Конспект урока «Tenses Revision» по английскому языку

Tenses Revision

1. Choose the correct answer:

1. Hurry up! We’re waiting for you. What’s taking you so long? – I _______ for an important phone call. Go ahead and leave without me.

a. wait b. will wait c. am waiting d. have waited

2. Robert is going to be famous someday. He _____ in three movies already.

a. has been appearing b. had appeared c. has appeared d. appeared

3. Where’s Polly? – She ____.

a. is in her room studying b. in her room is studying c. studies in her room d. has in her room studied

4. Hello? Alice? This is Jeff. How are you? – Jeff? What a coincidence! I _____ about you when the phone rang.

a. was just thinking b. just thought c. have just been thinking d. was just thought

5. What ____ about the new simplified tax law? – It’s more confusing that the old one.

a. are you thinking b. do you think c. have you thought d. have you been thinking

6. When is Mr. Fields planning to retire? – Soon, I think. He ___ here for a long time. He’ll probably retire either next year or the year after that.

a. worked b. had been working c. has been working d. is working

7. Why did you buy all this sugar and chocolate? – I ___ a delicious dessert for dinner tonight.

a. make b. will make c. am going to make d. will have made

8. Let’s go! What’s taking you so long? – I’ll be there as soon as I ___ my keys.

a. found b. will find c. find d. am finding

9. Next week when there ______ a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher.

a. is being b. is c. will be d. will have been

10. While I _____ TV last night, a mouse ran across the floor.

a. watch b. watched c. was watching d. am watching

11. Fish were among the eariest forms of life. Fish ____ on earth for ages and ages.

a. existed b. are existing c. exist d. have existed

12. The phone ___ constantly since Jack anounced his candidacy for president this morning.

a. has been ringing b. rang c. had rung had been ringing

13. The earth ___ on the sun for its heat and light.

a. is depend b. depending c. has depend depends

14. I don’t feel good. I __ home from work tomorrow.

a. am staying b. stay c. will have stayed d. stayed

15. Today there are weather satellites that beam down information about the earth’s atmosphere. In the last two decades, space exploration __ great contributions to weather forecasting.

a. is making b. has made c. made d. makes

16. On July 20, 1969, Astronaut Neil Armstrong __ down onto the moon, the first person ever to set foot on another celestial body.

a. was stepping b. stepped c. has stepped d. was step

17. The plane’s departure was delayed because of mechanical difficulties. When the weary passengers finally boarded the aircraft, many were annoyed and irritable because they _____ in the airport for three and a half hours.

a. are waiting b. were waiting c. have been waiting d. had been waiting

18. If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another fifty years this beach ___ anymore.

a. doesn’t exist b. isn’t going to exist c. isn’t existing won’t be existing

19. Homestead High School’s football team _____ a championship until last season, when the new coach led them to take first place in their league.

a. has never won b. is never winning c. had never been winning d. had never won

20. Many years of intensive language study are required for non-native speakers to be able to qualify as interpreters. By the end of this year, Chen ____ English for three years, but he will still need more training and experience before he masters the language.

a. will be studying b. has studied c. will have been studying d. has been studying

II. Translate into English

1. Сколько дней вы уже читаете эту книгу? 2. Только когда она была уже в поезде, она вспомнила, что оставила книгу дома. 3. Они живут в это доме уже пять лет. 4. Моя сестра была больна уже несколько дней, когда я узнала об этом. 5. Ты знал, что он не написал сочинение? 6. Мы не получаем от нее писем уже несколько месяцев. 7. Сколько лет вы уже работаете на этом заводе? 8. Он уже ушел, когда Лена включила радио. 9. Я работаю над этой проблемой уже три месяца. 10. К счастью, дождь уже перестал, когда мы вышли. 11. Сколько лет вы работаете в этой школе? 12. В одиннадцать часов мы еще работали. 13. В одиннадцать часов мы уже работали три часа. 14. Я уже три раза говорил тебе, что надо переписать упражнение. 15. Я уже целый час читал после обеда, когда пришел папа. 16. Я не приду. Я буду писать сочинение весь вечер. 17. Где ты был с прошлой пятницы? 18. Я уже две недели живу у друзей. 19. Я уже две недели жил у друзей, когда получил письмо. 20. Вы должны отдохнуть. Вы слишком много работали сегодня. 21. Он был счастлив: он написал отличное сочинение. 22. Я ищу тебя весь вечер. 23. Я вдруг вспомнил, что ничего не ел с утра.