Page 76 Exercise 2 Review of Verb Tenses

John (eat, always) ___ breakfast before he (go) ___ to class.

always eats, goes

John is in my English class. His classes (begin) __ at 9:00 every day.

begin

John is in class every morning from 9:00 to 12:00. Two days ago, I (call) ___ him at 11:30, but I could not reach him because he (attend) ___ class at that time.

called, was attending

Tomorrow, after he (eat) ____ dinner, John (go) ____ to a movie.

eats, is going to go/will go

Tomorrow before John (go) ___ to class, he (eat) ___ breakfast.

goes, will eat/is going to eat

Yesterday John took a nap from 1:00-2:00. I arrived at 1:45. When I (get) ___ there, John (sleep) ____.

got, was sleeping

Yesterday John ate breakfast at 8:00. He (eat, already) ____ breakfast when he (leave) ___ for class at 8:45.

had already eaten, left

Yesterday John took a nap from 1:00-2:00. I arrived at 1:45. He (sleep) _______ for 45 minutes by the time I got there.

had been sleeping

John has not finished reading 'The Old Man and the Sea' yet. He (read) _____ it because his English teacher assigned it.

has been reading

Right now John is reading a novel. John (read) _____ that novel for the past three days. He (intend) ____ to finish it by next week.

has been reading, intends

John fell asleep an hour ago. He (sleep) _____ for an hour.

has been sleeping

Since the beginning of the semester, John (finish) ____ three novels. Right now he (read) _____ 'The Old Man and the Sea'.

has finished, is reading

In John's lifetime, he (read) _____ many novels, but this is the first Hemingway novel he (read, ever) ______.

has read, has ever read

John is in my English class. He (study) __ English this semester. He (take, also) __ some other classes.

is studying, is also taking

Right now John (take) ___ a nap. He (fall) ____ asleep an hour ago.

is taking, fell

Three days ago, John (start) ____ to read 'The Old Man and the Sea', a novel by Ernest Hemingway. It is a long novel. He (finish, not) _______ reading it yet.

started, hasn't finished

Don't try to call John at 11:30 tomorrow morning because he (attend) ____ class at that time.

will be attending

John will go to a movie tomorrow after he eats. In other words, he (eat) ____ dinner by the time he (go) ____ to the movie.

will have eaten, goes