TENSES REVISION

1. Sam _____________ (not / receive) the parcel the last time I _________ (speak) to him.
2. I ________________ (consider) buying a house but now I ___________ (change) my mind.
3. When you ________ (feel) hungry, room service __________ (bring) you whatever you want.
4. I _________(find) it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I ________ (lose) my ticket
but he believed me in the end.
5. Ever since I _______ (be) a young child, I ________ (die) to meet you.
6. As soon as I _________ (have) a look at the designs, I ______(send) them to you. You'll get
them by Friday.
7. Whatever _________ (happen), I _________ (meet) you here in a week's time.
8. By the time you ________(finish) getting ready, we ________ (miss) the train!
9. Sally! I ___________ (not / expect) to see you here! What ________ (you/do) in New York?
10.This is my new car. What _______ (you / think) of it?
11.A: Who are you?
B: What do you mean? I _____________ (live) here.
12.I can't find the car keys. What _______ (you/ do) with them?
13.Sorry I haven't fixed the plug. I __________(mean) to get round to it, but I just haven't found the
time.
14.What ________ (you/do) on Saturdays?
15.I don't know what time we'll eat. It ________(depend) when Helen gets here.
16.I supported you at the time because I _______(feel) that you were right.
17.Peter couldn't understand what had been decided because too many people ____________(talk)
at once.
18.Jean, I'm so glad you've got here at last. I ___________ (expect) you all day
19.By this time next summer you ___________ (complete)your studies and found a job. I, on the
other hand,_____________ (not accomplish) anything. I will still be studying and
you____________ (work)in some new high paying job.
20.The students are usually taught by Mr. Bingham. However, this week, they _______ (teach)by
the assistant teacher.
21.Mary always_________ (take)the children to football training at this time.
22.While we __________ (wait)or the bus we ______ (see)two children flashing by with their roller
skates.
23.When we finally got to the village we_________ (travel)for over five hours. We were exhausted.
24.I ___________ (work) for this company for more than thirty years and I __________ (intend)to
stay here until I retire.
25.Thomas is an author who___________ (write)since he was a child. Altogether he __________
(write) seven novels and three collections of short stories.
26.We were late because we___________ (have)some car problems. By the time we got to the train
Susan_____________ (wait) for us for more than two hours.
27.Thunder_________ (awake)Henry in the middle of the night.
28.The clock___________ (just strike) four.
29.He normally____________ (drink) coffee but today he__________ (drink) tea because he's got a
cold.
30.Mum_____________ (work) in the garden the whole day.
31.We ____________ (have) lovely weather for the last two weeks. I hope it ________ (stay) that
way
32.I _________ this novel_________ ( finish) by December. By then I___________ (work) on it
for over a year.