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GRAMMATICAL TENSES REVISION OCTOBER 2022

1 Choose the correct answer.

1 We use the present simple to describe states, plans / routines and regular actions.

2 This is an example of a negative present simple form: I don’t speak / not speak Greek.

3 We add -s / -ed to the verb after he, she or it.

4 This is an example of the negative for he, she, it: She isn’t / doesn’t do aerobics.

5 This is an example of a present simple question: What drinks you like / do you like?
1 We use the present continuous to talk about temporary events in the present / past.

2 We also use the present continuous to talk about what is happening every day /
at this moment.

3 We make the present continuous with the present form of the verb have / be and the
-ing form of the verb.

4 To make the negative of the present continuous, we add no / not before the -ing form.

5 This is an example of a question in the present continuous: Is / Does he talking to his


friends?
1 We use going to to talk about future plans and intentions / hopes for the future.

2 We also use going to to talk about things that will happen in the future /
things we do every day.

3 After going to we use the -ing form / infinitive of the verb.

4 This is an example of the ‘going to’ future: I am going to the cinema. /


He is going to see his sister.

5 To make a negative sentence, we add not before / after the words going to.
1 Choose the correct answer.

1 We can use the present continuous tense to talk about future hopes / future
arrangements.

2 This is an example of talking about arrangements: We’re leaving early tomorrow. /


We’re watching TV at the moment.

3 This is an example of a question about a future arrangement: What time will we meet? /
What time are we meeting?

4 We use sequencing adverbs to say how things happens / in what order things happen.
1 We can use the present perfect to talk about past events / recent completed actions.

2 We can use the present perfect with just to talk about very recent events /
events in the present.

3 We make the present perfect with was/were + infinitive / have/has + past participle.

4 When we use the present perfect we talk about / don’t talk about the exact time of
the action or event.

5 These are examples of past participles: gone, seen, done, talked /


went, saw, talked, bought.

5 These are examples of sequencing adverbs: first, next, then, finally /


yesterday, tomorrow, today.
1 I am walking is an example of a continuous / simple form.
2 The present simple and continuous forms have the same / a different meaning, eg: I am
working in a supermarket.
I work in a supermarket.
3 The verbs in A / B are usually used in the simple form:
A: agree believe know lack mean love smell understand want
B: write move climb wash work study play watch guide make
4 Verbs that are usually used in the simple form describe actions or states / states or
senses.
1 He lives in Poland. They don’t like beer. What music do you listen to? are examples of
the present simple / present continuous.

2 When we talk about what is happening now, we use the present simple / present
continuous.

3 What are you doing this summer? is an example of the present continuous tense used to
talk about a future arrangement / temporary event.

4 When we talk about present states or routines, we use the present simple / present
continuous.

5 We use the present simple to talk about what we regularly do at weekends because it is a
state / routine.
1 won’t is the negative / future of will.

2 We use will to talk about hopes and predictions / plans and intentions for the future.

3 If we can tell from what is happening now that something is very likely to happen in
future, we use will / going to.

4 We use will / going to when we make offers, promises or decisions.

5 We use will / going to when we talk about future plans and intentions.
1 We make the present perfect tense with to have + past participle / present participle.

2 We use already with the present perfect tense to show that past events have a link with
the present / future.
3 We use now / just with the present perfect tense to show that something happened
very recently.

4 He hasn’t done it yet means we think he will do it at some future time / will never
do it.

5 If we want to emphasize that we have done something, we use ago / already with the
present perfect tense.
1 In I have never been to China, we use the present perfect tense to show past time /
time up to the present.

2 In questions about experiences up to now we use ever / never.

3 In It’s the worst film I’ve ___ seen, we could add ever / already to emphasise the
superlative.

4 I have been to London and I went to London have the same / different meanings.

5 In I have never visited Argentina, ‘never’ means at some time / at no time.


1 We use the present perfect tense to talk about completed / unfinished events.

2 We use the past simple tense to talk about events that happened at a specific time /
recently.

3 We use the perfect tense + for / since to join past events to the present. This sentence
is true / false.

4 We use since with periods of time / specific points in time.

5 We use for to show how long something has lasted / when something started.

1 Read the text. Complete 1–10 with the correct form of the verbs in brackets
(present simple or present continuous).

Diane: Tell me about yourself. For example, where 1 __________ (live)?


Jane: In London, not far from the London Eye.
Diane: Wow, lucky you! So 2 __________ (that mean) you go out every night?
Jane: I always 3 __________ (go out) at weekends, but I 4 __________ (not go
out) much during the week – just to the gym or to my friends’ houses.
Diane: 5 __________ (like) living in London?
Jane: Yes, it’s really exciting – there’s so much to do. And 6 __________ (play) in a band,
so lots of people come to watch us. A band 7 __________ (play) outside at the
moment. Let’s go and listen.
Diane: Where 8 __________ (your band play)?
Jane: At pubs usually or at friends’ parties. We 9 __________ (not play) at clubs, as we’re
not good enough yet.
Diane: These people aren’t very good either! Or maybe 10 __________ (practise). What an
awful noise!

2 Read the text. Complete 1–10 with the correct past simple form of the verbs in
brackets.

Disaster holiday

I went on holiday to Western Australia and 1 __________ (decide) to hitchhike about


5000 kilometres to Sydney on the east coast. It 2 __________ (not look) far on the
map, so off I went. I 3 __________(get) a lift to a tiny town in the middle of nowhere
and couldn’t get a lift out, so I 4 __________ (start) to walk. At night I put up my one-
man tent at the side of the road. Animals 5 __________ (keep) me awake, moving
around outside the tent. These animals 6 __________ (grow) in size in my
imagination, so I 7 __________ (have) a very bad night. Next morning I took a lift 3
back the way I had come, as even a tiny town in the middle of nowhere 8 __________
(look) good! By then I just 9 __________ (want) to go anywhere. It 10 __________
(be) time, in fact, to catch the bus!
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present
simple or continuous or past simple or continuous).

1 I hate going on holiday. We always __________ (do) such boring things.


2 When I was ten, we __________(go) to Canada. We had a fantastic time.
3 I first heard rap music when I __________ (listen) to the radio in the bath.
4 He __________ (sing) in the street when I first met him.
5 We __________(not learn) to play any instruments when we were children.
6 Why __________ (people like) rap music so much?
7 What __________ (do) on your holiday last summer? Anything special?
8 Listen to this band! What’s that song __________ (sing)? I really like it.
9 They __________ (download) a new CD when I rang.
10 My mum __________ (not like) listening to music. I think that’s really strange.
Complete these sentences with will, won’t, shall, going to or not going to.

1 I hope it __________ rain tonight. We’re having a picnic in the park.


2 He __________ to see his new trainer tomorrow.
3 __________ I get you a drink? You look tired.
4 That awful phone’s ringing again. I __________ answer it.
5 I __________ start a new job next week.
6 I’m sure he __________ come. He doesn’t like parties.
7 I’m sure she __________ like her present because she loves chocolate.
8 He never eats properly. He __________ make himself ill.
9 I promise I __________ be there by eight o’clock.
10 Have you lost your phone? __________ I lend you mine?

Complete the sentences with the correct present perfect form of the verbs in brackets
and just, already, yet, ever or never.

1 I _________________ (visit) India and I’d really love to go.

2 The pizza __________ (not finish) cooking _____ , so we’ll eat later.

3 _________________ (you see) people zorbing? It looks such fun.

4 My uncle _________________ (fly) in his whole life. He doesn’t want to.

5 I _________________ (arrive), so I haven’t had a chance to speak to anyone.

6 They _________________ (not pay) me _____ , so I can’t go out.

7 I _________________ (take) classes in Spanish, so I can speak it quite well.

8 There! I _________________ (send) him a text, so he should reply soon.

9 Although I’ve rung and left messages, they _________________ (reply).

10 I _________________ (leave) school _____ , so I don’t know about work.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the present perfect and for or
since.

1 Karen / be salsa school champion / 2004


_____________________________________________________________ 

2 Karen / be student at secondary school / two years


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3 Karen / dance salsa / a long time


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4 Pat / live in New Zealand / ages
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5 Pat / study at college / September


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6 Will / live in London / most of his life


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7 Will / have a driving licence / his twenty-first birthday


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8 Will / work as an IT specialist / more than ten years


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9 Will / love paraskiing/ his first jump


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10 Will / do paraskiing/ months


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Complete the text with the correct form (past simple or present perfect) of the verbs in
brackets.

My diary

23/6/06 Friday
I 1 __________ (go) to school. I 2 __________ (start) at 9.00 and finished at 3.45 as usual.
Nothing special 3 __________ (happen) all day.
24/6/06 Saturday
What a fantastic day! We went zorbing. I 4 __________ (never go) before, so it 5
__________ (be) really exciting. We 6 __________ (travel) along fast inside this huge ball
and everything just went round and round outside.
25/06/06 Sunday
We 7 __________ (visit) grandma and grandpa this morning. But this afternoon I’m bored
and I 8 __________ (not start) my two hours of homework yet. At least, I 9 __________
(already do) the Internet research for my project.

24/07/06 Monday
They 10 …………(show) us a film about South America during the biology lesson. Wow!
Time to go to bed to dream about it.

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