CHOOSE THE RIGHT TENSE FORM: PRESENT PERFECT, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT, PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1. I (lie) in bed thinking about getting up when the doorbell (ring).
2. I (do) housework all day today. I (clean) every room in the house.
3. Reports are coming in that a train (crash) near Birmingham. According to eyewitnesses, it (hit) a concrete block which somebody (put) on the line.
4. Halfway to the office Paul (turn) round and (go) back home, because he (forget) to turn the gas off.
5. I (play) a lot of bridge recently.
6. It wasn’t surprising that she (start) getting toothache. She (not to go) to the dentist for two years.
7. When I (get) home everybody (watch) TV.
8. We (not to see) your mother for ages.
9. How long ( you learn) English?
10. London (change) a lot since we first (come) to live here.
11. How many times (you see) the film? This is the first time I (see) it.
12. Who’s that? I (never see) him before in my life.
13. I hear Joe (get) married last summer.
14. I (often wonder) where she (get) money.
15. (You read) Pam Marshall’s latest books?
16. They ( just discover) a new fuel- it’s half the price of petrol, and much cleaner.
17. (You hear) the storm last night?
18. My sister (be) married three times.
19. While she (talk) on the phone and the children (start) fighting and (break) a window.
20. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things he (do) in his life.
21. You know, she (stand) looking at this picture for the last twenty minutes.
22. The old cross (stand) on top of the hill as long as anybody can remember.
23. I (spend) a lot of time travelling since I (get) this new job.
24. When I (be) at school we all (study) Latin.
25. After he (finish) breakfast he (sit) down to write some letters.
26. When I (meet) him he (work) as a waiter for a year or so.
27. I (never learn) to ski.
28. (you finish) with the bathroom yet?
29. We (live) in Scotland until I (be) eighteen.
30. She (have) a hard life, but she is always smiling.
1) Her father is not watching TV at the moment. He is sleeping because he is tired
2) Where does your uncle work? He works at school.
3) Is your friend doing his homework now?
4) When do you usually come home from school? I come at four o'clock.
5) My sister is not playing the piano now. She plays the piano in the evening.
6) Are you reading a magazine and thinking about your holiday at the moment?
7) I am siting in a waiting room at the dentist now.
8) When do you listen to the news on the radio?
9) Are you playing chess now?