Verb Tense Exercise 21

Simple Present / Simple Future

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate
tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.
1. Today after I get! out of class, I go! to a mo"ie with some friends.
#. $hen you arri"e! in %tockholm, call my friend &usta". 'e show! you around
the city and help you get situated.
(. )* +o you know what you want to do after you graduate! ,
-* )fter I recei"e! my .aster/s from &eorgetown Uni"ersity, I go! to graduate
school at UC%+ in %an +iego. I plan! to complete a 0h.+. in cogniti"e science.
1. If it snow! this weekend, we go! skiing near 2ake Tahoe.
3. 4our father plan! to pick you up after school today at (*55 o/clock. 'e
meet! you across the street near the ice cream shop. If something happens and
he cannot be there, I pick! you up instead.
6. If the people of the world stop, not! cutting down huge stretches of rain forest,
we experience! huge changes in the en"ironment during the twenty7first
century.
8. If 9era keep! drinking, she lose, e"entually! her :ob.
;. I promise you that I tell, not! your secret to anybody. <"en if somebody
ask! me about what happened that day, I re"eal, not! the truth to a single
person.
=. %he make! some ma:or changes in her life. %he >uit! her :ob and go back to
school. )fter she finish! studying, she get! a better7paying :ob and buy a
house. %he is going to impro"e her life?
15. Tom call! when he arri"e! in .adrid. 'e stay! with you for two or three
days until his new apartment be! a"ailable.
Verb Tense Exercise 22
Simple Present / Simple Future
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate
tenses
1.
Michael: )fter you lea"e! work, will you please drop by the grocery store and
pick up some milk and bread,
Marie: @o problem, I pick! up the groceries and be home by 6 o/clock.
Micyael: &reat. 4ou will probably get home before I do! .
#.
Ari: -y the time we get! to the mo"ie theater, the tickets are going to be sold
out.
Sarah: +on/t worry. I told Aane we might be arri"ing :ust before the mo"ie start! .
%he buy! our tickets and meet us in the lobby.
Ari: That place is huge? $e find, ne"er! her in that crowded lobby.
Sarah: Calm down, we meet! each other near the entrance.
(.
Terry: If the weather be! good tomorrow, maybe we should go to the beach.
Jennifer: I ha"e a better idea. If it be! nice out, we/ll go to the beachB and if it
rain! , we/ll see a mo"ie.
Terry: I guess we will ha"e to wait until we get! up in the morning to find out
what we are going to do.
1.
Max: $hat are you going to do tomorrow after work,
Sean: I meet! some friends at the cafe across the street. $ould you like to
come along,
Max: @o thanks? .y brother is coming to town and I pick! him up from the
airport at 8 o/clock.
Sean: $e be, probably! at the cafe until = o/clock. $hy don/t you :oin us after
you pick! him up.
Max: %ounds good. $e see! you around ; o/clock.
3.
ucy: I call! you as soon as I arri"e in +ublin.
!"ain: If I am not there when you call! , make sure to lea"e a message.
ucy: I will. )nd please don/t forget to water my plants and feed the cat.
!"ain: I promise I take! care of e"erything while you are in Ireland.
Verb Tense Exercise 2#
Simple Future / Future $%ntinu%us
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses
1San&ra: $here is Tim going to meet us,
Marcus: 'e wait! for us when our train arri"es. I am sure he stand! on the platform
when we pull into the station.
San&ra: )nd then what,
Marcus: $e pick! .ichele up at work and go out to dinner.
2Te&: $hen we get to the party, Aerry watch! T9, %am make! drinks, -eth dance! by
herself, and Thad complain! about his day at work.
'%bin: .aybe, this time they won/t be doing the same things.
Te&: I am absolutely positi"e they do! the same thingsB they always do the same
things.
#Fl%rence: Ch, look at that mountain of dirty dishes? $ho wash! all of those,
Jac(: I promise I do! them when I get home from work.
Fl%rence: Thanks.
)Jac(: $hen you get home this e"ening, that mountain will be gone and nice stacks of
sparkling clean dishes sit! in the cabinets.
!%u*: If you need to contact me next week, I stay! at the 'offman 'otel.
+ancy: I call! you if there are any problems.
!%u*: This is the first time I ha"e e"er been away from the kids.
+ancy: +on/t worry, they be! be fine.
,Samantha: Aust think, next week at this time, I lie! on a tropical beach in .aui
drinking .ai Tais and eating pineapple.
!arren: $hile you are luxuriating on the beach, I stress! out o"er this marketing
pro:ect. 'ow are you going to en:oy yourself knowing that I am working so hard,
Samantha: I /ll manage somehow.
!arren: 4ou/re terrible. Can/t you take me with you,
Samantha: @o. -ut I send! you a postcard of a beautiful, white sand beach.
!arren: &reat, that make! me feel much better.
Verb Tense Exercise 2)
Simple Present / Simple Future
Present $%ntinu%us / Future $%ntinu%us
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate
tenses
1. Dight now, I am watching T9. Tomorrow at this time, I watch! T9 as well.
#. Tomorrow after school, I go! to the beach.
(. I am going on a dream "acation to Tahiti. $hile you do! paperwork and
talk! to annoying customers on the phone, I lie! on a sunny, tropical beach. )re
you :ealous,
1. $e hide! when Tony arri"e! at his surprise party. )s soon as he opens the
door, we :ump! out and scream! , "%urprise?"
3. $e work out at the fitness center e"ery day after work. If you come! o"er
while we work! out, we will not be able to let you into the house. Aust to be safe,
we lea"e! a key under the welcome mat so you will not ha"e to wait outside.
6. $hile you study! at home, .agda be! in class.
8. $hen I get! to the party, %ally and +oug dance! , Aohn make! drinks, %ue
and Erank discuss! something contro"ersial, and .ary complain! about
something unimportant. They are always doing the same things. They are so
predictable.
;. $hen you get! off the plane, I wait! for you.
=. I am sick of rain and bad weather? 'opefully, when we wake! up tomorrow
morning, the sun shine! .
15. If you need! to contact me sometime next week, I stay! at the %heraton in
%an Erancisco.
Verb Tense Exercise 2,
Simple Future / Future Perfect
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate
tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.
1.
Mar*aret: +o you think e"erything will be finished when I get back from the
store,
Jerry: +on/t worry. -y the time you get back, I pick! up the li"ing room and
finish! washing the dishes. <"erything will be perfect when your parents arri"e.
Mar*aret: I hope so. They arri"e! around 6 o/clock.
Jerry: <"erything be! spotless by the time they get here.
#.
+ic(: I :ust ha"e two more courses before I graduate from uni"ersity. -y this time
next year, I graduate! , and I will already be looking for a :ob.
Stacey: +oes that scare you, )re you worried about the future,
+ic(: @ot really. I go! to a career counselor and get some ad"ice on how to find
a good :ob.
Stacey: That/s a good idea.
+ic(: I am also going to do an internship so that when I lea"e school, I
complete, not only! o"er 1( business courses, but I work, also! in the real
world.
(.
Stan: +id you hear that Christine take! a "acation in %outh )merica this
winter,
Fre&: I can/t belie"e how often she goes abroad. $here exactly does she want to
go,
Stan: %he "isit! 0eru, -oli"ia and <cuador.
Fre&: )t this rate, she "isit! e"ery country in the world by the time she/s 35.
1.
Ju&y: 'ow long ha"e you been in .iami,
Elaine: I ha"e only been here for a couple of weeks.
Ju&y: 'ow long do you plan on staying,
Elaine: I lo"e .iami, so I stay! here for an extended period of time. $hen I go
back home, I be! here for more than three months.
Ju&y: $ow, that/s >uite a "acation? 4ou see, definitely! :ust about e"erything
there is to see in .iami by then.
3.
Jane: I can/t belie"e how late we are? -y the time we get to the dinner, e"eryone
finish, already! eating.
Jac(: It/s your own fault. 4ou took way too long in the bathroom.
Jane: I couldn/t get my hair to look right.
Jac(: $ho cares, -y the time we get there, e"eryone left! . @obody see,
e"en! your hair.
Verb Tense Exercise 2-
Future Perfect / Future Perfect $%ntinu%us
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses,
1. -y the time we get to Chicago this e"ening, we dri"e! more than four hundred miles. $e are
going to be exhausted.
#. $hen %arah goes on "acation next month, she study! &erman for o"er two years. %he should
be able to communicate fairly well while she is in )ustria.
(. I ha"e not tra"eled much yetB howe"er, I "isit! the &rand Canyon and %an Erancisco by the
time I lea"e the United %tates.
1. -y the time you finish studying the "erb tense tutorial, you master! all twel"e tenses including
their passi"e forms.
3. +ri"e faster? If you don/t hurry up, she ha"e! the baby by the time we get to the hospital.
6. I came to <ngland six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago. $hen I
return to )ustralia, I study! for nine months and I be! in <ngland for exactly one year.
8. .argie :ust called and said she would be here at ; o/clock. -y the time she gets here, we
wait! for her for two hours.
;. Erank :ust changed :obs again. If he keeps this up, he change! :obs at least four or fi"e times
by the end of the year.
=. Come o"er to my house around = o/clock. -y then, I complete! my history essay and we can
go see a mo"ie.
15. In Aune, my grandmother and grandfather be! married for fifty years.
Verb Tense Exercise 2.
Future Perfect / Future Perfect $%ntinu%us
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses,
1.
Jac(: 'a"e you been watching the <co7Challenge on T9,
Janet: Isn/t that exciting, It has got to be the most unbelie"ably difficult sporting e"ent in the
world.
Jac(: I know. -y the time they finish the course, they raft! more than 135 miles down a raging
ri"er, hike! through ;5 miles of :ungle, climb! a "olcano and kayak! through shark7infested
waters.
Janet: )nd don/t forget that they mo"e! for at least eight days straight.
#.
/li0er: $hen are going to get your bachelor/s degree, )nne,
Anne: I am going to finish my degree next Aune. -y the time I graduate, I go! to four different
colleges and uni"ersities, and I study! for more than se"en years.
/li0er: $ow, that/s a long time?
Anne: )nd I plan to continue on to get a 0h.+.
/li0er: Deally, 'ow long is that going to take,
Anne: -y the time I finally finish studying, I be! a student for o"er 1( years.
(.
Max: %arah has been in the kitchen all day long.
Ja(e: It doesn/t sound like she/s ha"ing a "ery good Thanksgi"ing.
Max: %he cook! for o"er se"en hours by the time e"eryone arri"es for dinner this afternoon.
'opefully, she finish! e"erything by then.
Ja(e: .aybe we should help her out.
1.
Mi(e: It/s 6*55, and I ha"e been working on my essay for o"er three hours.
Si&: +o you think you finish! by 15*55, There/s a party at +onna/s tonight.
Mi(e: I complete, probably! the essay by 15*55, but I work! on it for more than se"en hours,
and I don/t think I am going to feel like going to a party.
3.
Fre&: -y the time they finish their trip across 4osemite @ational 0ark, they hike! for more than
six days.
1in*er: )nd they be, not! in a bed or ha"e! a shower in almost a week?
Fre&: $hen we pick them up, they eat! camping food for days, and I am sure they will be
star"ing.
1in*er: I think we had better plan on taking them directly to a restaurant.
Verb Tense Exercise 22
Future $%ntinu%us / Future Perfect $%ntinu%us
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate
tenses
1.
Sim%na: .argaret is really going to speak %panish well when she gets back from
that language school in .exico.
3sabelle: 'opefully? %he take! classes for more than six months.
Sim%na: %he is going to be able to speak %panish with some of our 2atin
)merican clients.
3sabelle: &ood. Two clients from 0eru "isit! us next month when .argaret
returns. $e need someone to entertain them while they are here.
#.
Jas%n: I am lea"ing?
+urse: If you would please wait, the doctor will be with you in ten minutes. The
doctor is ha"ing some problems with a patient.
Jas%n: The doctor was ha"ing problems with that patient an hour ago. If I wait
another ten minutes, I am sure he ha"e, still! problems with her. -y the time
he/s finally ready to see me, I wait! for more than two hours.
(.
Fran(: $hat are you going to be doing tomorrow at fi"e,
!ebbie: I paint! my li"ing room walls.
Fran(: %till, 'ow long ha"e you been working on your li"ing room,
!ebbie: Eore"er. -y the time I finish, I redecorate! the li"ing room for o"er a
week.
Fran(: Too bad. I was going to ask if you wanted to see a mo"ie. $hat about the
day after tomorrow,
!ebbie: %orry, I mo"e! furniture and put! up drapes.
1.
Mr4 J%nes: $hat are you going to be doing next year at this time,
Mr4 Mc3ntyre: I work! for a big law firm in @ew Crleans.
Mr4 J%nes: I didn/t know you were lea"ing -aton Douge.
Mr4 Mc3ntyre: I got a great :ob offer which I :ust can/t refuse. -esides, by the time
I mo"e, I li"e! in -aton Douge for o"er twenty years. I think it/s about time for a
change.