Tenses Revision Put the verbs in brackets in a suitable tense. Present tenses (Presesnt Simple/ Present Continuous/Present Perfect Simple/Present Perfect Continuous) I. The number of women working in the UK (rise)_____________ steadily for several decades. In the mid-1960s, around 42% of women of working age were in employment; in the late 1990s, this number increased to nearly 70%. Today, women actually (overtake)_____________ men in the job market – men never (be)_____________in such a position before and it now (appear)____________ to be affecting the way they (view)__________ thein role in life. This phenomenon (spread)_______________ rapidly around the world.The number of working women in the labour force in China (increase)_____________ from 49% in 1990 to 65% today. At the other extreme, only about 10% of women in Iraq and Saudi Arabia currently (work)_____________ . Although their number (increase)___________ , only 3% of the directors of the UK’s top 1,500 companies are female. Moreover, despite the fact that women (make)_____________progress in areas such as child-care and increased flexibility in working hours, they still (face)___________strong discrimination. Tina Knight, who (has)___________ various jobs in industry and is now chair of Women Into Business, currently (lobby)____________Parliament on these issues. „One big mistake that successful women (make)____________,“ says Tina, „is to try to shut men out. We have to work alongside each other.“ II. 1. This film (be)__________ great! It (have)___________an all-star cast and the script (be)________ very funny.The action (begin)_____________ when two young men (try)________ to rob a bank… 2. A sports commentary: McFee (pass)___________ to Franklyn. Franklyn (make)_______ a quick pass to Booth. Booth is away with the ball, but he (lose)___________ his advantage. 3. So that’s how it happened: I (drive)____________along this country road and I’m completely lost. Then I (see)__________ this old fellow. He (lean)__________ against a gate. I (stop)__________ the car and (ask)___________ him the way. He (think)_______ a bit, then (say)__________, „Well, if I were you, I wouldn’t start from here.“ 4. I (not understand)____________why he (be)__________ so selfish, he (not be)___________ ususally like this. 5. How much money she (owe)___________ you? 6. These days, it (seem)____________ everything (change)________ . Cities (become)________ bigger and busier every day and technology (develop)__________faster than ever before. 7. „I’ve left the lights on again.“ „Typical! You always (leave)___________ the lights on.“ 8. Jack (be)_________ very nice to me at the moment; I wonder why. 9. There (go)_________ our bus – we’ll have to wait for the next one. 10. „How I (get)_______ to the station?“ „You (go)_____ straight on to the traffic lights, then you (turn)________left. 11. Normally I (finish)__________ work at 5:00, but this week I (leave)__________ work at 7:00 so as to be ready with my project till Monday. Future forms (+ present tenses with future reference) I. ` Jack and I (go)____________ out tonight. We (have)__________dinner at the Festival Hall and we probably(go)___________to a concert afterwards.` `And what about your children? I (come)_________ and babysit?` `Oh, my neighbour (come)____________in to sit with them. But thanks for offering, I (ask)________ you next time.` `Please, do. So this time tomorrow you (eat)___________with the Prime Minister. You (tell)________ me all about it when we (meet)__________ next time?` `Well, I can tell you now; tomorrow we (meet)___________ him 8 times for dinner. But what about you? What you (do)___________ tonight?` `I don’t know. I think I (read)_________ “Pride and Prejudice”.` `But you’ve read it hundreds of times!` `I haven’t read it all even once, though I admit, by next week I (read)___________ it for 2 years now. II. 1. `It’s cold in here.` `You’re right. I (close)_________ the window.` 2. `Jerry (come)_________ to the theatre with us next week?` `I don’t know, but I (see)__________ him at football training tomorrow. I (ask)___________ Him then.` 3. Excuse me, what time train (leave)___________? 4. I (throw)__________ a house-warming party tomorrow. You (come)__________? 5. While you (be)________ in the gym, I (do)________ the shopping. 6. `We (go)_________ to the beach at the weekend?` `Well, I (work)________ Saturday morning, but I (phone)_______ you when I (finish)_______ 7. `I (see)__________Roger at 7 tonight. And you?` `I (go)__________ to the cinema. Do you want to come with me?` `What time it (start)_______?` 8. I haven’t made the preparations for the party yet, but I (finish)____________them by this evening. 9. Tom expects he (get)__________a pay-rise soon. By next month he (work)__________ for the company for 5 years. 10. Everything is prepared for my mother’s arrival. I hope she (like)_________ the flowers, too. Present Perfect and Past I. 1. Peter (try)________ to come in quietly but his mother (hear)________ him and (call)_________ out, `Where you (be)_______? Your supper (be)__________ in the oven for an hour!` 2. `I just (buy)_________ a copy of “David Copperfield”. You (read)_______ it?` `As it happens it’s the only one of Dicken’s books that I (not read)_______. But I (see)___________ the film last year.` 3. `You (see)_______ Philip lately? I (ring)________his flat several times last week but (get)________ no answer.` `Oh, he (be)______ in America for the last month. He (fly)________ out on the first for a conference and then (decide)________ to stay for 6 weeks.` `You (hear)__________ from him? `Yes, I (get)__________ a letter shortly after he (arrive).` Past tenses I. Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the past simple of the verbs LIE, LAY and LIE (as a regular verb) 1. They the groundwork for future development. 2. The book open on his desk. 3. Fluor Corporation to shareholders about the company ' s financial condition. 4. The building company the foundations of the house two weeks ago. 5. Yesterday, I mis my keys and I cannot remember where I put them. 6. They money aside for their old age. 7. On a cold winter night shift, the machines idle because of a shortage of material. 8. Spolana or kept information secret about storing extremely dangerous toxic chemicals. II.FIND ; FALL ; FOUND ; FEEL ; WOUND ; WIND ; COST 1. Their profits by 30 per cent. 2. A new computer around $1,000. 3. David no guilt at all for what he had done. 4. He and Chris Hopen co- the company in 1996, with a vision of helping organizations conduct business over the Internet. 5. The seller delivered the goods but the buyer behind in payment of the instalments. 6. This remark about his last failure deeply him. 7. He is the former president of a conglomerate which he in the 1950's. 8. A string of rejections really her pride. 9. They finally a suitable candidate to replace her. 10. We up the meeting with a vote of thanks to the chairman. 11. I never at ease with interviewers and photographers. 12. The path along the riverside. 13. Their accountants the project at $8.1 million. 14. The report that 30% of the firms studied had failed within a year. III. When I (open)_________the door I (see)_______ a man on his knees. He clearly (listen)_________ to our conversation and I (wonder)_________how much he (hear)________. When I (ask)________ him what he (do)________, he (answer)________he (drop)_________a 50p piece and (look)_________ for it. I (not see)__________any sign of money, but I (find)________a small notebook and a pencil which he probably (drop)_______when the door (open)_________ suddenly. So he (take)_________ notes of our conversation! The notes (be)_______ written in a foreign language, so I (turn)_________ to the stranger and (ask)________ him to translate. But he (pull)________my hat over my eyes and (run)_________off down the corridor. By the time I (recover)_________from the shock he (disappear)__________ round the corner. Curiously enough, when I (move)_________my feet I (find) _________that I (stand)__________ on a 50p piece. Perhaps he (tell)___________the truth after all.