Transcription of TENSES 1. Put the verb into the correct form, …
1 1 tenses 1 . Pu t t h e v erb in to the co rrect f o rm , p resen t sim p le ( I d o) , p resen t co nt inu o u s ( I am d o ing ), p ast simp le ( I d id) o r p ast co nt inu ou s ( I w as d o in g) . 1 W e c an go out now. It isn t raining ( not/r ain) an y m or e. 2 Ann w as w ait ing ( wait) f or m e when I arriv ed ( arr ive) . 3 I AM G E T T I NG ( get) hungr y. Let' s go and have som ething to eat. 4 W hat do yo u do ( you/d o) in your s par e tim e? H ave you got an y hobbi es ? 5 W hat s peed w as t h e car d o in g ( the c ar /do) at the tim e of the acc ident? 6 Mar y us uall y p h o n es (phone) m e on Fr ida ys but s he d id n ot ph on e ( not/phone) las t F r ida y. 7 A: When I las t s aw you, you w ere th in kin g ( think ) of m oving to a new f lat.
2 B: T hat's r ight, but in the end I d ecid ed ( dec ide) to s tay wher e I was . 8 W hat's that nois e? W hat is hap p enin g / h ap pen ed ( happen) ? 9 It' s us ually dr y her e at this tim e of the year . It d o es no t rain ( not/r ain) m uc h. 10 Yes ter da y even ing the phone ran g ( r ing) thr ee tim es while we w ere hav in g ( have) dinner . 11 Linda was bus y w hen w e w ent ( go) to s ee her yes ter da y. She w as stu d yin g ( s tudy) f or an ex am . W e d id n ot w an t ( not/want) to dis turb her , s o we d idn ot stay ( not/s tay) ver y long. 12 W hen I f ir st to ld ( tell) T om the news , he d id n o t b eliev e ( not/believe) m e. H e t ho ug ht ( think ) that I w as jo king (j ok e) . 2. C h oo se th e rig ht alt ern ativ e.
3 1 Ever ything is going wel l. W e c an' t have/haven't had an y pr oblem s s o f ar . (h av en't h ad is r ight) 2 Mar gar et d idn 't g o / has n' t gone to work yes ter da y. She was n' t f eeling well. 3 Look ! T hat m an over ther e wear s / is w earin g the s am e s weater as you. 4 Your s on is m uc h taller than when I las t s aw him . H e gr ew / h as g row n a lot. 5 I s till don' t k now what to do. I didn' t dec ide / hav en' t d ecid ed yet. 6 I wonder wh y J im is / is b eing s o nic e to m e toda y. H e is n' t us uall y li k e that. 7 J ane had a book open in fr ont of her but s he didn' t r ead / w asn 't read in g it. 8 I was n' t ver y bus y. I d id n 't h av e / was n' t having m uc h to do. 9 Mar y was n' t happ y in her new j ob at f irs t but she begins / is b eg in n in g to enj oy it no w.
4 10 Af ter leaving sc hool, T im f ou n d / has f ound it ver y dif f ic ult to get a j ob. 11 W hen Sue hear d the news , s he w asn 't / has n' t been ver y pleas ed. 12 T his is a nic e r es taur ant, is n't it? Is this the f irs t tim e you ar e / yo u ' ve b een her e? 13 I need a new job. I'm doing / I'v e b een d o in g the s am e j ob f or too long. 14 ' Ann has gone out.' ' O h, has s he? W hat tim e did sh e g o / has s he gone?' 15 ' You look tir ed.' ' Yes , I've pla yed / I' v e b een playin g bask etball.' 16 W her e ar e you c om ing / d o yo u co m e fr om ? Ar e you Am er ic an? 17 I' d lik e to s ee T ina again. It's a long tim e sin ce I saw h er / that I didn' t s ee her . 18 Bob and Alic e have been m ar r ied s inc e 20 ye ar s / fo r 20 years.
5 3. Pu t t h e v erb in to the m o st su it ab le f o rm . 1 W ho inv en t ed ( invent) the bic yc le? 2 'D o you s till have a headac he?' ' N o, it s gone / it has gone ( it/go) . I'm all r ight now.' 3 I was the las t to leave the off ic e. Ever ybod y el s e h ad go n e ( go) hom e. 4 W hat did yo u d o ( you/do) las t week end? D id yo u g o ( you/go) awa y? 5 I lik e your c ar. H ow long h av e yo u h ad ( you/h ave) it? 6 W e dec ided not to go out bec aus e it w as rain in g ( it/r ain) quite har d. 7 J ill is an ex per ienc ed teac her . Sh e h as b een t each in g ( s he/teac h) for 15 year s . 8 I b ou g ht ( I/buy) a new j ack et las t week but I haven t worn ( I/not/wear ) it yet. 9 A f ew da ys ago I saw (I/s ee) a m an at a par ty whos e f ac e w as ( be) ver y f am iliar.
6 At f ir s t I c ouldn' t think wher e I d seen / I had seen ( I/s ee) him bef or e. T hen s uddenl y I rem em b ered ( I/r em ember ) who it w as ( it/be). 10 H av e yo u heard ( you/hear ) of Agatha C hr is tie? Sh e w as ( s he/be) a wr iter who d ied ( die) in 1976. Sh e w ro te ( s he/wr ite) m or e than 70 detec tive novels . Hav e yo u read ( you/r ead) an y of them? 11 A: W hat d o es t h is w o rd m ean ( this wor d/m ean) ? B: I' ve no idea, I ve nev er seen ( I/never /s ee) it bef or e. Look it up in the dic tionar y. 12 A: D id yo u arriv e ( you/ar r ive) at the theatr e in tim e f or the play las t night? B: N o, we wer e late. B y the tim e we got ther e, it h ad alread y b egu n (it/alr ead y/begin) . 2 13 I went to John's r oom and kn o cked (k nock ) on the door but ther e w as ( be) no ans wer.
7 Either he d gone / he had gone ( he/go) out or he didn t want ( he/not/want) to s ee an yone. 14 Angela ask ed m e how to us e the photoc opier. She d never used / She had never used ( s he/never /us e) it bef ore, s o she didn t know ( s he/not/k now) what to do. 15 Mar y w ent ( go) f or a swim af ter work yes ter da y. Sh e n eed ed (s he/need) s om e ex er c is e bec aus e she d been sitting / she had been sitting (s he/s it) in an offic e all da y in f r ont of a c om puter. 4. C o mp let e t h e q u estio n s u sing a suit ab le v erb . 1 A: I'm look ing f or Paul. H av e yo u seen him ? B: Yes , he was her e a mom ent ago. 2 A: W hy d id yo u go to bed s o ear l y las t night? B: Bec aus e I was f eeling ver y tir ed. 3 A: W her e are yo u g oing?
8 B: J ust to the pos t box . I want to pos t thes e letters . I' ll be back in a few m inutes . 4 A: D o yo u w at ch televis ion ever y evening? B: N o, onl y if ther e' s a good pr ogr amm e on. 5 A: Your hous e is ver y b eautif ul. H ow long h ave yo u liv ed / h av e yo u b een liv ing / h av e yo u b een her e? B: N ear l y ten year s. 6 A: H ow was your holida y? D id yo u h av e a nic e tim e? B: YES, thank s. It was gr eat. 7 A: H av e yo u seen J ulie r ec entl y? B: Yes , I m et her a f ew da ys ago. 8 A: C an you des c r ibe the wom an you s aw? W hat w as sh e w earin g? B: A r ed s weater and black j eans . 9 A: I'm s orr y to k eep yo u waiting. H av e yo u b een w ait ing / H av e yo u b een h ere long?
9 B: N o, onl y about ten m inutes . 10 A: H ow long d o es it t ake you to get to wor k in the m or ning? B: U s uall y about 45 m inutes . It depends on the tr aff ic . 11 A: HAV E YO U F I NI S HE D With that news paper ye t? B: N o, I'm s till r eading it. I won' t be long. 12 A: H av e yo u ( ev er) b een to the United States? B: N o, never , but I went to C anada a few year s ago. 5. U n d erlin e t h e m ist akes in th is p arag raph an d co rrect t h em. It r ained (w as rain ing) when we have ar r ived (arriv ed) at the c oas t but b y m idda y it had been s topping (h ad st op p ed) . W e thought the r ain las ted (w o u ld last) all da y and we ha ve been (w ere) ver y glad i t hadn' t (didn t) bec aus e we wer e wanting (w an t ed) to go s wim m ing.
10 We found a caf where we could eat outside and wer e having (h ad) a nic e m eal. B y the tim e we had f inis hed lunc h the s un s hone (w as shin in g) br ightl y and the tem per ature r os e (h ad risen) to 30 degr ees . W e wer e all r unning (all ran) down to the beach and, af ter we wer e c hanging (h ad ch an g ed) into our s wim m ing things , we dived in the sea. 6. F ill t h e g ap s in t his st o ry w ith o n e w o rd o n ly. ( Sug g est ed an sw ers) I 1 m et my old sc hool friend Ver a the other day. W e 2 h ad n ot 3seen eac h other s inc e w e 4w ere at s c hool together . W e 5 m et at the s por ts c entr e w her e I 6 h ad jus t 7 b een s w imming and s he 8 h ad jus t 9 f inish ed her aer obics c las s. It 1 0 w as w onderful to talk about old times and w e 11 w ere able to c atc h up on eac h other's news.
