REVIEW OF TENSES pot

REVIEW OF TENSES

Exercise 1. Chia động từ

I ( 1 – arrive )_________ in England in the middle of July. I ( 2 – tell )________ that England ( 3 –

be )________ shrouded in fog all year round, so I ( 4 – be ) _______ quite surprised to find that it was

merely raining. I ( 5 – ask )________ another passenger, an Englishman, about the fog and he ( 6 – say

)________ that there ( 7 – not be )________ any since the previous February. If I ( 8 – want )________

fog, he said, I ( 9 – come )_________ at quite the wrong time. However, he ( 10 – tell )_______ me that

I could buy tinned fog at a shop in Shaftesbury Avenue. He ( 11 – admit )_________ that he never ( 12 –

buy )________ fog there himself but ( 13 – assure )_________ me that they ( 14 – sell )_______ good

quality fog and that it ( 15 – not be )_________ expensive. I suppose he was joking.

Exercice 2.Chia động từ

When I ( 1 – open )_______ the door, I ( 2 – see )________ a man on his knees. He clearly ( 3 –

listen )________ to our conversation and I ( 4 – wonder )________ how much he ( 5 – hear )_______.

When I ( 6 – ask )________ him what he ( 7 – do )________ , he ( 8 – say )_______ that he ( 9 – drop

)________ a 50p piece outside the door and ( 10 – look )_________ for it. I ( 11 – not see )_______ any

sign of the money, but I ( 12 – find )_________ a small notebook and pencil which he probably ( 13 –

drop )_______ when the door ( 14 – open )_______ suddenly. So he ( 15 – take )______ notes of our

conversation! The notes ( 16 – be )_______ written in a foreign language, so I ( 17 – turn )______ to the

stranger and ( 18 – ask )______ him to translate. But he ( 19 – pull )________ my hat over the my eyes

and ( 20 – run )______ off down the corridor. By the time I ( 21 – recover )_______ from the shock he (

22 – disappear )_______ round the conner. Curiously enough, when I ( 23 – move )_______ my foot I

found that I ( 24 – stand )________ on a 50 piece. Perhaps he ( 25 – tell ) ______ the truth after all.

Exercise 3. Chia động từ

When the old lady ( 1 – return )________ to her flat, she ( 2 – see )______ at once that burglars ( 3 –

break )_______ in duting her absence, because the front door ( 4 – be )______ open and everything in

the flat ( 5 – be )______ upside down. The burglars themselves ( 6 – be )_______ no longer there, but

they probably only just ( 7 – leave )_______ because a cigarette( 8 – still burn )_______ on an

ornamental table. Probably, thet ( 9 – hear )_______ the lift ( 10 – come )______ up and ( 11 – run

)_______ down the fire escape.

They ( 12 – help )_______ themselvesto her whisky too but there ( 13 – be ) _______ a little left, so

she poured herself out a drink. She ( 14 – wonder )______ if they ( 15 – find )______ her jewellery and

rather ( 16 – hope )______ that they had. The jewellery ( 17 – give )_______ her by her husband, who (

18 – die )________ some years before. Since his death, she ( 19 – not have )_______the heart to wear it,

yet she ( 20 – not like )________ to sell it.

Exercise 4.Chia động từ

When he ( 1 –see )______ his wife off at the station, he returned home as he ( 2 – not have )______

to be at the airport till 9.30. He ( 3 – not have )_______ to pack, for his wife already ( 4 – do )______

that for him and his case ( 5 – be )_______ ready in the hall. He ( 6 – not have)______ to check the

doors and his windows either, for his wife always ( 7 – do )_______ that before she ( 8 – leave )______

the house. All he ( 9 – have )______ to do ( 10 – be )_____ to decice whether or not to take his overcoat

with him. In the end, he ( 11 – decide )______ not to. At 8.30, he ( 12 – pick )______ up his case, ( 13 –

go )______ out of the house and ( 14 – slam )_______ the door behind him. Then he ( 15 – feel )______

in his pockets for the key, for his wife ( 16 – remind )_______ him to double – lock the front door.

When he searched all his pockets and found no key he remembered where it ( 17 –be )______ . He ( 18

– leave )_______ it in his overcoat pocket. Then he ( 19 – remember )________ something else : His

passport and tickets ( 20 – be )_______ in his overcoat pocket as well.