REVISION OF TENSES FOR 3º AND 4º ESO STUDENTS:
1) Complete these sentences with the verb in its correct form (present simple, present
continuous or gerund)
a) Does your sister dislike ___________________ (play) hockey? No, it _________________
(be) a very interesting sport. In fact it's my favourite sport.
b) Listen! Those children ________________ (send) Whatsapp messages to their mothers.
c) Mike and Susan __________________ (play) online games every day but Susan
___________________ (not / play) today because she has to finish her book report for
English.
d) Heather and Rick ______________ (go) to Ourense on Tuesdays but Heather
______________________ (sometimes / go) to Vigo too. They ___________________ (like)
travelling to many places.
e) We ________________ (be) very intelligent but our cousins ________________ (not / have)
good marks.
f) We __________________ (play) a football match right now but I __________________
(prefer) football to exams.
g) What ________________________ (you mother / do) now? She _____________ (read) the
newspaper. She ________________ (love) it.
h) Most students don't like broccoli but Josefina ________________ (love) it.
2) Complete these sentences with the right form of the verb:
a) When I________________ the CDs I _________________ the pen you had lost.
i) look for/ was finding
ii) were looking for/found
iii) looked for/ was finding
iv) was looking for/ found
b) Look! It___________________ outside!
i) have rained
ii) rains
iii) rain
iv) is raining
c) We come to school ___________________.
i) to study
ii) to studying
iii) studying
iv) have studied
d) We__________________ to Monforte last weekend.
i) did went
ii) didn’t went
iii) went
iv) haven’t been
e) He loves ___________________.
i) swim
ii) to swim
iii) swimming
iv) swims
f) The exam ____________________ yet.
i) doesn’t finish
ii) haven’t finished
iii) didn’t finish
iv) hasn’t finished
g) She ____________________ the letter when you __________________.
i) wrote / arrived
ii) wrote/ were arriving
iii) was writing/ were arriving
iv) was writing/arrived
h) Tom ___________________ to Cuba next month.
i) goes
ii) does go
iii) is going
iv) has been
i) I __________________ this book at the moment.
i) am not liking
ii) do not like
iii) haven’t liked
iv) doesn’t like
j) ___________________________ Paris last summer?
i) did you visit
ii) have you visited
iii) were you visiting
iv) are you visiting
3) Write the right form of the verb given in brackets:
a) My sister and I ________________ (be) interested in Geography.
b) What ______________________ (you/do) at the moment? – I ________________ (write) an
exam but I _______________________ (not/usually/take) exams in the morning.
c) Yesterday afternoon I ____________________ (study) for this exam when your sister
suddenly _____________________ (phone).
d) Tomorrow morning we ________________ (visit) her at the hospital.
e) I ____________________ (clean) all the windows this morning. Look at them and you’ll see
how clean they are.
f) Yesterday morning I ______________ (get up), ________________(have) a shower,
________________ (have) breakfast and _________________ (get) dressed.
g) I ______________________ (not/understand) this exercise at the moment. Can you explain
it to me?
h) She __________________ (pick) my new pen while I __________________ (talk) to my
brother.
4) Complete these sentences with the verb in its correct form (present simple, present
continuous, past simple, past continuous or present perfect):
a) I _____________________________ (always/go) to the cinema on Fridays but we
_______________ (not / like) science fiction films.
b) Last night I ______________ (not study) French; I ______________ (watch) the film. It was
great!
c) Yesterday afternoon, while we ___________________ (go) back home by bus all my friends
__________________ (see) your brother.
d) Now, I ___________________ (understand) their problem.
e) One hour ago we ___________________ (finish) our exam when the bell
_________________ (ring)
f) My sister ____________________ (usually / be) very nice.

Revision of tenses for 3º and 4º eso students

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    REVISION OF TENSESFOR 3º AND 4º ESO STUDENTS: 1) Complete these sentences with the verb in its correct form (present simple, present continuous or gerund) a) Does your sister dislike ___________________ (play) hockey? No, it _________________ (be) a very interesting sport. In fact it's my favourite sport. b) Listen! Those children ________________ (send) Whatsapp messages to their mothers. c) Mike and Susan __________________ (play) online games every day but Susan ___________________ (not / play) today because she has to finish her book report for English. d) Heather and Rick ______________ (go) to Ourense on Tuesdays but Heather ______________________ (sometimes / go) to Vigo too. They ___________________ (like) travelling to many places. e) We ________________ (be) very intelligent but our cousins ________________ (not / have) good marks. f) We __________________ (play) a football match right now but I __________________ (prefer) football to exams. g) What ________________________ (you mother / do) now? She _____________ (read) the newspaper. She ________________ (love) it. h) Most students don't like broccoli but Josefina ________________ (love) it. 2) Complete these sentences with the right form of the verb: a) When I________________ the CDs I _________________ the pen you had lost. i) look for/ was finding ii) were looking for/found iii) looked for/ was finding iv) was looking for/ found b) Look! It___________________ outside! i) have rained ii) rains iii) rain iv) is raining c) We come to school ___________________. i) to study ii) to studying iii) studying iv) have studied d) We__________________ to Monforte last weekend. i) did went ii) didn’t went iii) went iv) haven’t been e) He loves ___________________. i) swim ii) to swim iii) swimming iv) swims f) The exam ____________________ yet. i) doesn’t finish ii) haven’t finished iii) didn’t finish iv) hasn’t finished
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    g) She ____________________the letter when you __________________. i) wrote / arrived ii) wrote/ were arriving iii) was writing/ were arriving iv) was writing/arrived h) Tom ___________________ to Cuba next month. i) goes ii) does go iii) is going iv) has been i) I __________________ this book at the moment. i) am not liking ii) do not like iii) haven’t liked iv) doesn’t like j) ___________________________ Paris last summer? i) did you visit ii) have you visited iii) were you visiting iv) are you visiting 3) Write the right form of the verb given in brackets: a) My sister and I ________________ (be) interested in Geography. b) What ______________________ (you/do) at the moment? – I ________________ (write) an exam but I _______________________ (not/usually/take) exams in the morning. c) Yesterday afternoon I ____________________ (study) for this exam when your sister suddenly _____________________ (phone). d) Tomorrow morning we ________________ (visit) her at the hospital. e) I ____________________ (clean) all the windows this morning. Look at them and you’ll see how clean they are. f) Yesterday morning I ______________ (get up), ________________(have) a shower, ________________ (have) breakfast and _________________ (get) dressed. g) I ______________________ (not/understand) this exercise at the moment. Can you explain it to me? h) She __________________ (pick) my new pen while I __________________ (talk) to my brother. 4) Complete these sentences with the verb in its correct form (present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous or present perfect): a) I _____________________________ (always/go) to the cinema on Fridays but we _______________ (not / like) science fiction films. b) Last night I ______________ (not study) French; I ______________ (watch) the film. It was great! c) Yesterday afternoon, while we ___________________ (go) back home by bus all my friends __________________ (see) your brother. d) Now, I ___________________ (understand) their problem. e) One hour ago we ___________________ (finish) our exam when the bell _________________ (ring) f) My sister ____________________ (usually / be) very nice.