Exercise-1
Fill in the blank with proper tense form.
Example:
What (you, do) when the accident
occurred?
Answer: What were you doing when the accident occurred?
1. I (have) the same car for more than ten
years. I'm thinking about buying a new one.
2. If it (snow) this weekend, we (go) skiing
near Lake Tahoe.
3. A: What do you call people who work in libraries?
B: They (call) librarians.
4. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months
ago. When I return to Australia, I (study) for
nine months and I (be) in England for
exactly one year.
5. Sam (arrive) in San Diego a week ago.
6. Samantha (live) in Berlin for more than
two years. In fact, she (live) there when
the Berlin wall came down.
7. If Vera (keep) drinking, she (lose,
eventually) her job.
8. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the
Yucatan; however, their culture (disappear, virtually) by
the time Europeans first (arrive) in the
New World.
9. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) .
10. It (rain) all week. I hope it stops by
Saturday because I want to go to the beach.
11. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) the
bus this morning. You (be) late to work too
many times. You are fired!
12. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we (wake) up
tomorrow morning, the sun (shine) .
13. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit) the
Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States.
14. I (see) many pictures of the pyramids
before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The
pyramids are actually quite small.
15. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) much
easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) two
or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) very
rough and often dangerous. Things (change) 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.
16. Joseph's English (improve, really) ,
isn't it? He (watch) American television
programs and (study) his grammar every day
since he first arrived in San Diego. Soon he will be totally fluent.
17. When I (arrive) home last night, I
discovered that Jane (prepare) a beautiful
candlelight dinner.
18. If you (need) to contact me sometime
next week, I (stay) at the Sheraton in San
Francisco.
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Exercise-2
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