TENSES
 

Present Tenses

1, enjoys / watches   2, doesn’t use   3, Does / usually change   4, smokes   5, is staying   6, take   7, am feeding   8, does not usually send   9, mix / put    10, are turning   11, get / says   12, isn’t playing   13, comes   14, are always losing   15, consists of   16, Do you think   17, are you thinking   18, is being   19, are tasting   20, guarantee
 

Past Tenses

1, swim   2, stopped   3, jumped   4, ruled   5, were growing / was   6, were experiencing   7, was leaving   8, were working   9, had been running   10, was taking   11, had taken   12, had been   13, had already started   14, climbed   15, had expected   16, had been declining   17, had only used   18, use to have   19, used   20, used to be
 

Future Tenses

1, will find   2, ‘ll probably sell   3, are going to win   4, ‘s going to rain   5, ‘ll be skiing   6, ‘ll have been married   7, ‘ll have been living / ‘ll have lived   8, ‘ll just finish / ‘m just going to finish   9, shall we have   10, will come / am going to come   11, ‘m going to spend   12, ‘re going to build   13, is coming   14, ‘m staying   15, ‘ll be making /’re going to make   16, will you be staying / are you going to stay   17, takes off   18, will be / is   19, will be playing   20, pay
 

Mixed tenses:

Letter 1 (Dear Hilda)

have just heard / would like / Do you think / would be able to / had / remember / said / was OR had been / got OR had got / can OR could / can OR could / suits OR would suit / has / will bring OR would bring / isn’t / don’t hesitate / are / will take him if I ask OR would take him if I asked / has been OR was / seemed

Letter 2 (Dear Sarah)

am OR was /am / are going / will be / will look / enjoyed / missed / left OR had left / looked / will be / Will you OR Could you / doesn’t suit / Don’t bother / have / you’ll have / bring / you’ll have OR you’ll have had

Letter 3 (Dear Peter)

Do you by any chance know / would like / have just heard / would exactly suit / doesn’t apply / won’t get / saw / was just leaving OR had just left / said / was going / promised / found OR had found / have heard / don’t even know / went / know / would be / would phone OR phoned / have tried / doesn’t seem

Letter 4 (Dear Sir)

am / advertised /are coming OR will be coming / require OR will require / Would you please tell me OR Could you please tell me / is / would also like / Will I be able to OR Would I be able to / hopes OR is hoping / don’t drive / won’t be / need OR would need OR will need / Do the local shops still deliver / know / did / would be / would tell / calls / ask OR are asking / sounds / would you like / have been / lived / want / is also writing / would like / painted / has known / lived / am / would recommend OR will recommend / would of course be willing OR am of course willing / would be / enclose

Error correction

Joy Adams had built HAD BEEN BUILDING her own website for about two months. When she was a student at the university, Joy studies STUDIED advertising and marketing. Since she has begun BEGAN working with computers, she has learned a lot about them. Every once in a while, she is having HAS problems, though. For example, one day last week, the power went off while she worked WAS WORKING. When the problem occurred, she has HAD been writing a story for her website. Just as she is WAS going to turn the computer off and take a break, the electricity has gone WENT off. Fortunately, she had saved the story, so she wasn’t losing DIDN'T LOSE it.

PASSIVES

Exercise 1

1,was invented  2,is surrounded  3,is spelled   4,is going to be built/will be built   5, was divided   6,is worn   7,was caused   8,was ordered   9,was … killed   10,has not been reported   11,was surprised   12,was offered   13,were frightened   14,was confused   15,is expected

Exercise 2

were hit / were changed / was measured / has ever been recorded / was followed / were destroyed / were swept / died / were killed / were left / continued / could have been lessened / exists / doesn’t reach / have been working / will not experience

Exercise 3

Mood changes are said to have a physiological basis in the brain. As a result, these changes are being studied. Because it is believed that mood changes are affected by the level of serotonin in the brain, a study has been conducted to determine what factors affect the level of serotonin. The blood of a large number of volunteers was taken throughout the year. This blood was then analyzed to see when the amount of serotonin was highest and lowest. It was found that the level of serotonin was affected by sunlight but it was not affected by temperature, air pressure or amount of rain. An increase in depression with reduced sunlight was also noted. Consequently, this depression has been named "Seasonal Affective Disorder," although it is often just called "winter blues."