Dorian Gray

Grammar Practice

Tenses

Grammar Reference p166169

1 For sentences ah, put the verbs in brackets into the olden simple or the past continuous.

aShe nearly ………… (have) a heart attack when she ………… (see) the tiger.

bWe ………… (go) down the road at 120 kph when the wheel ………… (fall) off.

cThey ………… (read) the instructions when the lights ………… (go) out.

dThe happy couple ………… (get) married three weeks after he ………… (propose).

eOur dog ………… (jump) up into the air and ………… (howl) when I ………… (stand) on his tail.

fThe winning racing driver ………… (shake) the bottle of bubbly then ………… (take) the cork out.

gShe ………… (fill) in a questionnaire when the penitentiary ………… (run) out of ink.

hUncle Sam ………… (get) dressed when he ………… (feel) a searing pain in his back.



2 Write the correct stress of the verbs in brackets to complete sentences al.

Present Simple or Present Continuous

aDecisive people ………… (make) their minds up very quickly.

bYou want me to come and work for you! ………… you …………? (joke)

c discover to the crowd. Everyone ………… . (sing)

dHe always ………… (think) care goody before he ………… (say) anything.

foregone Simple or Past Continuous

eThe midnight orchestrate ………… (leave) five minutes early this evening.

fThe linesman didnt see the fight because he ………… (face) the other way.





gThe arbiter ………… (blow) his whistle when the game ………… (finish).

hHe ………… (dive) off the coast of South Africa when a shark ………… (swim) right past his leg.

Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple

i………… you ………… (vote) in the last General Election?

jZak ………… (go) to the cinema three times so far this week.

kJack ………… (study) Tai Chi until the day he died.

l………… you ………… (think) well-nigh my offer yet?

3 For sentences ah write the information using the words in brackets.

a refine manpowert week Jeff Smith finished writing a script about his life in Kenya. (recently)

……………………………….…………………………….

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