TENSE

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span><div class='page_container' data-page=1>

<b>TENSE</b>

<b>I. Use the words given to make sentences. Use the past simple or past progressive of verb</b>
1. When/ Done/ arrive/ we/ have/ coffee

__________________________________________________________________________
2. he/ break/ his leg/ when/ he/ ski

__________________________________________________________________________
3. what/ you/ do/ this time yesterday ?

__________________________________________________________________________
4. how fast/ you/ drive/ when/ accident/ happen ?

__________________________________________________________________________
5. while/ Hallen/ walk/ in the mountain/ he/ see/ a bear

__________________________________________________________________________
6. the students/ play/ a game/ when/ the professor/ arrive

__________________________________________________________________________
7. Felix/ phone/ the fire brigade/ when/ the cooker/ catch/ fire

__________________________________________________________________________
8. Andy/ come/ out of/ the restaurant/ when/ he/ see/ Jenny

__________________________________________________________________________
9. Anna/ spend/ a lot of money/ yesterday// she/ buy/ a dress/ which/ cost/ ₤100

__________________________________________________________________________
10. when Margaret/ open/ the door/ the phone/ ring.

__________________________________________________________________________
<b>II. Put in the present perfect or past simple of the verbs in brackets:</b>

1. I ...(have) these shoes since my eighteenth birthday
2. I ...(tidy) my desk, but now it’s in a mess again
3. The last time I ...(go) to Brington was in August
4. I’d like to meet a ghost, but I ...(never/ see) one.

5. And the race is over! And Micky Simpson ...(win) in a record time!
6. I ...(word) for a computer company for a year. That was after college.
7. What time ...(you/ get) to work this morning?

8. Martin ...(be) to Greece five times. He loves the place.

9. The President ...(come) out of the building ang is going to make a speech
10. Rupert ...(leave) a message for you. He ……….. (ring) last night

11. ...(you/ ever/ bake) your bread?

12. We ...(move) here in 1993. We ………. (be) here a long time now.
<b>III. Choose the correct form of the verbs:</b>

1. My sister <i><b>has been/ was </b></i> interested in medicine ever since she <i><b>has been/ was</b></i> a child
2. How long <i><b>have you studied/ did</b></i> you study before you <i><b>have qualified/ qualified</b></i> ?
3. Where <i><b>have you first met/ did</b></i> you first met your husband ?

4. Is this the first time you <i><b>have cooked/ cooked pasta</b></i> ?

5. We<i><b> have wanted/ wanted</b></i> to go to the theater last night, but there <i><b>haven’t been/ weren’t</b></i>

any seats.

6. We <i><b>have posted/ posted</b></i> the parcel three weeks ago. If you still <i><b>haven’t received/ didn’t </b></i>
<i><b>receive</b></i> it, please inform us immediately.

7. Albert Einstein <i><b>has been/ was</b></i> the scientist who <i><b>has developed/ developed </b></i>the theory of
relativity.

8. Glenda <i><b>has worked/ worked</b></i> extremely hard when she <i><b>has been/ was</b></i> a student.

9. I’m sure something dreadful <i><b>has happened/ happened</b></i>; we have been waiting over an hour
and he <i><b>hasn’t phoned/ didn’t phoned </b></i>yet.

</div>

<!--links-->