Exercise
1 Complete the sentences with the verbs below
learn • am learning • hadn’t learned • send • don’t send • weren’t doing •
didn’t do • haven’t done
1 We ----------anything wrong in the art room, but the teacher told us to leave. didn’t
do
2 ----------him an angry email. You’ll only regret it later. send
3 I ----------how to drive at the moment. am learning
4 When I was younger, we---------- much sport at my primary school. weren’t doing
5 Generally I ---------- best by doing rather than watching. learn
6 We ---------- any practice tests yet so I’m not sure what they’re like. haven’t done
7 ----------me a text message when you’re free. don’t send
8 The English exam was difficult because I ---------- enough phrasal verbs. hadn’t
learned
2 Complete the sentences with the correct present or past form of the verbs in
brackets.
1 (tell) me exactly what (happen) last night! happened
2 Mrs Hudson is my maths teacher. She (teach) me for four years and in that time I
(get) much better at maths. Had been teaching , I got
3 I (never /think) of a career in medicine before I spoke to my biology teacher but
now I (seriously/consider) it. Had never thought , am seriously considering
4 Oh no! I (forget) to bring my assignment! What am I going to do? This is the second
time I (do) this! Forgot , have doing
5 I can’t remember what Mr Brown (say) yesterday about our homework. I (not
listen) properly because Charlotte (talk) to me at the same time. Said , listened , had
been talking
6 Last year I (go) on a school trip to Scotland. We (have) a very interesting time. I
will have gone , have
7 At the moment I (think) about what subjects to take next year but I (make) a final
decision yet. I am thinking , I have made
8 A few people (misbehave) in class sometimes, but generally everyone is quite well
behaved.
3. Correct the incorrect verb forms in the sentences. Two are correct.
1 I lend you my copy of European Modern History if you can’t find one in the library.
2 Everyone says Barcelona is fantastic so I think you’re having a wonderful time there
next year.
3 I can’t meet you on Saturday, I’m afraid. My parents will take me to the theatre
then.
4 We will do most of our exams by the end of next week.
5 I’m quite tired this evening so I’ll probably just watch some TV and then go to bed
early.
6 Joe will work in a hospital over the summer to gain some work experience.
7 I don’t know what to have for lunch. Oh – those sandwiches look nice. I’ll be
having one of those.
8 We will be filming another school in the autumn for our TV series Educating … .
9 The summer term’s going to start on 12th April.
10 I haven’t done any revision so I’m not doing very well in the exam tomorrow.
