The tense system
1 Identifying tenses
1 Write the correct verb form, active or passive, using the verb in the box.
walk
1 A How did you get here?
B We walked It didn't take long.
2 'Hello Mary? It's me. Listen, I am just walking up your road - I'll be with you in five minutes!'
3 I need to sit down. We have been walking for hours.
take
4 It was a hard match. At half-time, one of the footballers was taken to hospital.
5 This shirt fits me perfectly. I'll take it.
6 My dog looked guilty. Hehad taken some food from the kitchen table.
have
7 We need a new car. We have had this one for ages.
8 We had been having a lovely picnic until my wife was stung by a bee.
9 Don't phone at 8.00. We'll be hving dinner then.
make
10 Our sandwiches are freshly made daily.
11 Have you heard about Lenny? He has been made redundant.
12 By the time I'm 40, I'll have had enough money to retire.
wash
13 A Where are my jeans?
B They are being washed at the moment.
14 My favourite white T-shirt went pink. It had been washed with my daughter's red jumper.
15 Simon was all wet because he had been washing the car.
sell
16 My sister sells her home-made cakes at the market on Saturdays.
17 If no one offers to buy the house, it will be sold by auction next month.
18 I wish I'd bought that antique chair I saw. I'm sure it has been sold by now.
teach
19 At the end of this term, I shall have been teaching for six years.
20 The children were being taught how to make cakes when
one boy dropped his bowl on the teacher's foot.