2nd Sec. Tenses Revision
1. Stative Verbs: Choose the right verb:
Emma: Hi Matthew. What (do you look/ are you looking) at?
Matthew: Oh, hi. These are photos of me when I was a child.
Emma: Oh, look at this one. I (think/’m thinking) you look lovely, Matthew.
Matthew: (I have/I’m having) some more photos here.
Emma: Look at this. Why such a big coat?
Matthew: It was my brother’s. That’s why it (didn’t fit/wasn’t fitting) properly.
Emma: Oh, I ( see/’m seeing). And you (have/’re having) your tea here. And in this one you (think/’re
thinking) about something serious.
Matthew: This is a photo of the village I (come/’m coming) from.
Emma: Oh, that’s nice.
Matthew: And I caught this fish, look. It (weighed/was weighting) about half a kilo.
Emma: What a nice little boy you were!
2. Present Perfect and Past Perfect:
1. It isn’t raining now. It (stop) …………………………………………….…………….at last.
2. The park looked awful. People (leave) …………………………………………….……………. litter everywhere.
3. There’s no sign of a taxi, although I (order) …………………………………………….……………. one half an hour before.
4. You can have that newspaper. I (finish) …………………………………………….……………. it.
5. There’s no more cheese. We (eat) …………………………………………….……………. it all, I’m afraid.
6. I was really tired last night. I (have) …………………………………………….……………. a hard day.
7. Don’t you want to see this program? It (start) …………………………………………….……………. .
8. It’ll soon get warm in here. I (turn) …………………………………………….…………….the heating on.