"English tenses"

Present tenses: Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous.

1. Bill, stop that disgusting game you (to play) __________.

2. I (to sleep) ____________ here. My father (to sleep) ___________ in his study.

3. Ever since my University days I (to study)______________ the history of Russia. Now I (to read) ____________ books on Civil War.

4. I (to have) _________ coffee with a friend of yours at the Union today.

5. Oliver came up to him: “Sir, I (to write) __________ a poem”. “Good”, said the headmaster.

6. “What you (to do) _____________ tonight?” “I don’t know yet.”

7. I’ve got to get him to the station. His train (to leave) __________ at eleven.

8. He thinks it’s pure nerves and he (to give) ____________ me pills.

9. “You know, I’m thinking of writing my memoirs,” she said, “I (to have) ____________ an adventurous life.

10. My cousin (to look) ___________ for a job, but he (not to find) ___________ a job yet.

11. In case she (to want) _________ to see him, he’ll come over.

12. He paused and looked at her. “You (to shake) ___________. Are you all right?”

13. My father always (to say) __________ things that he shouldn’t say in front of me.

14. One (to live) _________ and (to learn)___________.

15. You know that cinema audiences (to decline) ______________ in the USA.

Past tenses: Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous.

1. I (to realize) ___________ that I (to forget)__________ my wallet at home, when I (to come) ____________ to the shop.

2. The (set) ___________the company 2 years ago, but they (to go) ____________ bankrupt.

3. When Tom (to cross) ___________ the street, he to (fall) ___________ .

4. He (to speak) _____________ a language we never ( to hear ) ___________ before.

5. I (to sit)____________ in an armchair and (to think)____________ of my coming trip across the North Sea when the door suddenly (to open) __________ and an old friend of mine whom I (not to see) __________ for a very long time (to enter) __________ the room.

6. I (to return) ___________ to the hotel only late at night as I (to lose) _________ my way in the fog.

7. She (to look) ___________ very tired as she (to work) _________ hard.

8. I understood that she (not to read) ____________ my letter.

9. At this time yesterday I (to talk) ___________ to my friend.

10. By the 1^st of September all the children (to return) ____________ from the country.

11. They (to reach) ___________ the river by sunset.

12. When the ship (to cross) ___________ the ocean, a great storm (to break) __________ out.

Future tenses: Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous, to be going to… , Present Simple.

1. The website (to come) _________ online next week.

2. You (to help) __________ me with my Physics homework?

3. It sounds like the plane (to take off) __________ in a few minutes.

4. The bus to the science museum (to leave) __________ at 8 o’clock tomorrow.

5. I (to finish) ____________ my chemistry homework by the time you come home.

6. This time next week, I (to take) ____________ my biology exam.

7. At seven o’clock I (to do) _______________ my test in English for two hours.

8. It will be wonderful when scientists (to find) ___________ a cure for cancer.

9. Look out! You (to hit) _________ the car in front!

10. (to invite) __________ Tony and Tim round tonight?

11. According to the timetable, the train for Oxford (to leave)__________ at 10.15.

12. I (to cook) ________ dinner by the time you get home.

13. The (not to finish) ____________ painting the house by the time we get home.

14. Let me know as soon as your computer (to arrive) __________.

15. The rocket won’t be launched until the (to do) ____________ the final check.