Open the brackets and put the verb in the proper tense form.

1. I cannot help you now because I (to write) an e-mail. 2. When I came home yesterday my kids (play) hide-and-seek. 3. This time tomorrow we (fly) to the seaside. 4. Where is Jim? – He (paint) in the garden. He always (do) it in the evening. 5. When we (go) to work we (meet) our boss. Usually he (get) to work by car but last week it (break) down. 6. Mary (not go out) with us tomorrow. She (read) for her Philosophy exam the whole day. 7. I did not come because I (babysit). 8. It (rain) when we left home. So we (take) a bus instead of walking. 9. Don’t make so much noise. The kids (sleep). 10. At 7 o’clock tomorrow he will be in his office. He (work).

Answer the questions.

1. What are you doing at the moment? 2. Is it raining now? 3. Are you working hard this week? When are you going to have your next exam? 4. What were you doing at 6 p.m. yesterday? 5. What were you wearing when you went to the party? 6. Who were you speaking with when the bell rang? 7. What will you be doing tonight? 8. Will you be getting ready for your exam tomorrow? 9. What are you learning to do this year? 10. Are the prices of food rising?

 

THE PERFECT TENSES

Change the sentences using the information given in brackets. Use the Perfect tenses.

Model: Seth lives in Liverpool. (for twenty years) - He has lived in Liverpool for twenty years.

1. Mary works for an international company. (since her graduation) 2. I know the Smiths. (for five years) 3. Colin has a car. (since he left school) 4. Dennis is married. (for a couple of years)

Model: Henry wrote a new novel last month. (by the end of the year) – Henry had written a new novel by the end of the year.

1. We did our homework at 8 o’clock. (by 8 o’clock) 2. I lived in Minsk in the 1990s. (before I moved to Mogilev) 3. Kevin learnt to speak Russian in his childhood. (by the end of the University course) 4. The film began at 7 p.m. (before we came to the cinema)

Model: Henry will live in the country. (next week … for a month) – Next week Henry will have lived in the country for a month.

1. I will work as a teacher. (next year … for 20 years) 2. We will finish the project tomorrow. (by the end of the week) 3. The children will taste all the cakes in the café. (by the time you come) 4. The students will translate two texts at the next lesson. (by the end of the lesson)

Ask the questions using the words in brackets.

Model: The headmaster has asked Pat’s parents to come to school. (Whom) – Whom has the headmaster asked to come to school?

1. They had passed their Spanish exam before the end of the term. (What exam) 2. Her cousin will have come to the seaside by July, 12. (Where) 3. He has driven a car since 18. (How long) 4. Pete had got his first job before he graduated from the University. (What) 5. Our neighbours have just painted the house green and yellow. (What colour) 6. She can’t speak now. Call her in 20 minutes. She will have finished her article by that time. (What) 7. He has never gone to France on business. (Where) 8. The president had made a speech before the conference began. (Who)

Choose the proper tense form, Simple or Perfect.

1. By the time you arrive tomorrow we (will leave/will have left). 2. I (did/have done) already all my lessons. 3. Our family (lived/ had lived) in this flat before we (moved/had moved) in the house. 4. The Parliament (will adopt/will have adopted) a new education law by the end of the year. 5. We (have been/were) friends since childhood. 6. He (worked/had worked) as a teacher before he (became/had become) a journalist. 7. Sheila and Martin (will be/will have been) married for 25 years next week. They (will have/will have had) a party to celebrate it. 8. Put on the raincoat. It (didn’t stop/hasn’t stopped) raining yet.

Open the brackets and put the verb in the proper tense form.

1. By the end of my University course next year I (attend) 2000 lectures. 2. We never (travel) by plane. 3. The lesson already (begin). It (begin) 5 minutes ago. 4. After he (give) his name and address, the policeman (allow) him to go. 5. I (lose) my gloves. I (wear) them at the theatre last week. I (not see) them since then. 6. By the end of his life he (write) more than two hundred poems. 7. If I continue with the diet I (lose) another 10 kilos by the end of the month. 8. Helen went to the market after she (send) children to school. 9. We (miss) the bus. Now we will have to walk. 10. He (have) ten jobs since he graduated from the University.

Answer the questions.

1. What countries have you visited? When did you visit them? 2. Have you passed your exams yet? When did you pass your first exam? 3. What had you done before you entered the University? 4. By what time had you handed in your course paper? 5. Will you have got home by 6p.m. tonight? 6. How many exams will you have passed when the session is over? 7. What has your friend bought this month? 8. Have you seen any interesting films lately?

THE PASSIVE VOICE