Past perfect/present perferct 1.

When I went to the car park, I found that my car had been steal had been stolen .(to steal) 2. John [No answer] had been living in Paris for 4 years before he could speak French fluently. (to live) 3. I [No answer] have been learning English for 5 years now. (to learn) 4. The locals were amazed because they [No answer] had never seen a horse before. (never, to see) 5. They wouldn't let him in because he [No answer] had forgotten his membership card. (to forget) 6. They said : 'You can't come in because you [No answer] have forgotten your membership card.' (to forget) 7. [No answer] Have you seen the new film by Spike Lee? (you, to see) 8. They [No answer] had drunk a lot of champagne by the time the party ended. (to drink) 9. They were angry because they [No answer] had been waiting for too long. (to wait)

Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

Exercise 1
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Mother: I want to prepare dinner. Have you washed the dishes yet? Daughter: I washed the dishes yesterday, but I have not had the time yet to do it today. Mother: Have you already done your homework? Daughter: No, I have just come home from school. Mother: You came home from school two hours ago! Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy called when I arrived and I have just finished the phone call. 7. Mother: Didn't you see Lucy at school in the morning? 8. Daughter: Yes, but we did not have time to talk then.

Form
Write down the correct form (pronoun + verb). Simple Past Present Perfect Simple I / open I opened I have opened he / write he wrote he has written they / do they did they have done you / swim you swam you have swum she / give she gave she has given

Use

When do we use which tense? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 'Already' is a signal word for ... Present Perfect Simple 'Just' is a signal word for ... Present Perfect Simple '2 years ago' is a signal word for ... Simple Past 'Yet' is a signal word for ... Present Perfect Simple 'Yesterday' is a signal word for ... Simple Past

Positive Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Mary won the lottery last year. We have already prepared dinner. James found your ring in the garden yesterday. He has just come home. They bought their car two years ago.

Negative Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. I have not seen anyone yet. Phil did not go to the cinema last night. We have not been to the zoo so far. She has not arrived yet. Emily did not visit me last week.

Questions
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Have you read the book yet? How many letters have they written so far? When did he tell you that? Were you at home last night? How often have you travelled abroad till now?

Text
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). 1. A: Have you ever tasted sushi? 2. B: Yes, I have eaten sushi at least five times so far.

3. A: When did you eat sushi for the first time? 4. B: I ate sushi for the first time on my dad's 50th birthday. He invited the whole family to a Japanese restaurant. 5. A: Did you like it? 6. B: Absolutely. In fact, it was so good that we have been to that restaurant three times yet. And on my mum's birthday, we ordered some sushi and had it at home.
Simple Past / Present Perfect Correct! Well done. Your score is 7%. 1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?" B: I don't know. I (see, never) have never seen that movie. 2. Sam (arrive) arrived in San Diego a week ago. 3. My best friend and I (know) have known each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week. 4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) has written ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway. 5. I (have, not) have not had this much fun since I (be) was a kid. 6. Things (change) have changed a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start) started working here three years ago, the company (have, only) only had six employees. Since then, we (expand) have expanded to include more than 2000 full-time workers. 7. I (tell) told him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander) wandered off into the forest and (be) was bitten by a snake. 8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) missed the bus this morning. You (be) have been late to work too many times. You are fired! 9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) has never seen the ocean. He should come with us to Miami. 10. How sad! George (dream) dreamed of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) never saw the ocean. 11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) has become much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) took two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) was very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) have changed a great deal in the last hundred and

fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. 12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change) have changed since the last time I (see) saw you. You (grow) have grown at least a foot! 13. This tree (be) was planted by the settlers who (found) founded our city over four hundred years ago. 14. This mountain (be, never) has never been climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try) have tried to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever) has ever succeeded. The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) have died trying to reach the summit. 15. I (visit, never) have never visited Africa, but I (travel) have traveled to South America several times. The last time I (go) went to South America, I (visit) visited Brazil and Peru. I (spend) spent two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) hiked for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly) flew over the Nazca Lines.

English Tenses Examples

Explanation Past Simple Past Present Simple Present He plays football every Tuesday. action that takes place He played football once, never or several every Tuesday. times actions that happen one after another state Future Future I Simple He will / is going to play football every Tuesday. He will play football and then he will go home. He will love football. Future I Progressive He will be playing football. He will be playing football and she will be watching. Future II Simple He will have won five matches by then. Future II Progressive

He played football and He plays football and then he went home. then he goes home. He loves football. Present Progressive He is playing football. He is playing football and she is watching. Present Perfect Simple He has won five matches so far. Present Perfect Progressive

He loved football. Past Progressive action going on at that He was playing moment football. He was playing actions taking place at football and she was the same time watching. Past Perfect Simple action taking place before a certain He had won five moment in time; matches until that day. emphasises the result Past Perfect Progressive

action taking place before a certain moment in time (and beyond), emphasises the duration

He will have been He had been playing He has been playing playing football for ten football for ten years. football for ten years. years.

Verb Tense Exercise 14

Present Perfect / Past Perfect Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous Correct! Well done. Your score is 21%. 1. It is already 9:30 PM and I (wait) have been waiting here for over an hour. If John does not get here in the next five minutes, I am going to leave. 2. I was really angry at John yesterday. By the time he finally arrived, I (wait) had been waiting for over an hour. I almost left without him. 3. Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He (work) had been working for that import company for more than ten years and he (work) had worked in almost every department. Nobody knew the company like he did. 4. I (see) had seen many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small. 5. Sarah (climb) has climbed the Matterhorn, (sail) sailed around the world, and (go) gone on safari in Kenya. She is such an adventurous person. 6. Sarah (climb) had climbed the Matterhorn, (sail) sailed around the world and (go) gone on safari in Kenya by the time she turned twenty-five. She (experience) had experienced more by that age than most people do in their entire lives. 7. When Melanie came into the office yesterday, her eyes were red and watery. I think she (cry) had been crying.

Exercises on Conditional Sentences Type 1

Partyvorbereitung
Some friends are planning a party. Everybody wants to party, but nobody's really keen on preparing and organising the party. So everybody comes up with a few conditions, just to make sure that the others will also do something. Complete the Conditional Sentences Type I. 1. If Caroline and Sue prepare the salad, Phil will decorate the house. 2. If Sue cuts the onions for the salad, Caroline will peel the mushrooms. 3. Jane will hover the sitting room if Aaron and Tim move the furniture. 4. If Bob tidies up the kitchen, Anita will clean the toilet. 5. Elaine will buy the drinks if somebody helps her carry the bottles. 6. If Alan and Rebecca organise the food, Mary and Conor will make the sandwiches. 7. If Bob looks after the barbecue, Sue will let the guests in. 8. Frank will play the DJ if the others bring along their CDs. 9. Alan will mix the drinks if Jane gives him some of her cocktail recipes. 10. If they all do their best, the party will be great.

Verb Tense Exercise 15

Present Continuous / Simple Past Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous Correct! Well done. Your score is 57%. My English is really getting better. I (try) have been trying to learn the language since 1985, but only recently have I been able to make some real progress. By the time I started high school in 1988, I (study) had been studying the language for almost three years; however, I was only able to introduce myself and utter a few memorized sentences. For a couple more years, I (struggle) struggled through grammar and vocabulary lessons, which made absolutely no difference. Nothing worked, so I decided to study abroad. I found an exchange program in England that sounded like the perfect answer. I (stay) stayed with a host family for one month. It was a huge disappointment! I (sit) sat there the whole time staring at the host mother and father hoping that there would be some breakthrough. Nothing. When I returned, I mentioned to a friend that I (have) had been having problems with the language for years. He recommended that I spend a year in an English speaking country. I decided to go abroad again. I (research) researched exchange programs for a couple of weeks and finally decided on a school in the United States. Well, it worked. I (live) have been living and (study) studying in the U.S. for more than two years. I (stay) am staying here for at least another year before I return home. By then, I should be completely fluent.

English Test Simple Present and Present Progressive

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Evaluation and Correct Answers

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Form
Write the verbs in Present Progressive.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

speak - I am speaking jump - you are jumping bake - she is baking play - they are playing run - we are running

Write the verbs in Simple Present, 3rd person singular. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. be - it is have - he has eat - she eats can - he can wash - she washes

Use
When to use which tense? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. For actions happening regularly, often or never, we use Simple Present. For actions happening now, we use Present Progressive. The verbs 'be', 'have', 'like' and 'want' are normally only used in Simple Present. The signal word 'usually' indicates that we have to use Simple Present. The signal word 'now' indicates that we have to use Present Progressive.

Positive sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Look! They are leaving the house. Brian cycles 30 km every day. Samantha is doing her homework at the moment. My parents are shopping right now. He usually gets up early in the morning.

Negative sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. You do not see her every day. The baby is not sleeping at the moment. I am not reading a book now. We do not go to school on Sundays. He does not watch the news every day.

questionn
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Do you go on holiday by plane sometimes? Do they play computer games every day? Is she eating dinner at the moment? What are they doing right now? Does she visit her grandma very often?

Text
Sieh dir das Bild von Jenny an und ergnze die sentences (Simple Present oder Present Progressive). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Look! Jenny is going to school. On her back, Jenny is carrying her school bag. The school bag is very heavy Normally, Jenny wears black shoes, but today she is wearing red wellies. And look, she is wearing a raincoat because it is raining outside. Jenny does not want to get wet.

Verb Tense Exercise 18

Will / Be Going To Correct! Well done. Your score is 59%. 1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper? B: I (write) am going to write a letter to my friends back home in Texas. 2. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up! B: I (get) will get you a cup of coffee. That will wake you up. 3. A: I can't hear the television! B: I (turn) will turn it up so you can hear it. 4. We are so excited about our trip next month to France. We (visit) are going to visit Paris, Nice and Grenoble. 5. Sarah (come) will come to the party. Oliver (be) is going to be there as well.

6. Ted: It is so hot in here! Sarah: I (turn) will turn the air-conditioning on. 7. I think he (be) is going to be the next President of the United States. 8. After I graduate, I (attend) am going to attend medical school and become a doctor. I have wanted to be a doctor all my life. 9. A: Excuse me, I need to talk to someone about our hotel room. I am afraid it is simply too small for four people. B: That man at the service counter (help) will help you. 10. As soon as the weather clears up, we (walk) are going to walk down to the beach and go swimming.

English Test Simple Present and Present Progressive

Evaluation and Correct Answers
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Form
Present Progressive

Write the ing-form of the following verbs.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. fly - flying book - booking hit - hitting take - taking lie - lying

Simple Present

Write the 3rd person singular of the following verbs (in Simple Present).
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. do - he does worry - she worries play - she plays watch - he watches might - she might

Use
When to use which tense?
1. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: Look!, now? Present Progressive 2. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: often, seldom, never? Simple Present 3. For actions happening at the moment of speaking, we use Present Progressive. 4. For actions set by a timetable or schedule, we use Simple Present. 5. In a story, for present actions happening one after another, we use Simple Present. 6. For arrangements for the near future, we use Present Progressive.

Positive sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. We are helping in the canteen this week. Martin usually drives to work. But today, he is taking the bus. Listen! She is practising the piano. My friend plays the guitar every evening.

Negative sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. He does not spend his holidays in Spain each year. I am not meeting Francis tonight. They are not flying to London tomorrow. We are not working this week. The film does not begin at 7 o'clock.

questionn

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Are you leaving the party now? Have you got any brothers or sisters? Does she love him? Who is cooking dinner tonight? Does he send you an e-mail every day?

Text
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Maria wants to improve her English. Therefore, she is doing a language course in London at the moment. She is staying with a host family and must take the tube to get to her language school. It is only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station. The tube leaves at half past eight. The first lesson begins at 9 o'clock. In the afternoons, the school offers sightseeing tours in and around London. Tomorrow, the students of the language school are going to Windsor.

Verb Tense Exercise 24

Simple Present / Simple Future Present Continuous / Future Continuous Correct! Well done. Your score is 4%. 1. Right now, I am watching TV. Tomorrow at this time, I (watch) will be watching TV as well. 2. Tomorrow after school, I (go) am going to go to the beach. 3. I am going on a dream vacation to Tahiti. While you (do) are doing paperwork and (talk) talking to annoying customers on the phone, I (lie) will be lying on a sunny, tropical beach. Are you jealous? 4. We (hide) are going to be hiding when Tony (arrive) arrives at his surprise party. As soon as he opens the door, we (jump) are going to jump out and (scream) scream, "Surprise!" 5. We work out at the fitness center every day after work. If you (come) come over while we (work) are working out, we will not be able to let you into the house. Just to be safe, we (leave) will leave a key under the welcome mat so you will not have to wait outside.

6. While you (study) are studying at home, Magda (be) will be in class. 7. When I (get) get to the party, Sally and Doug (dance) will be dancing, John (make) will be making drinks, Sue and Frank (discuss) will be discussing something controversial, and Mary (complain) will be complaining about something unimportant. They are always doing the same things. They are so predictable. 8. When you (get) get off the plane, I (wait) will be waiting for you. 9. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we (wake) wake up tomorrow morning, the sun (shine) will be shining. 10. If you (need) need to contact me sometime next week, I (stay) will be staying at the Sheraton in San Francisco.