ALL TENSES

I. Read the text and choose the best alternative to fill in the gaps: He.(1) running at school and raced in school competitions from the age of eight, but not with any plans to be an Olympic athlete. It( ) the late !i"ties, early !e#enties, remember. !port was only something you did when you. ($) nothing else to do. It wasn%t something you(&) thin' of ma'ing a li#ing out of, e"cept maybe as a () teacher. I don%t 'now of anyone who..(*) as a career, e"cept perhaps 'ids who went to )ton.+ ,hristie and his family..(-) from racial harassment . on occasion at the hands of the police. He.(/) also been stopped more than once in order to e"plain why he(0) in possession of a new car. 1ut he says these e"periences do not mean that when he(2), he is, or e#er.(13) fuelled by a sense of grie#ance. 1. 4. starting . 4. was $. 4. ha#e &. 4. could *. 4. thin' -. 4. suffered /. 4. has 1. started 1. were 1. had 1. were able to 1. was thin'ing ,. ha#e started ,. has been ,. ha#e had ,. can ,. thought

1. ha#e been suffering ,. ha#e suffered 1. ha#e ,. had

0. 4 will be

1. is

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2. 4 is running 1. has run 13. 4 is 1. was

II. Complete the follo ing lines box:

send! learn! do! attend! or"! drop! tr#st! s#rvive! achieve! cope Oli#er 5ilmore is 6ust such a pupil. He is particularly luc'y. His school..(1) on ad#enture camp twice a year. He..( ) three scout camps each year with ad#enture acti#ities. He..($) e#en more ad#enture s'ills as a #oluntary trainee soldier. 7ost wee'ends+, says Oli#er, I%m off..(&) something. It%s great camping and canoeing and doing rope wor' in cliffs8 It%s the(*) together, we ha#e to..(-) one another. 9herefore, it%s us that .(/) it, not 6ust me. I%#e learned to..(0) :ou could ..(2) me in the mountains, with my 'it, and I%d be able to(13) really well.+ III. $nderline the most s#itable verb form: 1. He had been;was upset because he had lost his wallet. . 5hen I arri#ed home 9om has already left; had already left. $. 9hey were ha#ing;had dinner when the lights went off. &. He had been lying on the beach for two hours when his brother arri#ed;was arri#ing. *. 9he tourists left;had left the hotel before we arri#ed.

-. 5hen I opened; was opening the door I found out that the flat has been;had been bro'en into. /. It was late when I arri#ed at the cinema so they didn%t let ;hadn%t let me in. 0. 5hen the house'eeper opened the door, she saw that somebody was;were wal'ing through the hall in muddy shoes. 2. His friends ha#e already finished; had already finished eating when the waiter brought them the refreshments 13. 5hen the ta"i arri#ed we ha#e been waiting;had been waiting for twenty minutes. I%. Rephrase the follo ing sentences so that the& mean the same: e.<. !he hadn%t seen her granny for three years. It was three years since she had seen her granny. 1. I ha#en%t seen him for ages. It%s ages.. . I%#e li#ed here since twenty=fi#e years. How long $. >ulie has #isited ?ome twice this year. How many times &. @ather has read 33 pages up to now. How many. *. He hadn%t phoned her for two wee's. How long -. 5hen did you last ha#e your car repairedA 5hen was. /. 5hile he was cleaning his room my brother spilt the in'. 5hile 0. @irst they had dinner, then watched 9B. 4fter 2. !he has ne#er been gi#en such a nice album.

It%s 13. 4fter he had written his report he went for a wal'. Ha#ing %. '#t the verbs in brac"ets into the correct past forms: I (enter), closed the door behind me at once, (turn) the 'ey I found in the loc' within, and (stand) with the candle (hold) aloftC there it was, the great red room of Dorraine ,astle, in which the young du'e (die). Or, rather, in which he (begin) his dying, for he (open) the door and fallen headlong down the steps I 6ust (ascend). 9hat (be) the end of his #igil, of his gallant attempt to con<uer the ghostly tradition of the place. 4nd there (be) other and older stories that clung to the roomC the tale of a timid wife and the tragic end the tragic end that (come) to her husband%s 6est of frightening her. %I. $se the ord ritten in capitals to form a ord that fits in the space: In the huge new cemetery, some two miles (1)EI!94F,), the old people ( )1G?: their dead, and came bac' to the house steeped in shadow and silence. It was all o#er so <uic'ly that at first they could hardly realise it, and remained in a state of ($) )H(),9 as though of something else to happen. 1ut the days passed, and e"pectation ga#e place to (&) ?)!IIF. It was about a wee' after that the old man, wa'ing (*)!GEE)F in the night, stretched out his hand and found himself alone. 9he room was in (-) E4?J, and the sound of subduet (/)5))( came from the window. He (0) ?4I!) himself in bed and listened. %II. The follo ing lines contain ten grammar and spelling mista"es. Identif& and correct them:

!he 'new nothing of the truth about him, but she seems to understand him, and the only response he e#er gi#en to anything was to her childish sympathy. !he sat and chated to him. He come to recogniKe her step, and would loo'ed up before she entered the room. Once or twice in the e#ening, when the shop were empty, and Fameless was sitting miserably with him, he would as', without lifted his eyesC 5here%s 1ubblesA+ and would be telling that 1ubbles had went to the pictures or is out at a dance. %III. Read the text belo and thin" of the ord hich best fits each space. $se onl& one ord in each space: provide! insist! sa&! be send! re(#ire! anno#nce! need! s itch! s(#ee)e. *ealth Care Next Fow that (resident ,linton%s budget bill ..(1) through the !enate by the narrowest of margins, the legislati#e focus ( ) to health care reform. 9he (resident ..($) his plan in !eptember. If ,linton is to o#erhaul the health care system, he(&) at least some support from moderate ?epublicans. 9his.(*) a change from the first si" months of the ,linton administration, during which the ?epublicans solidly opposed nearly e#ery go#ernment initiati#e. !ome ?epublican leaders (-) signals that they may be willing to wor' with the (resident on health care reform. !enator 1ob Eole, who.(/) one of the most powerful of ,linton%s opponents, (0) that ?epublicans ..(2) no longer = that they would ne#er accept a proposal that all employees be re<uired (13) insurance for their employees.

I+. $nderline,circle the correct form: 5a'e up, 4lice dear8+ said her sister. 5hy, what a long sleep you%#e had;you had had8+ Oh, I%#e had such a curious dream8+ says;sad 4lice. 4nd she told her sister, as well as she can;could remember them, all these strange 4d#entures of hers that you ha#e;had 6ust been reading aboutC and when she ha#e;had finished, her sister 'issed her, and said, It was;has been a curious dream dear, certainlyC but now run into your bedC it%s getting;it was getting late+. !o 4lice got up and run;ran off, thin'ing while she ran, as well as she may;might, what a wonderful dream it has been;had been. +.'#t the verbs in brac"ets into the correct tense: I wal'ed away at a good pace, thin'ing it was easier to go than I (1) (suppose) it ( ) (be), and reflecting that it would ne#er ha#e done to ha#e had an old shoe thrown after a coach, in sight of all the High !treet. I ($) (whistle) and (&) (ma'e) nothing of going. 1ut the #illage (*) (be) #ery peaceful and <uiet, and the light mists solemnly (-) (rise), as if to show me the world, and I (/) (be) so innocent and little there and all beyond was so un'nown and great, that in a moment with a strong hea#e and sob I (0) (brea') into tears. It (2) (be) by the finger=post at the end of the #illage, and I (13) (lay) my hand upon it and said, Iood=bye, my dear, dear friend8+ ,harles Eic'ens . Ireat )"pectations +I. Correct the mista"es in the follo ing sentences: 1. 1y the time she is &3, she will li#e in this town for ten years. . It%s a surprise party and her friends won%t 'now anything about it until they got there.

$. 9he other guests should be arri#ed before us. &. 1y the time we will ha#e finished our wor', e#erybody will ha#e left the office. *. 4t this rate, they will ha#e been e"hausted by the time father arri#es home. -. 1y the time the train came to a standstill, get on and try to find your seats. /. 1y >une she will be li#ing here for fifteen months. 0. 5e were 6ust about lea#ing the house when 4lice called. +II.Choose the most appropriate of the #nderlined ords: 1. He loo's #ery pale. I thin' he%ll faint; he is going to faint. . 7y brother will be; is going to be a famous scientist when he grows up. $. !omebody%s at the door. I%ll; I%m going to see who it is. &. 9hey need to be home early today so they lea#e; are lea#ing at si". *. Our guests will be in plenty of time pro#iding the traffic is not; will not be bad. -. !ue as'ed me if I would; will be so 'ind as to gi#e her a lift. /. 5hat sort of 6ob do you thin' he will do; will be doing in a few years timeA 0. 1y the time our parents get bac' all the food will ha#e gone; will go.L 2. I%ll do; going to do that for you+, she told me. 13. 9he two politicians are to; will discuss the current political affairs.