VERB TENSES

№ 1. Раскройте скобки, используя Simple Present или Present

Continuous.

1. Every Monday, Sally ________ (drive) her kids to football practice.

2. Usually, I (work) as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I ________ (study) French at a
language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.
3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John ________ (sleep) .
4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It________ (rain) .
5. I hate living in Seattle because it ________ (rain, always) .
6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you ________ (say) because everybody ________ (talk) so
loudly.
7. Justin ________ (write, currently) a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a
good publisher when he is finished.
8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I ________ (go) to a movie tonight with some friends.
9. The business cards ________ (be, normally ) printed by a company in New York. Their
prices ________ (be) inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.
10. This delicious chocolate ________ (be) made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.

№ 2. Раскройте скобки, используя Simple Present или Present

Continuous.

A Trekking Journal

November 12, 1997

Today ________ (be) the second day of my trek around Mount Annapurna. I am exhausted
and my legs________ (shake) ; I just hope I am able to complete the trek. My feet ________
(kill, really) me and my toes ________ (bleed) , but I ________ (want, still) to continue.

Nepal is a fascinating country, but I have a great deal to learn. Everything ________ (be) so
different, and I ________ (try) to adapt to the new way of life here. I ________ (learn) a
little bit of the language to make communication easier; unfortunately, I ________ (learn, not)
foreign languages quickly. Although I ________ (understand, not) much yet, I believe that I
________ (improve, gradually) .

I ________ (travel, currently) with Liam, a student from Leeds University in England. He
________ (be) a nice guy, but impatient. He ________ (walk, always) ahead of me and
________ (complain) that I am too slow. I ________ (do) my best to keep up with him, but
he is younger and stronger than I am. Maybe, I am just feeling sorry for myself because I am
getting old.

Right now, Liam ________ (sit) with the owner of the inn. They ________ (discuss) the
differences between life in England and life in Nepal. I ________ (know, not) the real name of
the owner, but everybody ________ (call, just) him Tam. Tam ________ (speak) English
very well and he ________ (try) to teach Liam some words in Nepali. Every time Tam
________ (say) a new word, Liam ________ (try) to repeat it. Unfortunately, Liam
________ (seem, also) to have difficulty learning foreign languages. I just hope we don't get
lost and have to ask for directions.

№ 3. Вставьте подходящую форму глагола, используя Present Perfect or Past

Simple Tense .

1. We ______ to the seaside last summer.

A. have gone
B. went

2. Eggs ______ more expensive this month.

A. became
B. have become

3. I have been very busy ______ last week.

A. for
B. since

4. I ______ two letters yesterday.

A. have written
B. wrote

5. He ______ a teacher when I knew him.

A. has been
B. was

6. They ________ at the same hotel for ten years.

A. stayed
B. have stayed

7. I have been looking for you ______ two hours.

A. since
B. for

8. We have not done much ______ the last week.

A. since
B. for

9. I ______ this class now for two years.

A. have taught
B. taught

10. I ______ him at the theatre last evening.

A. saw
B. have seen
 № 4. Раскройте скобки, используя Past Tense – Simple and Progressive.

1. Why __________ (you, not tell) her that I had been here before ?
2. __________ (They, be able ) to solve the problem ? - I don’t know. I just know that
they __________ (work) on it all day yesterday.
3. The inspector __________ (think) hard about the murder when he
suddenly __________ (realise) that he __________ (follow) the wrong track.
4. I happened to be in London when they __________ (repair) London bridge.
5. __________ (You, see) the new George Clooney film at nine p.m. yesterday ? - No, at
nine, I __________ (still, work) on the computer.
6. I __________ (see) Mrs. Carrington yesterday. She __________ (sit) in the train to
Bristol. I __________ (wonder) where she __________ (go) because
she __________ (not have) any relatives anywhere.
7. When __________ (they, buy) your house ?
8. He __________ (have) breakfast when my mother __________ (suffer) a heart attack.
9. What __________ (you, do) when I gave you a ring ?
10. Father __________ (watch) TV when he __________ (hear) the news.
11. The war __________ (start) in 1939.
12. At eight o’clock I __________ (listen) to the radio.

№ 5. Выберите подходящий вариант ответа, используя past и present perfect

tense.

1. I've been living here ______ the end of last year.

A. for
B. since
C. in

2. Bob hasn't been to London ______ we went there last year.

A. since
B. when

3. It's ages ______ I last went to the cinema.

A. ago
B. since

4. I've written to Sarah ________.

A. last week
B. recently

5. I haven't seen Betty _______ a long time. How is she?

A. for
B. since
 6. I've been trying to sell my car ______.
A. for ages
B. for the last time

7. What have you been doing _____?

A. today
B. yesterday

8. I can't remember ______ I've had this car.

A. how long
B. when

9. Have you eaten Chinese food ______?

A. before
B. already

10. Actually I had supper with Tom ______.

A. lately
B. last night

№ 6. Вставьте подходящую форму глагола, используя past и present perfect

tense.

1. ______ before? Tom, this is Susan.

A. Have you two met
B. Did you two meet

2. ______ my handbag anywhere? I can't find it.

A. Have you seen
B. Did you see

3. How was your holiday in London? ________ a lot of interesting places?

A. Have you visited
B. Did you visit

4. I don't think we'll go for a walk because the weather ______.

A. changed
B. has changed
C. has been changing

5. Could you repeat, please? I ______ to you.

A. haven't listened
B. haven't been listening
C. didn't listen

6. ______ anyone interesting at the party?

A. Have you met
B. Did you meet
7. Tom ______ his book for the last three years without any success.
 A. has been writing
B. is writing
C. has written

8. ______ Tom my message when you saw him?

A. Have you given
B. Did you give

9. The police think that they _____ your missing luggage, so call this number immediately.
A. have found
B. found

10. From the minute she got up this morning she ______ stupid questions.
A. asked
B. has been asking
C. has asked

№ 7. Раскройте скобки, используя Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. I __________ (watch) TV when she __________ (call) me.

2. He __________ (jump) into the river and __________ (rescue) the drowning man.
3. I __________ (see) my first baseball match while I __________ (live) in New York.
4. We __________ (ring) the police because the neighbors __________ (play) the music
very loud.
5. He __________ (write) the whole homework during the lunch break.
6. We __________ (play) in the garden when it __________ (start) to rain.
7. He __________ (meet) his girlfriend when he __________ (live) in London.
8. While I __________ (work) in the hospital I __________ (decide) to give up smoking.
9. It __________ (rain) the whole day so we __________ (decide) to stay at home.
10. The sun __________ (shine) so we __________ (decide) to go for a walk.

№ 8. Раскройте скобки, используя Future и Future Perfect.

1. __________ part in our play ? You're really a good actor. ( YOU TAKE)
2. By next June, I __________ in London for ten years. (BE)
3. I __________ in London next year, doing the same old job. (BE)
4. This time tomorrow, Maria __________ on a beach in Rimini. (SUNBATHE)
5. Don't make too much noise after midnight - I __________ soundly, I hope. (SLEEP)
6. If I don't have too much work to do this year, I think I __________ the novels I am
planning to write. (FINISH)
7. You'll be late for the train __________. I you to the station if you like ? (DRIVE)
8. It's strange that when we get to Sydney, we __________ half way across the world. (FLY)
9. I __________ to Madrid next week, so I can give you a lift. (DRIVE)
10. Today is Tuesday. Jack says he __________ his assignments by the end of the week.
(FINISH)
 № 9. Раскройте скобки, используя Future и Future Perfect
(возможно использование и других времен).

1. The train __________ at 11:45. (to leave)

2. We __________ dinner at a nice restaurant on Saturday, but we have't booked a table
yet. (to have)
3. My ski instructor believes it __________ in the mountains tomorrow evening. (to snow)
4. On Sunday at 8 o'clock I __________ my friend. (to meet)
5. They __________ to London on Friday evening at 8:15. (to fly)
6. Wait! I __________ you to the station. (to drive)
7. The English lesson __________ at 8:45. (to start)
8. I __________ my sister in April. (to see)
9. Look at the clouds - it __________ in a few minutes. (to rain)
10. Listen! There's someone at the door. I __________ the door for you. (to open)

№ 10. Раскройте скобки, используя Future и Future Perfect (возможно

использование и других времен).

1. This lesson __________ at 11:30 but at 11:40. (not/to end)

2. What __________ tomorrow evening? (you/to do)
3. This time tomorrow we __________ to York. (to drive)
4. These boxes are so heavy. __________ them for me, please? (you/to carry)
5. What time __________ Gerry? (he/to meet)
6. The students __________ their essays by the end of next week. (to write)
7. How old __________ in 2050? (Harry/to be)
8. Lisa has sold her car. She a bike. (to buy)
9. The museum __________ at 10 am daily. (to open)
10. What time __________ ? (the show/to begin)

№ 11. Раскройте скобки, используя Future Perfect.

1. When you arrive I probably __________ the job. start
2. They __________ dinner by the time we get there. have
3. A few centuries from now wars, I hope, __________ a thing of the past. become
4. In a year's time he __________ to some more serious sort of job. take
5. You __________ a lot of your work by the end of this month. do
6. By November all the leaves __________ . fall
7. If he doesn't hurry, they __________ before he comes. leave
8. I am sure that tomorrow you __________ all these rules. forget
9. Be quick! The child __________ before you rescue it. drown
10. She __________ old before she learns the use of prepositions. grow
11. The airman __________ more than a thousand miles, before the end of this month. fly
12. If you ring me up after nine o'clock. I __________ to the doctor. speak
13. We __________ twenty miles more before we cross the frontier. travel
14. Next year we __________ together for ten years. be
15. I am sure they __________ the new road before April. complete

№12. Раскройте скобки, используя правильную форму глагола.

1. It __________ very cold this year. I wonder when it __________ warmer (BE, GET).
2. I __________ over Loch Ness last week. - the Loch Ness monster ? (FLY, YOU SEE)
3. your hair long when you were at school ? Yes, my mother it like that. (YOU WEAR,
WANT)
4. When he __________ she __________ by the window. She __________ at
something in the street, but when he __________ her
she __________ and __________ at him.(AWAKE, SIT, LOOK, CALL, TURN,
SMILE)
5. She said that the car __________ at 40 m.p.h. when it __________ to skid.(TRAVEL,
BEGIN)
6. Why __________ so fast today ? You usually __________ quite slowly. (YOU WALK,
WALK)
7. This car __________ a very strange noise. __________ it is all right ? (MAKE, YOU
THINK)
8. It __________ for three days now. The roads will be blocked if
it __________ soon.(SNOW, NOT STOP)
9. He __________ ten letters before breakfast.(WRITE)
10. __________ my friend Cyril lately ?(YOU SEE) - No, I __________ him for more than
a week. (NOT SEE)
11. How long __________ ?(YOU WAIT)
12. He __________ his watch while he the sights of the city.(LOSE, SEE)
13. A few years ago he in Germany where he __________ as a journalist. (LIVE, WORK)
14. I down the stairs when my friend __________ the door bell. (JUST COME, RING)
15. My mother __________ fish when the doctor arrived. (PREPARE)

№ 13. Раскройте скобки, используя правильную форму глагола.

1. I __________ on this for long time. (work)

2. I __________ on this when they came. (work)
3. Have you heard the news? Bob __________ an arm yesterday. (break)
4. People seldom __________ arms. (break)
5. Tom __________ an email now. (write)
6. He always __________ email in the evening. (write)
7. How many emails __________ today? (write)
8. Not many, she __________ . (just begin)
9. __________ ‘Enter the dragon’? (you / see(
10. No, I didn’t go when they __________ it in our cinema. (play)

№ 14. Раскройте скобки, используя правильную форму глагола.

1. I __________ (never come) across such a big snake in my life. What about you?

2. By Saturday next week, I __________ (work) on this painting for exactly one month.

3. My wife and I __________ (have) a few problems recently and I have to admit that our
relationship __________ (get) a bit boring since our daughter __________ (leave) for
university.
4. Even though I __________ (like) singing, I can say that I __________ (have) a terrible
voice.

5. By the year 2020, the population of London __________ (grow) substantially.

6. My grandparents __________ (come) to see us next weekend. They __________ (not

visit) us for two years.

7. We __________ (look for) her ring for two hours when we found it in the bathroom.

8. They were very tired in the evening because they __________ (help) on the farm all day.

9. I __________ (lead) a very busy life these days. I __________ (prepare) for my final
exams and at the same time I __________ (try) to move to my new apartment. You can't
imagine how tired I am.

10. Do you know what time the 10:45 plane __________ (arrive) in Chicago?

№ 15. Раскройте скобки, используя правильную форму глагола.

1. Hardly had the minister finished his speech when the earthquake __________ (shake) the
stadium.

2. Everybody will be at the office at about 08:30 tomorrow as the meeting __________ (start)
at nine o'clock.

3. That candidate who we had been interviewed before we __________ (speak) to all the
others is still my favorite.

4. While climbing onto the mountain top, I __________ (encounter) a strange animal which
I'd never seen before.

5. The chairman was sure that his plan would work out fine as no other member __________
(oppose) it up to that time.

6. I wasn't surprised to hear that Monica __________ (have) an accident as she is a very
reckless driver.

7. Since the very first day when the Umbrella Company embarked upon such a dangerous and
risky lab-research, very strange incidents __________ (take place) within the research
complex.

8-9. Urbanization __________ (always / be) a problem which causes several environmental
challenges ever since the rate of migration __________ (increase) after the industrial
revolution.

10. When I __________ (come) home this evening, my parents had gone out for a walk.

11. By the time the troops __________ (arrive), the war will have ended.

12. By the year 2020, linguists __________ (study) the Indy-European language family for
more than 200 years.

13. Gasoline __________ (become) a major problem for people for the last ten years,
therefore, during this time many people have preferred to sell their cars and buy smaller ones.
14. By the time he was 14, Wolfgang Mozart __________ (compose) an enviable number of
musical pieces.

15. Nothing in my life __________ (be) so strong to stop me achieve my goals so far and i
don't think anything will be.

16. Archaeologists __________ (explain) recently that an ancient underground city around
Cappadocia has long wide corridors where there are many special areas for making cheese and
wine.

17. I was amazed when he accepted a drink, since I __________ (always / assume) that he
was a teetotaler.

18. I __________ (play) tennis tomorrow but I won't be able to do that because I have injured
my right ankle.

19. We __________ (visit) the seashore many times before but last summer we enjoyed
ourselves more than ever.

20. According to a survey, thousands of vending machines __________ (have to be converted)

before the new coins have come into circulation.

№ 16. Раскройте скобки, используя правильную форму глагола.

1. Jessica __________ (never fall) in love until she __________ (meet) Ben two years ago.

2. Bruce __________ (not stop) studying until he __________ (cover) all of the exam topics.

3. When the old woman __________ (hear) that her grandson __________ (arrest) for
robbery, she __________ (shock).

4. When Megan __________ (have) problems at school, her parents __________ (usually
help) her to cope with them.

5. We __________ (wait) for the bus for nearly half an hour, but it __________ (not arrive)
yet so I don't think we __________ (be able to) attend the meeting on time.

6. When Sarah __________ (graduate) from university next year, she __________ (study)
English for nearly four years.

7. While the children __________ (play) by the lake, one of them __________ (drop) his
ball and __________ (try) to get it out himself.

8. Tomorrow at around 7.30 pm, I __________ (drive) through America.

9. Builders __________ (finish) the Millennium Dome by the end of the year 2000.

10. When I __________ (have) another look I __________ (realize) the shirt in the laundry
__________ (shrink).

№ 17. Раскройте скобки, используя правильную форму глагола.

1. How did you get there? – We __________ . It didn’t take long ( walk)
2. Our baby Mona __________ now. – She’s a year old ( walk)

3. We have to rest. We __________ for over four hours ( walk)

4. It was a tough match. At half time three footballers __________ to the hospital ( take)

5. My dog looked guilty. He __________ some food from the kitchen table. ( take)

6. We need a new car. We __________ this one for ages. ( have)

7. We __________ a lovely picnic until my wife was stung by a bee. ( have)

8. Don’t call at eight. We __________ dinner then ( have)

9. Our sandwiches freshly __________ every day ( make)

10. By the time I’m forty I __________ enough money to retire ( make).

11. Where are my jeans? – They __________ at the moment ( wash)

12. Simon was all wet because he __________ the car. ( wash)

13. My sister earns a good salary. She __________ computer software. ( sell)

14. Nobody wants to buy the house. It __________ in an auction next month. ( sell)

15. At the end of this term I __________ for six years. ( teach)

16. The children __________ how to make cake when a boy dropped the bowl on his foot.
( teach)

№ 18. Раскройте скобки, используя правильную форму глагола.

Lost in the Mountains

Two walkers are reported to BEEN/ BEING/ HAVE/ HAVING BEEN gone missing near
the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales. John Watkins , aged 21 and Melanie
McBrian, 19, DID NOT RETURN/ HAVE NOT RETURNED/ WERE NOT
RETURNING/ DO NOT RETURN by nightfall, leading to fears that they MAY HAVE
BEEN/ WILL HAVE BEEN/ SHOULD BE/ WOULD BE forced to spend the night on the
mountain
Weather conditions, when the pair SET/ HAVE SET/ ARE SETTING/ HAD SET off
yesterday morning, were fairly good. By the afternoon , however, it had got much worse. Thick
clouds quickly WERE SPREAD/ ARE SPREAD/ HAVE SPREAD/ SPREAD over the
region and there was a sharp drop in temperature. The surface of the local lakes WERE
BEGINNING/ HAVE BEGUN/ BEGIN/ BEGAN to freeze within a few hours. Blizzards
began in the evening , with a great deal of snow FALLING/ FELL/ HAVE BEEN
FALLING/ FALL above 500 metres.

Friends of the two walkers SURPRISE/ WERE SURPRISED/ HAD SURPRISED/

HAVE BEEN SURPRISED that they DON'T HEAR/ HADN’T HEARD/ WOULDN'T
HEAR/ SHOULDN'T HAVE HEARD from either of them. They think their mobile
phones SHOULD HAVE BECOME/ WERE BECOMING/ SHOULD BECOME/
MIGHT HAVE BECOME unusable for some reason. Melanie’s friend Janet Richards believes
Melanie COULD HAVE CALLED/ WOULD HAVE CALLED/ WAS CALLED/ WILL
CALL her to say they were alright if her phone WAS WORKING/ HAS BEEN
WORKING/ HAD BEEN WORKING/ IS WORKING properly. Joe Hill , a friend of John’s,
admits he IS WORRIED/ HAS BEEN WORRIED/ HAS WORRIED/ IS
WORRYING they COULD HAVE HAD/ SHOULD HAVE HAD/ MUST HAVE/ HAVE
HAD an accident last night, but insists they have a lot of experience walking in the mountains of
Wales. They WOULD HAVE FOUND/ WERE FINDING/ MAY HAVE FOUND/ HAD
FOUND shelter if they ARE FORCED/ HAD BEEN FORCED/ WERE FORCED/ ARE
FORCING to stay on the mountain during last night.

Mountain rescue teams, which began looking for the couple early this morning ,say that one or
both of the walkers COULD SLIP/ MAY HAVE SLIPPED/ WERE SLIPPING/
SHOULD HAVE SLIPPED and fallen in bad weather conditions ,especially as neither of
them HAS BEEN USED TO/ IS USING TO/ IS USED TO/ USED TO walking in the
mountains in winter.

The hope is, though, that they WILL BE FOUND/ WILL HAVE BEEN FOUND/ WILL
FIND/ ARE BEING FOUND safe before long ,especially as the weather is forecast to clear up
within the next few hours.