Fill in the blanks with the appropriate tenses of: present tense, present continuous, simple past,
past continuous, present perfect and future (will)
1. I was in a hurry, so I (not have) ______________ time to phone you.
2. Jenny (wait) ______________ for me when I (arrive) ____________. 3. How fast _____________you (drive) ___________when the accident (happen)___________? 4. I (not see) ____________ Tom today. 5. A: Do you know what’s that book like? B: I have no idea. I (not see) ____________ yet. 6. A: Can you drive? B: I (learn) ___________. My father (teach) _____________ me. 7. Normally I (finish) ___________ work at five, but this week I (work) __________ until six. to earn a little more money. 8. The River Nile (flow) _____________ into the Mediterranian. 9. Let’s go out. It (not rain) ______________ now. 10. I (get) ____________ hungry. Let’s go and have something to eat. 11. Louise usually (phone) _________me on Fridays, but she (not call) _________last Fridays. 12. The phone (ring) ____________ three times while we (have) __________ dinner last night. 13. A: When I last saw you, you (think) __________ of moving to a new flat. B: That’s right, but in the end, I (decide) ___________ to stay where I was. 14. Please don’t make so much noise I (study) _____________. 15. Sandra (take) ____________ English course next month. 16. Sshhh… The baby (sleep) ___________. 17. We (learn) ___________ English now. 18. I (read) ____________ the novel you gave me, but I (not finish) ____________ it yet. 19. How long ___________ you (learn) ____________ English? 20. The bird market isn’t far away from here. I (walk) ___________ there two times. 21. You must tell me what you (do) ____________ since I last saw you. 22. Hadi (buy) ___________ a new car two weeks ago. 23. He (be) _____________ late three times this week. 24. A: I don’t know Anna’s husband. I (never/ meet) _____________ him. 25. Anna (go) __________ to school 5 minutes ago. 26. Hadi and Anna are married. They (be) ______________ married for 20 years. 27. We (listen) ____________ to the radio when David (rush) __________ into the room. 28. Jeanne (come) ____________ here in a few minutes. 29. He (get) ____________ up early this morning. 30. My brother isn’t here. He (just leave) ______________ for school. 31. It’s already 5 o’clock. The train (not arrive) __________ yet. 32. As Jack (run) ___________ across the road, the bus (hit) ___________ him. 33. Two days ago, he (leave) ____________ for Pearl Island. Till now he (not come ___________ home yet. 34. When I (reach) ___________ there last evening, they (dance) ___________ in the hall. 35. What __________ you (do) ___________ at 9 p.m last night? Oh, I (listen) ___________ to the radio. 36. A: What ___________ you (do) ___________ now? B: I (polish) _____________ my shoes. 37. The price of sugar (rise) ____________ up for the last seven years now. 38. Please shut the window. The rain (beat) _____________ in. 39. Someone (knock) _________ at the door. Please see who it is. 40. I (be) _____________ 20 years old in September. 41. Just ring the bell, the servant (open) _____________ the door to let you in. 42. The boys are practicing hard. They (play) ___________ the match on Sunday. 43. If she comes late, she (miss) ____________ dinner later. 44. While I (write)_____________ a letter, my mother (walk) ____________ in. 45. He (hurt) _________ his ankle while he (play) _____________ football. 46. This is my house, I (live) ___________ here for 20 years. 47. Those trees (grow) ____________ taller since last year. 48. The boy always (behave) ____________ badly in class. 49. I (buy) ___________ this jacket two days ago. 50. It (begin) ___________ to rain now. It (rain) ___________ at this time of the day. 51. The clock seldom (keep) ___________ correct time. 52. John is not at home. He (go) ________ to the cinema with his brother. 53. I was asleep when you (ring) ________ me up last night. 54. I (not visit) ____________ the National Park since my illness. 55. Last year we (go) __________ to Bristol for the summer holidays, this year we (go) ________ to Liverpool. 56. I(know) ___________ the result of my blood test this evening. 57. I (not visit) _________the zoo for a long time. I (go) ________to the zoo next Sunday. 58. I (sit) ________ for the examination last week. 59. She (teach) ____________ us History last year. 60. I (write)___________ three or four letters to that company. 61. The guests (watch) ___________ that television program now. 62. Listen! I (think) ___________ someone (knock) ___________ at the front door. 63. The Titanic (sink) ______________ in 1912. 64. George (live) _____________ in Tokyo for 5 years, but he (leave) ____________ in 1999. 65. Somebody (steal) __________ my bike! Now I’ll have to walk home. 66. What a terrible accident! Steve (drive) ___________ his car when a bird (fly) ___________ into his windscreen. 67. As soon as she drives to town, she (give) ____________ you a call. 68. Look out! The ladder (fall) ____________ ! 69. ____________ she (come) __________ to the ball tomorrow? 70. I plan that I (give) _____________ my friends a card for Valentine’s Day.