1) Will / Be Going To

1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper? B: I (write) a letter to my friends back home in Texas. 2. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up! B: I (get) you a cup of coffee. That will wake you up. 3. A: I can't hear the television! B: I (turn) it up so you can hear it. 4. We are so excited about our trip next month to France. We (visit) and Grenoble. 5. Sarah (come) 6. Ted: It is so hot in here! Sarah: I (turn) 7. I think he (be) 8. After I graduate, I (attend) wanted to be a doctor all my life. to the party. Oliver (be) there as well. Paris, Nice

the air-conditioning on. the next President of the United States. medical school and become a doctor. I have

9. A: Excuse me, I need to talk to someone about our hotel room. I am afraid it is simply too small for four people. B: That man at the service counter (help) you. 10. As soon as the weather clears up, we (walk) swimming. down to the beach and go

6 Present and past tenses (A-G) Complete the radio news report. Put in the correct forms of the verbs. Hello. This () is (be) Kitty Beamish. (1).. (I / speak) to you from Oxford, where the finals of the World Quiz Championships will be held tomorrow. The favourite is Claude Jennings of Cornwall, the man who (2) ....................(know) everything. Twelve months ago no one (3) .......................................(hear) of Claude lennings, although (4)........(he / take) part in quiz competitions for years. Now suddenly he is a big star. So far this year (5).. (he / answer) every single question correctly. And he is popular, too. When (6).. (he / arrive) here two days ago, hundreds of fans (7). (wait) at the station to welcome him. Since his arrival Claude (8)....... (read) encyclopedias in his hotel bedroom. He is clearly the man to watch. And now back to the news desk.

Test 5A
Complete the conversations. Put in the correct form of each verb. A: Are you ready? B: I won't be a moment. I'm doing (I / do) my hair. 1 A: Could you tell me your address? B: Well,.. (I / live) in a friend's house at the moment. Luckily........... .....................(I / find) a place of my own now, but I can't move in until next week. 2 A: Is this your CD? B: No, it isn't mine...................(I / think)(it / belong) to Peter. 3 A: Can I borrow your calculator, please?

B: Well, ......... (I / use) it to work out these figures at the moment............... (I / want) to finish doing them, now that. (I / start). 4 A: Why can't you wash your dirty plates sometimes? ............................ (you / leave) them in the sink most of the time. B: OK, sorry. The last few weeks ................................... (I / have) so little time...........................................(I / rush) around all the time.

Test 5F
Complete the news report. Put each verb into the correct form. The actress Vanessa Kemp () has disappeared (disappear). Yesterday she (I).. ................(fail) to arrive at the Prince Charles Theatre in London's West End for her leading role in the comedy 'Don't look now!'. Ms Kemp, who (2)(live) in Hampstead, (3).. (leave) home at four o'clock yesterday afternoon for the theatre, a journey she (4) (make) several times the week before. Two people who (5)...................... (walk) past her home at the time (6).. (see) her leave. But no one (7) (see) her since then. At half past seven she still (8). ........... (not / arrive) at the theatre. At eight o'clock the theatre manager had to break the news to the audience, who (9) .................... .......... (wait) patiently for the play to start. Since yesterday, theatre staff and friends (10).. (try) to contact Ms Kemp, but they (II). (have) no success so far. The police (12) (take) the matter seriously, but they (13)............. (believe) that she is unlikely to be in any danger. Her friends all (14) ....................................... (want) to hear from her soon.

3 Will and be going to (A-C)

Complete the news report about the village of Brickfield. Use will or be going to. Sometimes either is possible. We have learned this week that the local council has plans for Westside Park in Brickfield. The council () is going to sell (sell) the land to a builder, Forbes and Son. The plans are all ready. '(1).. (we / build) fifty houses,' said Mr Forbes. 'In two years' time everything (2).. (be) finished. I'm sure people (3).. (like) the houses. Most of them (4) ....... (be) for young families. And we intend to take care of the environment. (5) (we / not / cut) down all the trees, only a few of them.' But people living near the park are angry. 'This is a terrible idea. We're all against it,' said Mrs Mary Brent. '(6). (we / have) a protest march on Saturday. I expect everyone in Brickfield (7)............................... (be) there. We've reached our decision. (8).. ..............(we / stop) this plan.' 3 Present tenses for the future (A-B) Put the verbs into the present continuous or the present simple. Emma: () Are you doing (you / do) anything tonight? Matthew: Yes, (1).. (1 / go) to the station to meet my friend Richard. (2) (he / stay) here for the weekend, remember? His train (3)............... (get) in at eight fifteen. Emma: Oh, of course. I'd forgotten about that. Matthew: Maybe we'll see you later. What (4).. (you / do) tonight? Emma: Oh, (5) (I / go) to the cinema with Vicky and Rachel and a couple of other people. The film (6) (finish) quite early, so (7).........................................(we / go) to a pizza place afterwards.

Grammar exercise - all tenses 1. Yesterday morning I ___ (get) out of bed and ______ (open) the window. 2. She ______ (visit) her grandparents every Friday afternoon. 3. When I ______ (arrive) at the cinema, Daniela ______________________ (wait, already) for me there for quite a while. 4. John ________ (resign) from his job yesterday, after he ___________ (work) for the company for two years. 5. I _______ (call) you last night at 8pm but you ________ (be, not) there. Where _____ (be) you? 6. She ________ (be) to so many countries so far! By the time she ___ (be) 35 she _____ _____________ (visit) almost every country in the world! 7. I ______________ (work) in the garden tomorrow between 1pm and 2pm.

8. They __________________ (wait) at the bus stop for an hour by the time the bus ________ (arrive). 9. The children _____ (go) to bed at 8pm every night. 10. I ________ (have) the same car for more than ten years, but I __________ (need, not) to buy a new one. 11. I usually ___ (go) on holiday every summer, but last summer I _____ (take) a course in France. 12. I _____ (can, not) believe how late we are! By the time we get to the dinner, everyone ________________________ (finish, already) eating. ___________ (forget, not) to take your umbrella when you ____ (go) out. It ________ (rain). 13. Where ____ (be) you when you heard the news?

1. She ____________ (look) out of the window when the accident _________ (occur). 2. ____________________ (you, see, ever) the movie Star Wars? 3. I ________ (arrive) in this city a week ago. 4. When Jack ________ (enter) the room, I ________________ (recognize, not) him because he ___________ (grow) a beard. 5. After I ________ (finish) my exams I ________________ (take) a long holiday. 6. A car alarm __________ (ring) somewhere down the street. It __________ (drive) me crazy! It _______________ (ring) for more than twenty minutes 7. When you _______ (arrive) in Los Angeles, call my friend Steve. He _________ (show) you around the city. 8. I can't believe how much you _____________ (change) since the last time I ____ (see) you. 9. By the time she gets here, we ____________________ (wait) for her for two hours. 10. Last night Jane ________ (turn) on the radio and ________ (hear) an old song which she ________________ (hear, not) in years. 11. Tom _________________ (visit, never) Japan, but he ____________ (travel) to China several times already. The last time Tom ______ (go) to China he ______ (meet) a lot of interesting people. 12. I think the waiter ______________ (forget). We _________________ (wait) here for over half an hour and nobody ___________ (take) our order yet.

1) Put the verbs in brackets in the passage below into the correct forms: My cousin and her husband . (live) in Hanwell, one of the suburbs of London. One morning they .. (woke up) to find to their dismay that their car . (steal) from outside their house. They immediately .. (phone) the police to report the theft, before they . (leave) for work by bus. When they .. (return) later the same day, they .. (find) to their surprise that their car . (bring back) and .. (park) in its usual place outside their house. Under one of the windscreen wipers (be) a small envelope. They quickly .. (open) it and . (find) a note .. (apologize) profusely for borrowing their car. The man who . (write) it .. (explain) that he . (not have) a car himself, and his wife .. (go) into labour in the middle of the night with their first baby. So he (hope) they (mind) too much that he . (take) their car without their permission in order (run) her to the hospital, as it . (be) something of an emergency. By way of compensation, he .. (enclose) two tickets for the West End show Sunset Boulevard on Saturday evening. They (be) both delighted as they (love) Andrew Lloyd Webbers music and (try) for ages to get tickets to this particular musical, and .. (know) it .. (be) impossible to get the tickets for any of the shows in the next two months. It . (be) a perfect evening. They . (have) front row seats and the show itself (be) every bit as good as they (expect). They (be) in such a good mood after it that they . (decide) (go) for a meal at their favourite Italian restaurant. When they eventually . (get) home just after midnight, a new shock . (await) them. While they (be) away, their house . (burgled)! Everything of value .. (steal). They .. (know) immediately who the thief . (be) because . (lie) on the kitchen table . (be) a note in handwriting they .. (recognize), .. (say): HOPE YOU . (ENJOY) THE SHOW! 2) Put the verbs from the brackets into the correct tenses: Last week I .. (invite) several friends to dinner. When the first couple (arrive), I .. (still work) in the kitchen, as I quite . (finish) preparing the salad. I .. (tell) them to make themselves at home, and (add) that I (join) them in a few minutes. If they (come) ten minutes later, I . (be) ready for them. The dinner . (be) an excellent one and I .. (compliment) on my cooking. One of my friends .. (say) that she . (go) to send her husband to me for cooking lessons. I .. (enjoy) working in the kitchen if somebody else (do) the washing up. 3) Put the verbs from the brackets into the correct forms: I . (be) angry and sad . (hear) that someone plans (knock down) the White Horse Inn in Brickfield. This pub .. (be) the centre of village life for

centuries. It . (stand) at our crossroads for about 500 years. It . (be) famous in the old days, and Shakespeare once .. (stay) there, they say. I . (live) in Brickfield all my life, and I know all about it. We .. (know) for some time of the danger to our pub. There . (be) some talk a year or two ago about knocking it down. But the villagers are against the plan. We . (stop) it, you (see). 4) Put the verbs from the brackets into the correct forms: I (go) .. (see) my friend yesterday, as we . (previously arrange), because we (have) several important things .. (discuss). However, he (not be) there when I . (arrive), and there (be) no message for me. But knowing him as I .. (do), I .. (be) sure there . (be) a good reason for his absence. When he finally .. (turn up), I . (wait) for more than an hour. He said that he (have) a puncture on the way and .. (telephone) the garage to ask them .. (send) someone . (change) the wheel. When I .. (ask) him why he . (not change) it himself, he (say) he .. (never do) such a thing before and that he .... (have) no intention of starting now.