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)