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Tenses Review

The document provides examples of sentences using different verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous and present perfect. It gives sentences to complete with the correct tense and sentences containing errors to correct. The document is an exercise on using various verb tenses accurately in sentences.

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Tenses Review

The document provides examples of sentences using different verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous and present perfect. It gives sentences to complete with the correct tense and sentences containing errors to correct. The document is an exercise on using various verb tenses accurately in sentences.

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>> Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect <<

1. Complete the sentences using Present Simple or Present Continuous Tense

a) How ___________________ (you, get) home?


I usually _____________ (take) the car, but today I _________________ (go) with a taxi.
b) People sometimes _____________ (make) mistakes and when that _______________ (happen) it ___________
(be) appropriate to __________ (say) „I`m sorry“.
c) Miranda _______________ (study) to become a teacher. She _____________ (love) children and she
_____________ (want) to spend her life teaching.
d) We ________________ (not have) a lot of money, but we ________________ (try) to buy our kids everything
they want and need.
e) Peter often _____________ (watch) horror movies, but his new girlfriend ________________ (not like) that
genre.

2. Fill in the gaps with the correct tense. Use Past Simple or Past Continuous

Luis drives to work every day. He works just outside of London. Last Friday, while he _____________
(drive) home, he suddenly _____________ (see) a man next to the road. Luis immediately _____________
(step) on the brakes and _____________ (stop) the vehicle. He _____________ (get) out of the car and
_____________ (start) walking towards the figure lying there. The figure _______________ (not move) so Luis
____________ (hurry) up. He _____________ (crouch) down and lightly ______________ (touch) the man on the
shoulder. The man _____________ (be) motionless. He ____________ (get) a closer look and _____________
(realize) that that _____________ (not, be) a living person but a man-sized manikin. While he
_______________ (walk) back towards his car, he ______________ (dial) his wife to tell her all about this funny
story.

3. Complete the sentences using Past Simple or Present Perfect Tense

a) ______________________ (you, see) the news this morning?


b) When Tom ________________ (arrive) at the hotel, first he ______________ (shower) and then he
_______________ (unpack) his bag.
c) I ___________________ (not, write) all of my homework yet because I ________________ (fall) asleep as soon
as I _______________ (get) home.
d) That movie ________________ (come) out a few months ago but so far I ____________________ (not, have) the
chance to see it.
e) My family _________________ (never, be) to Greece. They ____________________ (visit) a lot of other
European countries though.

4. There is something wrong in each sentence below. Find the mistake and write
the sentences correctly

a) Somebody was leaving a laptop on the bench. ___________________________________________________.


b) Julie and Clark never seen concert this good. ___________________________________________________.
c) While I wrote an e-mail, the phone rang. ___________________________________________________.
d) He plays video games at the moment. ___________________________________________________.
e) We always are having family diners on weekends. _________________________________________________.
f) My sister has been younger than me by 4 years. _________________________________________________.

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