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THE INDICATIVE

THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Negative Interrogative
I You	speak	do not speak	do I/ you speak?	do I/ you not speak?
He/She/It	speaks	does not speak	does He/ she/ It speak?	does He/ she/ it not speak?
We You They	speak	do not speak	do We/ You/ They speak?	do we/ you/ they not speak?

Exercises

I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb:
1. They ....... (live) in our town.
2. We ........ (go) to church every week.
3. He ....... (shave) every day.
4. He ....... (like) Maths but he ....... (not like) German.

II. Turn the following sentences into the a. interrogative b. negative:
1. We live in a big house.
2. Tom jumps high.
3. You dig vegetables in the garden.
4. It rain in the city.

THE PRESENT CONTINUES TENSE

	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Negative Interrogative
I	am speaking	am not speaking	am I speaking?	am I not speaking?
You	are speaking	are not speaking	are you speaking	are you not speaking?
He/She/It	is speaking	is not speaking	is he/ she/ it speaking?	is he/ she/ it not speaking?
We You They	are speaking	are not speaking	are we/ you/ they speaking?	are we/ you/ they not speaking?

Exercises

I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb:

1. They ....... (live) in our town.
2. We ........ (go) to church every week.
3. He ....... (shave) every day.
4. Tom ....... (write) a letter to his brother.

II. Turn the following sentences into the a. affirmative b. interrogative c. negative:

1. We live in a big house.
2. Tom jumps high.
3. You dig vegetables in the garden.
4. It rain in the city.

THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I You	have spoken	have not spoken	have I/ you spoken?	have I/ you not spoken?
He/She/It	has spoken	has not spoken	has he/ she/ it spoken?	has he/ she/ it not spoken?
We You They	have spoken	have not spoken	have we/ you/ they spoken?	have we/ you/ they not spoken?

Exercises

I. Turn the following sentences into the present perfect simple:

1. They ....... (live) in our town.
2. We ........ (go) to church every week.
3. He ....... (shave) every day.
4. Tom ....... (write) a letter to his brother.
5. I ........ (eat) some apples.
6. You ........ (find) many mistakes.

II. Turn the following sentences into the a. affirmative b. interrogative c. negative:

1. We live in a big house.
2. Tom jumps high.
3. You dig vegetables in the garden.
4. It rain in the city.
5. I come in time.
6. You tell me a secret.

THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I You	have been speaking	have been not speaking	have been I/you speaking?	have been I not speaking?
He/She/It	has been speaking	has been not speaking	has been he/ she/ it speaking?	has been he/ she/ it not speaking?
We You They	have been speaking	have been not speaking	have been we/ you/ they speakings?	have been we/ you/ they not speaking?

I. Put the verb in brakets in the present perfect continues a. affirmative b. interrogative c. negative:

1. Edgar (to live) here since 1990.
2. The dog (to lie) under the table for two hours.
3. You (to watch) TV since you came.
4. We (to talk) about her speech for an hour.
5. The boys (to study) Mats for five hours.
6. I (to phone) the doctor for the last twenty minutes.s
7. Mother (to water) the flowers for half an hour.

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I You He/She/It	spoke	did not speak	did I/ you/ he/ she/ it speak?	did I/ you/ he/ she/ it not speak?
We You They	spoke	did not spoke	did we/ you/ they speak?	did we/ you/ they not speak?

Exercises

I. Change the following senteces into the Simple Past:
1. I feel sad.
2. I understand what you say.
3. The plane leaves at eleven.
4. Tom drives better than I do.
5. I trow the garbage.
6. Do you take the books?
7. I wake up a seven a clock.

THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I He/She/It	was speaking	was not speaking	was I/ he/ she/ it speaking?	did I/ you/ he/ she/ it not speak?
We You They	were speaking	were not speaking	were we/ you/ they speaking?	were we/ you/ they not speaking?

Exercices

I. Turn the following sentences into the Past Tense Continuous:
1. I am reading a book now.
2. Mother is washing now.
3. We are making a snowman.

II. Turn the following sentences into the a. interrogative b. negative:

1. Mary was singing.
2. The man was reading.
3. She was shopping then.

THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE TENSE

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I He/She/It	had spoken	had not spoken	had I/ he/ she/ it spoken?	had I/ you/ he/ she/ it not spoken?
We You They	had spoken	had not spoken	had we/ you/ they spoken?	had we/ you/ they not spoken?

Exercices

I. Turn the following sentences into the Past Perfect Simple:
1. You forget your glases.
2. I see the thief.
3. Ann closes the window.
4. You help the old man.

II. Work on the model:
1. I had lost my camera (watch).I hadn’t lost my watch.
2. I had seen the accident (the flood).

THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I He/She/It	had been speaking	had been not speaking	had been I/ he/ she/ it speakings?	had been I/ you/ he/ she/ it not speaking?
We You They	had been speaking	had been not speaking	had been we/ you/ they speaking?	had been we/ you/ they not speaking?

Exercices

I. Turn the following sentences into the Past Perfect Continuous:
1. The plane is flying in the sky.
2. We are telling stories.
3. I’m swepping the floor.
4. You are coming down again.
5. The rabbit is running from the dog for hours.

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb:
1. The children were still swimming a three o’clock yestarday. They ....... all day.
2. The wind was blowing in the morning. It ........ all night.
3. I was very tired. I ......... all day long.
4. Mike was studying for his exams in July. He ........... all year as a matter of fact.
5. Grandmother was ironing our clothes yestarday afternoon. She ......... all day.
6. The Students were reading for exam yestarday afternoon. They ......... all day.

III. Use the verb in brackets in Past Perfect Continuous:
1. Your friend (to wait) for two hours when you come home.
2. When the summer holiday began it (to rain) for a week.
3. She looked as if she (to work) for ten hours.
4. I wondered what he (to do) all the time.
5. The dogs was all wet. He ......... (run) for miles.

THE SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I He/She/It	shall/ will speak	shall/ will not speak	shall/ will I/ he/ she/ it speak?	shall/ will I/ you/ he/ she/ it not speak?
We You They	shall / will speak	shall/ will not speak	shall/ will we/ you/ they speak?	shall/ will we/ you/ they not speak?

Exercises

I. Fill in the blanks with shall/ will:
1. He ........... play tennis tomorrow.
2. We ............ talk to them on monday.
3. Were ........ go on saturday night.
4. Marry .......... go to the market tomorrow.
5. Those girls ......... gossip tomorrow morning.
6. She .......... study Maths next month.

II. Turn the sentences above into the a. interrogative b. negative.

III. Replace the Simple Future by the going to construction:
1. I’ll speak English. I’m going to speak English.
2. We leave this afternoon ......... .
3. The plane will fly tomorrow.
4. I will sweep the floor.
5. We will travel to Paris.

THE FUTURE CONTINUOUS

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I He/She/It	shall/ will be speaking	shall/ will not be speaking	shall/ will I/ he/ she/ it be speaking?	shall/ will I/ you/ he/ she/ it not be speaking?
We You They	shall / will be speaking	shall/ will not be speaking	shall/ will we/ you/ they speak?	shall/ will we/ you/ they not be speaking?

Exercises

I. Use the verbs in brackets in the Future Continuous:
1. This time next month we (to travel) to Berlin.
2. When we go to the Zoo, they (to feed) the animals.
3. This time tomorrow I (to watch) TV.
4. At seven o’clock they (to listen) to music.
5. If you come before seven, we (to work) in the garden.
6. Don’t call him up now. He (to take) his afternoon nep.

THE FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE TENSE

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I He/She/It	shall/ will have spoken	shall/ will not have spoken	shall/ will I/ he/ she/ it have spoken?	shall/ will I/ you/ he/ she/ it not have spoken?
We You They	shall / will have spoken	shall/ will not have spoken	shall/ will we/ you/ they have spoken?	shall/ will we/ you/ they not have spoken?

Exercises

I. Use the verb in brackets in the Future Perfect Simple:
1. By the end of November the flowers (to die).
2. When you arrive there, she (to leave).
3. The cook (to prepare) the dinner before the guest arrive.
4. When you (to get) to the office, the post will have already arrived.
5. By the time the election, the candidates (to spend) a lot of money.
6. By the time the election, the candidates (to talk) on television.
7. By the year 2100, men (to travel) to other planets.
8. By the year 2050, we (to use) all the oil.

THE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I He/She/It	shall/ will have been speaking	shall/ will not have been speaking	shall/ will I/ he/ she/ it have been speaking?	shall/ will I/ you/ he/ she/ it not have been speaking?
We You They	shall / will have been speaking	shall/ will not have been speaking	shall/ will we/ you/ they have been speaking?	shall/ will we/ you/ they not have been speaking?

Exercises

I. Use the verbs in brackets in the Future Perfect Continuous:
1. By next year we (to live) here for six years.
2. They (to correspond) for exactly ten years by December 24th
3. At four o’clock my sister (to sleep) for six hours.
4. You (to study) German for six years when you graduate from this school.
5. How long (to work) in this office when you retire?
6. We (to listen) to music for two hours when mother opens the door.

THE FUTURE IN THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I He/She/It	should/ would speak	should/ would not speak	should/ would I/ he/ she/ it speak?	should/ would I/ you/ he/ she/ it speak?
We You They	should/ would speak	should/ would not speak	should/ would we/ you/ they speak?	should/ would we/ you/ they not speak?

Exercises

I. Use the verbs in the brackets in the Future in the Past Simple:
1. The student promised he (to come) to school on time.
2. I don’t know that you (to leave) as soon.
3. We assured them that we (to help) Jonhnson’s.
4. The doctor said he (to visit) them soon.
5. I (to take) that job if they offered to me.
6. He (to light) his pipe and smile at us.
7. Meanwhile Marry (to bring) us some ginger bread and butter.

THE FUTURE IN THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

	AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE	NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I He/She/It	should/ would be speaking	should/ would not be speaking	should/ would I/ he/ she/ it be speaking?	should/ would I/ you/ he/ she/ it be speaking?
We You They	should/ would be speaking	should/ would not be speaking	should/ would we/ you/ they be speaking?	should/ would we/ you/ they not be speaking?

Exercises

I. Use the verbs in the brackets in the Future in the Past Continuous:
1. Jane remined us that at time she (to fly) to Berlin.
2. I was sure that my brother (to sleep) at that time.
3. She didn’t believe that they (to learn) the lesson then.
4 . We understood that he (to play) the piano at six o’clock.
5. If we won that price we (to leave) in Bahamas very soon.
6. He hoped the baby (to sleep) when he returned.

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Complete the following sentences with the correct verb:
love, frown, grab, close, wear, disappear, obtain, enter, touch, felt

John ......... the room with no idea that his brother had been killed.
He had .......... a special permit to carry the documents.
Marry was ......... a blue blouse and a short red skirt.
The smile ......... from John’s mouth.
Tom ......... his heart sink into his stomach and he couldn’t move.
He ......... her eyes.
She ......... John’s arm.
Please don’t ......... your face!
He ......... his eyes.
John ......... at the blinking light and pressed it.

Complete the following sentences with the correct verb:
glance up, grin, catch, allow, rise, rub, give away, shut up, trust, nodd, argue

Please ......... him. He speaks always the truth.
Laura ......... slowly, still watching him.
He ......... sharply as John stood examining it.
He ......... his eyes.
Did they ever ......... him.
Stop ......... , you two. Come and see the sun rise!
......... a minute and listen.
Then she ......... . No, she said, I don’t want to know, thanks.
I can trust him not to ......... a secret.
When Marry was ......... to return, the house was much changed.

Complete the following sentences with the correct verb:
enlarge, hatch, hive, close, invent, pass, hurl, patent, amend, release

Government forced to ......... the 2000 Equal pay act to conform to Parliament directives.
The parish voted to ......... the church..
Time ......... quickly.
Most major films were ......... in Johnson Studio.
The earliest horror was ......... by Hitchcock.
Edinson ......... 35 mm film.
People ......... in a city.
He ......... the javelin.
Act of Government ......... all Hebrew theatres.
The eggs ......... in four weeks.

Complete the following sentences with the correct verb:
drive, postpone, improve, envelop, admit, tolerate, expect, sweep away, persuade, mix up

They ......... the babies ......... at the hospital.
I was ......... carefully when the accident happened.
Tom ......... that he loves Ann.
Manny people were either ......... by lava or crushed by falling masonry.
Many parrots were ......... by the wind.
You could ......... me only if you gave me solid arguments.
If the weather should ......... , we will go on a trip.
I can’t ......... such treatment.
I ......... more from this course.
We’ll have to ......... the play.

Complete the following sentences with the correct verb:
kick, get off, send, set, come, watch, drink, graduate, overtake, become

She is always ......... home late.
Grandma is ......... older and older.
The sun ......... in the west.
Tom ......... Paul and he wins the race.
The player ......... the ball and scores.
My mother ......... tea every morning.
The lady paid the driver than she ......... the taxi.
I ......... TV last night.
I ......... a letter to my sister last month.
Tom ......... from the University in 2002.

Complete the following sentences with the correct verb:
show, wake up, cook, break off, deliver, lie, paint, type, wash, cut

Grandma ......... a cake.
I will ......... the walls tomorrow.
He was ......... the parcels.
People believe that he ......... in front of the jury.
Her mother ......... her ......... 6 o’clock.
Father hasn’t ......... the grass yet.
Is Sue ......... the floor.
Sue will ......... me some pictures tomorrow.
Tom asked his secretary to ......... de letter.
Father ......... our conversation.

Complete the following sentences with the correct verb:
reveal, assume, doubt, claim, slice, learn, decide, turn on, live, sew

He ......... state secrets to a newspaper.
She has ......... to stop smoking.
We ......... that the house can still be repaired.
I ......... it’ll rain any minute.
She ......... she knew nothing about it.
Who ......... the radio?
Shall I ......... the bread?
We don’t know where she ......... .
I ......... English in University.
Grandma ......... all her own clothes.

Complete the following sentences with the correct verb:
strangle, spoil, breathe, drop, beat, look at, stole, repair, rent, repudiate

Police believe the victims was ......... .
The milk ......... .
Shall I ......... my skates.
I cannot ......... , John answered.
He ......... the water with his feet.
The children ......... each other.
Somebody has ......... the car.
We can ......... this canoe and go out in it.
We ......... a house at the lake.
He ......... his family.


Complete the following sentences with the correct verb:
drop down, lay, sock, rob, mean, harm, buy, supply, set, sting

1. They have ........ a beautifull present.2. The fruit ......... from the tree.
3. They ......... the body in the grave.
4. I ....... to go.
5. The crops were not ......... by the store.
6. Cows ............ milk.
7. The sun has just .......... .
8. Dry earth ........... in water.
9. The frost ........... his face.
10. I was ........... and my car was stolen.

Complete the following sentences with the correct verb:
give back, put aside, to fall through, to bring about, to look after, fell back, go about, put on, run across,

1. Grandma’ ............ the children.
2. When are you going to ........... his books .......... ?
3. I .......... Tom last month.
4. He worked hard to ........... some money for the Holiday.
5. I ........ the meeting for tomorrow.
6. .......... your coat ..........., please.
7. The gossip is .......... the whole town.
8. The Americans troops .......... .
9. All my plans .......... last year.
10. Nobody knew what .......... the fire.

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