1. Choose the most
appropriate time expressions underlined.
(A) Once / Afterwards I’d read the manual, I found I could
use the computer quite well.
(B) It was more than a month before /
until I realized what had happened.
(C) I managed to talk to Carol just as /
while she was leaving.
(D) It wasn’t until / up to 2016
that Nigel could afford to take holidays abroad.
(E) George always let me know by the time
/ whenever he was going to be late.
(F) I was having a bath at the time /
that time, so I didn’t hear the doorbell.
(G) We bought our tickets and five minutes after
/ later the train arrived.
(H) According to Grandpa, people used to dress
formally those days / in his day.
(I) Everyone stopped talking at the time / the
moment Mr. Smith entered the room.
(J) The letter still hadn’t
arrived by / until the end of the week.
2. Complete each sentence (A) to (J) with an
appropriate ending form. Do not use an ending more than once.
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(A)
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I haven’t been feeling very well ……..
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……… time and time again.
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(B)
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I went to the dentist’s ………
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……… all my life.
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(C)
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I’ve lived here …….
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……… so far.
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(D)
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Don’t worry. I haven’t been waiting….
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……… for the time being.
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(E)
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I’ve lived in this house …….
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……… for the past hour or two.
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(F)
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I waited outside your house ………
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……… yet.
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(G)
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I’ve warned you about this ………
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……… till half past eight.
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(H)
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I haven’t made a decision ……..
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……… for a while.
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(I)
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The repair has worked ……..
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……… the other day.
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(J)
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I’ve decided to believe you ……
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……… long.
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3. Put each verb in
brackets into the most appropriate perfect or past tense.
(A) I’m sorry I
__________________________________________ (not come) to class lately.
(B) I wonder if Mary
_________________________________ (reach) home yet?
(C) ______________________________ (you made up)
your minds?
(D) What _____________________________ (you
decide) to do?
(E) Recent research
______________________ (show)
that Columbus ________________
(not discover) America, but that
Vikings ______________________ (land) there five
hundred years before him.
(F) I think that people
___________________ (become) tired of the poor quality of
television programs, though they
____________________ (improve) lately.
(G) Bill _______________ (get)
that new job, but he ______________________(complain)
about it ever since.
ANSWERS: TENSE (TWO)
CONSOLIDATION
1. Choose the most
appropriate time expressions underlined.
(A) Once / Afterwards I’d read the manual,
I found I could use the computer quite well.
(B) It was more than a month before / until I
realized what had happened.
(C) I managed to talk to Carol just as / while she was
leaving.
(D) It wasn’t until / up to 2016 that Nigel could afford to
take holidays abroad.
(E) George always let me know by the time
/ whenever he was going to
be late.
(F) I was having a bath at the time / that time, so I didn’t hear the
doorbell.
(G) We bought our tickets and five minutes after / later the
train arrived.
(H) According to Grandpa, people used to dress
formally those days / in his day.
(I) Everyone stopped talking at the time / the moment Mr. Smith entered the
room.
(J) The letter still hadn’t
arrived by / until the
end of the week.
2. Complete each sentence (A) to (J) with an
appropriate ending form. Do not use an ending more than once.
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(A)
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I haven’t been feeling very well ……..
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(g)
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……… time and time again.
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(B)
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I went to the dentist’s ………
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(e)
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……… all my life.
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(C)
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I’ve lived here …….
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(i)
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……… so far.
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(D)
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Don’t worry. I haven’t been waiting….
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(j)
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……… for the time being.
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(E)
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I’ve lived in this house …….
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(a)
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……… for the past hour or two.
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(F)
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I waited outside your house ………
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(h)
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……… yet.
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(G)
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I’ve warned you about this ………
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(f)
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……… till half past eight.
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(H)
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I haven’t made a decision ……..
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(c)
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……… for a while.
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(I)
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The repair has worked ……..
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(b)
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……… the other day.
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(J)
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I’ve decided to believe you ……
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(d)
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……… long.
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3. Put each verb in
brackets into the most appropriate perfect or past tense.
(A) I’m sorry I have not been (not
come) to class lately.
(B) I wonder if Mary has reached (reach) home
yet?
(C) Have
you made up (you
made up) your minds?
(D) What have you decided (you decide) to do?
(E) Recent research shows (show) that
Columbus did not discover (not
discover) America,
but
that Vikings landed (land)
there five hundred years before him.
(F) I think that people have become (become)
tired of the poor quality of television
programs,
though they have improved (improve)
lately.
(G) Bill got (get) that new job, but he has complained (complain)
about it ever since.
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