Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1. The school ……………………… in September.
The simple present is sometimes used to talk about future events that are part of a time table.
2. I will call the police if you ……………………. at once.
The simple present is often used in subordinate clauses with a future meaning.
3. ……………………. we report this?
Shall is used when asking for instructions.
4. ……………………….. you help me with the homework?
Will is used in requests for help.
5. The train ……………………… at 7.30.
The simple present is sometimes used to talk about future events that are part of a time table.
6. By next January, I ……………………….. for fifteen years.
The future perfect continuous is used to say that something will have been completed by a certain time in the future.
7. I promise I ……………………….. you my money back.
Will is used in promises.
8. Let’s go somewhere quiet, …………………………. we?
We use shall in question tags after let’s.
9. You ……………………… never …………………….. me with anything.
The present perfect is commonly used with the expressions ever, never, already etc.
10. I ………………………… with a minor accident yesterday.
The simple past is the most normal tense for talking about finished events.
11. He …………………….. all his life in his native village.
Answers
1. The school reopens in September.
2. I will call the police if you do not leave at once.
3. Shall we report this?
4. Will you help me with the homework?
5. The train departs at 7.30.
6. By next January, I will have been teaching for fifteen years.
7. I promise I will give you my money back.
8. Let’s go somewhere quiet, shall we?
9. You have never helped me with anything.
10. I met with a minor accident yesterday.
11. He has lived all his life in his native village.
