Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple.
1. I (to go) to bed at ten o'clock every day. 2. I (to go) to bed at ten o'clock yesterday. 3. I (to go) to bed at ten o'clock tomorrow. 4. I (not to go) to the cinema every day. 5. I (not to go) to the cinema yesterday. 6. I (not to go) to the cinema tomorrow. 7. You (to watch) TV every day? 8. You (to watch) TV yesterday? 9. You (to watch) TV tomorrow? 10. When you (to leave) home for school every day? 11. When you (to leave) home for school yesterday? 12. When you (to leave) home for school tomorrow? 13. My brother (to go) to work every day. He (to leave) home at a quarter past eight. As the office he (to work) at (to be) near our house, he (to walk) there. He (not to take) a bus. Yesterday he (not to go) to work. Yesterday he (to get) up at nine o'clock. 14. You (to have) a PT lesson yesterday? – No, I... 15. What you (to buy) at the shop yesterday? – I (to buy) a book. 16. Yesterday my father (not to read) newspapers because he (to be) very busy. He (to read) newspaper tomorrow. 17. What mark she (to get) in her exam last week?
Exercise 2.
Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple.
1. He (to turn) on the TV to watch cartoons every morning. 2. He (to turn) on the TV to watch cartoons yesterday morning. 3. He (to turn) on the TV to watch cartoons tomorrow morning. 4. I always (to go) to the Altai Mountains to visit my relatives there. 5. I (to be) very busy last summer and I (not to go) there. 6. I (not to go) there next year because it (to cost) a lot of money and I can't afford it. 7. They (to enjoy) themselves at the symphony yesterday evening? 8. Who (to take) care of the child in the future? 9. How often you (to go) to the dentist’s? 10. We (not to have) very good weather, but we still (to have) a good time during our short stay in London. 11. She (to do) all the washing in their house. 12. He even (not to know) how to use the washing machine.
English Verb: Active Tenses
| Indefinite (Simple) | Continuous (Progressive) | Perfect | Perfect Continuous | |
| Present Tenses | Простые факты, регулярно повторяющиеся действия в настоящем. We paint_ pictures. He paints pictures. Do you paint pictures? Does he paint pictures? They don’t paint pictures. He doesn’t paint pictures. NB! He is ill. Is he ill? He isn’t ill. | 1. Действие, которое совершается в момент речи . 2. Запланированное действие be + V + ing We are painting pictures. He is painting a picture. Are you painting a picture? Is she painting a picture? I amnot painting a picture. They arenot painting pictures. | 1. Действие, произошедшее в прошлом, но актуальное для настоящего. 2. Действие началось в прошлом, продолжалось до настоящего, или продолжается до сих пор. have + Past Participle (III форма глагола) I have painted the picture. He has painted the picture. Have you painted the picture? Has she painted the picture? They havenot painted the picture. | Подчеркивается длительный характер действия, которое началось в прошлом и продолжается./или закончится в настоящий момент. have been + V + ing I havebeen painting this picture for 2 years. Я рисую эту картину уже 2 года. How long has he been painting this picture? |
| Indefinite (Simple) | Continuous (Progressive) | Perfect | Perfect Continuous | |
| Past Tenses | Простые факты, регулярно повторяющиеся действия в прошлом. V + ed / Irregular V We painted pictures. Did you paint pictures? He didn’t paint pictures. NB! He was ill. Was he ill? He wasn’t ill. | Длительное действие в прошлом. was/were + V + ing We were painting pictures from 2 till 5 yesterday. He was painting his picture. Was he painting? Were they painting? He wasn’t painting, he was sleeping. | Действие, завершившееся к опред. моменту в прошлом had + Past Participle He had painted the picture before I came. Он нарисовал картину до того, как я пришел. Had he painted the picture before you came? He hadn’t painted the picture by the appointed time. | Действие началось до определенного момента в прошлом и длилось вплоть до этого момента. had been + V + ing He hadbeen paintingthis picture for 2 hours when I came. Он рисовал картину уже 2 часа, когда я пришел. Had he been painting this picture? He hadn’tbeen painting. |
| Future Tenses | Простые действия, факты в будущем. will + V He will paint a picture. Will he paint a picture? He won’t paint a picture. He will be a doctor. Will he be a doctor? He won’t be a doctor. | Длительное действие в будущем. will + be + V + ing He willbe painting his picture at 2 tomorrow. Will he be painting …? He won’tbe painting… | Завершенное действие в будущем. will have + Past Participle (III-я форма гл.) He willhave painted his picture by July. Он нарисует картину к июлю. He won’thave painted … Will he have painted? | Действие начнется до определенного момента в будущем и будет длиться вплоть до этого момента. will have been + V + ing By that time he willhavebeen painting his picture for 10 years. К тому времени он будет рисовать свою картину уже 10 лет. |