Exercises

SIMPLE PRESENT

Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of these verbs.

 

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1. She´s very clever. She __________ our languages.

2. We usually _________ dinner at 7o´clock.

3. Water ________ at 100 degrees Celsius.

4. `Have a cigarette` `No, thank you. I ___________`

5. He lives near our house but we ____________ him very often.

6. Tina is a teacher. She __________ children but she _____________adults.

7. Food is very expensive. _________it ________ a lot in your city?

8. Your job is very interesting. ________ you ________ it?

9. What time ________ the banks ________ here?

10. How often _________ she ________ her hair?

11. I always ________ to the theater but I _____often______ to the movies.

12. The City Museum _________ at 5o´clock every evening.

 

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

What´s happening at the moment? Write true sentences.

 

1. Listen! Pat ___________________ the piano. (play)

2. Hurry up! The bus ________________ (come)

3. `Where are you, John?` `In the kitchen. I _____________a meal.`(cook)

4. Look! Somebody ________________ in the river. (swim)

5. Sue, what _______ you ________? I need your help. (do)

6. Hey, Tom please answer the phone. I ______________ my hair (wash)

7. `You _________________ on my foot.` `Oh, I´m sorry!` (stand)

8. `Oh, Nick, you ______________ the homework... you ____________games!` (not do/play)

9. `_____ you ____________ TV?` `No, you can turn it off.`(watch)

10. `_______ it ____________?``No, not at the moment.`(rain)

 

SIMPLE PAST

Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs in the simple past.

 

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1. Yesterday evening I ____________ pasta for dinner.

2. Bill often loses his keys. He _____________________ them last Saturday.

3. You went to Egypt last year. Where _______ you _________?

4. William Shakespeare __________ in 1616.

5. It was hot yesterday, so we all _______ to the club.

6. What time ______ they _________ their work yesterday?

7. Mozart _______ in Paris from 1756 to 1791.

8. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we _________ tennis.

9. We usually leave home at 8:30 every morning. This morning we __________ at 9:00a.m.

10.I __________ my teeth three times yesterday.

 

PAST PROGRESSIVE

Complete the sentences with the right form of the Past Progressive.

 

1. What _______ you _________ yesterday at 11:00a.m.? (do)

2. `What did she say?``I don´t know, I _____________. (listen)

3.They ________________ yesterday night. (not work)

4. In 1980 he ________________ in Canada. (live)

5. Today she´s wearing a skirt, by yesterday she _____________ trousers. (wear)

6. When he went out, it ___________ a lot. (rain)

7. The mailman came while I _____________ breakfast. (have)

8. The boys broke the window when they ________________ soccer. (play)

9. I got up at 7 o´clock. The sun ____________. (shine)

10. `What _____ you ______ yesterday night at 9:30?``I went to the movies.`

 

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

Complete the sentences using the Present Perfect Simple and the verbs given below.

 

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1.`Are they still having dinner?` `No, they _____________.`

2. I ________________ some new shoes. Do you want to see them?

3. `Is Tom here?` `No, he ______________ to work.`

4. `_______ you _________ the shopping?` `No, I´m going to do ir later.`

5. `Where´s your key?` `I don´t know. I _______________ it.`

6. Look! Somebody ______________ that window.

7. Your house looks different. _________ you ________ it?

8. I can´t find my umbrella. Somebody ______________ it.

9. I´m looking for Sarah. Where _______ she ________?

10. `Do you want the newspaper?` `No, thanks. I ____________ it.

 

PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

Complete the sentences using the right form of the Present Perfect Progressive.

1. It __________________ all day. (rain)

2. He ____________________ television since lunchtime. (watch)

3. _______ you ___________________ this book for a long time? (read)

4. Mary _______________________ in London for years, only for a year. (live)

5. How long __________ you ____________________ your homework? (do)

6. I ________________________ English for ages! I think I´m fluent. (study)

7. `_________ you __________________ for a long time?` `No, I´ve just arrived.` (wait)

8. Alice works in a bank. She ________________ there since 2008.

9. Mike and Sylvia are learning Italian. How long __________________ Italian? (learn)

10. Peter ___________________ videogames since he was 10. He has just started it. (play)

 

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).

 

1. We _______________ to Cape Town before 1997. (not/be)

2. My brother ate all the cake that our made ______________ . (make)

3.She ________________ a horse before that day. (not/ride)

4. The wind destroyed the cardcastle that we ____________. (build)

5. She ______________ her homework when she called her friends. (do/already)

6.The waiter brought a sandwich that I ______________. (not/order)

7.The children collected all the apples that ____________ ffrom the tree. (fall)

8. I could not remembers the teacher´s name we ____________ the week before. (meet)

9. The doctor took off the plaster that he _____________ six weeks before. (put on)

10. He _________________ John before he went to see him in hospital. (call)

 

PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect progressive)

 

1. They ______________ at the bus station for 30 minutes when the bus finally arrived. (wait)

2. How long _____________ English before she went to London? (learn/she)

3. She _____________ less than an hour when she ran out of petrol. (drive)

4. We ______________ for 12 hours when he woke us up. (sleep)

5. Michael Jackson caught the flu because he ____________ in the rain too long. (sing)

6. I _____________ all day, so I wasn´t tired and went to the disco at night. (not/work)

7. We ______________ her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom. (look for)

8. They were very tired in the evening because they ___________ on the farm all day. (help)

9. I _____________ for a long time, when it suddenly began to rain. (not/walk)

10. They _______________ all day so their legs were sore in the evening. (cycle)

 

FUTURE I SIMPLE

Put the verbs into the correct form (future I simple). Use will.

Jim asked a fortune teller about his future. Here is what she told him:

1. You ________________ a lot of money. (earn)

2. You ________________around the world. (travel)

3. You ________________lots of interesting people. (meet)

4. Everybody _______________you. (adore)

5. You ________________ any problems. (not/have)

6. Many people _______________ you. (serve)

7. They ________________ your wishes. (anticipate)

8. There _______________ anything left to wish for. (not/be)

9. Everything ______________ perfect. (be)

10. But all these things ______________if you marry me. (happen/only)

 

FUTURE I SIMPLE GOING TO

Put the verbs into the correct form (future I). Use going to.

1. It _____________________ (rain).

2. They ________________ stew. (eat)

3. I _________________ blue shoes tonight. (wear)

4. We __________________ you. (not/help)

5. Jack ___________________ home. (not/walk)

6. ______________________ dinner? (cook/you)

7. Sue _________________ her biscuits. (share/not)

8. ____________________ the house? (leave/they)

9. ____________________ in the contest? (take part/she)

10. I ___________________ my holiday abroad this year. (not/spend)

 

FUTURE I PROGRESSIVE

Put the verbs into the correct form (future I progressive).

1. At midnight we ____________________ . (sleep)

2. This time next week we ________________ at the beach. (sit)

3. At nine I ____________________ the news. (watch)

4. Tonight we _____________________ for our English test. (cram up)

5. They ___________________ all night. (dance)

6. He ______________________ all afternoon. (not/play)

7. I _____________________ all day. (not/work)

8. __________________ at six? (eat/you)

9. ______________________to London? (drive/she)

10. _____________________ again? (fight/they)

 

 

FUTURE II SIMPLE

Put the verbs into the correct form (future II simple).

1. By 9 o'clock we _____________________ dinner. (cook)

2. They ___________________ by then. (eat)

3. In one week he ___________________ the Atlantic by boat. (cross)

4. She ____________________ home. (go)

5. Jane _______________________ her work. (not/finish)

6. Fred ________________________ from his holiday by Monday. (not/return)

7. The sun ____________________ by 4 o'clock. (not/rise)

8. _____________________ the washing up by six o'clock? (do/you)

9. Our boss ______________________ the office yet. (not/leave)

10. ___________________________ the new car? (buy/she)

 

 

FUTURE II PROGRESSIVE

Put the verbs into the correct form (future II progressive).

1. By the end of the week I _________________________here for four months. (work)

2. By the end of this month we ____________________ together for six years. (live)

3. By the end of the term she ____________________ for nine years. (study)

4. By midnight we ___________________ this computer game for 48 hours. (play)

5. She ____________________ on the phone for the last couple of hours. (talk)

6. They ____________________ me all night long. (look for)

7. He ______________________ soccer all day long. (play)

8. You ________________________ TV all the time. (watch)

9. He _________________________ all morning. (not/sleep)

10. ____________________________ for 2 hours? (wait/they)

 

 

CONDITIONAL I SIMPLE

Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional I simple).

1. They ________________ to the station. (walk)

2. He ___________________you the truth. (tell)

3. I _____________________ home. (go)

4. They ____________________ a scary movie. (watch)

5. You ______________________ that. (not/say)

6. She ______________________ this. (not/do)

7. ____________________________ him this letter? (give/you)

8. I ______________________ any longer. (not/wait)

9. _______________________ me up at six o'clock? (wake/she)

10. ______________________ him in the garden? (help/they)

 

 

CONDITIONAL I PROGRESSIVE

Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional I progressive). Use would.

1. Usually I _________________ at this time. (work)

2. The baby _________________ now. (sleep)

3. We _____________________ a test now. But our teacher is sick. (write)

4. If the music were better, everybody _________________ now. (dance)

5. If I had not broken my leg, I ________________ in the Carribean now. (dive)

6. If the weather were better, we ________________ outside now. (sit)

7. He ________________________ TV now if I had not pulled out the plug. (watch)

8. She ___________________ with that hottie if her best friend had not snapped him first. (go out)

9. If you had taken another route, we ____________________in the traffic jam. (not/stand)

10. _________________________ for me now if I had not picked her up? (wait / she /still)

 

 

CONDITIONAL II SIMPLE

Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional II simple).

1. They ____________________ to the station. (walk)

2. We _________________________ in the tent. (sleep)

3. I _________________________ the race. (win)

4. He _______________________ her. (tell)

5. I __________________________ the door. (not/open)

6 We _________________________ that. (not/say).

7. She _________________________ that fast. (not/drive)

8. _________________________ that? (do/he)

9. _________________________ by train? (travel/you)

10. _________________________ earlier? (begin/they)

 

 

CONDITIONAL II PROGRESSIVE

Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional II progressive).

1. He _______________when the accident happened. But that day he went home earlier. (work)

2. If the storm had not frightened them, the kids ________________________all night. (sleep)

3. If I had not send them outside, they ___________________in front of the computer all day. (sit)

4. If he had won the race, he ______________________________ three days in a row. (celebrate)

5. If he had not had to go home, we ____________________________ chess all night. (play)

6. They _________________________________ all night. But they ran out of money. (booze)

7. He __________________________________ to Australia, if he had not missed the plane. (fly)

8. She __________________in Toronto for 2 years if her parents had not wanted her to. (not/study)

9. We _____________around in the woods all night if they had told us it was dangerous. (not/walk)

10. _______________________________ all night long if we had not stopped him? (gamble/he)