What tense?

1. Order these time expressions under the appropriate tense name :

often / just now / yesterday / always / for 3 days / never / last summer / now / since 1998 / rarely / already / at the moment / sometimes / since last May / yet / just / 3 years ago / next week /this year

Present Simple	Present Continuous	Present Perfect	Past Simple

2. Fill in the gaps with time expressions from exercise 1:

I wrote a letter_____________

I'm visiting my friends in London_________________

I haven't read Ernest Hemingway's books__________

I______________watch political programmes on TV.

I haven't seen Christopher_________________

I have _______________ done my homework so now I can go for a walk.

I was in Spain________________

3. Name the tense used in each sentence:

what tense do we use to talk about:

1.events that started in the past and are continuing till now_____________________________

2.daily routines____________________________

3. life experience___________________________

4.events happening just now______________________________

5.past events at a pointed time in the past_________________________________

6.near arranged plans________________________________

7.events that happened in the past, but with visible results________________________________

8.past events with no time indicator_______________________________

9.events happening within a period of time that hasn't finished yet_____________________________

4. Match the sentences with the descriptions of their usage from exercise 3:

a)I'm visiting my grandmother next Sunday.

b)They have been in France.

c)I have started learning Spanish this month.

d)She was in Warsaw two days ago.

e)We have had an accident and now we are in hospital.

f)He has been ill since Saturday.

g)I have finished that boring book.

h)A man is reading a newspaper.

i)I always listen to the radio in the morning.

5. Circle the correct answer:

1.Tom and Peter____________in Scotland.

a) were b) has gone c) have been d) has been

2.Susan is visiting her grandmother_______________.

a) sometimes b) every weekend c) next Sunday d) often

3.I ___________a bike yesterday.

a) ride b) rided c) rode d) riden

4)Joan has gone______Africa for holiday.

a) in b) at c) on d) to

5.They______________any letters since last January.

a) haven't written b) didn't written c) haven't write d) didn't write

6.-Where is Sarah?

-Pamela________________her for five days.

a) didn't see b) has't seen c) saw d) not see

7.-What `s happened to you?

-I________________my nose.

a) breaked b) have breaked c) have broken d) broke

8.”Look at him! He _______________like an elephant!”

a) dance b) dances c) are dancing d) is dancing

9.-Will you come to my party this Friday?

-I'm afraid not.I_________________to the mountains with my family.

a) am going b) go c) am not going d) will go

10.I've been studying English ___________________.

a) three years b) yesterday c) for three years d) three years ago

11.Lucy________________her project for chemistry.

a) finished b) has finished c) finishes d) have finished

12.I have never listened to such a horrible music______________!

a) already b) just c) in my whole life d) this week

13.The workers___________nothing since last Thursday!

a) have done b) didn't do c) did d) haven't done

14.Margaret has gone to Portugal

a) she is back at home now b) she is still in Portugal

15.Paul has been to Ireland.

a) it is his life experience b) he is in Ireland now

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