Grammar Tenses Review

Active Voice

Study and fill in the box.

Choose the correct item.

1. Liz is preparing for the test while Nick plays/is playing/has played the violin.

2. Ann has been practicing/ has practiced/ practices hard before taking part in the competition.

3. He is still a student. He has practiced/is practicing/practices a lot so far.

4. We are going/have gone/go to enter at Kyiv Shevchenko University.

5. This instrument has worked/is working/works perfect. I’ll take it!

6. She has been playing/plays/is playing the piano since five and she be/is/are quite good.

7. Don’t phone me tonight. I will have studied/will be studying/will study for my exam.

8. My older sister always help/helps/is helping with my homework.

9. I am taking/ have taken/take the entrance exam tomorrow.

10. He hasn’t come/isn’t coming/doesn’t come yet.

11. I will study in London if I am taking/take/has taking my exams very well.

12. Dave is always asking/asks always/has always been asking questions! He is so boring.

13. You can’t leave me here, until you finish/are finishing/are going to finish the task.

14. I haven’t met/don’t meet/isn’t meeting him since school.

15. Sam has just entered/ entered/ had just entered the house when the phone started ringing.

16. Ann was driving to work when the storm was breaking/ had broken/ broke.

17. He read/ had read/ was reading the newspaper, then went to bed.

18. Sue was watering the plants while her mother was making/ has been making/ had made pizza.

19. How long ago have you started/ did you start/ had you started working for this company?

20. Kate has done/ did/ had done all the housework by the time I got home.

21. Mary has been talking/ was talking/ talked on the phone all morning today.

22. Dr. Adams had seen/ has seen/ saw three patients so far this morning.

23. Mark breaks/ broke/ had broken his leg on holiday.

24. My jar is nearly empty! Someone had been drinking/ has been drinking/ was drinking my coffee!

Put the verbsin brackets in the correct grammar tense.

Dear Robbie,

I’m sorry I 1) …………………… (not/write) to you but I 2) ……………………. (be) busy.

As you know, I 3) …………………… (wait) anxiously since June to hear from the universities that I 4) ……………………….. (apply) to.

Well, Southborough University, the university that I 5) ………………….. (always/want) to attempt, 6) ………………… (accept) my application! Isn’t that great? Although I 7) ……………. (think) about living on campus, I 8) ………………. (decide) not to. I 9) ………………… (look through) the ads for a flat and my mother and I are going to Southborough tomorrow. We 10) …………… (make) appointments to see three flats. I am excited but also a little nervous I 11) ………………… (never/live) on my own before.

What 12) ………………….. (you/do) lately? I hope all is well.

Take cake,

Steven

Date: 2015-12-17; view: 1511