother.
53. I was asleep when you (ring) ________ me up last night.
54. I (not visit) ____________ the National Park since my illness.
55. Last year we (go) __________ to Bristol for the summer holidays, this year we (go) ________
to Liverpool.
56. I(know) ___________ the result of my blood test this evening.
57. I (not visit) _________the zoo for a long time. I (go) ________to the zoo next Sunday.
58. I (sit) ________ for the examination last week.


59. She (teach) ____________ us History last year.
60. I (write)___________ three or four letters to that company.
61. The guests (watch) ___________ that television program now.
62. Listen! I (think) ___________ someone (knock) ___________ at the front door.
63. The Titanic (sink) ______________ in 1912.
64. George (live) _____________ in Tokyo for 5 years, but he (leave) ____________ in 1999.
65. Somebody (steal) __________ my bike! Now I’ll have to walk home.
66. What a terrible accident! Steve (drive) ___________ his car when a bird (fly) ___________
into his windscreen.
67. As soon as she drives to town, she (give) ____________ you a call.
68. Look out! The ladder (fall) ____________ !
69. ____________ she (come) __________ to the ball tomorrow?
70. I plan that I (give) _____________ my friends a card for Valentine Day.