Directions: Use the words in parentheses to fill in the blanks with the suitable tenses: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Future Simple or “Going to” future, Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous

1. Sam (use to, never) ___________________________ be a good driver. By the time

he ( be ) __________________________ eighteen, he (have, already) ______________

_________________________________three accidents. But now he (drive) _________

_________________________________ very carefully.

2. A: (Jose, got) __________________________________ many letters recently?

B: Oh yes. He (have) ______________________________ a lot of mail the day

before yesterday. Maybe there be) ________________________ some for him later

today, too.

3. A: What chapters in the book (have to, we) _______________________

_________ study for the Final Exam tomorrow?

B: I (remember, not) ______________________________________. I (think

about)_________________________________ the summer holiday when the teacher

(tell) _______________________________ us what to study.

4. A: Juan probably (do, not) ___________________________ well on the Final Exam

tomorrow. He (get) _____________________________ a bad grade on the last quiz.

B: He (have, not) _______________________________ any problem with the Final

Exam if he (study) ______________________________ a lot tonight.

5. The teacher (mark) ___________________________ me absent yesterday

because he (finish, already) _____________________________ taking attendance

by the time I (get) _______________________________ to class.

6. Maria (use to, not) ________________________________ work here. She

(have) _________________________ a job in Las Cruces. But she (teach) _______

____________________________ English here for the last two years.

7. A: (go, you) ________________________________ to any restaurants lately?

B: Yes. My wife and I (eat) _______________________________ at an Indian

restaurant the day before yesterday. She (had , never) ______________________

___________Indian food before, but now she (want) __________________________ to

go there again tomorrow night.

8. Turn off that TV. I (try) ____________________________ to do my homework.

The teacher (give) _______________________________ us a quiz tomorrow and if

I (study, not) ____________________________ for it, I (get, probably) ________

______________________ a bad grade.

9. Jose (go) __________________________ to the gym a lot. But last night. when

he (do) ______________________________ his exercises, he __________________

(have) a heart attack.

10. A: (Mario, study) ___________________________________ at college now?

B: Yes. He (learn) _____________________________ English there for the last

five months. He (finish) _________________________ his studies next spring.

11. A: How long (know, you) ________________________________ Teresa?

B: Since I first (come) __________________________ to Santa Fe.

We (be _______________________________ friends for a long time

12. A: Juan (look ) _________________________sad. What (happen) _________

__________________ to him?

B: Oh, the teacher (want) __________________________ to see his homework,

but Sam (forget ) _____________________________ to bring his work to class.

13. A: (have, you) _________________________________any problems in your new job yet? B: No, not yet. But there ( be, probably) ____________________________some soon.

14. Since I (begin) _______________________to teach, I (work) ___________________

in four different countries. My first job (be ) ______________________ in Iran, but

when I (teach) ______________________there in 1979, a revolution (take) __________

______________place. By the time I finally (leave) ___________________ Iran, I

(teach) ___________________ there for only a few months . After working overseas for

25 years, I (come) _____________________back to the USA in 2003. By then I (had)

________________________ enough of foreign countries. But a lot of things (change)

__________ _______________in the USA while I (live) __________________ overseas,

and I (get) ____________________________a lot older. For the last 7 years, I (teach)

____________________________part-time at SFCC. I (look for) _______________

_____________________a full-time job since I (arrive) _______________________ in

Santa Fe, but so far I (find, not) ___________________________ one. 15. The Maya Indians once (have)_ _____________________ a very advanced

civilization in the Yucatan, but their culture (disappear__________________________

by the time Europeans first (come) ___________________ to the New World. Since

then, we (learn) ________________________ many things about their complex society.

16. Last week I (run into) _____________________ an old friend that I (see, not) _____

________________ for many years. Both of us (change) __________________________

a lot. He (marry) _______________________ for the past ten years, but I (find, not)

_______________________________the right woman/man up to now.

17. My English ________ really _______________ (get) better now. I (try) __________

___________________ to learn the language since 1985, but I _____________________

___________ (make) real progress only recently. By the time I ____________________

_____________ (start) high school in 1988, I _____________________________(study)

the language for almost three years, but I was only able to say a few sentences.

Directions: Write the correct perfect modal from the list below in each blank.

might have may have must have should have could have

shouldn’t have couldn’t have may not have might not have

1 Gloria won every game she played yesterday. She ____________________________ (practice) a lot.

2. I don't have anything to wear today. I ____________________________(do) the laundry yesterday.

3. Jack lost his wallet somewhere. He _____________________________________

(leave) it on the bus or he _______________________________ (drop) it in the park.

4. The Smiths _______________________(build) their house anywhere. Why did they choose here?

5. Juan _________________________ (drive) his car yesterday. It’s been in the repair shop for the past week.

6. It's hot in here. I _____________________________(wear) this heavy sweater today.

7. I don’t know why Juan hasn’t called me. I guess he __________________________

(have) the time to call or he ______________________________ (get) my message yet.