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Mingle - tenses and question forms
 
Suitable as a general higher levels introductions activity also. Ss write short answers for each topic, and in pairs prepare questions. Then mingle to find someone with the same answer
 
 
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Tense reference sheet
 
List of active and passive tenses
 
 
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Personal news letter - tenses exercise
 
Letter / email giving personal news (284 words) gapped for tenses and other verb forms. Includes present, past and present perfect tenses.
 
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Tenses revision - Mr Fox
 
Gapped text exercise for present perfect and past tenses. Includes present perfect simple and continuous, past simple and past perfect tenses.
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
Mixed tenses: present and past
Ten-question MC quiz: present / past / simple / continuous
 
 
Mixed verb tenses exercise: present, past and present perfect
Ten-question multiple-choice quiz: present, past, present perfect, past perfect tenses.
 
 

 

 
 
 
Personal letter gap fill exercise
Fill the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs.
 
 

 

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Mixed Tenses I (Active Voice) external link icon
Twelve-question gap fill NB Question 8 will only accept the present perfect continuous as an answer. However students should be aware that the present perfect simple is also possible
 
 

 

 
 
 
Inside Out Student's Book Intermediate book cover 
Inside Out Student's Book Intermediate
Unit 8 Review 1  Page 69 
 
 
Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate book cover 
Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate
Unit 7 Review 1  Page 62 
Bookwork : make indirect questions from direct questions (Interview with Madonna) ; match questions and replies.
 
Unit 1 Images  Page 5 
Gapped script (people talking about memorable images of the 20th C) + recording ; mulitple choice grammar exercise
 
 
New Cutting Edge Upper Intermediate students' book book cover 
New Cutting Edge Upper Intermediate students' book
Module 1 Past and present  Pages 10 - 11  Revision of verb forms
(1) Revision of verb forms quiz: 'Nine things you should know about English verbs.'
 
Module 1 Past and present  Page 11   Growing up a British Asian
Reading with multiple-choices for verb forms
 
 
New Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate book cover 
New Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate
Unit 1 Impressions  Page 5   grammar
Multiple-choice tense exercise
 
 
The Great Train Robbery
 
<i>Black Mirror</i>
 
Escape from the canyon