1 Open the brackets using the correct tense

1. My sister ... (be) ill last week. 2. She ... (be) not ill now. 3. Yesterday we ... (be) at the theatre. 4. Where ... (be) your mother now? - She ... (be) in the kitchen. 5. Where ... (be) you yesterday? - I ... (be) at the cinema. 6. When I come home tomorrow, my mother ... (be) at home. 7. She ... (read) many books. 8. ... they ... (read) many books? 9. They ... (not/read) books at all. 10. The children ... (eat) soup now. 11 ... you ... (play) volley-ball well? 12. ... he ... (go) to the cinema in the evening? 13. The children ... (not/visit) the Zoo next week. 14. I ... (do) my homework at six o'clock tomorrow. 15. Don’t come to my place tomorrow. I ... (write) a composition the whole evening. 16. They … just … (drink) some juice.

2 Open the brackets using the correct tense

1. They (do) their homework now. 2. He (play) tennis at the moment. 3. My brothers (like) sport. 4. She (wear) her new coat today. 5. What colour you (like) best? 6. My suitcase (weigh) ten kilos. 7. At the moment I (stay) at the hotel. 8. Robert (catch) the same bus every morning. 9. What this word (mean)? 10. What you (do) all day tomorrow? 11. I (wash) my hair when the phone rang. 12. Why you (not/come) to the club last night? 13. We tried to keep quiet because the baby (sleep). 14. We (pass) a petrol station two minutes ago. 15. Where you (buy) this bag? 16. Don’t ring him at 11 o’clock tomorrow. He (work) at that time. 17. How long you (know) her brother? 18. The students (not / write) a test yet. 19. Maybe we (play) football tomorrow. 20. They (come) soon.

3 Open the brackets using the correct tense

1. She (study) important letters now. 2. He (repair) his computer all day tomorrow. 3. They (write) English exercises at this time yesterday. 4. What you (do) next Friday? 5. What they (ask) you about? 6. I (feel) very tired. 7. Mrs. Bryan (knit) the sweater when Barry (ring) her. 8. The dog (bark) when we (open) the door. 9. It (not / rain) very much in June and July. 10. Everyone (work) very hard right now. 11. He (watch) TV when I (enter) the room. 12. He (work) on a report right now? 13. I (not / recognize) that girl. 14. Where you (go) next summer? 15. Mike (work) for this company? 16. They (speak) about the latest news when she (interrupt) them. 17. My little sister (sleep) at this time yesterday. 18. While Mary (bake) the cakes, her brother (watch) TV. 19. He (not / speak) English very well. 20. You (come) to my place next Sunday? 21. She (help) Mike with his report now. 22. My friend (help) me to solve a difficult problem recently. 23. I (learn) twenty new words today.

4 Open the brackets using the correct tense

1. When I got home, my sister already (watch) TV for 2 hours. 2. It was very noisy next door. Our neighbours (have) a party. 3. We were very tired at the end of the journey. We (travel) for more than 24 hours. 4. They were good friends. They (know) each other for a long time. 5. Mary (sit) on the ground now. She (be) out of breath because she (run). 6. When I arrived, Kate (wait) for me. She was angry because I was late and she (wait) for a very long time. 7. He couldn’t go out because it (rain) hard since early morning. 8. She’s going to read the letter she just (receive). 9. How long you (wait) for me? 10. Yesterday I (meet) a friend of mine whom I (not / see) for a long time. 11. Hardly I (go) out when I (remember) that I (forget) to take my umbrella. 12. When I (leave) home, the snow already (stop), but a strong wind (blow). 13. - You (read) this book? - Yes, I (read) it. I (think) it (be) very funny. 14. When I (come) to his house, they (tell) me that he (leave) an hour before. 15. On checking up his answers he (find) out that he (make) some mistakes. 16. Call me as soon as you (come) home. 17. He (start) to write his essay at 5. It’s already 9, and he still (write) it. He says he (finish) it by 10.