The document contains a series of sentences with verbs missing that need to be filled in with the correct tense. The sentences test knowledge of verb tenses including past, present, future and continuous tenses. They cover situations involving plans and arrangements, typical daily activities, future intentions and hypothetical scenarios.

1. Fill the gaps with the correct tense:
1. Mary: Hello, Peter. What bus (you/wait)………………………for?
2. Ann: Look! I ‘ve got a letter from Hugh. He (say)
………………..he…………….(come) to London next weekend
and(want)……………….us to meet him for lunch.
3. My daughter never ……………….(write)to me so I never (know)
…………. What she……………………..(do).
(your son/write)……………to you, Mr. Smith?
4. -I hear you’ve bought a new house.
-Yes, I (move) ……………….in next week.
-(You/have)…………………..a house warming party?
5. (You/find out)……………………………..yet about the train to
Liverpool?
6. -Where (you/be)………………………………….?
-I(be)……………………shopping in London Street.
-So I suppose you(buy)……………………………shoes
-Yes I found a shop where they (have) …………………. A sale and
I (get)……………..three pairs.
7. When ……………..(you/begin) school? –When I ………………(be)
seventeen.
8. How long(you/be)…………………………..in your present job?
-I………………………….(work) here for six months.
-(you/like) ……………….. working for them? No, I don’t.
9. I (know)…………….. the results tomorrow. As soon as I (hear)
…………., I ……………………(tell)you.
10.Stand there! They …………………………………(change) the
guard in ten minutes and you’ll get a good view.
11.We have just got to the top of the mountain in time. The sun (rise)
………… in a minute.
12.What do you think the children ………………….(do) when we get
home this evening?
-I expect they (have)……………………………their supper.
13.We’d better(go) ……………… out tomorrow, because Mary
………………..…(practise the piano all day.
14.When we (return)………………………… I’ll give him the key.
15.He will wash up before he ………………………..(go) to bed.
16.While I …………………….(swim), someone …………..(steal) my
clothes and I ………………..(have to ) walk home in my swimsuit.
17.Why(you/lend)…………………….him that book? I still (not/finish)
…………….. reading it.
18.There aren’t any buses because the drivers (go)………………. on
strike.

2. 19.(You/leave/ever)…………………………. a restaurant without
paying the bill?
20.He (say)………………that he (build)…………………….a house
and that he (think)………….it would be ready in two years.
21.Why(he/not finish)………………….?He …………….(have) plenty
of time.
22.The men (say)……………that they (work)……………on the road
outside my house and they (want)…………………. some water to
make tea.
23.I can’t understand this letter………….………(you/translate) it for
me, Mr.Smith?
24.(you/hold) …………………… my parcels, please , while I put up
my umbrella?
25.I’ve chosen a school for my son.
-………………..(you/send) him to a public or private school?
26.This kind of snake…………….(not/bite) unless it’s disturbed.
27.“I……….……(not/apologize)!” she said stamping his foot.
28.I……………..(have ) a cup of wine, thanks.
29.I(just/hear)…………………. The most extraordinary news.
30.(you/ever/fly)……………………….. a plane? No, not yet.
31.I (come)………………… in very late last night and unfortunately
the dog(wake)…….up and (start)……….. to bark. This(wake)
……….. my mother who (go)………….. to the top of the stairs and
(say)…………….:”Who is there?”.
I(say)……….:”It’s me”, but she (not hear)………………. me
because the dog (bark)……………………..so loudly, so
she(get)………… back to her room and (call) ……………….the
police.
32.Papers(not be) …………..delivered on the Bank holiday next week.
33.In 15 days he ……………….(take) all the exams.
34.On the fourth of the next month he(be)……….……. in prison for ten
years.
35.At this rate you(break)………………….. all the glasses by the end
of the month.
36.She will be delighted when she(hear)……………… this.
37.I won’t come to London till the bus strike (be)………..over.
38.After arriving at the conference, she realised that she (forget)
…………….. her glasses at home and that she ……………….
(not/can) read her speech.
39.They were very rude to me. I (not/go)…………….there again.
40.(you/have)………………something else to eat? Yes, please another
sandwich.
41.By this time next year I(save)…………….. 250 euros.