Exercises of Tenses

 Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. I (learn) 

 English for seven years now.

2. But last year I (not / work) 

 hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not / be) 

 really that good then.

3. As I (pass / want) 

 my English exam successfully next year, I (study) 

 harder this term.

4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) 

 me on a language course to America.

5. It (be) 

 great and I think I (learn) 

 a lot.

6. Before I (go) 

 to America,  I (not / enjoy) 

 learning English.

7. But while I (do) 

 the language course, I (meet) 

 lots of young people from all over the world.

8. There I (notice) 

 how important it (be) 

 to speak foreign languages nowadays.

9. Now I (have) 

 much more fun learning English than I (have) 

 before the course.

10. At the moment I (revise) 

 English grammar.

11. And I (begin / already) 

 to read the texts in my English textbooks again.

12. I (think) 

 I (do) 

 one unit every week.

13. My exam (be) 

 on 22nd  May, so there (not / be) 

 any time to be lost.

14. If I (pass) 

 my exams successfully, I (start) 

 an apprenticeship in September.

15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) 

 back to America to work there for a while.

16. As you (see / can) 

, I (become) 

 a real America fan already.

Answer scripts

1. I have been learning(i) English for seven years now.

2. But last year I didn't work hard enough for English, that's why my marks were not(i) really that good then.

3. As I want to pass my English exam successfully next year, I am going to study(i) harder this term.

4. During my last summer holidays, my parents sent(i) me on a language course to America.

5. It was great and I think I learned(i) a lot.

6. Before I went to America, I had not enjoyed(i) learning English.

7. But while I was doing the language course, I met(i) lots of young people from all over the world.

8. There I noticed how important it is(i) to speak foreign languages nowadays.

9. Now I have much more fun learning English than I had(i) before the course.

10. At the moment I am revising(i) English grammar.

11. And I have already begun(i) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.

12. I think I will do(i) one unit every week.

13.My exam is on 22nd May, so there is not(i) any time to be lost.

14. If I pass my exams successfully, I will start(i) an apprenticeship in September.

15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I will go(i) back to America to work there for a while.

16. As you can see, I have become(i) a real America fan already.