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Tenses Review: Present Perfect and Future Tenses - Be Going To

This document provides a review of the present perfect and future tenses, specifically be going to. It includes examples of choosing the correct verb tense between present perfect and simple past or present and future. There are also exercises transforming verb tenses between simple present, present continuous, present perfect, future, and future continuous tenses.

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Tenses Review: Present Perfect and Future Tenses - Be Going To

This document provides a review of the present perfect and future tenses, specifically be going to. It includes examples of choosing the correct verb tense between present perfect and simple past or present and future. There are also exercises transforming verb tenses between simple present, present continuous, present perfect, future, and future continuous tenses.

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Tenses review:

Present perfect and future tenses be going to


I. Choose the right alternative.
1. I washed/ have washed my hands so that I can help you with the cooking.
2. She arrived/ has arrived at Kennedy Airport at 2 oclock this morning.
3. The Pharaohs ruled/ has ruled Egypt for thousands of years.
4. I found/ have found the letter you looked/ were looking for. Here it is.
5. They grew/ have grown such a lot since we last saw/ has seen them.
6. We recently started/ have recently started to walk to work instead of taking the bus.
7. When I was younger I played/ had played badminton for my local team.
8. I have had/ am having the pains for three weeks now.
9. So far it was/ has been so cold that we stayed/ have stayed in the house all day.
10. The last time I went/ have gone to Brighton is/ was in August.
11. Dont disturb Amy. She just went/ has just gone to sleep.
12. Bill phones/ is phoning his girlfriend again. Thats the third time he phoned/ has phoned her this evening.
13. Since the eruption started/ has started, all the villages on the slopes of the volcano have evacuated/ have
been evacuated.
14. The prices of houses increased/ has increased dramatically in recent years
15. Jim decided/ has decided to continue the course, even though it is proved/ was proving very difficult.
Choose the correct alternative.
A: Look. (1) Its raining/ Its going to rain soon.
B: Im not too sure about that. But the sun (2) will disappear/ has disappeared behind those black clouds.
A: And (3) it become/ its becoming quite windy, too.
B: Yes, but I dont think the weather (4) is changing/ is going to change too much.
A: (5) Have you heard/ Do you hear the weather forecast?
B: They say (6) its going to be/ it has been fine for the next few days.
A: Oh, (7) there are/ theyre usually wrong. (8)I not think/ I dont think we can go sightseeing now.
B: Oh, lets go. It (9) isnt raining/ hasnt rained so far this week.
A: All right, but (10)Im taking/ Im going to take my raincoat and umbrella with me.
B: I think (11) youre worrying/ you worried about nothing.

Choose the correct answer.


1. Which projecton next? I havent decided for sure. Probably the Spacemobile.
a. will you work

b. are you going to work

c. do you work

2. Look at those dark clouds! Yes, It looks likeany minute.


a. its going to rain

b. its raining

c. it will rain

3. Id better get back to the hotel room before the storm. OKyou later.
a. Im seeing

b. Ill see

c. I see

4. Hi, honey. Hows it going? Greatfishing with Grandpa tomorrow.


a. I go

b. Im going to go

c. Im going

5. Have fun, but dont forget. You have to finish that paper. I know, Momit tomorrow. I already
have the envelope.
a. Im mailing

b. I wont mail

c. I mail

6. Im going to miss a good film on TV because Ill be out tonight. it for you, if you like.
a. I video

b. Im going to video

c. Ill video

7. Good luck. When will you be here? Tomorrow, My planeat 7:00, so Iyou about
8:00.
a. will land/ see

b. lands/ will see

c. is landing/ am going to see

8. Im just going out to get a paper. What newspaper?


a. are you buying
b. are you going to buy
c. will you buy
9. Wea party on Sunday, 12th November. Can you come? Yes, Id love to.
a. are having
b. are going to have
c. will have
10. Whats that man doing up there? Oh no! He!
a. is jumping
b. will jump
c. is going to jump
11. Ann is in hospital. yes, I knowher tomorrow.

a. I visit
b. Im going to visit
c. Ill visit
12. ITs my birthday soontwenty next Friday. Oh, really?. a party?
a. Im going to be/ Are you having
b. I am/ Will you have
c. Ill be/ Are you going to have
13. Its a public holiday next Monday. Yes, I knowanything special?
a. Are you doing
b. Do you do
c. Will you do
14. Would you like to join Linda and me tomorrow? Wethe natural history museum. Sure, Ive
never been there.
a. visit
b. will visit
c. are going to visit
15. Ive decided to try and learn a foreign language. Have you? Which language?
a. will you learn
b. are
to learn
1. you
@ Sgoing
+ Started/Began
+to inf/V-ing
c. are you learning
S + Has/have

+V(3/ed) + since/for

S + Has/have+been +V-ing

+ time ago.
+ time.

TRANSFORMATION OF TENSES
+ since/for
+ time.

2. @ S + has / have + not + V ( 3 / ed ) +(O)+ since / for + time.


S + last + V ( 2 / ed ) + (O) + time ago.
It s + time + since + S + V ( 2 / ed ) + (O).
The last time + S + V ( 2 / ed ) + (O) + was + time ago.
3. @ S + has / have + never / not + V ( 3 / ed ) + O + before.
This is the first time + S + has / have + V ( 3 / ed ) + O.
4. @ S + has / have + never / not + V (3 /ed ) + such + ( a/an ) + N + before.
This is the first time + S + has / have + V (3/ed ) + such + ( a/an ) + N.
This / It is the most + long adj + N + S + has / have + ever + V ( 3 / ed )
the short adj + EST + N + S + has / have + ever + V(3 / ed ) .

1. They started checking the machine two hours ago.


They have.. . .
2. He began fixing the bicycle ten minutes ago.
He has.. . .
3. She commenced cooking the soup of half an hour ago.
She has.. . .
4. We began doing the test an hour ago.
We have... . .
5. Jack started planting flowers three years ago.
Jack has. . .
6. They began building the bridge two years ago.
They have. . . .
7. Mai commenced writing the lessons twenty minutes ago.
Mai has.. . .
8. My began counting her lucky money five minutes ago.
My has. . .
9. You started flirting with me forty minutes ago.
You have. . . .
10. The last time she had a swim was ten years ago.
She hasnt .............................................................................................................................................................
11. I have never met such a famous person before.
It is .......................................................................................................................................................................
12. I last saw him when I was a student.
I havent ...............................................................................................................................................................
13. I havent come there for two years.
I last .....................................................................................................................................................................
14. I have studied English for seven years.
I started
______________________________________________________________________

15. I have never seen such beautiful pictures before.


I have ______________________________________________________________________
16. Mary has been working in this company for five years.
Mary began ______________________________________________________________________
17. I have never eaten this kind of food before.
This is ______________________________________________________________________
18. She last saw him years ago.
Its years ______________________________________________________________________
19. Its ages since I last saw a Hollywood film.
I havent ______________________________________________________________________
20. He hasnt smoked a cigarette for a week.
It is _________________________________________________________________________
21. It started to rain at 2 oclock and it is still raining.
It _____________________________________________________________________________
22. John began playing the piano 10 years ago.
John _____________________________________________________________________________
23. The last time Henry smoked a cigarette was in 2005.
Henry hasnt______________________________________________________________________
24. This winter is colder than the last winter.
The last winter.........................................................................................................................
25. I've never heard a more amusing story than this one.
This is ......................................................................... .........................................................................
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In all the world, there (be) __________ only 14 mountains that (reach) __________above 8,000 meters.
He sometimes (come) __________ to see his parents.
When I (come) __________, she (leave) ___________________for Dalat ten minutes ago.
My grandfather never (fly) ___________________ in an airplane, and he has no intention of ever doing so.
We (just decide) __________ that we (undertake) __________________the job.
He told me that he (take) _________ __________ a trip to California the following week.
I knew that this road (be) ___________________ too narrow.
Right now I (attend) ___________________ class. Yesterday at this time I (attend) _________________class.
Tomorrow Im going to leave for home. When I (arrive) ___________________at the airport, Mary (wait)
_________for me.
Margaret was born in 1950. By the year 2005, she (live) ___________________on this earth for 55 years .
The traffic was very heavy. By the time I (get) ___________________to Marys party, everyone already
(arrive) ___________________
I will graduate in June. I (see) _________you in July. By the time I (see) ___________________ you , I
(graduate) ___________________.
I (visit) ___________________ my uncles home many times when I (be) ___________________ a child.
That book (lie) ___________________ on the table for week. _________You (not read) __________ it yet ?
David (wash) __________ his hands. He just (repair) ___________________ the TV set.

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_________You (be) __________here before? Yes, I (spend) _________________ my holidays here last year.
We never (meet) ___________________ him. We dont know what he (look) ___________________ like.
The car (be) ___________________ ready for him by the time he (come) ___________________tomorrow.
On arriving at home I (find) __________________that she just (leave) ______________a few minutes before.
When we (arrive) ___________________ in London tonight, it probably (rain) ___________________.
It (rain) ___________________ hard. We cant do anything until it (stop) ___________________

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