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Present Simple or Present Continuous? Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form, Present Simple or Present Continuous. 1. She ______ ___________ __________ _________ ____ (play) (play) golf golf with her her husband. husband. 2. I _________ ______________ __________ ______ _ (not eat) eat) lunch lunch today today.. 3. Some birds _________ ______________ _________ ______ __ (fly) (fly) to warm warm countries countries in the the winter. winter. 4. We never__ never______ ________ _________ __________ _____ (go) (go) on holiday holiday at Christmas Christmas.. 5. Why _____ ________ ______ ______ ______ ______ ___
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Present passive Complete the passive sentences. 1. A lot of people people in Canada Canada play ice hockey hockey.. A lot of ice hockey ____________________in ____________________in Canada. 2. They They keep keep the resul results ts on a compu computer ter.. The results result s ____________________ __________ __________ on a computer. 3. Her mother mother is helping helping her to do her homework. homework. She ____________________by her mother. mother. 4. The invi invitat tation ion says says `arriv `arrive e at 12.30' 12.30'.. Guests ____________________to ____________________to arrive at 12.30. 5. They They pay me on on the firs firstt day of of the mont month. h. I ____________________ on the first day of the month. /10
Past Simple or Past Continuous? Complete the conversations with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1. A Sorry I ____________________ ____________________ (not meet) you at the railway station - I was ____________________ ____________________ (wait) at the bus station. B That's OK. I ____________________ ____________________ (wait) for fifteen fif teen minutes then I____________________ I____________________ (take) a taxi. 2. A She ____________________ ____________________ (not look) very happy this morning. B She ____________________ ____________________ (not be)! Someone ____________________ (phone) while she____________________(sleep). she____________________(sleep). 3. A ____________________ ____________________ you ____________________ (watch) the football last night? B Yes, I ____________________ ____________________ (see) it while I ____________________(do) ____________________(do) the ironing. 4. A ____________________ ____________________ you____________________ you____________________ (look) for me earlier? B Yes, I ____________________ (want) to ask you something. 5. A I ____________________ ____________________ (start) skiing while I_____________________ I_____________________ (live) in Austria last year. B I____________________ I____________________ (not know) you'd lived there. /15
Past Simple or Past Perfect? Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Perfect forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. He _______ ____________ __________ ________ ___ (buy) (buy) her a ring after after he ________ _____________ __________ _______ __ (know) her for a week. 2. I __________ ______________ _________ ______ _ (not ring) him because because I __________ _______________ __________ _____ (forgot) to take his number with me. 3. He _______ ____________ __________ ________ ___ (not (not pass) his his driving driving test test when he ____________________ ____________________ (drive) from San Francisco to LA! 4. When I _________ _____________ ________ _______ ___ (get) home, home, I _____________ __________________ _______ __ (remember) that I ____________________ (leave) the baby in the shop. 5. He __________ _______________ __________ _____ (not know) how the cat________ cat_____________ __________ _______(wa __(walk) lk) 100 kilometres to its old home. 6. She only ______ ___________ __________ _________ ____ (hear) (hear) about the interview interview three three months after after she ____________________ ____________________ (apply) for the job. 7. When he first first _________ ______________ _________ ______ __ (go) (go) to Moscow Moscow he ____________________ ____________________ (never travel) abroad before. 8. They _____ _________ _________ __________ ______ _ (not enjoy) enjoy) the film film because because they they ____________________ ____________________ (see) it before. 9. That's That's a surprise! surprise! I ________ ____________ _________ ________ ___ (not (not know) you you two ____________________ ____________________ (already / meet). 10. They ____________________ ____________________ (be) married for five years when they ___________________ ___________________ (have) their first child.
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First conditional There is one mistake in each sentence. Find it and correct it. 1. Where Where do you you live live if you you can’t can’t find find a flat? flat? ______________________________ ____________________________________________ ___________________________ _____________ 2. If you you will will run, run, you'll you'll catch catch the the train. train. ______________________________ ____________________________________________ ___________________________ _____________ 3. I won't won't ring ring you, you, unle unless ss I'll I'll be late. late. ______________________________ ____________________________________________ ___________________________ _____________ 4. If it be sunn sunny y, we’ll we’ll go to to the beac beach. h. ______________________________ ____________________________________________ ___________________________ _____________ 5. I won't go go to the football football match match if Beckh Beckham am can't can't playing. playing. ______________________________ ____________________________________________ ___________________________ _____________
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Second conditional Complete the second conditional sentences so they are true for you. 1. If a friend gave gave me a horrible horrible present, present, I ________ _____________ __________ __________ ________ ___ ____________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ______________ 2. I'd be very surprised surprised if________ if____________ ________ _________ __________ __________ __________ ________ ___ ____________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ______________ 3. My best friend friend would would be very angry angry if_______ if___________ _________ _________ ________ ________ ____ ____________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ______________ 4. If I saw a bank robbery robbery,, I___________ I________________ __________ __________ __________ __________ ______ _ ____________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ______________ 5. If I found an expensive expensive watch, watch, I_________ I_____________ _________ __________ __________ _________ ____ ____________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ______________ /35
Zero, first or second conditional? Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1. If you you cook, cook, I ______ __________ _________ _________ ____ (wash (wash up). 2. If you go to the cinema cinema before before 6 p.m., p.m., the seats____ seats_________ __________ __________ _____ (be) (be) cheaper. 3. I'd be very angry angry if you ________ ____________ _________ _______ __ (forget) (forget) my birthday birthday.. 4. If I see see her her, I ______ _________ ______ ______ ______ ____ _ (tell) (tell) her her.. 5. If I saw a ghost, ghost, I ________ _____________ __________ ______ _ (take) (take) a photograph photograph of of it. /40
Present and Past tenses Look at the SHORT letter from Claudia, a student in England, to her friend Julie. There are 20 gaps. After After some gaps there is a verb in brackets. Put the verb in the correct tense. Example: Last week I visited (visit) Liverpool. When there is no verb in brackets, write one suitable word — a preposition, an adverb, an article, etc. Example: I came to York to York to learn English. Dear Julie, I (1)____________________ (arrive) in England three days (2)____________________. I (3)____________________ (3)____________________ (stay) with a family in a suburb of York. They're They're really nice. Mr Jones (4)____________________ (work) in York. Mrs Jones has just had a baby, so she (5)____________________ (5)____________________ (not work) at the moment. I haven’t asked her what she does yet, but I (6)____________________ (think) she's (7)____________________ accountant. I (8)____________________ (have) a good time t ime here, (9)____________________ everything is very ver y expensive. Yesterday Yesterday I (10)____________________ (10)____________________ (take) the train (11)____________________York to do some sightseeing. York Cathedral is wonderful. I have never seen such a beautiful cathedral! it (20)____________________(be) (20)____________________(be) built between 1200 and 1470. That’s about all the news for f or now. Write soon and tell me about your holiday in Portugal. Love, Claudia /60
Present Perfect or Past Simple? Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1. Ana _______ ___________ _________ ________ ___ (not be) be) on holiday yet yet this summer summer.. 2. Daisy and Jane Jane _______ ___________ _________ ________ ___ (not receive receive)) their exam exam results results last last week. week. 3. I _________ ______________ __________ _____ (learn (learn)) to swim when I was a child. child. 4. I _________ ______________ __________ _____ (work) (work) in Tokyo in 2001. 2001. 5. Leon____ Leon_________ __________ __________ _____ (go) (go) to school school in Dublin Dublin until he was twelve. twelve. 6. Ute_______ Ute____________ __________ _______ __ (live) in this this house house since she she was a baby. baby. 7. We_____ We_________ ________ _________ ______ _ (be) married married since since last last autumn. autumn. 8. ________ _____________ __________ ______you _you ever______ ever___________ __________ ________(win ___(win)) anything in a competition? 9. She _______ ___________ _________ ________ ___ (not speak) speak) to him since since their their divorce. divorce. 10. Jan ___________________ ___________________ (not go) abroad abroad since a business trip in 1998.
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