¡Descarga cae grammar tenses ingles y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! Grammar Practice Tenses Grammar Reference p166–169 1 For sentences a–h, put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. a She nearly …had……… (have) a heart attack when she …saw……… (see) the tiger. b We were going (go) down the road at 120 kph when the wheel …fell……… (fall) off. c They were reading (read) the instructions when the lights went out (go) out. d The happy couple …got……… (get) married three weeks after he proposed………… (propose). e Our dog jumped………… (jump) up into the air and …howled……… (howl) when I …standed……… (stand) on his tail. f The winning racing driver …shook……… (shake) the bottle of champagne then ………took… (take) the cork out. g She …was filling……… (fill) in a questionnaire when the pen ran………… (run) out of ink. h Uncle Sam …was getting……… (get) dressed when he felt………… (feel) a searing pain in his back. 2 Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete sentences a–l. Present Simple or Present Continuous a Decisive people …make……… (make) their minds up very quickly. b You want me to come and work for you! …are……… you …jocking………? (joke) c Listen to the crowd. Everyone is singing………… . (sing) d He always …thinks……… (think) carefully before he …says……… (say) anything. Past Simple or Past Continuous e The midnight train ………… (leave) five minutes early this evening. f The linesman didn’t see the fight because he ………… (face) the other way. g The referee ………… (blow) his whistle when the game ………… (finish). h He ………… (dive) off the coast of South Africa when a shark ………… (swim) right past his leg. Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple i ………… you ………… (vote) in the last General Election? j Zak ………… (go) to the cinema three times so far this week. k Jack ………… (study) T’ai Chi until the day he died. l ………… you ………… (think) about my offer yet? 3 For sentences a–h rewrite the information using the words in brackets. a Last week Jeff Smith finished writing a book about his life in Kenya. (recently) ……………………………….……………………………. b Three men escaped from a high security prison within the last hour. (just) ……………………………….……………………………. c I sorted out the software problems a short while ago. (already) ……………………………….……………………………. d Ollie Gonzales signed a new three-year contract earlier this morning. (just) ……………………………….……………………………. e I didn’t tell my parents about my tattoo! (yet) ……………………………….……………………………. f Sorry, Mr Brown isn’t here. He left for the airport a few minutes ago. (just) ……………………………….……………………………. g Did you go to the British Museum when you were in London? (ever) ……………………………….……………………………. h Sorry. I didn’t get a chance to finish the report. (yet) ……………………………….……………………………. 4 For A–D, complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the box. A was looking has been looking looks looked
