mix tenses exercises
before you attempt these exercises
please make sure that you watch the
revision video on all the english tenses
if you haven't done that yet
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also after you've done the exercises
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comment section how you did
right then let's begin
exercise one
verb to wait for the bus
let's begin with the sentence i wait for
the bus every day
a sentence in the present simple tense
in the next exercises i'm going to
change the time marker
and you need to give me the correct
tense to go with that time marker
okay
number one
i
for the bus yesterday
i
waited for the bus yesterday
past simple
number two
maybe i
for the bus tomorrow
maybe
i will wait for the bus tomorrow
future simple
number three
i
for the bus at the moment
i am waiting for the bus at the moment
present continues
number four
i
for the bus
when you called
i was waiting for the bus when you
called
past continuous
number five
i
for the bus again this time tomorrow
i will be waiting for the bus again this
time tomorrow
future continuous
number six
i
put a bus many times in my life
i have waited for the bus many times in
my life
present perfect
number seven
i for the bus before i took a taxi
i had waited for the bus before i took a
taxi
pass perfect
number eight
if the bus doesn't come
i
for the bus for no reason
if the bus doesn't come
i will have waited for the bus for no
reason
future perfect
number nine
i
for the bus since nine o'clock
i have been waiting for the bus since
nine o'clock
present perfect continuous
number 10
i for the bus for an hour
when it finally arrived
i had been waiting for the bus for an
hour
when it finally arrived
past perfect continuous
number 11
by 10 o'clock i
for the bus for 45 minutes
by 10 o'clock
i will have been waiting for the bus for
45 minutes
future perfect continuous
and finally number twelve
you decided to take the train
no
i
take the bus
no
i am going to take the bus
going to future
right then let's move on to exercise 2.
verb to visit london
she visits london once a year
present simple
as with the previous exercise i'm going
to change the time marker and you're
going to give me the right tense
let's begin
number 13
she currently
london
she is currently visiting london
present continuous
number 14.
she
london several times in the past
she has visited london several times in
the past
present perfect
number 15.
she
london since monday
she has been visiting london since
monday
present perfect continuous
number sixteen
she london three years ago
she visited london three years ago
past simple
number 17.
she
london
when she met him
she was visiting london when she met him
past continuous
number 18.
she london once
before she moved to england
she had visited london once
before she moved to england
past perfect
number 19.
she london
for a few days
when she had to return home
she had been visiting london for a few
days
when she had to return home
past perfect continuous
number 20
she
probably london next year
she will probably visit london next year
future simple
number 21
she
london this time next year
she will be visiting london this time
next year
future continuous
number 22
she london six times by the end of this
year
she will have visited london six times
by the end of this year
future perfect
number 23
by tomorrow morning she
london for five days
she will have been visiting london for
five days
future perfect continuous
number 24
has she arranged her day trip tomorrow
yes she london with a guide
she is visiting london with a guide
present continuous with a future time
marker
and finally number 25
has she decided where to go next year
yes she
london again
she's going to visit london again
going to future
that's the end of our exercise i hope
you've enjoyed it as you know what you
can do next is to go to our website
anglerlink.com for further exercises you
will find similar exercises to what
you've just done in anglophile 105.
thank you for watching i look forward to
seeing you in our next video
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