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General Review of Verbal Tenses and Modals – Basic Structures
A. Transform the following into question and negative statements (SIMPLE PRESENT): 1. The train __________ tonight at 6 PM. (leave) 2. The bus ___________ at 11 AM, it ________ at 11 PM. (arrive) 3. The party ___________at 8 o'clock. (start) 4. The class ______________ tomorrow morning. 5. Cats __________milk. (like) 6. Birds__________ seeds. (eat) 7. California __________in America. (be) 8. He __________ his passport in his hand (have) Passive: B. Transform the following into question and negative statements (PRESENT CONTINUOUS): 9. You ___________ TV. (watch) 10. You ___________English now. (learn) 11. I ___________. (stand) 12. They ___________ their books. (read) 13. I ___________to become a dentist. (study) 14. Mary__________ any books right now. (read) 15. I ___________some friends after work. (meet) 16. Marcia and Tom ____________to the party tonight. (go) Passive:

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C. Transform the following into question and negative statements (PRESENT CONTINUOUS): 17. You called Debbie. (call) 18. I saw a movie yesterday. (see) 19. They traveled to Japan last year. (travel) 20. I ___________work, ___________to thebeach, and ___________a nice place to swim. (finish, walk, find) 21. He ___________from the airport at 8:00, ___________into the hotel at 9:00, and ___________the others at 10:00. (arrive, check, meet) 22. They sat at the beach all day. (sit) 23. We waited for one hour. (wait) 24. She was shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing. (be) 25. They __________ very important people in those days(be) Passive: D. Transform the following into question and negative statements (SIMPLE FUTURE & GOING TO): 26. You ____________him later. (will, help) 27. You ____________Jane tonight. (going , meet) 28. I ____________you the information when I get it. (will, send) 29. He ____________his vacation in Hawaii. (going, spend) 30. Michelle ____________ medical school next year. (going, begin) 31. They____________all the way to Alaska. (going, drive) 32. The year 2222 ____________a very interesting year. (will, be) 33. John ____________the work by 5:00 PM. (will, finish) Passive: E. Transform the following into question and negative statements (FUTURE CONTINUOUS): 34. You ____________for her when her plane arrives tonight. (wait) 35. You ____________for her when her plane arrives tonight. (going,wait) 36. I ____________TV when she arrives tonight. (watch)
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I ____________at the Madison Hotel, if anything happens and you need to contact me. (going, stay) He ____________at the library tonight, so he will not see Jennifer when she arrives. (will, study) I ____________and he ____________dinner. (going, study, going, make)

Passive: F. Transform the following intoquestion and negative statements (PAST CONTINUOUS): 40. You ____________when she called. (study) 41. I ____________TV when she called. (watch) 42. While John ____________last night, someone stole his car. (sleep) 43. You ____________to me when I told you to turn the oven off. (listen) 44. Sammy ____________for us when we got off the plane. (wait) 45. While I ____________the email, the computer suddenlywent off. (write) 46. I ____________while he ____________dinner. (study, make) 47. They ____________dinner, ____________their plans, and ____________a good time. (eat, discuss, have) 48. When I walked into the office, several people ____________busily ____________, some ____________on the phones, the boss ____________directions, and customers ____________to be helped. One customer ____________at asecretary and ____________his hands. Others ____________to each other about the bad service. : (type, talk, yell, wait, yell, wave, complain) Passive: G. Transform the following into question and negative statements (PAST CONTINUOUS): 49. You ____________that movie many times. (see) 50. I ____________that movie twenty times. (see) 51. There ____________many earthquakes in California. (be) 52....