. Put the verb in the bracket into the correct form

1.  I …………………. this film twice.  (see)

2.  The train ………………….when we got to the station. (just, leave)

3.  It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it …………………. for two hours. (rain)

4.  As soon as Martina (see) ……………..  the fire, she ………….the fire department. (telephone)

5.  Before Jennifer won the lottery, she …………. any kind of contest. (not, enter)

6.  Every time Parkas sees a movie made in India, he ……………homesick. (feel)

7.  The last time I ………………….in Athens, the weather was hot and humid. (be)

8.  After the race …………………., the celebration began. (win)

9.  At this time tomorrow, we …………………. our final exam. (take)

10.   Peter said he ………………….a test the following day. (have)

I. Put the verb in the bracket into the correct form

1.  I …………………. this film twice.  (see)

2.  The train ………………….when we got to the station. (just, leave)

3.  It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it …………………. for two hours. (rain)

4.  As soon as Martina (see) ……………..  the fire, she ………….the fire department. (telephone)

5.  Before Jennifer won the lottery, she …………. any kind of contest. (not, enter)

6.  Every time Parkas sees a movie made in India, he ……………homesick. (feel)

7.  The last time I ………………….in Athens, the weather was hot and humid. (be)

8.  After the race …………………., the celebration began. (win)

9.  At this time tomorrow, we …………………. our final exam. (take)

10.   Peter said he ………………….a test the following day. (have)

11.   I will tell Anna all the news when I ……………… her. (see)

12.   Before the invention of the steamboat there ……………… no way to cross the ocean. (be)

13.   He said that he ……………… his homework since 7 o’clock. (do)

14.   She won't get married until she ………………25 years old. (be)

15.   After Mary ……………… her degree, she intends to work in her father's company. (finish)

16.   By the end of this month, I………………English for 6 years. (learn)

17.   Up to now, I ……………… a lot of information about her.  (know)

18.   This house ………………35,000 pounds in 1980. (cost)

19.   I don’t remember where and when I………………her. (meet)

20.   At this time yesterday I ……………… to music. (listen)

21.   Bill (have) ………………breskfast when I stopped at this house.

22.         It (rain………………heavily when I (sleep) ……………… yesterday afternoon.

23.   He (do) …………… a lot of jobs before he (work)……………in this company.

24.   After they (visit) ………………. Paris, they (go) ………………to Manchester.

25.   Before I could say anything, they (admit) ……………… their mistakes.

26.   I (hit) ……………… my thumb while I (use) ………………. the hammer. Ouch! That (hurt) ……

27.         While I (read) ………………books in the living room last night, I (hear) ……………… a strange noise in the kitchen. I (go) ………………to the kitchen, (turn) ………………. on the lights. I (hold) ………………my break and (listen) ……………… carefully. I (realise) ……………… that a mouse (chew) ………………on something under the cupboard.

28.       The vase broke when it (move) ……………… to the other room.

29.     When I entered his room, I saw him (sleep) ……………… in a chair.

30.     If only I (have) ……………… money with me, I (lend) ………………you some.

31.     Why are you under the table?    You (look) ………………for something?

32.     David (wash) ……………… his hands. He just (repair) ………………the TV set

33.     The radio (play) ………………since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it off.

34.       Mr. Brown just (finish) ……………reading the letter when the telephone  on his desk ( ring) …

35.       Those students who ( fail) ……………… the exam are going to take another one held in August

36.       Hurry up or you (be) ……………… late for class.

37.       Hurry up or our favourite TV programme ( be) over long before we ( reach) home

38.       I (not have) ………………much time for entertainment these days.

39.       Two robbers (put) ………………in prison (escape) ………………yesterday.

40.       It is 2 years since I (last give) ………………presents on Christmas day.

 31. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses. 

1. The light (go) out while I (have) tea. 

2. How long you (study) English? For 5 years. 

3. The student (look) up that new word now. 

4.I (wait) for two hours, but she (not come) yet. 

5. It (rain) very much in the summer. It rain) now. 

6. Bad students never (work) hard. 

7. They (live) in Ho Chi Minh City since 1975. 

8. He (read) that novel again during my last vacation. 

9. I have a little trouble with my car last week. 

10. Jack (go) to Paris for a holiday. He never (be) there. 

11. Mary (lose) her hat and she (look) for it until now. 

12. Last night they (go) home after they (finish) their work. 

13. He (sit) in a bar when I (see) him. 

14. When I (go) out, the sun (shine). 

Exercises
10.1 Read the situations and write two sentences using the words in brackets. 

1. Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading it and now he is on page 53.
( read / for two hours ) ......He has been reading for two hours..... .
( read / 53 pages so far ) .......He has read 53 pages so far....... . 
2. Linda is from Australia. She is traveling round Europe at the moment. She began her tour three months ago.
( travel / for three months ) ......She............................ .
( visit / six countries so far ) ...................................... .
3. Jim is a tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was ten years old. This year he is national chapionship fourth time.
( win / the national championship four times ) ........................................... .
( play / tennis since he was ten ) ....................................... .
4. When they left college, Mary and Sue starteed making films together. They still make films.
( make / ten films since they left college ) ......They............................. .
( make / films since they left college ) ............................................... .

III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets .
1. I‘ve decided (stop) ……………...smoking.
2. I (visit) .........................singapore two years ago.
3. Look at those black clouds. It (rain).
4.We are tired of (work)…………… for low salary.
5. This is the second time you (break)……a cup.
6. (you/do) …………… the homework yet?
7. Mai is in her room. She (play) the guitar.
8. The teacher said that we should ( not make ) …………… noise in class.
9. Water …………( cover) most of the Êarth’s surface.
10. The gate ……………...( lock) at 6.30 p.m everyday.