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verb forms Practice

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Nowadays cell phones get/ are getting smaller and more powerful.

a)

get

b)

are getting

2.

The Internet starts/is starting to influence our social relationships.

a)

starts

b)

is starting

3.

Wireless technology provides / is providing us many opportunities to study and learn.

a)

provides

b)

is providing

4.

In the past, people were communicating/ communicated by

letter or phone.

a)

communicated

b)

communicating

5.

Twenty years ago, people didn't take/didn't use to take pictures all the time.

a)

didn't take

b)

didn't use to take

6.

Cell phones enabled/ have enabled us to stay in constant

contact with each other.

a)

enabled

b)

have enabled

7.

Because of the Internet, people have communicated/have been communicating more than before.

a)

have communicated

b)

have been communicating

8.

Before the Internet, no one had/has ever tried to create one-to-one marketing tools.

a)

had

b)

has

9.

By the year 2050, everyone in the world will/ is going to have a cell phone.

a)

will

b)

is going

10.

In 20 years' time, students will stop/will have stopped using libraries.

a)

will stop

b)

will have stopped

11.

Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

Many people use the Internet to_______________

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12.

Many children are learning how to_________ by using the Internet.

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13.

The Internet is bringing people closer together because____________

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14.

In the past, people used to__________ , but now they____________.

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15.

People in remote countries didn't ____________but now they__________________.

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16.

The Internet has changed the way we______________.

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17.

In the future, people will use the Internet to________________

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18.

By the time they are adults, children of today will have forgotten about_________________________

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19.

Each of these sentences contains errors in verb forms. Circle and correct the errors. More than one

option may be possible.


In 20 years' time electrical equipment isn't need cables.

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20.

When I started work 25 years ago, nobody having a computer on his or her desk.

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21.

I've noticed that people who commute by train to work often worked on the train.

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22.

Classrooms now having interactive whiteboards, so teachers can access the Internet while they

were teaching.

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23.

The government is implemented a new policy for the use of technology in education.

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24.

Due to the budget cuts, the university has had 10% less to spend on technology next year.

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25.

At the beginning of the last century, most people hadn't had the opportunity to go to university.

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26.

Many people are considering the Internet as the most significant invention of all time.

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