The verbs in the text should all be in the
present simple tense.You have to find the 16 verbs that are in the past tense
and correct them.
Mrs. Cable
was the richest
woman in the
city, but she
is also a
busybody. She always
wanted to know
what everybody is
doing. When
she needs something
she rings a
bell and a
servant came .
One day a truck stops
in front of
her house and
three men got out.
They are carrying
a large box.
Mrs. Cable sees
this and told
her servant, Sam,
to go and
see what the
men were doing.
Sam goes out
and spoke to
the men but
they don't tellhim.
When he came
back Mrs. Cable
is very angry
with him. Next
she sent George
to find out.
He didn't want
to go at
first and Mrs.
Cable told
him he is
afraid. When he
goes out the
men ignored him
when he said
good morning. He tries again
but this time
the big man hit him
in the stomach
and he fell
on the ground.
Mrs. Cable sees
all this and
went down to
the street. The
men take her
by the arms
and put her
in the box.
Ex. 10: All Tenses
Choose the most
appropriate answer.
1. Who food in your family when your Mom is
away? ( cooks , is cooking,
has been cooking,
Cooked)
2. Where is
John? – He his car in the garage. (repairs
, is repairing , has repaired
repaired )
3. I love this
film. I it four or five times
already. ( see , have seen , had seen )
4. Have you
visited any European countries? – Yes. I
Spain and Italy two years ago.
( visited , have visited, had visited )
5. She the living room when she heard a strange
noise in the kitchen. ( has cleaned, has
been cleaning , was cleaning )
6. I envy you.
At five tomorrow you some tan on a
nice beach in Greece. ( will get , will be getting ,
will have
gotten, will have been getting )
7. You arrived
two days ago. You are going to leave next Sunday. By the time you leave,
you nine days here. ( spend ,
have spent, are spending , will have spent )
8. Where is he?
I for him since three o'clock! ( am waiting ,
have been waiting , was waiting ,
had been
waiting)
9. I went to
Belgium last month. I there before.
It's a beautiful country. ( have never
been ,
had never been, never was ,
never been )
10. He said
that his mother would be very upset when she that he had lost his job. ( learns ,
Learned,
had learned , would learn)
