- •The present simple tense
- •The present continuous tense
- •I. Put the following verbs into the 3rd person singular of present simple:
- •II. Put the following verbs into the continuous form:
- •III. Make questions and negations:
- •IV. Complete the following sentences.
- •V. Put the verbs into the correct form (present simple or continuous).
- •Narrative tenses
- •1.To work – worked
- •2.To like - liked
- •I. Write the past simple form of the verbs :
- •II. Put the verbs into the correct form
- •I. Complete these sentences using past perfect simple:
- •II. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Past Simple or Past Perfect):
- •VI. Put the verbs into the correct form : Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect :
- •VII. Look at the sentences below. What things do you think had or hadn’t happened previously?
- •The present perfect simple
- •1. Present result
- •I. What have these people done ?
- •II. What have or haven’t they done yet ? Use already, just or yet.
- •2. Unfinished past
- •IV. Insert ‘since’ or ‘for’ :
- •3. Experience
- •V. Ask someone in the class have you ever .... ?
- •VI. Complete the sentences; use just, yet, already, for, since, never, ever, always:
- •VII. Answer the questions :
- •VIII. What has changed in your life since you became a student ? Read the story to help you :
- •IX. Put the verbs into the present perfect or past simple :
- •X. Translate into English :
- •Present perfect continuous
- •I. Write a sentence with the present perfect continuous:
- •II. In this exercise you have to read the situation and then write sentences with the present perfect simple and / or the present perfect continuous:
- •III. Choose the most suitable form :
- •IV. The Present Perfect Simple or Continuous and the Simple Past :
- •Ways of expressing future time
- •I. Read the description and put the verb into the correct tense.
- •The first conditional
- •I. Put the verbs into the correct form :
- •II. Complete :
- •The second conditional
- •I. Put the verbs into the correct form :
- •II. Rewrite the sentences using an if construction :
- •III. Complete :
- •The third conditional
- •I. Put the verbs into the correct form :
- •II. Make sentences using Type 3 conditionals :
- •I. Change into the wish construction.
- •III. Jason has been for an interview. He didn’t get the job.
- •The passive
- •I. Put into the Passive Voice :
- •II. Complete the sentences using the active or passive and the correct tense.
- •Modal verbs
- •I. Choose the right word :
- •II. Complete the following sentences (positive, negative or questions) :
- •III. Complete the following sentences with must have, can’t/couln’t have, should/shouldn’t have / may / might have, needn’t have :
- •Reported speech (indirect speech) - tense changes
- •I. Report the statements; start with kate said or kate told bob:
- •II. Report the questions; start with he asked me or he wanted to know:
- •III .Report the commands; stary with she asked me or she told me:
- •IV. Change into Reported Speech :
- •Comparison of adjectives
- •I. The comparative and superlative form :
- •II.Structures
- •I. Translate :
VI. Put the verbs into the correct form : Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect :
I. It happened last August at the airport. A few weeks before, a group of us (decide) ………………………… to go to Greece for a holiday. We (wait) ………………………… in the queue at passport control when suddenly I (realise) ………………………… that I (forget) ………………………… my passport. It (be) ………………………… quite a shock. I (hurry) ………………………… to a phone and (ring) ………………………… my parents. They (work) ………………………… in the garden, but luckily my mother (hear) ………………………… phone. They (find) ………………………… the passport and immediately (drive) ………………………… to the airport with it. I (meet) ………………………… them at the information desk. We (have) ………………………… no time to talk, but I (say) ………………………… goodbye to them earlier that morning. I (run) ………………………… all the way to the plane. I was just in time. When I (get) ………………………… there, the passengers (sit) ………………………… the their seats ready for take-off. When they (see) ………………………… me, everyone (start) ………………………… clapping.
II. It was early afternoon in the Las Vegas casino. At one of the tables was Chris Boyd, a computer programmer from London. For three years Chris (save) ………………………………. every penny to gamble all his money on one spin of the roulette wheel.
Here is part of an interview with Chris:
Interviewer: How (you, feel) ………………………………. while you were sitting at the table?
Chris: I felt quite calm.
Interviewer: (anyone, watch you) ……………………………….……………………………….?
Chris: Yes, my friend, Tony Litt, was watching me and there were a few other gamblers.
Interviewer: (you, tell) ……………………………………………… your girl-friend about your plans?
Chris: No, I hadn’t told her.
Interviewer: How (you, save) ……………………………….…………… the money?
Chris: I just hadn’t spent anything for three years and I had sold the house.
Interviewer: What (you, do) ………………………………. when you won?
Chris: I can’t remember. I didn’t do anything.
III. It happened three years ago while I (stay) ………………………………. at my sister’s house. She and her husband (go) ………………………………. on holiday and I was looking after the house for them. One night I (hear) ………………………………. a lot of noise outside and I (go) ………………………………. out to see what was wrong. The house next door was on fire. A woman (shout) ………………………………., ‘Help, help. Tommy’s still inside.’ Without thinking I (run) ………………………………. into the house, but it was no good. Everything (burn) ………………………………. and it was terribly hot. Then, while I (stand) ……………………………. there, something (hit) ………………………………. me on the back of the head. The next thing I remember I (lie) …………………………… on the grass in front of the house. The fire brigade (pull) ………………………………. me out of the house. The woman was there and she said , ‘It’s all right. Tommy is safe.’ Then I realized she (hold) ………………………………. a cat.
IV. While I (come) ………………………………. home three months ago, I (find) ………………………………. a wallet. I (see) ………………………………. it while I (walk) ………………………………. through the park. It (be) ………………………………. on a bench. I suppose it (fall) ………………………………. out of someone’s pocket. I (look) ………………………………. in the wallet. It (contain) ………………………………. a lot of money but there was no name in it, so I (take) ………………………………. it to the police station. Nobody (report) ………………………………. a lost wallet, so the police kept it. I have phoned the police three times since then, but nobody has claimed the wallet yet. If nobody claims it soon, it will be mine.