TENSES REVIEW FOR THE EXAM
1. Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
1. You can’t see Jimmy now. He ____________________ a bath. (HAVE)
2. He ____________________ to the theatre. (NEVER GO)
3. Anne ____________________ all her clothes herself. At the moment she ____________________ a
dress for a fancy dress party (MAKE, MAKE).
4. He usually ________________ coffee for breakfast, but today he ____________________ tea (HAVE,
HAVE).
5. I can’t go home now because it ____________________ , and I ____________________ an umbrella.
(RAIN, NOT HAVE).
6. In Britain women normally ____________________ hats. (NOT WEAR)
7. The sun __________________ in the east and __________________ in the west (RISE, SET) 8. Who
____________________ that terrible noise outside? – It’s Dad. He ____________________ the lawn.
(MAKE, MOW)
9. I ____________________ this weekend near the coast. I ____________________ there nearly every
weekend. (SPEND, GO)
[Link] ____________________ thirty cigarettes a day but at the moment she ____________________
to stop. (SMOKE, TRY)
2. Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
1. My friend Harry _______________ off the ladder while he _______________ the ceiling of his room.
(FALL, PAINT)
2. We _______________ the house in 2003. At that time it _______________ £ 150,000. (BUY, COST)
3. Dad _______________ interested in buying a new car. (NOT BE)
4. My sister __________________ for me at the airport terminal when I _______________. (WAIT,
ARRIVE)
5. A few nights ago, I _______________ a book when suddenly I _______________ a noise outside. A
few teenagers __________________ loud music. (READ, HEAR, PLAY)
6. The fire ____________________ when the first firefighters _______________ at the scene. (STILL
BURN, ARRIVE)
7. My brother _______________ for a job when he _______________ across an interesting ad in the
newspaper. (LOOK, COME)
8. I _______________ someone call my name. I _______________ around and _______________ my
dad standing at the back of the queue. I _______________ so surprised. (HEAR, TURN, SAW, BE)
9. My sister _______________ a bright summer dress when I _______________ her at the performance.
(WEAR, SEE)
10.I _______________ preparing dinner at [Link] and I _______________ still at it when my wife
_______________ home. (START, BE, COME)
3. Past Simple vs. Present Perfect
TENSES REVIEW FOR THE EXAM
[Link] _________________ to Spain on holiday last summer (GO)
2.I'm hungry. I _________________ anything for hours. (NOT EAT)
3.I _________________ my key and can't find it anywhere. (LOSE)
[Link] _________________ as a war correspondent during the second Iraq war. (WORK)
5.I ____________ a huge meal for lunch and simply can't eat anything at the moment. (HAVE)
[Link] _________________ yet this week, but last week it really _________________ a lot. (NOT RAIN,
RAIN)
[Link] to her statement, she _________________ at the Crown Hotel from last Monday to
Thursday. (STAY)
[Link] ____________________ at the cinema last night? (YOU MEET)
9.I don't need any new driving lessons. I _________________ the test. (ALREADY PASS)
10. Fortunately, I ___________________ any bones. (NEVER BREAK)
4. Past Simple vs. Past Perfect
1. We were all happy because we __________________ in our homework in time. (HAND)
2. Mrs Shilton __________________ a primary school teacher for twenty years before she became
headmaster of the school. (BE)
3. When we got there, we saw that they ______________________ for over 20 minutes. (REST)
4. We ________________________ dance moves for over two hours, so you can imagine we were very
tired. (PRACTICE)
5. The film ______________________ when we finally got to the cinema. (ALREADY START)
6. By the time I __________________ to school the lesson had already started. (GET)
7. I ____________________________ up for a few minutes when the doorbell rang and our friends
arrived. (ONLY WASH)
8. He __________________ about the accident before he saw it on TV. (HEAR)
9. I __________________ the office after I had finished writing my last email. (LEAVE)
[Link] car __________________ down shortly after we had got on the motorway. (BREAK)
TENSES REVIEW FOR THE EXAM
5. Future Simple
6. Future Continuous and Future Perfect
[Link] a ten years' time most people ........................................... smart watches. (wear)
2. Hurry up or the coach ................................................... before we reach the station. (leave)
[Link] I say hello to Ann? I ........................................... to her. (talk)
[Link] you get up tomorrow morning, I .............. already .................................. to Cork. (drive)
[Link] you get back the decorators ........................................................... all the work. (finish)
[Link] this time tomorrow we .................................................. our new car in the garage. (have)
[Link] we meet at 5 o'clock? - Sorry, I .............still .................................. . (work)
[Link] time next week we .............................................. at the seaside. (relax)
[Link] 1 July Marion ................................................... engaged for a year. (be)
[Link] the time we get to the cinema the film ...................................................... . (end)
TENSES REVIEW FOR THE EXAM
1. Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
2. Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
TENSES REVIEW FOR THE EXAM
3. Past Simple vs. Present Perfect
4. Past Simple vs. Past Perfect
TENSES REVIEW FOR THE EXAM
5. Future Simple
6. Future Continuous vs Future Perfect
