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TENSES

This document provides examples of using different verb tenses in English, including the past simple, past progressive, present perfect, and past perfect tenses. It contains multiple sections with blank spaces to complete sentences using the appropriate verb form or tense based on context clues. The document focuses on practicing different verb tenses through transforming sentences and filling in missing verbs.

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TENSES

This document provides examples of using different verb tenses in English, including the past simple, past progressive, present perfect, and past perfect tenses. It contains multiple sections with blank spaces to complete sentences using the appropriate verb form or tense based on context clues. The document focuses on practicing different verb tenses through transforming sentences and filling in missing verbs.

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TENSES

I. Complete the sentence, using either the past simple or past progressive of the verbs in parentheses.
1. When Mrs. Chu (hear) ______________ a strange noise, she (get) ______________ up to investigate.
2. I (not hear) ______________ the thunder during the storm last night because I (sleep) ______________
3. At 8 o’clock last night, I (practice) ______________ the piano
4. When I (be) ______________ a child, we (make) ______________ our own amusement.
5. It (happen) ______________ while I (live) ______________ in Eastbourne last year.
6. I (live) ______________ in London for 10 years while I (be) a child.
7. As I (walk) ______________ down the road, I (see) ______________ Bill
8. I got a package in the mail. When I (open) ______________ it, I (find) ______________ a surprise
9. While Jane (wash) ______________ the dishes, her brothers (watch) ______________ TV
10. I (rewind) ______________ the rented video before I (return) ______________ it to the store yesterday.
11. When he realized I (look) ______________ at him, he (turn) ______________ away.
12. Richard (live) _____________ in Chicago for five years when his company (transfer) _____________ him to New
York.
13. He usually wears sandals but when I last (see) ______________ him he (wear) ______________ boots.
14. I was alone in the house at that time because Mr. Jones (work) ______________ in the garage and Mrs. Jones (shop)
______________
15. Jane (meet) ______________ her husband while she (study) ______________ law at Harvard.

II. Complete the sentences with the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.
1. When Glen (open) ______________ the book, some pages (fall) ______________ out.
2. Since she (work) ______________ at the company she (not have) ______________ a day off through illness.
3. It was the first time I (talk) ______________ to Ella outside the office
4. My boss (come) ______________into the office just as I (show) ______________ everyone my holiday photos
5. Mozart (die) ______________while he (compose) ______________the Requiem.
6. At the time of the robbery, they (stay)______________with my parents.
7. Mr. Count (work) ______________as a cashier for 25 years. Then he (retire) ______________and (go)
______________ to live in the country.
8. The pollution problem (get) ______________worse over the last decade.
9. I (not/see) ______________Jane for ages. When I last (see) ______________her, she (try) ______________to find a
job
10. In a surprise move, the Prime Minister (resign) ______________ last night.
11. Alexander Graham Bell (already/invent) ______________ the telephone by the time I was born.
12. That’s the first time I (see) ______________ Jan look embarrassed.
13. I didn’t know who she was, I (never/see) ______________her before.
14. I (buy) ______________a new alarm clock the other day in Taylor’s the jewelers when I actually (see)
______________ somebody shoplifting.
15. I (not like) ______________ having Sam for my roommate last year. He (always/leave) ______________his dirty
clothes on the floor.
III. Complete each of these sentences with an appropriate preposition.
1. Will you take responsibility _________ arranging the food?
2. As I am now in my final year _________ the secondary school, I am _________ a lot of study pressure.
3. Can you give me a hand _________ loading the van?
4. We are a very close-knit family and very supportive _________ one another
5. Please will you all join me _________singing the national anthem.
6. Whenever problems come _________, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.
7. Women’s responsibility is to look _________ the family.
8. The children are very excited _________their camping holiday.
9. Responsibility is shared _________parents and teachers.
10. She has every confidence _________her students’ abilities

IV. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1. Steve started working for this company 5 years ago.
→ Steve has ……………………………………………………………………………………...
2. Do you have any experience of driving this kind of car?
→ Have you ……………………………………………………………………………………...?
3. When she heard the results, Mary began to feel more confident.
→ Since ……………………………………………………………………………………...
4. Nancy hasn’t come here since 1999.
→ The last time ……………………………………………………………………………………...
5. During my dinner, the phone rang.
→ While ……………………………………………………………………………………...
6. David left the party before we arrived there.
→ When ……………………………………………………………………………………...
7. We haven’t gone to the concert for ages.
→ It’s ……………………………………………………………………………………...
8. Sarah hasn’t seen her friends since she left for the United States
→ Sarah last ……………………………………………………………………………………...
9. I have never stayed in such an expensive hotel before.
→ This is ……………………………………………………………………………………...
10. In the middle of our sleep there was a knock at the door.
→ When ……………………………………………………………………………………...
11. My wait for a bus has lasted thirty minutes so far.
→ I ……………………………………………………………………………………...
12. Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music before he was 35.
→ By the age ……………………………………………………………………………………...

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