1 Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate present tense.

0 Our firm is launching (launch) two new products next week.

1 "Why............................................(he/leave)?" "Because he.................................(play) football
at 6:30 this evening."
2 Dancers at the ballet school................................ (train) for the performance since last
November.
3 You......................................(not/really/expect) me to eat this stew! t.......................(smell) awful!
4 I.........................................(try) to complete that jigsaw for over three months now!
5 "Why .................................... (you/feel) Annie's forehead?"
"I........................(think) she's got a temperature."
6 The place looks like a bombsite! What................. ...................... (do) all day?
7 Come on John! You..................................(know) me since high school! You ...............................
(not/really/believe) I would do such a terrible thing.
8 The opposition party........................(appear) to be making ground in the opinion polls.
9 Randall...................(kick) the ball into the net and it................. (be) a goal!
10 He ................................ (study) most of the year, but now it's summer, he.......................
(work) in a shop.
11 You.......................................(always/leave) the bathroom tap running.

2 "So, are you coming along, after all?" "Well, I don't know. What time......... ?"
A you're leaving C will you leave
B will you be leaving D do you leave
3 'I've called Eddie a hundred times but he won't answer the phone." Try once more. He ....."
A will sleep C will be sleeping
B sleeps D is to be sleeping
4 "Well, I first came here last June." "So by the end of May you ......... with us for
almost a year."
A will have been working C will have working
B are going to have worked D will work
5 "Shall I call Eddie at home?" "I think he.........now."
A will be working C is to work
B is going to work D will work
6 "Is Nigel still here?" "Yes, but hurry up, he is just.........."
A about to leave C to be leaving
B about leaving D to leave
7 "Do you know it's Maggie's birthday today?" "Yes, she.........a party tonight."
A has C is to have
B is having D will have
8 "Doesn't she feel nervous about having to teach that class?"
"I shouldn't think so as she's such an experienced teacher. By October she.........teaching
for fifteen years."
A is going to be C will have been
B has been D is to be
9 "Why don't we go to the cinema?" "It's too late; the film .........started by now."
A will be C shall have
B is going to be D will have
10 "You look gorgeous in that dress." "Really? I......... it then."
A will be buying C will buy
B buy D am to buy
11 "So, when is your maths exam?" "Well, this time tomorrow I .........for it."
A will be sitting C will have been sitting
B will sit D sit
Put the verbs in brackets into an appropriate past tense.

1. He .. (walk) to the front of the stage, took and .. (wave) to the audience.
2. Her clothes were soaked because she................... (walk) in the rain.
3. We ................................... (not/enjoy) the play so we ....................... (leave) early.
4. While you...........................(sleep) Joan........... (try) hard to finish her dissertation.
5. Susan and Tom............................(meet) when they ...............(study) in Edinburgh 20 years
ago.
6. In June 1979 they.............................................. (still / build) this shopping centre.
7. They ........................(walk) to the water's edge, ............... (wade) in and.........................
(swim) to the other side.
8. While the soldiers.............................................. (advance) they did not realise that the
enemy ............. (plan) a surprise attack.
9. The politician . (already/finish) his speech by the time the TV reporter
................. (arrive).
10. By the time Monica...........(get) to the library, Elena ..............(already/do) all the research.

Choose the correct item.

1 Wheres Christine?" I dont know; she.........the office fifteen minutes ago.
A left C has left
B had left D had been leaving
2 Why didnt Madeline show up at the party last night? When I called her at 11:00 she.........."
A was still studying C would still study
B had still been studying D still studied
3 Did you know that Oscar Wilde......... in Paris during his final years?
A has been living C had been living
B had lived D lived
3 "You're looking miserable." "I .........on my thesis when my computer suddenly crashed."
A was working C would work
B used to work D have been working
4 "Did you hear the rain last night?" "Yes, it.........all night."
A had been pouring C has poured B was pouring D was poured
5 "Can't we just order a nice bit of cod?"
"Don't be ridiculous! We.........all this way to eat fish and chips."
A haven't been coming C aren't coming
B haven't come D hadn't come
6 "I love your car." "This old thing? We......... it for fifteen years."
A had had C have had
B have been having D used to have
7 "What's wrong with Robert?" "I don't know. He.........up, slammed the door and
stormed out of the building."
A got C was getting
B has got D had got
8 "Mary has difficulty fitting in." "Well, I guess she......... to this type of work."
A didn't use C doesn't get used
B isn't used D hasn't been used
9 "I loved Christmas as a child." "So did I. Every Christmas Eve all the family.........
the tree together."
A would have decorated C had been decorating
B would decorate D used to decorating
10 When I lived downtown I.........to the cinema almost every night.
A was going C have been going
B went D had been going
11 Sue.........from a severe bout of flu at the time.
A recovered C would recover
B used to recover D was recovering
12 "How's Peter doing?" "I don't know. I ......... from him for months."
A have to hear C haven't heard
B didn't hear D don't hear
13 "Ted is so inconsiderate." "What.........you say that, George?"
A is making C makes
B was making D had made

10 Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate past tense.

If it (0) hadn't been (not/be) for Louis, Joan (1)............. ................................ (never/survive) her trip
to Paris last month. She (2)............................. (not/meet) him before, but she (3).........................
(be) certainly glad that she had by the end of her stay. The first thing that
(4).........................(happen) was that the hotel where she (5)...........................(plan) to stay (6)
................ ...................(not/receive) her booking, so they had no room for her. Then, as she
(7).............(try) to get a taxi to take her to another hotel, someone on a motorbike
(8) ........................(snatch) her bag with all her tickets and credit cards in it. As her French
(9).................(be) quite rusty, she (10) .......................(not/know) how to explain what (11)
.............................(happen). It was then that Louis (12).............................(approach) her
and (13) ................................... (introduce) himself.

1 1 Choose the correct item.

0 "Tina is still looking for a decent flat." "How long ......... ?"
A was she looking C had she looked
B is she looking D has she been looking
1 "Has Paul come to terms with his examination results?"
"Yes. He.........the fact that he'll have to resit."
A had accepted C accepted
B has accepted D has been accepting
2 "Did you have a good time at the Jordans?"
"Not really. I ......... I'll ever visit them again."
A don't think C won't be thinking
B am not thinking D think not
3 Gerald just can't.........working shifts.
A used to C get used to
B be used D used to be
4 Alison feels more sympathy and less anger than she
A had B would C was D used to
5 "Will you.........with the audio-video equipment by 12:30 pm?"
"Possibly, but I'll let you know beforehand."
A finish C be finishing
B finished D have finished
6 "George is in hospital." "Yes, I've heard he.........good progress."
A makes C will make
B is making D would make
7 "I'm getting my work permit next week."
"It's about time. You ......... here for two months by then."
A are C will have been
B will be D have been
8 "How do you like your sushi?" "Well, it's really different. It's the first time I ....... Japanese food."
A have eaten C am eating
B eat D have been eating
9 "Wasn't sacking Mary rather harsh on his part?"
"Not really; he.........her several times in the past."
A had warned C warns
B was warning D will warn
10 "Where's Jonathan?" "He.........to the travel agent's."
A has been C has been going
B has gone D had gone

13 Choose the correct item.

1 "John really ought to lose some weight." "You're right; he.........very heavily during the
walk yesterday."
A was breathing C has been breathing
B had breathing D had been breathing
2 "I heard Roy and Alice had an argument." "Do you know what......... it this time?"
A has started C had been starting
B started D had started
3 "I wonder how Jeff is doing." "I haven't got a clue. It's been a long time since I .........to him."
A have spoken C had spoken
B spoke D speaking
4 "It's a pity she had to pull out of the competition."
"Yes, especially since she.........such excellent progress."
A is making C had been making
B made D has been making
5 "Who's going to collect your mail while you're on holiday?" "I have.........asked my cousin."
A ever C yet
B still D already
6 "Did you get to see Frances in the end?" "No. She ......... for the airport when I arrived at
her home."
A would leave C had left
B was leaving D left
7 "Helen moved to London last week." "Well, I suppose she'll find it difficult to ......... on
the left."
A be used to driving C get used to driving
B use to drive D be used to drive
8 "How long have you been with Sears S.A.?" "By next month I .........there for a year."
A will be working C am going to work
B have worked D will have been working
9 "Did you stay up late yesterday?" "Not really. I went to bed after Monica .........."
A was leaving C leaving
B had left D has left