Verb Tenses Practice Exercises
Present and past tenses
24.7.2012
Gymnázium a Jazyková škola s právem státní jazykové zkoušky Zlín
Complete the text with the correct forms of the verbs
,
active or passive, present, perfect or past (perfect)
tenses, infinitives
Today felt like the first
proper
day of the holidays! We
……(sleep) in till nearly 9. The new summer weight
duvet is perfect. We are too wimpish …………………….
(manage) a whole night with just a sheet.
There were eleven morning glory flowers out this
morning. Steve's sister and I ………… (chat), and I
………..(do)a bit more packing and washing, then we
…………….(set) off across country
…………… (meet)
some of Steve and Rosie's long lost cousins at a
country pub. Cousin Tony …………………(emigrate) in
1963, and ………………(marry) there and ……………(raise)
a family.
We ……..(get) on well, and even agreed
………….(meet) in Scotland next week, as that is
where we'll both be! Tony's wife, Christine,
…………..(go) to a convent school, as had I, so we
……………(have) something in common straight away.
Neither of us ……………. ever ………… (go) to a
reunion, or are likely ………………(attend) one.
As for me, I ………… normally ……………(have) Sunday
lunch, but the roast beef and yorkshire pud, plus
bread and butter pudding, means that I'll never
have to eat again, which will be handy over the next
few weeks.
Now, my bags …………….(pack), I'm ready ……….(go).
Answer key
Today felt like the first
proper
day of the holidays! We
slept
in till
nearly 9. The new summer weight duvet is perfect. We are too
wimpish
to manage
a whole night with just a sheet.
There were eleven morning glory flowers out this morning. Steve's
sister and I
chatted
, and I
did
a bit more packing and washing, then we
set
off across country
to meet
some of Steve and Rosie's long lost
cousins at a country pub. Cousin Tony
emigrated
in 1963, and
married
there and
raised
a family.
We
got
on well, and even
agreed
to meet
in Scotland next week, as
that is where we'll both be! Tony's wife, Christine,
had been
to a
convent school, as had I, so we
had
something in common straight
away. Neither of us
have
ever
been
to a reunion, or are likely to attend
one.
As for me, I
don't
normally
have
Sunday lunch, but the roast beef and
yorkshire pud, plus bread and butter pudding, means that I'll never
have to eat again, which will be handy over the next few weeks.
Now, my bags
are packed
, I'm
ready
to go
.
Complete the text with the correct forms of the
verbs
,
active or passive, present, future, perfect
or past tenses:
A mere three weeks ago we ……………(walk) in the
canal basin before the water was added. Today we
were able to walk from Bowbridge (our nearest
joining point) to just east of Waitrose. That
………….(be) possible since last July because of
engineering works, but when the contractors
………(leave) tomorrow, the whole section from
Bowbridge to the bottom of town …………..(be)
walkable or cycleable. Not all of the towpath
……………….(upgrade) yet, because some parts
………………(do) by a volunteer task force.
Answer key
A mere three weeks ago we
were walking
in the
canal basin before the water was added. Today we
were able to walk from Bowbridge (our nearest
joining point) to just east of Waitrose. That
has not
been
possible since last July because of engineering
works, but when the contractors
leave
tomorrow,
the whole section from Bowbridge to the bottom of
town
will be
walkable or cycleable. Not all of the
towpath
has been upgraded
yet, because some
parts
are done
by a volunteer task force.
Vocabulary
wimpish
yorkshire pud = pudding (inf.)
mere
contractor
walkable
cycleable
towpath
volunteer task force
slabošský
příloha k masu
pouhý
dodavatel, stavitel
schůdný
sjízdný na kole
stezka podél kanálu, po které v
minulosti tahal dobytek lodě
dobrovolnictví
Zdroje
www.blipfoto.com/woodpeckers
www.thefreedictionary.org
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Complete the text with the correct forms of the verbs, active or passive, present, perfect or past (perfect) tenses, infinitives Today felt like the first proper day of the holidays! We (sleep) in till nearly 9. The new summer weight duvet is perfect. We are too wimpish . (manage) a whole night with just a sheet. There were eleven morning glory flowers out this morning. Steve's sister and I (chat), and I ..(do)a bit more packing and washing, then we .(set) off across country (meet) some of Steve and Rosie's long lost cousins at a country pub. Cousin Tony (emigrate) in 1963, and (marry) there and (raise) a family.
We ..(get) on well, and even agreed .(meet) in Scotland next week, as that is where we'll both be! Tony's wife, Christine, ..(go) to a convent school, as had I, so we (have) something in common straight away. Neither of us . ever (go) to a reunion, or are likely (attend) one. As for me, I normally (have) Sunday lunch, but the roast beef and yorkshire pud, plus bread and butter pudding, means that I'll never have to eat again, which will be handy over the next few weeks. Now, my bags .(pack), I'm ready .(go).
Answer key Today felt like the first proper day of the holidays! We slept in till nearly 9. The new summer weight duvet is perfect. We are too wimpish to manage a whole night with just a sheet. There were eleven morning glory flowers out this morning. Steve's sister and I chatted, and I did a bit more packing and washing, then we set off across country to meet some of Steve and Rosie's long lost cousins at a country pub. Cousin Tony emigrated in 1963, and married there and raised a family. We got on well, and even agreed to meet in Scotland next week, as that is where we'll both be! Tony's wife, Christine, had been to a convent school, as had I, so we had something in common straight away. Neither of us have ever been to a reunion, or are likely to attend one. As for me, I don't normally have Sunday lunch, but the roast beef and yorkshire pud, plus bread and butter pudding, means that I'll never have to eat again, which will be handy over the next few weeks. Now, my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.
Complete the text with the correct forms of the verbs, active or passive, present, future, perfect or past tenses: A mere three weeks ago we (walk) in the canal basin before the water was added. Today we were able to walk from Bowbridge (our nearest joining point) to just east of Waitrose. That .(be) possible since last July because of engineering works, but when the contractors (leave) tomorrow, the whole section from Bowbridge to the bottom of town ..(be) walkable or cycleable. Not all of the towpath .(upgrade) yet, because some parts (do) by a volunteer task force.
Answer key A mere three weeks ago we were walking in the canal basin before the water was added. Today we were able to walk from Bowbridge (our nearest joining point) to just east of Waitrose. That has not been possible since last July because of engineering works, but when the contractors leave tomorrow, the whole section from Bowbridge to the bottom of town will be walkable or cycleable. Not all of the towpath has been upgraded yet, because some parts are done by a volunteer task force.
Vocabulary wimpish yorkshire pud = pudding (inf.) mere contractor walkable cycleable towpath slabo sk p loha k masu pouh dodavatel, stavitel sch dn sj zdn na kole stezka pod l kan lu, po kter v minulosti tahal dobytek lod dobrovolnictv volunteer task force
Zdroje www.blipfoto.com/woodpeckers www.thefreedictionary.org
