State The Types of Tenses Given in Bold

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State the types of tenses given in bold:

1. I have been working on my computer for six hours.


2. She has lived in this street for ten years.
3. I finished the project yesterday.
4. What are you doing there?
5. She had not realized that.
6. Susan will be joining us.
7. Have you ever been to Australia?
8. This house had been destroyed by the fire.
9. The boys were severely reprimanded by their teacher.
10. I had been working in the garden.
11. She will come with us.
12. By this time tomorrow, I will have finished working on it.

Read the following sentences and change their tense as directed:


1. He did his work with diligence. (Change into future perfect.)
2. I will not allow this to happen. (Present Perfect Continuous)
3. He is riding a horse. (Future continuous)
4. He helps his father in his work. (Past Perfect)
5. Most people want peace. (Simple past)
6. He has just returned. (Future perfect tense)
7. 7. I ran as fast as I could. (Future continuous)
8. Will you be visiting this place? (Present continuous)
9. He had never lived alone. (Present perfect)
10. We want to ensure that there will be no scarcity of food and drinks. (Past Perfect
Continuous)
11. She did not know anything. (Future Perfect Continuous)
12. He earns a six figure salary. (Present perfect continuous)

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses:

1.I ______________(learn) English for seven years now.

2.But last year I _________________(not / work) hard enough for English, that's why my marks
___________(not / be) really that good then.

3.As I (pass / want) my English exam successfully next year, I ________________(study) harder this term.

4.During my last summer holidays, my parents_____________ (send) me on a language course to


London.

5.It ________(be) great and I think I ____________(learn) a lot.


6.Before I ____________(go) to London, I ________(not / enjoy) learning English.

7.But while I __________(do) the language course, I _______(meet) lots of young people from all over
the world.

8.There I ________(notice) how important it ________(be) to speak foreign languages nowadays.

9.Now I _________(have) much more fun learning English than I _________(have) before the course.

10.At the moment I _____________(revise) English grammar.

11.And I ________( already /begin) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.

12.I _________(think) I _________(do) one unit every week.

13.My exam ________(be) on 15 May, so there _________(not / be) any time to be lost.

14.If I ________(pass) my exams successfully, I _____________(start) an apprenticeship in September.

15.And after my apprenticeship, maybe I __________(go) back to London to work there for a while.

16.As you ________( can/see ) , I_____________ (become) a real London fan already.

17.We ________________TV when it started to rain. (to watch)

18. I ____________to visit you yesterday, but you _________ not at home. (to want) (to be)

19. Look! It, so we can't to the beach. (to rain) (to go)
20. There are a lot of clouds! It ________ soon. (to rain)
21. The sun __________ in the east. (to rise)
22. Since 2011 they ____________ their son every year. (to visit)
23. While the doctor ___________ Mr Jones this morning, his son _________ outside. (to examine) (to
wait)
24. I _________ for my girlfriend for two hours. (to wait)
25. After Larry ___________ the film on TV, he decided to buy the book. (to see)
26. Wait a minute, I __________ this box for you. (to carry)
We were watching TV when it started to rain.
 I wanted to visit you yesterday, but you were not at home.

 Look! It is raining, so we can't go to the beach.

 There are a lot of clouds! It is going to rain soon.

 The sun rises in the east.

 Since 2011 they have visited their son every year.

 While the doctor was examining Mr Jones this morning, his son was waiting outside.

 I have been waiting for my girlfriend for two hours.

 After Larry had seen the film on TV, he decided to buy the book.

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. I have been learning English for seven years now.


2. But last year I was not working hard enough for English, that's why my marks were not really
that good then.
3. As I want to pass my English exam successfully next year, I am going to study harder this term.
4. During my last summer holidays, my parents sent me on a language course to London.
5. It was great and I think I learned a lot.
6. Before I went to London, I had not enjoyed learning English.
7. But while I was doing the language course, I met lots of young people from all over the world.
8. There I noticed how important it is to speak foreign languages nowadays.
9. Now I have much more fun learning English than I had before the course.
10.At the moment I am revising English grammar.
11.And I have already begun to read the texts in my English textbooks again.
12.I think I will do one unit every week.
13.My exam is on 15 May, so there is not any time to be lost.
14.If I pass my exams successfully, I will start an apprenticeship in September.
15.And after my apprenticeship, maybe I will go back to London to work there for a while.

16.As you can see, I have become a real London fan already.

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