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Working on verb tenses




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ALL ENGLISH TENSES (ACTIVE VOICE) - COMPLETE GRAMMAR-GUIDE IN A CHART FORMAT WITH FORM, USE, EXAMPLES AND TIME PHRASES (4 pages) FOR ALL LEVELS
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THE PAST PERFECT TENSE
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FOUR TENSES REVIEW -PRESENT SIMPLE- PRESENT CONTINUOUS-PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (B&W VERSION+ KEY INCLUDED)
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Worksheet: Simple Present or Present Continuous?
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Revising verb tenses

Ex. 1 Fill in the verbs given in the right tenses. Do not use contracted forms.

1 I Alice for two months (know)

2 If� Sharon met her ex boyfriend, she
to him. (not talk)


3 Last week Thomas
a new cell phone but he it already. (buy/lose)

4The teacher
Betty a good mark if she had answered all questions correctly. (give)

5 Jack is very nervous because he
his new boss at four o'clock this� afternoon. (meet)

6 I can't find my car keys.
them anywhere? (you/see)

7 Shirley
for two hours and she is very tired. (run)

8 If it�
Lucy will not go to the beach. (rain)

9 When his friends� arrived David could not open the door because he
a shower (have).

10 By the time the teacher arrived, all the students
the classroom. (leave)


11 Jill got up� very late so she run to school (have to)

12 Lisa told me you're going to Egypt. I hope you me a postcard. (send)

13 Hamlet and King Lear� by William Shakespeare. (write)


14 What if you found a thief in your house? (you/do)

15 After breakfast, he always his teeth
.(have/clean)

16 I would not have woken you if I the keys.(have)

17 Mark is looking forward to to the USA. (go)

18 You should knock on the door before the room. (enter)

19 If Brian had known that it was his friend's birthday, he him a bottle of wine. (buy)

20 My grandparents abroad . (never /be)


21 If� I you I would study more. (be)

22 Before leaving for a business trip, my girlfriend told me she of me every moment. (think)

23 My father wants me with him. (work)

24 Greg was so tired that he on the bed and asleep immediately. (lie/fall)

25 Where your last holiday? (you/spend)