present Simple
About 85 percent of American students …public schools, which are supported by state and local taxes (attended; have attended; attend)
What …American public schools teach? (are; do; does)
Wise kings generally …wise councillors. (to have; has; have)
All historical places of London …in the West End. (had been; were; are)
The city of Montreal …70 square miles. (covering; covers; is covered)
Man …live by bread alone (do not; does not; is not)
Present Continuous
I know you …an advanced geography course now (were taking; is taking; are taking)
Now she …difficulty in putting facts in order (is having; has been having; had)
The world sea surrounds the earth and …to us all. ( is belonging; belongs; has belonged) Scientists in many different countries …to explain its mystery (are working; have worked; worked)
These are just a few of the questions to which they … their energies (are devoting; had devoted; is devoting)
Present Perfect
…you ever a film in which a train crashed or a ship sank ? (did…see; have…seen; do…see) Recently BBC experts …a new system that lets the deaf understand TV programmes (have invented; invented; to envent)
The nation’s income and productivity …enormously over the past 70 years ( rose; has risen; have risen)
American schools for many years …federal aid for special purposes. ( have received; received; receive)
Like it or not, television …the supreme holiday attraction ever since it upstaged the cinema by showing old films ( has been; is ; was)
He … … everything except his last paper (did; have done; has done)
Present Perfect Continuous
It … since early morning (rained; had rained; has been raining)
You are a good football-player. Since when …you…football ? (have …been playing; did …play; had …been playing)
My brother …music lessons for three years now (have taken; has been taking; took)
Future Simple
Perhaps in the future men …on the sea, away from the crowded and noisy cities on land (will live; would live; are living)
The student …as an apprentice to a trained worker next week (shall work; will work; would work)
During the apprenticeship period the student …to earn money (shall begin; would begin; will begin)
We …take a vacation this month ( is not; did not; shall not)
Past Simple
Sir Walter was a proud knight, and …to think that he had to submit to the commands of a tyrant lord (had hated; was hating; hated)
…you…the ancient stone carvings at the museum last week ? (have …seen; did…see; had…seen)
Dinosaurs …millions of years ago (died out; had died out; were died out)
In the year 1620, a ship named the ‘Mayflower’ …120 Englishmen to the rocky coast of America (has brought; brought; had brought)
It was late in the year when the Pilgrims …and founded a colony ( were landing; had landed; landed)
Past Continuous
When Jim came out of the army he … what to do ( is wondering; has wondered; was wondering)
His parents were sick, they didn’t have much money, so they …pretty desperate (were getting; are getting; have gotten)
Meanwhile in the village most people … …to go skiing. (was preparing; were preparing; are preparing)
Those who couldn’t do it …TV or looking through the newspapers (were watching; have watched; are watching)