TENSES

1. Be quiet! Sam ___________________ (sleep).

2. The train to Oxford ______________ (leave) at 8 a.m. every day.

3. A: __________ you ____________ (use) the computer now?

B: No, the boss _______________ (wait) for me in the office. Why?

A: I _______________ (need) to use it. My computer _______________ (not /work) at the

moment and I ______________ (want) to send an e-mail.

4. While Sheila _____________ (walk) to school yesterday morning, she _____________

(meet) an old school friend.

4. A: What __________ Mike ______________ (do) next summer?

B: He _________________ (stay) with his uncle for a week and then he _____________

(travel) around Europe.

5. A: How _______ you _________ (get) home last night?

B: I ___________ (take) a taxi.

6. A: When ____________ we ______________ (visit) them?

B: Next week. They _________________ (just / call) me.

7. How long ___________ you ____________ (stay) in London last summer?

8. Columbus _____________ (discover) America in the 16th century.

9. A: I’ve got a terrible headache.

B: Oh, dear. I _______________ (give) you an aspirin and you ____________ (be) fine.

10. I think robots _________________ (teach) in 2050.

11. A: Where is John?

B: He ___________ (be) in his room. He _____________ (study). He ____________ (do)

his homework yet.

12. A: ___________ you ever __________ (play) golf?

B: Yes, I love it. I _____________ (play) golf twice a month.

13. I ______________ (learn) Japanese when I go to Japan in 2010.

14. My father ______________ (start) learning French when he was 35.

15. He ______________ (work) with us for thirty years. He ______ never ________ (be) late for work.

16. What _________ you ___________ (do) at 8 o’clock last night?

I ______________ (read) a book.

17. A: I can’t find my keys. B: Don’t worry. I’m sure you _______________ (find) them.

18. Look at those clouds! It ________________ (rain) tonight.

19. A: Look at that woman over there. I _____________ (think) she is very attractive.

B: Which one?

A: She _________________ (wear) a red dress and she ____________ (drink) wine.

B: That’s my sister’s friend Mary. She _______________ (work) in a bank in London.

A: ___________ (be) she married?

B: She was! Her husband _________ (have) a heart attack and ________ (die) last year.

20. A: Hey, where __________ you ____________ (go)?

B: I _______________ (go) to Lemar. I _________________ (buy) a newspaper and a bottle of

milk. ___________ you ____________ (need) anything?

A: Can you buy me a packet of cigarettes?

B: Ok. I ______________ you one packet.

21. When I _______________ (wake) up last Sunday, the sun ______________ (shine).

22. A: Go to your room and do your homework!

B: I ___________________ (already / do) my homework.

23. A: How long ____________ you ______________ (learn) English? B: Since I was three.

24. We _______________ (wait) for her for half an hour and she ____________ (not / come)

yet.

25. He ________________ (do) yoga every morning.