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Tim was very upset yesterday because he _____

that he ______ his wallet.

A) realised / will lose
B) had realised / lost
C) realised / had lost
D) realises / loses
E) has realised / lost
Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.
1. I (learn) English for seven years now.
2. But last year I (not / work) hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not / be) really
that good then.
3. As I (pass / want) my English exam successfully next year, I (study) harder this term. 4.
During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) me on a language course to London.
5. It (be) great and I (think) I (learn) a lot.
6. Before I (go) to London, I (not / enjoy) learning English.
7. But while I (do) the language course, I (meet) lots of young people from all over the
world.
8. There I (notice) how important it (be) to speak foreign languages nowadays.
9. Now I (have) much more fun learning English than I (have) before the course.
10. At the moment I (revise) English grammar.
11. And I (begin / already) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.
12. I (think) I (do) one unit every week.
13. My exam (be) on 15 May, so there (not / be) any time to be lost.
14. If I (pass) my exams successfully, I (start) an apprenticeship in September.
15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) back to London to work there for a while.
16. They (build) a new power station at the moment.
17. When I was buying the stamps somebody (call) my name.
18. Jeff is from London. He (live) there all his life.
19. My favourite country is Canada. I (be) there four times.
20. I (never eat) bananas.
21. 'How long (you study) Photography?' 'For one year.'
22. We (hide) when Tony (arrive) at his surprise party. As soon as he(open) the door,
we (jump) out and (scream) "Surprise!"
Exercise 1:
Choose the correct verb tenses to complete the sentences below.

1A: "I'm looking for Dave.   him?"

B: "He's ill. He   five minutes ago.

2A: "I   on the 2 p.m. train."

B: "Please, call me as soon as you  ."

3By the time he was twenty, he   ten tournaments.

4A: "Patrick! Hi! What   in York?"

B: "Hi! I  . I'm here with one of my colleagues, who   a

presentation at the University this afternoon.

5A: "How long   each other?"

B: "We   for 10 months."

6When I   around, the bike  . It wasn't there any more.

7We   for over an hour when John just called and said, "Sorry guys,

I   a problem. I can't come." And he  .

8I'm totally stressed out now, but this time next week I   a mojito on a beach in Ibiza.

9A: "Is it true?   to Erika?"

B: "Yes, I   so sure about anything in my life."

10It is estimated that by the year 2025, today's world population of 5.8 billion   to 8.3

billion and most of them   in cities.

Exercise 2:
Choose the correct verb tenses to complete the sentences below.
1. Why do you look so tired? _____ the house?
a.Did you clean
b.Have you cleaned
c.Have you been cleaning
d.Do you clean

2. When it was time to go home, we decided to take a taxi because we _____ too many beers.
a.were drinking
b.had been drinking
c.had drunk
d.drank

3. If you start repairing the car now, do you think you _____ by the end of the day.
a.will be finishing
b.are going to finish
c.will have finished
d.will finish

4. A: "I'm really thirsty." B: "I _____ you some water."

a.'m going to give
b.will be giving
c.'m giving
d.'ll give

5. We _____ for nearly an hour when we realised that we were totally lost.
a.walked
b.had been walking
c.had walked
d.were walking

6. Robin: I think the waiter (forget) ................. us. We (wait)....... here for over half an hour and nobody
(take) ........ our order yet.
a. forgets, are waiting, take
b. forgot, have been waiting, took
c. forgot, waited, took
d. has forgotten, have been waiting, has taken
7. Michele: I think you're right. He (walk) ..... by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order) .........
already.
a. walk, order
b. is walking, are ordering
c. has walked, have ordered
d. walked, have ordered

8. Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be) ..... only here for five or ten minutes and they already have
their food.
a. have been
b. are
c. were
d. have been being

9. Michele: He must realize we (order, not) .... yet! We (sit) .... here for over half an hour staring at him.
a. did not order, sat
b. have not ordered, have been sitting
c. do not order, are sitting
d. did not order, are sitting

10. Robin: I don't know if he (notice) ............ He (run)............. from table to table taking orders and serving
food.
a. notices, has been running
b. noticed, was running
c. has noticed, has been running
d. is noticing, is running

11. Michele: That's true, and he (look, not) ................ in our direction once.
a. does not look
b. did not look
c. is not looking
d. has not looked

12. Ari: By the time we (get) ............. to the movie theater, the tickets are going to be sold out.
a. got
b. will get
c. get
d. are getting
13. Sarah: Don't worry. I told Jane we might be arriving just before the movie (start) ................. She
(buy) ................. our tickets and meet us in the lobby.

14. Ari: That place (be) ...........huge! We (find, never) ........... her in that crowded lobby.
a. is, will never find
b. was, never found
c. is, will never find
d. is, are going to never find

15. Sarah: Calm down, we (meet) ............... each other near the entrance.
a. are meeting
b. will meet
c. have met
d. meet

16. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we (drive) ........... more than four hundred miles. We are going
to be exhausted.
a. will have driven
b. are driving
c. drive
d. drove

17. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit)............. the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I
leave the United States.
a. will have visited
b. will have been visiting
c. am visiting
d. will visit

18. Don’t come over to my house before 9 o'clock. Before that time, I (study) ................ my history test for
hours and we still cannot go see a movie.
a. study
b. will have studied
c. studied
d. will have been studying
Exercise 3:
Complete the sentences below with the verbs in brackets in the correct form: present simple or
continuous, past simple or continuous, present perfect simple or continuous, past perfect simple or
continuous, future simple, be going to, future continuous, or future perfect.
1A: " (we/have) pizza for dinner?"
B: "Yes. That'd be great! I  (order) one online."
2They  (play) really well recently. If they keep playing like this, how many matches do you think
they  (win) by the end of the season?
3A: "John? Where are you? I  (look) for you all day."
B: "Sorry. I  (be) at home all day. I'm not feeling well."
4They  (fly) for two hours when the captain (tell) them that there was a problem in one of the
engines.
5It's Thanksgiving Day, and today at 3 p.m. most of us  (eating) our turkey. But some other people 
(not finish) cooking by that time and they'll have to wait a little longer to eat.
6A: " (you/ever/travel) to India?"
B: "Yes. I  (go) there a few years ago."
7We really liked the Scottish Parliament. We  (visit) Edinburgh a few times before, but we 
(never/see) the Parliament.
8A: "What  (you/do) with that piece of metal?"
B: Nothing. I  (just/find) it in the garden.
9A: "I'm cold.  (you/turn on) the heating, please?"
B: "Yes. I  (do) it immediately."
10A: "What time  (the train/arrive)?"
B: "I'm not sure. I  (check) online."

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