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PRESENT PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE /
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
3.12. Make the correct choice.
1. We still hold meetings in the old manor house, which stood / has
stood on the same spot for over two hundred years.
2. Beethoven has written / wrote some of the most accomplished
symphonies you will ever listen to.
3. I didn’t see / haven’t seen Keith at all yesterday morning.
4. The nurses’ strike increased / has increased the current waiting
time for minor surgery by two to three weeks.
5. Only one British female astronaut spent / has spent time on a
space station.
6. News is coming in of an incident in Parliament. A group of
armed men surrounded / has surrounded the building and is
holding hostages.
7. He’s really much more handsome in the flesh than I thought /
have thought.
8. We eat / have been eating much less beef recently because of the
crisis, but we think it’s safe to start again now.
9. This country has been welcoming / has welcomed the latest influx
of political refugees from the Balkans.
10. The incidence of street crime has risen / has been rising by five
per cent in the last two months.
3.13. Find and correct a mistake in every sentence.
1. Hurry up! We have been waited for you for twenty minutes!
2. We have been using this supplier since two years and we’ve never
had problems before.
3. There were seven police dramas on TV this week – and it’s only
Thursday!
4. Only halfway through the financial year and British Aerospace
already announced that its pre-tax profits will be down by seventy per cent.
5. The Indian Government has imposed a ban on tiger hunting five
years ago.
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6. Several drivers have been badly injured during the 1999 racing
season.
7. This farm is growing organic vegetables for more than ten years
now.
8. She has been playing with the symphony orchestra three times
this season.
9. “I haven’t seen you for ages”. – “No, I’ve traveled in SouthEast Asia”.
10. Oasis has been recording a new album. It was a success on its
release last week.
3.14. Read the interview and fi ll in the gaps with the correct
verb. Use the correct form of the Past Simple or Present Perfect. Use
each verb once.
ARRIVE GO HAVE HEAR DO READ TELL MAKE
INVITE COME EXPLAIN BUY VISIT TAKE LOOK (AT)
FIRST TIME IN POLAND
Interviewer
You’ve never been to our country before, right? What are your first
impressions?
Katerina
I (1) … many interesting things about your country in magazines and
newspaper. Before I (2) … , people (3) … me you were all very friendly,
and when I (4) … at the airport everyone brought me flowers. And it’s
true, your shops are wonderful! I (already) (5) … some shopping – I
(6) … a colorful scarf and some hand-painted china.
Interviewer
You (7) … time to do any sightseeing yet?
Katerina
Yes, I (8) … a stroll round the Old Town. At one restaurant the owner (9) … me to try some of his specialties. He (10) … to me some of the
secrets of your cuisine – the way you prepare mushrooms is excellent.
Interviewer
What about the future? … you (ever) (11) … to see a fortune-teller,
and do you read your horoscope?
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Katerina
I (never) (12) … my horoscope. All I know is I’m a Scorpio!
Interviewer
Will you come here again?
Katerina
As soon as I can. I (13) … Krakow yet which I (14) … so much about.
Of course, I would like to spend more than one day there. As my friends
(15) … me promise I’ll go there, I think I’ll do it in the near future.
PAST SIMPLE / PAST PERFECT / PAST CONTINUOUS /
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
3.15. Write a suitable form of the verb in brackets in the sentences below. There can be more than one correct answer in some
cases.
1. While we … (get) ready for the journey, our parents … (wash) the
car.
2. After I … (read) the instructions, I … (try) to answer the questions.
3. When he … (arrive) at the airport, he … (realize) that he …
(leave) his passport at home.
4. “I’m sorry about my homework. I … (finish) it, but my computer … (break) down!”
5. When I … (open) the door to the bedroom, I … (see) immediately that someone (be) in the room. All my clothes were on the
floor.
6. Finally, at midnight, he … (decide) to phone the police. He …
(wait) for her for over two hours, and he was worried that something … (happen).
7. When I was younger, I … (play) a lot of football, but I … (stop)
when I was sixteen to study for my exams.
8. When he was at university he … (start) revising the night before
the exam.
9. The match … (go on) for half an hour when the storm … (begin).
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10. When he … (come) to the kitchen, three quarters of the pie …
(disappear). Somebody (eat) it!
3.16. Make the right choice.
1. The pool in the hotel was absolutely filthy so we didn’t swam /
swim in it.
2. We stopped / had stopped at the first service station we came
across.
3. The thieves ran out of the bank, jumped / were jumping into their
car and sped away up the high street.
4. Rameses II was ruling / ruled over ancient Egypt for more than
fifty years.
5. Intervention was urgently required – the starving children grew /
were growing weaker by the day and there was / was being little
sign of an end to the drought.
6. By the middle of the nineteen sixties many parts of Europe ex-
perienced / were experiencing a tremendous economic boom.
7. Jim left / was leaving on the early flight the next morning so he
made his excuses and left the party before midnight.
8. Many of the survivors worked / were working in the fields when
the earthquake struck.
9. Phil stood at the door soaked from head to toe; he had been run-
ning / was running in the rain.
10. Denise had to leave school early on Wednesday because she took /
was taking her driving test.
11. By the third month of the war rebel forces took / had taken most
of the province.
12. At the time of the trial last summer Hinkley had been / was in
prison for eight months.
13. We missed the first act of the play because when we arrived at the
theatre the performance already started / had already started.
14. At midnight Mr Rochester had climbed / climbed the stairs and
went into his bedchamber.
15. The early rains were a disappointment as we expected / had ex-
pected to reach the coast before the monsoon set in.
16. At the time of the take-over the company’s shares had declined /
had been declining in value for several months.
17. Brendan was surprised to find the gas tank empty as he had only
been using / had only used the truck twice that week.
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18. Before the advent of satellite television viewers didn’t used to
have / didn’t use to have a very wide selection of channels.
19. The staff were used / used to be paid weekly but now they receive
a monthly salary.
20. Things have certainly changed – there would be / used to be loads
of small shops around here when I was young.
3.17. Complete the text by choosing the correct alternative.
UNHAPPY MEMORIES
When I (1) had been / was six years old, our family (2) was moving /
moved from a quiet country village in Scotland to London. Life (3) used
to be / was suddenly very different for us all. Now I (4) had been living /
was living in a big city again, I often (5) was remembering / remembered
the village and the things we (6) had done / were doing there. My annoying
little brother (7) had always been playing / was always playing tricks on me.
Once, I (8) walked / was walking home from school, when I (9) felt / was
feeling drops of water falling on my head. I (10) would look up / looked up
and (11) was seeing / saw him sitting in a tree, slowly pouring water from
a bottle. At school, almost every day in break time, he (12) used to sneak /
was sneaking up behind me and stick chewing gum on my back! When I
(13) sat / would sit down in class, I (14) wasn’t understanding / couldn’t
understand why all the class (15) had laughed / laughed at me.
After school, we (16) didn’t use to watch / weren’t watching TV like
most children nowadays, but instead, we (17) would play / had played
with our pets, or run around our garden. Life (18) was / would be much
more fun then. Children (19) had / were having more freedom and contact with real things. Small wonder I (20) used to dream / had dreamt
about my village for hours!
3.18. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some
of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be
there. Spot the mistakes and correct them.
A MIRACLE
1. Two years ago, on a trip to Egypt, I had climbed Mount Sinai
2. with a group of tourists to watch the sunrise. It did took six
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3. hours to get to the top, but it was worth it. My friend Naomi
4. and I were wandered off to take photos, but when we came back,
5. everyone else had been gone and we were on our own.
6. We have started to walk down the mountain, thinking we’d catch
7. up but they were nowhere to be seen. There were two paths and
8. neither of us remembered which one to take. After an hour we had
9. realized we had been got lost. It was scary. It was starting
10. to get hot and I was being very thirsty. Then, suddenly, a woman
11. had appeared from behind a rock. She was very beautiful and
12. dressed in clothes that were not at all suitable for mountain
13. climbing. She had calmly showed us the right direction.
14. We have followed her advice and got back. A local man didn’t
15. seem surprised. “You were guided by a guardian angel”, he said.
3.19. Fill in the gaps with the past simple, the past perfect or the
past perfect continuous of the verbs in the box.
AGREE ARRANGE ARRIVE BANG BURST
FORGET GO HAVE MOVE NOT ANSWER
NOT HEAR PHONE PLAY PRACTISE COME
THE BAND PLAYED ON
I had a rather embarrassing experience last year. At that time I played
in a band with some friends of mine and, rather nervously, we (1) … to
play at a friend’s wedding. We (2) … together for about three months and
it was the first booking we (3) (ever) … so we (4) … really hard for weeks.
The wedding was on a Saturday. The day before the wedding I had moved
to a new flat so I (5) … furniture all day and (6) … to bed exhausted. At
nine o’clock on the Saturday morning the rest of the band met, as we (7)
…, to practice. They kept phoning me but I (8) … . So in the end one
of them (9) … round and (10) … on the door for fifteen minutes until I
woke up. He told me that they (11) … me all morning. I (12) … anything
and I nearly missed the wedding. When I finally (13) … at the wedding,
I realized that I (14) … my guitar. I really (15) … into tears then.
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WAYS OF EXPRESSING THE FUTURE
3.20. Make the correct choice.
AQUARIUS
All Aquarians this month (1) get off / are getting off to a good start with
some good news on the home front. The news (2) is helping / will help to
relax recent tensions and give you the chance to make a fresh start. There
(3) shall / will be lots of new things on other fronts this month. It really
(4) is going to be / is being a time of great opportunity. A special person
(5) shall come / is coming into your life soon – and you mustn’t think this
(6) is going to be / is being just another friendship. At work, you (7) are
needing / will need to rise to new challenges that (8) are testing / will test
your character to the utmost. If you (9) make / are making a wrong move,
you (10) will probably regret / probably regret it. In short, this is a month
which (11) will bring / shall bring many opportunities but there (12) will
be / are being risks, too, so be careful! If you (13) don’t rush / won’t rush
into decisions, everything (14) will end up / ends up well. So according to
the stars’ position it (15) will be / is going to be quite an eventful month!
3.21. Write the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete
the sentences. Use one of these structures: will, shall, be going to, will
be + -ing, will have + past participle, will have + been + -ing, present
continuous or present simple.
1. I’ve taken the 10.40 to Bristol every Friday for three years and
it’s always half empty. Believe me, you … (find) a seat.
2. My father’s approaching retirement age, so he … (probably /
sell) the business next year.
3. Going by all of the recent polls, the social democrats … (win)
next week’s election by a huge majority.
4. Look at those black clouds. It … (rain) this afternoon.
5. I’m going on holiday tomorrow. This time next Tuesday afternoon I … (ski) down a mountain!
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6. At our next wedding anniversary we … (be married) for twentyfive years.
7. “You speak very good Chinese”. – “Thank you. It’s not surprising – I … (live) in Beijing for eight years next month”.
8. Sit down and watch TV – I … (just / finish) this letter quickly
before I join you.
9. Your driving test is next Tuesday, so … we (have) a two-hour session on Monday?
10. “Have your parents decided whether you can come to the festival next weekend?” – “Not yet, but they can’t stop me. I …
(come) with you”.
11. I’ve won the jackpot on the lottery and I … (spend) it all straight
away!
12. I’ve just been to the council meeting. It looks like they … (build)
a new shopping centre in town.
13. I’ve just heard a rumour that your favorite jazz singer … (come)
to give a concert in our village!
14. “Have you looked at the new financial report yet?” – “No, but
I … (stay) at home this evening so I can study it then”.
15. The takeover is going ahead, I’m afraid, so we … (make) some
redundancies in the New Year.
16. I don’t want to be rude, but … you (stay) with us for long when
you come over to Britain?
17. The plane … (take off) at 10.45, so we had better check in
by 8.45.
18. Sunrise … (be) at 6.40 a.m tomorrow.
19. Mr Fellows … (play) golf tomorrow afternoon, as usual, so you
can catch him on the golf course.
20. The decorator won’t finish the work until you … (pay) him what
you owe.
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3.22. Complete the dialogue using the Future Simple, the Fu-
ture Continuous or the Future Perfect of the verb in brackets.
A PHONE TALK
Rosa
When I (1)…( come round)? Is Thursday still OK?
Maria
Well, don’t come at six – I (2)…( work) then.
Rosa
What time do you think you (3)…( be) free?
Maria
Let me see, I (4)…( work) on the manuscript all day as I told
you, and I expect I (5)…( complete) the second chapter by about
seven. OK?
Rosa
Yes, because I (6)…( be) quite busy at about six tomorrow as
well. I’ve got an appointment with my dentist and I don’t think
she (7)…( finish) much before seven.
Maria
Well, we really must be getting on with the book, you know – by
the end of this month we (8)…( work) on the project for a whole
year. It’s taking far too long.
Rosa
Yes, I (9)…( jump) for joy when it’s finished.
Maria
Me too. By the way,you (10)…( go) near the post office? Could
you collect something for me?
Rosa
No problem. See you later. Bye for now.
3.23. Complete the text with a suitable future form of the verbs
in brackets.
ON SPACE TRAVEL
Do you think that going to the moon (1)…( become) part of our
lives? A few real life businessmen are planning to make money out of
the moon. One man created a company to investigate how profitable it
would be to sell moon rocks, and believes that people (2)…( pay) huge
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sums of money for something so unusual. George Smith (3)…( send) a
private space ship to land on the moon to look for hidden metals.
“We (4)…( be) the first private space explorers”, he explained. Smith
(5)… (retire) at the end of this month and for the next ten years, (6)…
(put) all his energy into the new project, which (7)…( cost) about ten
million dollars.
Another company hopes it (8)…( be able) to set up a theme park on
the moon, rather like Disneyland, before 2001.
“A holiday on the moon (9)…( become) a reality by the year 2020,
because technology is developing so fast at the moment”, explained a
company spokesman.
You can almost imagine a future conversation in a travel agency:
“Two tickets to Hawaii, please”.
“I’m sorry sir, that flight is fully booked”.
“Oh, well, in that case, I (10)…( have) two return tickets to the
moon”.
“Certainly, sir. Please make sure you have your interplanetary passport with you”.
3.24. Choose the most suitable form of the verbs.
YOU SHOULD COME
Why don’t you come with us to Yorkshire? It’s all arranged. Jo (1)
comes / is coming to my house at six so we can go to the station together.
The train (2) doesn’t leave / isn’t leaving until 6.45 but we don’t want to
be late. It (3) stops / is stopping a lot on the way so it (4) doesn’t arrive /
isn’t arriving until three in the afternoon. We (5) stay / are staying in a
youth hostel and we (6) spend / are spending five days there. We can catch
a bus some of the way from the station but it (7) doesn’t go / isn’t going
all the way so we have to walk the last two miles from the village. We (8)
have / are having breakfast and our evening meal at the youth hostel. It’s
in a beautiful spot with lots to see. On the way back we need to set off
early as there’s only one bus and it (9) leaves / is leaving at 8.30. The train
back is faster so it (10) arrives / is arriving just after lunch.
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