Chapter+2

A survey of tenses
[|2 A survey of tenses.doc] (this was also handed out in class) //Note that the example sentences are exactly those used in the book. You are encouraged to make up your own examples for your summaries, but you must be very sure that they are correct! You MUST use your own sentences in your practice test. Of course you may use the same verbs and examples that are in the text of the chapter, but do NOT copy entire sentences from the exercises in the chapter!//

Instructions:
Read the sentences under each picture and //**write the English**// //**name of the verb tense**// (and aspect) which is underlined.

1. Officer, I __stopped__ when the light __turned__ red! I __did__! 2. Sorry, sir, but you __are__ under arrest.

3. This orangutang __has been teasing__ me all afternoon! 4. In a minute I __will ask__ him politely to stop.

5. Dad __didn't tell__ me this thing was so heavy! 6. If I __drop__ it, he__'ll kill__ me...

7. At 12:00 we __will have been walking__ for two hours on this dead-end road. 8. He said he __would take__ me to meet his mother no matter what I __was wearing__.

9. You __haven't fed__ me yet today! 10. By the end of the day I __will have kissed__ the entire inside of this fish tank.

11. I __would have taken__ a different road if I __had known__ that you always __get__ carsick.

12. Oh no! There'__s__ another speeding car __coming__! 13. In ten seconds I __will be stepping__ into the safety of the bushes on the other side.



14. She __would have been dancing__ in the Notting Hill carnival now if she __hadn't been wearing__ the wrong costume. 15. If I __had found__ a cab, I __wouldn't be sitting__ here with these losers.

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Answer Key
1. past simple (all 3) 2. present simple 3. present perfect continuous 4. present future simple 5. past simple (negative with 'did') / past simple 6. present simple / present future simple 7. present future perfect continuous 8. past future simple / past continuous 9. present perfect simple 10. present future perfect simple 11. past future perfect simple / past perfect simple / present simple 12. present continuous 13. present future continuous 14. past future perfect continuous / past perfect continuous 15. past perfect simple / past future continuous