Tenses I.

• English
• Special Education

Practice on tenses...

………………. he was washing the dishes, I was hoovering the carpets.

1. While
2. By the time
3. Until
4. Till

When I opened my eyes, I ………………. a strange sight.

1. saw
2. was seeing
3. have seen
4. had seen

Every morning she …………….. up early and gets ready for work.

1. is waking
2. wakes
3. has waked
4. is waked

I ………………….. anything from her for a long time.

1. haven't heared
2. am not hearing
3. didn't hear
4. haven't heard

The headmaster ……………… to talk to you.

1. want
2. wanting
3. wants
4. is wanting

Jane ………………. with her parents.

1. is living
2. lives
3. has lived
4. had lived

We ..................... Greece next month.

1. will visit
2. visit
3. is visiting
4. are visiting

I …………………. English for twelve years.

1. am teaching
2. have been teaching
3. has been teaching
4. have teached

It ______ (BE) seven o'clock in the evening. My friend Charlie and I ______(WALK) through the park. We were on our way home . We ______ (TALK) and ______(LAUGH). Suddenly the sky ______ (GO)very dark. Charlie ______ (LOOK) up and said, 'It's going to rain'. Then I ______(HEAR)a loud bang and the sky ______ (GO)bright green. I thought I ______ (DREAM). There was a huge, shiny spaceship just above our heads. It ______ (NOT MOVE). It ______(PULL) us off the ground. Seconds later we were inside it. Twenty strange creatures ______(LOOK) at us. They all ______(HAVE) wrinkled skin and hands like pincers. They ______(NOT HURT) us. They ______(SMILE) and they seemed very friendly. I don't know how long we ______(BE) in space, but I think the spaceship ______(MOVE).

 

Suddenly the door ________ (OPEN) underneath us. We ________ (FALL) out of the spaceship onto the ground. We were back in the park again. Charlie and I just ________ (STARE) at each other. We ________ (SHAKE) because we were so scared. Then we ________ (RUN) home as fast as we could. That's all Charlie and I can remember. I know it sounds crazy but it's the truth. On 11 November 1982, exactly five years after the kidnapping, more strange things ________ (HAPPEN) in Gulf Breeze. Cars ________ (DISAPPEAR), cats started to fly and several people  ________ (SEE) spaceships in the sky.