Tutorials

17th November, 2016

Past tenses

Fill in the gaps with suitable forms of the verbs in brackets!

1. Peter _________ (arrive) at our house yesterday. He ________ (live) in London for six years.
2. If Tom _________(work) hard enough, he would pass the examination.
3. If I ___________ (be) in your place, I would accept the offer.
4. I wish ________(have) a garden like yours.
5. It’s (high) time we _______(meet).
6. I’d rather you ________ (tell) me the truth.
7. He acts as if he __________ (want) to make trouble.
8. I __________________(play) tennis all this afternoon.
9. As I ________________(walk) along Piccadilly, a car ________(mount) the pavement and
_________ (crash) into a shop.
10. While one of the thieves ___________ (work) on the safe, the other one ____________ (keep)
watch for the police.
11. He said that he ___________________(work) all day on Saturday.
12. Lucille ________________ (study) English before she came to England.
13. When we got to the field the football match______________ (start).
14. I had lost my pen and I __________(be) unable to do the exercise.
15. If I ___________(know) that you wanted that book I would have bought it for you.
16. He wishes now that he _____________(take) your advice.
17. He came round to our house before I ___________(finish) my breakfast.
18. When I got to the meeting the lecturer ________________ (speak) already for half an hour.
19. I asked her what she ________________(do) since she arrived in England.
20. She told me she _________________________(study) English.

Future tense

Fill in the gaps with suitable forms of the verbs in brackets!

1. I __________ (be) twenty-one on Tuesday.

2. If we take the 11 o’clock train we _________ be in Oxford at 12.30.
3. I think it ___________(be) freezing tomorrow.
4. If you work hard you ____________ have a day off next week.
5. He _____________ (pay) you what he owes you. I guarantee you that.
6. I _________ (go) at once and pick up all the papers which I have scattered on the floor.
7. I know what you _________________(say).
8. Look out! The milk _________________(boil) over.
9. I ___________________ (write) to Margaret this evening.
10. We are __________________________(fly) to New York this time next week.
11. My friend ______________(wait) for me at the airport.
12. The Robinsons __________________________(stay) with us this year again.
13. It’s 6.30 p.m.; I ________________(finish) my work before 8 o’clock.
14. The taxi _________________ (arrive) by the time you finish dressing.
15. I ___________(go) to the party, if he invited me.
16. If they have helped me, I _________________(fall)behind schedule with this project.
17. When _________________ (buy) a new car?
18. By the time you have read that book you __________ (know) all your answers.
19. I ____________(do) this no matter what.
20. Look at the clouds! It _________________(rain)!