Question

Read the comments from a music website about recent concerts. Complete them using the correct tense of the verbs in breackets.
*present perfect simple,present perfect continuous,past perfect simple,past perfect continuous,future perfect simple,future perfect continuous,past simple,past continuous*

(1) I ....................................... (listen) to rock music for many years -I (2) .................. (go) to some fantastic concerts in the eighties and nineties,but (3) .................(go) to one for several years until last week. I was glad I did -the concert was amazing!




I'm afraid that in my opinion the qualty of music has declined recently,and i hope it won't take long before bands (4) ...................(learn) the lessons of the 'here today,gone tomorrow' pop that I think (5) ..................(ruin) music. By 2020 I want to hear cutting edge bands that by then (6) .............(play) good music for at least ten years!


The queue to buy tickets was ridiculous - when I arrived people (7).......... (stand) in the rain and one man told me that he (8) ....... (wait) for over six house. If the band want people to come to their concerts , then they've got to improve their organisation.

Answer 1

1)HAVE BEING LISTENING
2)WAS GOING
3)HAVE not gone
4)had learnt
5)ruined

6)will have played
7)were standing
8)had been waiting