EXERCISES. I. Open the brackets using the verbs in one of the following tenses: the Present Continuous, Present Simple

I. Open the brackets using the verbs in one of the following tenses: the Present Continuous, Present Simple, Past Simple or Future Simple

1. A Chef (to cook) a very tasty dinner for our partners yesterday. 2. Tomorrow Nick (not to go) to economic school. 3. Look! My colleagues (to play) pool. 4. Our secretary (not to write) letters every day. 5. You (to see) your new personal secretary yesterday? 6. Your father (to go) on a business trip last month? 7. What your manager (to do) yesterday? 8. When your personal driver (to get) up every morning? 9. Where your managing director (to go) tomorrow? 10. I (to invite) my friends to come to my new place yesterday. 11. He (not to play) golf tomorrow.

II. Open the brackets using the verbs in one of the following tenses: the Present Continuous, Present Simple, Past Indefinite or Future Simple

1. We (to go) on a business trip last Sunday. 2. Your Head of Sales (to go) to the new outlet with us next Sunday? 3. The cooker (not to cook) oyster soup for the guests now. 4. When the workers (to go) to work? 5. They (to invite) our shareholders to arrive at the meeting next month? 6. I (to send) a letter to the head of Human Resource department tomorrow.

III. Open the brackets using the verbs in one of the following tenses: the Present Continuous or Past Continuous

1. I (to write) a draft of the contract now. 2. I (to write) a draft of the contract at this time yesterday. 3. My counterparts (not to do) their work now. They (to play) hall volley-ball. 4. My counterparts (not to do) their work at 7 o'clock yesterday. They (to play) hall volley-ball. 5. You (to eat) your lunch now? 6. You (to eat) your lunch when I rang you up yesterday? 7. She (to read) her report the whole evening yesterday. 8. She (not to read) now. 9. Now she (to go) to the office.

IV. Open the brackets using the verbs in one of the following tenses: the Past Simple or Past Continuous

1. I (to play) computer games yesterday. 2. I (to play) computer games at 5 o'clock yesterday. 3. He (to play) computer games from 2 till 3 yesterday. 4. We (to play) computer games the whole evening yesterday. 5. What the engineer (to do) when you came to his office? 6. What the engineer (to do) when I rang him up? 7. What our manager (to do) the whole evening yesterday? – He (to read) a draft of the contract. 8. She (to write) a slogan when you came in? 9. My friend (not to play) tennis yesterday. He (to play) tennis the day before yesterday.

V. Open the brackets using the verbs in one of the following tenses: the Present, Past, Future Simple, Present, Past Continuous

1. Look at these people: they (to fill in) application forms. 2. You (to have) a business trip last Sunday? 3. What you (to do) now? – I (to sort out) advertising leaflets. 4. What you (to do) at 3 o'clock yesterday? – I (to have) a phone talk. 5. Where your brother (to work)? – He (to work) at institute. 6. Every day the boss (to enter) the office at 9 o'clock. 7. Yesterday the boss (to enter) the office at half past nine. 8. When the secretary (to come) tomorrow? 9. At 6 o'clock yesterday we (to listen) to a very interesting lecture. 10. When I (to enter) the office, the secretary (to type) some letters.

VI. Open the brackets using the verbs in the following tenses: the Past Simple or Present Perfect

1. I already (to make) my oral report. Now I can go out. 2. I (to make) my oral report yesterday. 3. He just (to come) into the department. 4. He (to come) into the department a minute ago. 5. I (to read) this account last year. 6. I (to read) this account this year. 7. I never (to be) to Washington. 8. You ever (to be) to New York? 9. You ever (to see) the eruption of a volcano? 10. I (not yet to have lunch) today. 11. He (not to have lunch) yesterday. 12. You (to play) the pool yesterday? 13. You (to play) the pool today? 14. What you (to prepare) for today 15. Where you (to put) my file? I cannot find it. 16. You (to see) our agents today? 17. When you (to see) our agents?

VII. Open the brackets using the verbs in the following tenses: the Past Simple or Present Perfect

1. At last I (to do) all my work: now I shall go out. 2. The building of the house (to begin) early in April. 3. We already (to solve) the problem. 4. I never (to speak) to the Head of PR division. 5. He just (to finish) his SMART analysis. 6. When you (to meet) our previous director? 7. I (not to see) him since 1987. 8. Where you (to put) the newspaper? I want to read it, but cannot find it anywhere.

VIII. Open the brackets using the verbs in the following tenses: the Past Simple or Past Perfect

1. When I (to come) into the room, my assistant already (to answer) the phone. 2. When my assistant (to return) from the site, we already (to change) our plans. 3. Kate (to give) me the book which she (to buy) the day before. 4. The student (to show) the associate professor the picture which he (to take). 5. The boy (to give) the goats the grass which he (to bring) from the field. 6. The customer (to see) that a waiter (not to wash) his hands.

IX. Open the brackets using the verbs in one of the following tenses: the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect

1. By 8 o'clock yesterday I (to ship) the cargo and at 8 I (to pay) the bill. 2. By 6 o'clock we (to transfer) money and at 6 we (to have) dinner. 3. By 9 o'clock yesterday they (to deliver) the goods and at 9 they (to watch) TV. 4. When I (to meet) Tom, he (to eat) an ice- cream which he (to buy) at the corner of the street. 5. When I (to come) into the bank, the teller (to read) a book because there (to be) no customers. 6. When he (to bid) higher price, the other dealers (to do) the same. 7. When I (to ring) up Mike, he still (to learn) the report which he (to begin) learning at the office.

X. Open the brackets using the verbs in one of the following tenses: the Present Perfect, Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect

1. I just (to send) mail to Jack. 2. She (to look) through the papers from 5 till 6. 3. Look! She (to draw) a very nice picture. 4. At this time yesterday I (to talk) to my chief. 5. The TV programme (to begin) before I (to come) home. 6. I understood that she (not to read) my letter. 7. She (to do) the rooms when I (to come) home. 8. It's all right: she (to find) the way out of the situation. 9. She is very glad: she (to finish) her composition at last. 10. He (to translate) the whole text on demand and supply by 11 o'clock.

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