1.Complete these sentences using the CORRECT TENSE. Be careful, ALL THE TENSES
ARE MIXED UP!!!
1.Excuse me.What time………………………(the bus for Liverpool/leave)? It
……………………… (leave) in half an hour.
2. When we ……………………… (find) the cat, it ……………………… (play) under the bed.
3. Why are you buying flour and eggs? Because I ……………………… (make) a cake.
4. How long ago ……………………… (John/cut) his finger? About 5 minutes ago, but he
……………………… (not/cry).
5. When Paul got up, his mother ……………………… (cook) breakfast.
6. J.F. Kennedy ……………………… (die) in Dallas in 1963.
7. Sue ……………………… (go) to private lessons twice a week, but this week she
……………………… (stay) at home because she’s ill.
8.Susan……………………… (phone) last Tuesday. We ……………………… (not/know) anything
about her since then.
9. The weather forecast says there ……………………… (be) clouds tomorrow.
10. George ……………………… (fall) off the ladder while he ……………………… (paint) the
ceiling.
11. Tom ……………………… (never/study) Maths and he ……………………… (not/know)
anything about it.
12.Scientists ……………………… (not/know) how to treat that fatal disease .
13. The waiter ……………………… (already/bring) the meat by the time Peter sat down to eat.
14. Peter’s father ……………………… (read) his children a tale every night.
15. This time next week I ……………………… (sunbathe) on a beautiful beach.
16. The police ……………………… (just/catch) the prisoner.
17. Mary ……………………… (fly) to Spain next Sunday. She has the plane tickets.
18.What ……………………… (you/do) when your son ……………………… (fail) English?
19. I don’t think we should go. It’s already 9 o’clock. By the time we get to the cinema, the film
………………………(not/start). I think they……………………… (still/show) adverts when we
arrive. Come on. Let’s go!
20.The actor ……………………… (star) in many films before he ……………………… (receive)
an Academy Award.
21.When I ……………………… (get) home last night, I saw that I ……………………… (forget)
to lock the door!!
22.Are you cold? I ……………………… (turn) on the heater.
