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Verbtenses Exercise

This document provides a review of verb tenses by presenting 23 sentences with verbs in brackets to be filled in with the correct verb form. The sentences cover a variety of verb tenses including the present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect and future perfect tenses. The sentences describe events that occurred in the past, will happen in the future or habitual actions to test the correct use of verbs in different tenses.

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Verbtenses Exercise

This document provides a review of verb tenses by presenting 23 sentences with verbs in brackets to be filled in with the correct verb form. The sentences cover a variety of verb tenses including the present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect and future perfect tenses. The sentences describe events that occurred in the past, will happen in the future or habitual actions to test the correct use of verbs in different tenses.

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REVIEW OF VERB TENSES

Fill in the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets
1. My parents ____________________ (recently/ buy) some property in the south of
France. They ____________________ (build) a summer cottage at the moment
2. Andy and Sally _____________________ (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They
____________________ (look forward to) it all week
3. When he __________________ (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He
_______________________ (already/ write) his first computer programme seven years
earlier
4. They __________________ (stand) in the queue for an hour when the manager
_________________ (inform) them that there were no more tickets available
5. An

accident

________________

(occur)

near

my

house

last

night.

A car

_________________ (hit) a young man. He ________________ (ride) a bicycle when


suddenly someone _________________ (open) the front door of a car. Several
witnesses _________________ (see) the accident. The police _______________
(question) them all night
6. Robert ________________ (watch) the news in English every day on TV and it
________________ (help) him with his English.
7. I ________________ (see) a film a week ago, but I _________________ (not like) it
very much. The problem was that I _____________________ (already/ read) the book
8. Alan _________________ (be) in a car accident yesterday. The other driver
_________________ (lose) control of his car because he _________________ (fall)
asleep
9. Last

night

my

neighbour

_________________

(knock)

on

the

door.

She

______________ (want) my father to move the car because she _______________ (not
can) get out of her parking space
10. My sister ____________________ (fly) home from London today. Her flight
_________________ (land) in an hour, so I __________________ (leave) home right
now to pick her up at the airport
11. I _________________ (sleep) when the fire _______________ (break out)

12. She ____________________ (not see) her father since she _______________ (start) to
work in France two years ago
13. I

________________

(not

sleep)

at

all

last

night

because

somebody

_________________ (listen) to very loud music all night long


14. ______________________ (you/ write) to him tonight? Yes, I always _____________
(write) to him on his birthday. __________________ (you/want) to send him a message?
15. I ___________________ (just/ see) the film the Da Vinci Code. ______________ (you/
see) it? No, I _____________. Is it like the book? Well, I ______________ (not know)
because I __________________ (not read) the book
16. While he _________________ (wait) for the bus, there ____________ (be) a robbery at
the bank. The police ________________ (appear) after the robbers ________________
(run away), so they __________________ (not catch) them
17. Yesterday before Peter _________________ (leave) home he _______________ (write)
a note to his girlfriend
18. He _____________________ (always/ say) that he will mend the window, but he
_________________ (never/ do) it
19. I used to ski when I ______________ (be) at university, but I ______________ (break) a
leg five years ago and I _________________ (not do) any skiing since then
20. Dont worry!! I _________________ (give) you a call at 6.30
21. I ___________________ (not see) him for three years. I wonder where he
_______________ (be)
22. By December 6th we ____________________ (finish) the first term exams and we
____________________ (have) a long free weekend
23. Why

____________________

(she/

learn)

Chinese

this

year?

Because she

__________________ (work) for a Chinese company at the moment and she


___________________ (work) in the Beijing office next year

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