1.

I (learn)   English for seven years now.

2. But last year I (not / work)   hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not / be)   
really that good then.

3. As I (pass / want)   my English exam successfully next year, I (study)  harder this
term.

4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send)   me on a language course to London.

5. It (be)   great and I (think)   I (learn)   a lot.

6. Before I (go)   to London, I (not / enjoy)   learning English.

7. But while I (do)   the language course, I (meet)   lots of young people from all over
the world.

8. There I (notice)   how important it (be)   to speak foreign languages nowadays.

9. Now I (have)   much more fun learning English than I (have)   before the course.

10. At the moment I (revise)   English grammar.

11. And I (begin / already)   to read the texts in my English textbooks again.

12. I (think)   I (do)   one unit every week.

13. My exam (be)   on 15 May, so there (not / be)   any time to be lost.

14. If I (pass)   my exams successfully, I (start)   an apprenticeship in September.

15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go)   back to London to work there for a while.

16. As you (see / can)  , I (become)   a real London fan already.

The London Dungeon

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. The London Dungeon (lie)  in the oldest part of London - in an old subterranean prison (that's

what the word Dungeon (stand)   for).

2. The museum (take)   its visitors on a journey through England's bloody history.

3. It (demonstrate)   the brutal killings and tortures of the past.

4. You (experience / can)   for example how people (die)   on the Gallow or during the
Plague of 1665.
5. The Dungeon also (show)   scenes of Jack the Ripper or the beheading of Anne Boleyn,

who (be)   one of Henry VIII’s six wives.

6. The atmosphere at the Dungeon (be)   really scary - nothing for the faint-hearted.

7. While you (walk)   around the Dungeon, watch out for creepy creatures - the

Dungeon(employ)   actors to give its visitors the fright of their lives.

8. The actors, dressed as monsters, ghosts or executers, (hide)   in the dark corners of the

Dungeon and then suddenly (jump)   out and (grab)   one of the visitors.

9. And the horror (end / not)   at the exit of the exhibition.

10. (you / eat / ever)   a pizza with fingers and eyeballs on it?

11. Well, if you (fancy)   that kind of food, you (love)   the meals at the Dungeon
restaurant.

12. The museum (want)   to provoke, shock, educate and delight.

13. And this it (do)   extremely well.

14. Since its opening in 1975, the Dungeon (attract)   many visitors from all over the world.

15. Besides the regular opening hours, the Dungeon sometimes also (open)   at night.

16. If you (have)   enough money and nerves of steel, you (book / can)   the Dungeon
for parties, conferences or charity events at night.

17. And on 31 October, a frightfully good Halloween Party (take place)   at the Dungeon every
year.

James Cook (1728-1779)

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. The British explorer James Cook was born in the village of Marton, Yorkshire, on 27 October, 1728. But

his family soon (move)   to another village, called Great Ayton, where Cook (spend)   
most of his childhood.

2. As a teenager James Cook (develop)   a fascination for the sea and (travel)   to

Whitby where he (find)   employment on a coal ship.

3. While he (serve)   in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763),

Cook (have)   the command of a ship.

4. After the war (end)  , Cook (take)   command of the vessel Grenville

and (go)   to Newfoundland to survey the coasts there.

5. While he (map)   the coasts of Newfoundland, he (observe)   a solar eclipse off the
North American coast.

6. Cook (send)   the details to the Royal Society, England's leading scientific organisation,

and (win)   their attention.

7. After Cook (publish)   his observations of the solar eclipse, the Royal Society (ask) 

him to lead a scientific expedition to Tahiti and (put)   him in command of the HMS Endeavour.

8. From Tahiti Cook then (go on)   to explore the South Pacific.

9. He also (reach)   New Zealand, which only the Dutchman Abel Tasman (visit) 

before Cook.

10. After Cook (map)   New Zealand's complete coastline, he (sail)   to Australia's east
coast.

11. Cook (name)   the area New South Wales as it (remind)   him of the south coast of
Wales in Great Britain.

12. In 1772, one year after Cook (return)   from his first voyage to the Pacific, the Royal

Society (hire)   him for another expedition to find the mythical Terra Australis.

13. On his journey, Cook (discover)   several islands and almost (go)   as far as the
continent of Antarctica.

14. He (make)   maps of the South Pacific and (prove)   that Terra Australis (exist /

not)  .

15. His third and last voyage for the Royal Society (take)   him to the west coast of North America

where he (try)   to find a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific.

16. He (not / can / pass)   the Bering Strait, however; the ice (force)   him to return to

Hawaii, which he (discover)   earlier.

17. While he and his crew (rest)   in Hawaii, some Hawaiians (steal)   one of his boats.

18. When Cook and his men (try)   to get the boat back from the natives, a violent fight (break

out)   in which the natives (stab)   James Cook to death.

Bewley's Oriental Cafés

 Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. Bewley's (be)   an old Irish tea house chain.

2. The history of the famous Bewley's Oriental Cafés (begin)   in 1835 when Charles

Bewley (import)   over 2000 chests of tea directly from the Chinese province of Canton to
Dublin.

3. It (not / look)   like a great deal today, but back then it (be)  a coup: no man

before (dare)   to import tea directly into Ireland.

4. Bewley's initiative (put)   an end to the East India Trading Company's tea monopoly which

before 1835 (force)   the Irish to import their tea from London.

5. Samuel Bewley's son Joshua also (become)  a tea merchant.

6. Like his father, he (import)   tea into Ireland.

7. The Irish (like)   the idea of not having to import old tea from London.

8. A tea expert (notice)   that even the poorest Irish people (buy)   only the finest tea.

9. By the end of the 19th century a tea culture (develop)   in Ireland.

10. In 1894, Joshua's son Ernest Bewley (want)   to stimulate the market for a product

that (be)   rather unknown that far: coffee.

11. In the back of his shop in Dublin's George's Street, he (begin)   to run coffee making
demonstrations.

12. His wife (bake)   scones to go with the coffee, and the couple soon (find out)   that

their idea (be)   extremely popular among customers.

13. That (mark)   the beginning of the first Bewley's Oriental Café.

14. In Dublin's Grafton Street, Ernest Bewley (open)   another Bewley's Oriental Café in 1927, on

which he (spend)   nearly 60,000 Pound.

15. Still now the interior furnishings and wonderful stain glass (provide)   a very special oriental
flair.

16. During World War II, Bewley's (must restrict)   the supply of tea to an ounce per head, and

many customers (switch)   to coffee.

17. Today, Bewley's (be)   Ireland's leading supplier of quality coffees and teas.

18. It (create)   a catering service for larger customers such as Trinity College and

it (open)   cafés in book stores and Dublin Airport.

19. Bewley's Clipper Gold Tea and Espresso Prima (win)   Gold Awards in the London Great Taste
Awards.
1. You look really great! (you, work)   out at the fitness center recently? 

2. A: What (you, do)   when the accident occurred? 

B: I (try)   to change a light bulb that had burnt out. 

3. I (have)   the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about buying a
new one. 

4. If it (snow)   this weekend, we (go)   skiing near Lake Tahoe. 

5. A: What do you call people who work in libraries? 

B: They (call)   librarians. 

6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago.

When I return to Australia, I (study)  for nine months and I (be)   

in England for exactly one year. 

7. Sam (arrive)   in San Diego a week ago. 

8. Samantha (live)   in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she

(live)   there when the Berlin wall came down. 

9. If Vera (keep)   drinking, she (lose, eventually)   her job. 

10. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan;

however, their culture (disappear, virtually)   by the time Europeans first

(arrive)   in the New World. 

11. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep)  . 

12. It (rain)   all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the
beach. 

13. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss)   the bus this morning. You

(be)   late to work too many times. You are fired! 

14. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we (wake)   up

tomorrow morning, the sun (shine)  . 

15. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit)   the Grand Canyon and
San Francisco by the time I leave the United States. 

16. I (see)   many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of
the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small. 

17. In the last hundred years, traveling (become)   much easier and very

comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take)  two or three months to cross North

America by covered wagon. The trip (be)   very rough and often dangerous.

Things (change)   a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can
fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. 

18. Joseph's English (improve, really)  , isn't it? He (watch)   

American television programs and (study)   his grammar every day since he
first arrived in San Diego. Soon he will be totally fluent. 

19. When I (arrive)   home last night, I discovered that Jane

(prepare)   a beautiful candlelight dinner. 

20. If you (need)   to contact me sometime next week, I (stay)   at
the Sheraton in San Francisco.

Please choose the correct, most natural-sounding response to complete each of the
following sentences: 

1. P1: Would you have told her truth? P2: No, I ________. (to lie)
   would have lied
   would lie
   will lie

2. If he ________ me to come, I will. (to ask)

   asked
   asks
   would ask

3. I really thought that my team ________. (to win)

   will win
   would have won
   would win

4. They would have won if they ________ better. (to play) 

   had played
   will play
   have played

5. If you ________ more, you wouldn't be so tired. (to sleep) 

   will sleep
   had slept
   slept

6. If you hadn't told him, he ________. (to find out)

   will never find out
   would have never found out
   never finds out

7. If I need money next week, I ________ it from my brother (to borrow)

   will borrow
   borrow
   would borrow

8. I ________ here if you need me. (to be)

   would be
   will be
   would have been

9. I ________ if I had known it was such a sensitive topic. (to laugh)

   didn't laugh
   wouldn't have laughed
   laughed

10. If John ________ Betty, he would marry her. (to love)

   would love
   loves
   loved

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)

1. Look! Sara (go)   to the movies.

2. On her right hand, Sara (carry)   her handbag.

3. The handbag (be)   very beautiful.

4. Sara usually (put)   on black shoes but now she (wear)   white trainers.

5. And look, she (take)   an umbrella because it (rain)    

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect)

1. When he (wake up)   , his mother (already /prepare)   breakfast

2. We (go)   to London because our friends (invite)   us

3. He (hear)   the news, (go)   to the telephone and (call)   a friend.

4. When she (start)   learning English she (already /learn)   French.

5. Jane (already / type)   three pages when her computer (crash)   .

6. By the time the doctor (arrive)   at the house the patient ( die)   .

7. Before that day we (never / think)   of traveling to Japan.

8. I (know)   him a long time before I (meet)   his family.

9. They (not / know)   where to meet because nobody (tell)   them.

 10. It (be)   cloudy for days before it (begin)   to rain.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect).

1. I (just / finish)   my homework.

2. Mary (already / write)   five letters.

3. Tom (move)   to his home town in 1994.

4. My friend (be)   in Canada two years ago.

5. I (not / be)   to Canada so far.

6. But I (already / travel)   to London a couple of times.

7. Last week, Mary and Paul (go)   to the cinema.

8. I can't take any pictures because I (not /buy)   a new film yet.

9. (they / spend)   their holidays in Paris last summer?

10. (you / ever / see )   a whale?

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. The receptionist (welcome)   the guests and (ask)   them to fill in the form

2. The car (break)   down and we (have)   to walk home.

3. The boys (swim)   while the girls (sunbath)   .

4. My father (come)   in, (look)   and (tell)   me to tidy up my room.

5. While one group (prepare)   dinner the others (collect)   wood for the campfire.

6. While the parents (have)   breakfast the children (run)   about.

7. Martha (turn)   off the light and (go)   to bed.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple future or future perfect)

1. Tomorrow I think I (start)    my new project.

2. I (finish)   it by the end of this month.

 3. The teacher (probably/assign)   a test to his students next Monday.

4. He (correct)   it by the end of next week.

5. My friend (certainly/get)   a good mark.

6. By 9 o'clock, we (finish)   our homework.

7. They (leave)   the classroom by the end of the hour.

8. I think I (start)   my trip tomorrow

1. We   TV when it started to rain. (to watch)

2. I   to visit you yesterday, but you   not at home.(to want) (to
be)
3. Look! It  , so we can't   to the beach. (to rain) (to go)
4. There are a lot of clouds! It   soon. (to rain)
5. The sun   in the east. (to rise)
6. Since 2011 they   their son every year. (to visit)
7. While the doctor   Mr Jones, his son   outside this morning. (to
examine) (to wait)
8. I   for my girlfriend for two hours. (to wait)
9. After Larry   the film on TV, he decided to buy the book. (to see)
10. Wait a minute, I   this box for you. (to carry)

Where   your holidays this summer ( YOU, SPEND)?