CARLA GABRIELA MENDOZA OCAMPO

6940220 LP

TENSE REVIEW

1. Mario can’t answer the door because he IS WASHING his hair (WASH).

2. I WENT to the park yesterday, but I HAVENT BEEN there today. (GO, NOT BE)

3. He HAD ALREADY SHOWERED when we arrived at 8. (ALREADY SHOWER)

4. I HAVENT MEET anyone interesting since I moved into this apartment. (NOT MEET)

5. I HAVE BEEN LIVING on this island for two years now. (LIVE)

6. Peter HAD ALREADY LEFT the gym when I got there (ALREADY LEAVE).

7. Paul usually HAS his meals in the firm's canteen but today he IS GOING out with his sister. (HAVE, GO)

8. Jeff is a basketball player, but he ISNT PLAYING right now because it’s off-season. (NOT PLAY)

9. The weather was perfect for our picnic yesterday. The sun WAS SHINING and the birds WERE
SINGING. (SHINE, SING)

10. Yesterday, I RAN into an old high school friend whom I HADNT SEEN for ages. (RUN, NOT SEE)

11. My dad HAS BEEN to many conferences since the end of the month. (BE)

12.While dad WAS TELLING him good night stories, he FELL asleep and DIDN’T WAKE up until three
hours later. (TELL, FALL, NOT WAKE)

13. I HAVE NEVER SEEN such a violent storm in my whole life (NEVER SEE)

14. The new shop around the corner IS GOING TO OPEN next Wednesday (OPEN).

15.When David WAS SLEEPING on the couch, he suddenly HEARD an explosion outside. (SLEEP, HEAR)

16. I AM TAKING a few days off next week. I think I I WILL SPEND a few days in Berlin. (TAKE, SPEND)

17. The city council IS GOING TO BUILD a new shopping centre in town next year. (BUILD)

18. I AM in Cyprus at the moment. I AM HAVING a great time. The weather IS great and the food IS
delicious here. (BE, HAVE, BE, BE)

19.Ben is a very quick writer. He HAS JUST FINISHED his third book. (JUST FINISH)

20. The last time I WENT to Brighton was in August. (GO

QUESTION FORMS
Make a question with ‘be’:

1. Where / John? __Where is John?_______________________________

2. Why / they / hungry? __Why are they hungry?_________________________________________

3. Where / we? WHERE ARE WE? ____________________________________________

4. Who / you? WHO ARE YOU? ___________________________________

5. Why / he / late? WHY IS HE LATE?____________________

6. What / this? WHAT IS THIS?_______________________

7. Where / Jimmy ? WHERE IS JIMMY?_____________________________________

8. How old / she ? HOW OLD IS SHE?____________________________________________

9. How / you ? HOW ARE YOU?_________________________________________

10. Where / the station? WHERE IS THE STATION?___________________________________

Make present simple ‘wh’ questions:

1. (where / you / go to school?) ____Where do you go to school?_______________________________

2. (what / you / do?) WHAT DO YOU DO?____________________________________________

3. (where / John / come from?) WHERE DOES JOHN COME FROM?_____________________________

4. (how long / it / take from London to Paris?) ______________________________________________

5. (how often / she / go to the cinema?) HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FROM LONDON TO PARIS?______
(how many children / you / have?) ______________________________________________________

7. (when / you / get up?) WHEN DO YOU GET UP?_________________________________

8. (how often / you / study English?) HOW OFTEN DO YOU STUDY ENGLISH?_________________

9. (what time / the film / start?) WHAT TIME DOES THE FILM START? ___________________

10. (where / you / play tennis?) WHERE DO YOU PLAY TENNIS?

A Choose the correct answer.

1. I heard a knock at the front door so I (went / was going) to answer it.
2. At this time yesterday, I (wrote / was writing) an essay.

3. The football season (began / was beginning) a month ago.

4. She (had graduated / graduated) from school in 2001.

5. We entered the house quietly because everyone (was sleeping / had slept).

6. By the time we (got / had got) to the cinema, the film had already started.

7. The children (were playing / played) in the garden while their parents were watching them.

8. They (had left / left) many hours before we arrived.

B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple, Past
Continuous or Past Perfect Simple.

1. I GOT (get) to the airport as the plane was landing.

2. She wore the shoes she HAD BOUGHT (buy) the previous day.

3. I fell as I WAS RUNNING (run) for the bus.

4. What DID she SAY (say) when he asked her to marry him?

5. When I was a student, I DIDN’T HAVE (not have) much money.

6. Why WAS she still WORKING (work) at one o’clock in the morning?

7. I was happy to see her, because we HADNT SEEN (not see) each other for years.

8. By the time we got to the shop, a long queue HAD already FORMED (form) outside.

D Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Until a few years ago, no one

1 HAD HEARD (hear) of Harry Potter, the young wizard and hero of the children’s book Harry Potter and
the Philosopher’s Stone. The writer, J K Rowling,

2. HAD ALREADY WRITTEN (already / write) several stories and books, but this was the first book that
was published. She

3. GOT (get) the idea for the story of a wizard at magic school while she

4. WAS TRAVELLING (travel) on a train to London. By the time the train

5. REACHED (reach) King’s Cross station, she

8. BECAME (become) a bestseller. While millions of young readers in many countries

9. WERE ENJOYING (enjoy) her first Harry Potter book, J K Rowling

10. WAS THINKING (think) of ideas for the next book in this incredibly popular series.