Proficiency - Verb Tenses Review
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses:
1. You look really great! _______________________(you, work) out at the fitness center
recently?
2. A: What ________________________________(you, do) when the accident occurred?
B: I _________________________________(try) to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
3. I____________________________________ (have) the same car for more than ten
years. I'm thinking about buying a new one.
4. If it _______________________________________(snow) this weekend,
we____________________________ (go) skiing near Lake Tahoe.
5. A: What do you call people who work in libraries?
B: They________________________________________ (call) librarians.
6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago.
When I return to Australia, I _____________________________(study) for nine months
and I___________________________ (be) in England for exactly one year.
7. Sam _____________________________________(arrive) in San Diego a week ago.
8. Samantha_________________________________ (live) in Berlin for more than two
years. In fact, she___________________________ (live) there when the Berlin wall came
down.
9. If Vera_____________________________ (keep) drinking,
she______________________________ (lose, eventually) her job.
10. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan;
however, their culture ___________________________________(disappear, virtually) by
the time Europeans first________________________________ (arrive) in the New World.
11. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John________________________________________ (sleep) .
12. It __________________________________________(rain) all week. I hope it stops by
Saturday because I want to go to the beach.
13. Listen Donna, I don't care if you______________________ (miss) the bus this
morning. You_______________________________ (be) late to work too many times. You
are fired!
14. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we
_________________________(wake) up tomorrow morning, the
sun_________________________ (shine) .
15. I have not traveled much yet; however, I________________________________ (visit)
the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States.
16. I__________________________________ (see) many pictures of the pyramids before
I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually
quite small.
17. In the last hundred years, traveling__________________________________ (become)
much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it________________________
(take) two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The
trip___________________________ (be) very rough and often dangerous.
Things_______________________________ (change) a great deal in the last hundred
and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.
18. Joseph's English _______________________________________(improve, really) ,
isn't it? He______________________________________ (watch) American television
programs and ______________________________________(study) his grammar every
day since he first arrived in San Diego. Soon he will be totally fluent.
19. When I _______________________________________(arrive) home last night, I
discovered that Jane___________________________ (prepare) a beautiful candlelight
dinner.
20. If you_________________________________________ (need) to contact me
sometime next week, I__________________________________ (stay) at the Sheraton in
San Francisco.
AK
1. You look really great!) Have you been working out at the fitness center recently?
2. A: What were you doing when the accident occurred?
B: I was trying to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
3. I (have had the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new one.
4. If it is snowing this weekend, we will go skiing near Lake Tahoe.
5. A: What do you call people who work in libraries?
B: They are called librarians.
6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago.
When I return to Australia, I will have been studying for nine months and I will have been in
England for exactly one year.
7. Sam arrived in San Diego a week ago.
8. Samantha lived in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she was living there when the
Berlin wall came down.
9. If Vera keeps drinking, she will eventually lose her job.
10. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan;
however, their culture had virtually disappeared by the time Europeans first arrived in the
New World.
11. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John is sleeping.
12. It has been raining all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the
beach.
13. Listen Donna, I don't care if you missed the bus this morning. You have been late to
work too many times. You are fired!
14. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we wake up tomorrow morning, the
sun will be shining.
15. I have not traveled much yet; however, I will have visited the Grand Canyon and San
Francisco by the time I leave the United States.
16. I had seen many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the
monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.
17. In the last hundred years, traveling has become much easier and very comfortable. In
the 19th century, it took two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.
The trip was very rough and often dangerous. Things have changed a great deal in the last
hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of
hours.
18. Joseph's English is really improving, isn't it? He has been watching American television
programs and studying his grammar every day since he first arrived in San Diego. Soon he
will be totally fluent.
19. When I arrived home last night, I discovered that Jane had prepared a beautiful
candlelight dinner.
20. If you need to contact me sometime next week, I will be staying at the Sheraton in San
Francisco.
