Verb Tenses Tutorial English Work Sheets (Page 13 of 15) in pdf

to Australia, I (study) .............. for nine months and I (be) ............ 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 monu-

ments 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 pro-

grams 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 candle-lit

dinner.

20. If you (need) ...............contact me sometime next week, I (stay) .............at the Sheraton in San

Francisco.

Verb Tense Final Test Exercise 30

Cumulative Verb Tense Review

1. When Carol (call) ............. last night, I (watch) ................my favorite show on television.

2. I (work) ............. for this company for more than thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I retire!

3. Sharon (love) ...............to travel. She (go) ............ abroad almost every summer. Next year, she

plans to go to Peru.

4. Thomas is an author. He (write) ........... mystery novels and travel memoirs. He (write) ........... since

he was twenty-eight. Altogether, he (write) .......... seven novels, three collections of short stories.

5. We were late because we had some car problems. By the time we (get) ...............to the train station,

Susan (wait) ...............for us for more than two hours.

6. Sam (try) .............. to change a light bulb when he (slip) .............. and (fell) ...........

7. Everyday I (wake) ............... up at 6 o'clock, (eat) .............. breakfast at 7 o'clock and (leave)

............. for work at 8 o'clock. However, this morning I (get) .............. up at 6:30, (skip) ........... break-

fast and (leave) ............for work late because I (forget) ................. to set my alarm.

8. Right now, Jim (read) ................... the newspaper and Kathy (make) ................dinner. Last night at

this time, they (do) ............the same thing. She (cook) .............. and he (read) .............. the newspaper.

Tomorrow at this time, they (do, also) .............. the same thing. She (prepare) ............. dinner and he

(read) ............ They are very predictable people!

9. By this time next summer, you (complete) ................your studies and (find) ................a job. I, on

the other hand, (accomplish, not) .....anything. I (study, still) ......and you (work) ......in some new job.

10. The students (be, usually) ....taught by Mrs. Monty. However, this week they (be) ..... taught by

Mr. Tanzer.

11. Jane talks on the phone.

Bob has been talking on the phone for an hour.

Mary is talking on the phone.

Who is not necessarily on the phone now? ..................

Куприна Р. Н.

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