English Tenses Review
English Tenses Review
English Tenses Review
Use For actions which happened before the 5. cut • Form: 1 action Past perfect = had + Past Participle 2 action Simple past = (ed/list)
other one in the past. EXERCISE 3 Put the following verbs in the correct tense.
• Signal words: before, after, already, when, never, as soon as, ……………
before, after, already, when, never.. 1. Before Randa (to take) the test exam yesterday,
Signal words Exercise Put the following verbs in the correct tense.
as soon as, until… she (memorize) irregular verbs.
2. After she (to do) her homework last night,
EXERCISE 1 Find the signal words for past perfect .
1. My friends (to eat) everything before I (join) them yesterday.
she (go) to bed.
3. When I (arrive) home yesterday, the film 2. After he (have) a shower last night, we (go out) with Laura.
1. Which is a signal word for past perfect?
last week - after - now (already, start) . 3. When I (arrive) at the cinema, the film (already, start) .
2. Which is not a signal word for past perfect? 4. Last time, I (feel) stressed because I (never, take) 4. Sara and Peter (know) each other for three years before they (get) married.
at the moment – after- already the IELTS Test before.
5. She (to phone) her friend before she (to go) to New York yesterday.
5. Jonny (get) the job after he (graduate) from
Oxford university.
6. As soon as he (finish) his education in Paris in 2009, he (return) to Morocco.
Past Perfect Continuous:
• Form: Past perfect continuous = had been + verb + ing (here more emphasis is put on the duration of
7 SIMPLE FUTURE the action.)
EXERCISE 2 Find the simple future to the following verbs.
• Signal words: before, after, when, because, all day, for……
1. to work
2. to play NB. Some verbs can’t be used in the continuous form such as own, smell, need, belong, cost, agree, contain….etc.
Form will + verb
3. to speak
Use For actions which will occur in the future. 4. not, to come Exercise Put the following verbs in the correct tense.
5. to enjoy
Signal words next, tomorrow, soon, later,.. 1. The police (look for) the thief for 10 days before they (catch) him.
EXERCISE 3 Put the following verbs in the correct tense.
2. She (to be) tired because she (work) all day.
1 I (to travel) around the world next summer holiday. 3. She (drive) for a couple of hours before she (have) the accident.
EXERCISE 1 Find the signal words for simple future. 2. The boss (not, to meet) you tomorrow; he’s busy. 4. He (to work) on the project for three hours before the boss (come in) .
3. Alberto (marry) Helen next month.
1. Which is a signal word for simple future? 5. They (play) for two hours when it (begin) to rain.
4. The Smiths (not, to be) in England next January.
already - next week- in 2017
5. (James, attend) the conference tomorrow?
6. I (feel) tired yesterday because I (to drive) all night.
2. Which is not a signal word for simple future?
by tomorrow – tomorrow- soon
Future Perfect:
• Form: Future Perfect = will have + Past Participle (here, the action will be completed at a point in the
8 FUTURE PERFECT future)
EXERCISE 2 Put these verbs in future perfect.
• Signal words: by…/ in….s’ time…..
1. to go
Form will have + Past Participle 2. to play
3. to do Exercise Put the following verbs in the correct tense.
Use For actions that will be finished before 4. to visit
some point in the future, also to express 1. By 8 O’clock tomorrow, she (to do) the laundry.
5. to enjoy
certainty that an action was completed. 2. The Smiths (visit) all Europe by next year.
EXERCISE 3 Put the following verbs in the correct tense.
3. By this time tomorrow, we (finish) the project.
Signal words by….., in……time 1- By 9 O’clock, many students (finish) doing
their exercises.
4. By 10 O’clock, the kids (fall) asleep.
2- In two days’ time, we (go) back home. 5. By next year, Maria (to receive) her promotion.
EXERCISE 1 Find the signal words for future perfect. 3- My brother (to return) from the trip by 6. The maid (clean) the entire house by dinner.
1. Which is a signal word for future perfect? 7 O’clock. 7. Monica and Rosa (to begin) working by this time tomorrow morning.
tomorrow- in two days’ time – next week- 4- By November, we (buy) a new
8. By Sunday, you (do) all the homework.
2. Which is not a signal word for future perfect? apartment in Paris.
5- By the end of next year, we (study) English 9. In three days’ time, the school (receive) prizes.
already – by ... – in three weeks’ time
for three years. 10. In five minutes’ time, they (to leave) the classroom.
EXERCISE 3 Fill in each gap with the right verb from the list. (5Pts)
1. Mr. Clark (come) to Edinburg in 2000. a. will have come
b. came
2. The Smiths (complete) their agricultural a. will complete
project by the end of this year. b. will have completed
3. Rosa missed the interview yesterday morning; her bus a. has already left
(already, to leave) when she arrived there. b. had already left
4. Her father (to send) her to continue her studies a. will send
in England next month. b. sent
5. An important multi-national organization (organize) a. organized
a conference last month in our city. b. had organized