Present, perfect, future aspect
1. Mary (see) Peter standing at the bus stop.
Mary: Hello, Peter. What bus you (wait) for?
Peter: Hello, Mary. I (wait) for a 9 or a 14.
Mary: You usually (go) to work by car, don't you?
Peter: Yes, but the car (belong) to my mother and she sometimes (want) it. She (use) it today to take Tom to the
dentist.
Mary: I usually (go) by car too. Jack (take) me because he (pass) my office on his way to the factory. But this week
he (work) in a factory in the opposite direction: so I (queue) like you.
Peter: Here's a 9 now. You (come) on it or you (wait) for a 14?
Mary: I (think) I'll take the 9. If I (wait) for a 14 I may be late, and if you (be) late at my office everyone (look) at
you.
2. Tom: You (see) that man at the corner? He (keep) stopping people and asking them questions. You (think)
he (ask) for directions?
Jack: No, I (expect) he (make) a survey.
Tom: How (make) a survey?
Jack: You (stop) people and (ask) them questions and (write) the answers on a report sheet.
3. I (see) my solicitor tomorrow (I (arrange, already this)', I (change) my will. ~
You always (change) your will. Why you (not leave) it alone?ž
4. The house opposite the college (pull ) down. That's why we (use) the back entrance at present. If you (go)
out by the front door, you (cover)with dust.
5. It (snow) heavily when he (wake) up. He (remember) that Jack (come) for lunch and (decide) to go down
to the station to meet him in case he (lose) his way in the snowy lanes.
6. If I (see) a tiger walking across Hyde Park I (climb) a tree. ~That (not be) any use. The tiger (climb) after
you.
7. He didn't tell me that he was a vegetarian till halfway through the meal. If he (tell) me earlier I (cook) him
something more suitable.
8. The cheese looks as if rats (nibble) it. Almost nothing (leave) for us.
9. It's high time they (mend) this road. It (damage) for years.
10. He always talks as though he (address) a public meeting. He shouts too much.
11. He treats us as if we (be) all idiots. In fact we are smarter than him.
12. Why do you want all the furniture out of the room? ~
13. Because I (shampoo) the carpet. It's impossible to do it unless you take everything off it first.
14. Leave a note for them on the table and they (see) it when they come in.
