TENSES KEY
A] Exercise: Put the verbs between brackets into simple present, present continuous, or simple past form
1] Sorry, but my father is busy now; he is talking on the phone.
2] Be quiet, the baby is sleeping
3] Yesterday, I went to Nador, because I had something to do there.
4] Teacher: why were you absent last Monday morning?
Student: I’m sorry sir; I had a terrible headache; that’s why I didn’t come . I hope it won’t happen again.
5] I can’t go out for a walk now, because it is raining
6] My uncle smokes a lot; he coughs constantly.
7) Stop disturbing me at the moment; I am trying to sleep.
8) Candle melts on fire.
9) I didn’t eat anything yesterday, because I had a terrible stomachache.
10) My friend always comes to the classes late in the mornings; he doesn’t wake up early
B] Exercise: Put the verbs between brackets into simple past or past continuous
1] I was having dinner when you phoned me last night
2] While I was talking on the phone yesterday, suddenly a thief snatched it from my hands and ran away.
3] Your friend: What were you doing when the light went off last night?
You: I was doing my homework.
4] I was playing football when it started raining last Sunday.
5) While I was walking downtown yesterday evening, I came across one of my old friends.
6) He didn’t watch his favourite cartoon yesterday, because he had too much homework to do.
C] Exercise: Put the verbs between brackets into simple past form or present perfect.
1] I am so hungry; I haven’t had my lunch yet.
2] My aunt has been a nurse since she was only 20 years old.
3] Your friend: have you ever seen a lion?
You: No, never. I have seen it just on TV
4] Samia : travelled to USA 15 years ago, and I haven’t seen her ever since.
5] I have had this pair of shoes for a year.
6) My hands are clean; I have already washed them.
D] Exercise: Put the verbs between brackets into simple past or past perfect:
1) We didn’t sleep last night until the film had finished.
2) Morocco had already got its independence when my father was born.
3) It rained much last year. It had never happened before.
4) My brother had got a job before he got his Master degree in 2007.
5) When I arrived home yesterday evening, my uncle had left a few minutes before.
E] Exercise: Put the verbs between brackets into future perfect or future simple]
1] In a fortnight’s time, we will have taken our exam
2] By this time tomorrow, we will have had our tests back.
3] By the time you get there, they will have finished their speeches and everybody will have gone.
4] Don’t worry, I will do my best to help you get out of this dilemma. By the time you come back from your travel, I will have settled the issue
5] The doctor has told me that if I continue with my diet, I will have lost 10 kilos by the end of the month.
6] Tomorrow I will attend a conference about AIDS in Rabat. Scientists believe that by the end of this century, we will have found cures to all life-threatening diseases.
7] By the middle of this century, diseases will probably have disappeared.
8] By the end of 2020, most of the highly skilled African scientists will have returned to their homes. By this time, their governments will have provided them with the same working facilities as in USA or Europe.
