Verb tenses 1. Cuckoos………….(not build) nests.

They …………(use) the nests of other

birds.
2. I ……….………….……(pull) up 100 dandelions.
3. I …………(see) you yesterday, but you ………….(not see) me, you …….. (get
Present Simple I smile/he smiles out of ) the car.
Present Continuous I am smiling/you are smiling/he is smiling 4. I’ve bought a typewriter and I ………….…(learn) to type.
5. Philip …………(open) the door, ……………..(take off) his coat, ………….(go)
Past Simple I smiled/I wrote to the bathroom, ……………..(wash) his hands, …………….(dry) them on the
Past Continuous I was smiling/you were smiling towel, ………. (go) to the kitchen, and …………. (begin) to feed the hamsters.
6. Honey, ………you ………. (think) about your job? – No, I ………………..
Present Perfect Simple I have smiled/written/he has smiled (think) about our apartment. …………you ……… .(think) it’s too small?
Present Perfect Continuous I have been smiling/he has been smiling 7. I can’t understand this letter. – I …………(call) my son. He …….....(translate) it
for you.
8. It ………….…..(be) very cold this year. I wonder when it is going to get
Past Perfect I had smiled/written warmer.
Past Perfect Continuous I had been smiling 9. The radio ………………..(play) since 7a.m. I wish someone would turn it off.
10. I ………………… (address) you, my friends, because I …………..(need) help.
Future Simple I will smile 11. I am sure I ……..…….(recognize) him.
Future Continuous I will be smiling 12. Mr Smith never ………………(wake) up in time in the mornings and always
………….. (get) into trouble for being late; so one day he ………………..(go)
Future Perfect I will have smiled to the town and ………. (buy) an alarm clock.
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been smiling /writing 13. I’ve bought some blue velvet and I ………………(make) curtains for this room.
14. Mr Know, you ………….………..(whisper) to the student on your right for the
to be going to I am going to smile/to write last five minutes. ………..….you ………..……(help) him or ……….…he
……………. (help) you?
You’re going to smile
15. Sue Browder in her book “The New Age Baby Name Book”
He’s going to smile …………………… (speak) about the origin and meaning of names.
16. When he ………….(awake) she …………….(sit) by the window and ………..
……. (look) at something in the street, but when he ………….…(call) her, she
………….….(turn) and ………………(smile) at him.
17. ……..you………………….(understand) what this manager ………………..
(talk) about? – No. He is very strange today.
18. ………..you (have) another cup of tea?
19. As they ………….(walk) along the road they …….…….(hear) a car coming
from behind them. Tom ………..…(turn) round and ……..…….(hold) his arm.
The car …………..(stop).
20. I ………….….(live) in Idaho for three years and now I’m moving to San Diego.
21. It’s 10 a.m. She ……………..….(write) three e-mails this morning.
22. ……you come and see me after the class?
23. Mr Reader ….... always………….. (read) a newspaper in the office.. – You’re
right! I wish he’d stop doing it.
24. The prisoner …….…(escape) by climbing the wall of the garden where he …... 51. I ……………(find) this ring as I ……………..(dig) in the garden. It looks very
(work). old. I wonder who it …………..…..(belong) to?
25. Andy, what are you doing there? - I ………………….(have) lunch and I 52. I’m afraid I’ve just broken your goldfish bowl. – Never mind, I ………...……...
……………… (have) a lot of food here. Would you like some? (put) the goldfish into the bath.
26. It’s 1 p.m. She ………………….. (write) three e-mail this morning. 53. After Sarah ………..……….(take) a shower, she ……………..…(make) tea.
27. She said that the car ………..(travel) at 40 k.p.h. when it ……..(begin) to skid. 54. By this time next year I …………………..…(save) 400$.
28. Why did you buy all these eggs? ……….…you ………....(make) an enormous 55. I ……….(see) you yesterday from the bus. Why ………….you……...(use) a
omelet? stick? – I ………...…(use) a stick because I ………....(hurt) my leg that morning
29. As we …………(come) here a policeman …………(stop) us. He ….……..(say) falling off the horse.
that he ….…..(look) for stolen property and ……….……(ask) if he ………….. 56. Look at the crowd. I………..(wonder) what …………..they ………...(wait) for?
(can) search the car. 57. I …..…(come) in very late last night and unfortunately the dog ………....(wake)
30. If I catch the fish, … …....you (cook) it for me? - No, I ….…….…(not cook) it. up and ……… (start) to bark. This ….……(wake) up my mother who .…..…..
31. It.…..………(smell) like sea is near. (come) to the top of the stairs and ……….(say), “Who’s there?” I ……… (say),
32. She ……………….(read) a book about tennis. (She’s finished the book) “It is me”, but she ………....(not hear) me because the dog …..……..…….
33. ……...you ……………..(believe) all that the newspapers say? – No, I ……….. (bark) so loudly, so she …………(go) back to her room and ………………..
(not believe) any of it. – Then why ………..you………………(read) them? (telephone) the police.
34. She ……………… (read) a book about tennis. (She is still reading it) 58. ……….you ………..(hear) the wind? It ………….(blow) very strongly tonight.
35. The floor was covered with balls of wool. Obviously Mrs Pitt ………..(knit) 59. By the end of the university course I ……………..…(attend) 2,000 lectures.
something. 60. By the time I ……………..(get) home, he …………………..(sleep) for an hour.
36. What ………....you …….……(do) at 5 a.m. tomorrow? 61. …………..you ………….…(understand) what the lecturer …………..(say)? –
37. ……you ……….(need) another blanket or ……..you …….(feel) warm enough? No, I …………..(understand) him at all.
38. By 2000, he …………………(become) very famous. 62. I ……………....(finish) this book by tomorrow evening.
39. We’d better go out tomorrow because Hannah ……………….(practice) the 63. Roberta was out of breath. It was clear that she ………………………..(run).
piano all day. 64. I …………..(wish) the dog would lie down. He ……………..(keep) jumping up
40. While he ……………(water) the flowers it ………….(begin) to rain. He on my lap. – I ………….…(think) he …….……..(want) to go for a walk.
…………… (put) up his umbrella and ……………….(go) on watering. 65. On the fourth of the next month we………….…..……..…(live) here for 10
41. …….you …………..(mind) if I ask you a question? – That ……………(depend) years.
on the question. – It …………….(concern) your brother. – I ……………… 66. When the show …….(end), she …………..(leave). (First the show ended, then
(refuse) to answer any question about my brother. she left)
42. I ……..…….just …….………(write) a check when I ………………(remember) 67. I’m going to Hyde Park to hear the people making speeches. – You’ll be too
that I ………..…(have) nothing in the bank. late. By the time you get there they ……………………………….…(finish)
43. It was 1985. She ………....already ……..…..(be) to 40 countries. their speeches and everybody ………………………(go) home.
44. This time next month I ……………….…(sit) on a beach. 68. The plane that you ……………...(look) at now …….just ………….(take) off
45. He has just been taken to the hospital with a broken leg. – I’m sorry to hear that. for Paris.
I ……… (send) him some grapes. 69. When the show …….(end), she …………..(leave) . (First she left, then the show
46. I …………………….……..(pull) up the dandelions all day. ended.)
47. My boss is really angry with me because I ……..………… (not come) to work 70. A woman …………….(come) in with a baby, who she ………..(say)
last week. ………..just …………(swallow) a safety pin.
48. Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt …………….……(read) it. 71. By June, he ………….…...(pay) his debt.
49. Before he ……….…..(come) to her, he …………..…..….(buy) her flowers. 72. He never ………….……..(listen) to what you ……………..(say). He …………
50. I ………(think) it is a pity that you ……….(not take) exercises. You always …………...... (think) about something else.
…………...(get) fat.
73. He ……..….(keep) looking at her, wondering where he ……..…….(see) her 97. ……………..you ever ……………..(drive) this car?
before. 98. Mrs Late is never on time for work. The same …………………(happen)
74. They moved to Atlanta in September 1995. So, by the next September, yesterday. She ……….….(be) late for 2 hours.
they……….……. .(live) there for 12 years. 99. You can’t see Rachel now. She …………….….(have) a bath.
75. What……..you …………...(wait) for? – I………………….(wait) for the shops 100. While you ………………(talk) with your sister on the phone, I ………….
to open. (go) to the supermarket, …………… (clean) the apartment and ………………
76. By this time tomorrow, I …………….………….(decide) what car to buy. (cook) dinner.
77. I ……….(put) the 5$ note into one of my books; but next day it ……….…(take) 101. …………….you……….(wear) long hair when you …………..(be) at
me ages to find it because I ………………..(forget) which book I ……….….…. school? – Yes, my mother ………….(insist) on it. But when I
(put) it into. ……………………(leave) school I …………….. (cut) my hair short and I
78. What………..the word “catastrophe”…………(mean)? – It ……..……(mean) ………….…….(wear) it short ever since.
disaster. 102. I’ve torn my dress. – I…………..(mend) it.
79. He ……….(give) me the book, ……….…(thank) me for lending it to him and 103. The kettle ………………….(boil) now. Shall I make tea?
………… (say) that he ………....(enjoy) it very much; but I ……….….(know) 104. ……...you always …………..(write) with your left hand?
that he …………..… (not read) it because most of the pages …………….(be) 105. …….the newspaper ………..(come) ? –Yes, Ann is reading it.
still uncut. 106. When I ……….(call) her, she ………… (wash) her hair. (She was in
80. I…………….….(save) up because I ……….…….(go) abroad in July. process of doing it)
81. They …………………..….(finish) mailing the newsletter by 5 p.m. 107. You look frozen. Sit down by the fire and I ….….(make) you some tea.
82. I ……………...(wear) the sunglasses today because the sun is very strong. 108. Why haven’t you set up your alarm to go off at five-thirty? – Because I
83. I …………………(watch) my favourite baseball game when suddenly it …….. …………….(not get) up then.
…………. (begin) to rain. 109. Usually I ……….………(eat) chocolates but today………….(eat) cookies.
84. I’m on a diet. I ……………………..………..(eat) nothing but bananas for the 110. We …………………..(miss) the bus, so we have to walk right now.
last month. 111. When I ……….(call) her, she ……………. (wash) her hair. (First I called
85. What are you going to do with this skirt? – I …………………..(shorten) it. and then she washed her hair)
86. He ………(park) his car under a No Parking sign and …………...(rush) into the 112. Mr Count …………………(work) as a cashier for twenty years. Then he
shop. When he ……..…(come) out of the shop ten minutes later the car ……... …………...….. (retire) and ……..….…….(go) to live in the country.
(be) no longer there. He …….…(wonder) if someone ……..…(steal) it or if the 113. My full name is Andrew but they ……………….(call) me Drew.
police …………(drive) it away. 114. When I ………..(call) her, she ……………(wash) her hair (I called and she
87. I…………..….(look) for my keys, but I ………….…..(not see) them anywhere. had a plan to wash her hair)
88. It says in this article that by the year 2020, scientists ………………………. 115. Why are you putting that old loaf into a paper bag? – I ……………..(give) it
(perfect) an electric car. That means that we …………………..…(not drive) to Mrs Pitt for her hens.
gasoline-powered cars in 15 years and we ……………………..….(not pollute) 116. ………………….you …………(be) here before? – Yes, I ………..(spend)
the atmosphere the way we do now. my holidays here last summer. - …………. you (have) a good time? – No, it
89. ..….you……………… (know) why the apple ……….…(fall) down and not up? never …………….……. (stop) raining.
90. Before she …………..(come) down to breakfast, she ………...(wash) her face. 117. I can’t work with Rachel in the same office because she …………………….
91. This job is endless. – I know. By the end of May, we …………….……(paint) (chew) gum very noisily and I can’t concentrate.
the house for two months. 118. That tree makes the house very dark. – Very well, I ………..…(cut) it down.
92. ..............you ever………….…..(be) to Spain? 119. What …….you ….………..(do) last night at 9 0’clock when the lights ……
93. If we don’t hurry, the sun …………………...(rise) before we reach the top. (go out)?
94. If I continue with my diet, I…………….(lose) 10 kilos by the end of the month. 120. Where’s Bob? – He ……………… (go) away for a few days.
95. I …………………………..(finish) my job in twenty minutes. 121. My cat …………..(have) 4 kittens this morning and I now it’s almost night
96. ……..you (open) the door for me, please? – Yes, certainly. and I ……..(feel) tired.