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INDEX
TENSES page
* Present Simple 2
* Present Continuous. 4
* Present Simple/Present Continuous. 5
* Past Simple 7
* Present Perfect (Simple & Continuous) 11
* Past Continuous. 12
* Past Simple/Past Continuous 13
* Past Perfect (Simple & Continuous) 15
* Past tenses 15
* Future Tenses 16
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TENSES
* Present Simple
Exercise 1: Choose one verb from the list below to complete each sentence. Put it into the
correct form.
have be change take drive score begin
1. They always _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. the bus to work.
2. Nowadays there _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ more cars on the roads than ever before.
3. The managers of the company_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ regularly.
4. Every year the weather_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in November.
5. Alan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a tractor on the farm.
6. "Magic Johnson _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ three points in the last second!"
7. The show _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ at 8.30 p.m.
8. The United States of America_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50 states.
Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the Present Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1. She never _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (visit) us on Sundays.
2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (you / always travel) to work by train?
3. The moon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (move) around the earth.
4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (he / phone) you every week?
5. Every winter, my family _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. (go) to Chamonix for a week.
6. The plane_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not leave) until midnight.
7. Water _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not boil) at 90º centigrade.
8. Sheila_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (practise) the piano twice a day
9. I've got a joke for her: There_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (be) this tall
man. He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(go) into a café and .
10. The school year usually _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(begin) on September lst.
Exercise 3: Write sentences using the words given below in the correct order. Make any
necessary changes.
1. they / at night / not travel / long distances / usually
Exercise 4: Underline the verbs in each sentence and complete the questions.
1. She drinks milk every day.
What _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ she drink every day?
2. We eat breakfast at 7.00 a.m.
What time _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ breakfast each morning?
3. Don gets up early because he starts work early.
Why _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
4. The children play in the garden every afternoon.
Who _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
5. David sells 500 newspapers a day.
How many _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.?
6. The bus stops on Oxford Street.
Where _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
7. She shops in the city once a month.
How often _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
8. My little brother always laughs when he watches AIf on TV.
Who_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
9. My father listens to the news every evening.
How often_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
10. The trains stop at King's Cross Station.
Where _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
Exercise 5: Anna wants to take driving lessons. Fill in her mother's questions.
Anna: Mum, I want to take driving lessons.
Mot_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
Anna: Because I am 17 years old.
Mother: (2) _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
Anna: Yes, I have money to pay for the lessons.
Mother: (3) _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
Anna: Yes, other students take lessons after school.
Mother: (4) _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
Anna: They do their homework at night.
Mother: (5) _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
Anna: They drive the family car.
* Present Continuous
Exercise 7: Fill in the blanks with the Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
Exercise 10: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Note that in some
sentences you may be able to use both Present Simple and Present Continuous.
Exercise 11: Fill in the blanks with time expressions from the list. Some time expressions can fit
in more than one sentence, but make sure that you use each time expression only once.
all year around / from now on / today / at 4.00 p.m./ on Wednesday / in the late afternoon /
tomorrow / at the moment / next Monday / whenever she has the car / every summer / right
now / when the season changes
1. She's having a bath and she can't come to the phone right now
2. Gina starts to sneeze _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. I enjoy going for walks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. She goes for a drive _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5. In this country, we usually have apples _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6. You're going to the dentist _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
7. The electrician is coming to fix the plug _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so you'll have to wait until he comes
8. She's feeling happier _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ than she did yesterday.
9. Joanna is resting _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ but I'm sure she'll get up soon.
10. He's going to swim 20 lengths a day_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
11. Juan and I are starting to do our project _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
12. People from all over the world visit Greece _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Exercise 12: Complete the following sentences. They contrast the Present Simple and Present
Continuous.
1. My dog hardly ever barks. It's barking right now. That's funny.
2. Are you going out for lunch today? Yes_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ once a week.
3. Are you lying to me? Of course not! I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ never
4. She's an excellent cook. She always makes the most delicious meals.
I know! She_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a cheese soufflé right now.
5. Does your brother watch TV? Yes, in fact_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ right now.
6. Is Mary drinking beer? I can't believe my eyes. Yes, in fact __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a week.
7. Is Andrew always making a mess? Oh yes_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ all the time.
8. I don't often disturb you, do I? Well. _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ right in the middle of my
favourite programme.
9. I'm watching the sunset now. Isn't it beautiful?
Yes, it is. I_ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. every evening.
10. Do you read books in English?
Yes, in fact I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. a novel by Jeff Archer right now.
Exercise 13: Translate the sentences below into your native language.
* Past Simple
Exercise 14: Fill in the blanks with a time expression from the list below. Some time
expressions can fit more than one sentence
in 1789 / long ago / two minutes ago / last year / when /while
Exercise 15: Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Exercise 16: Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple form (positive or negative) of the verbs in
brackets. Make sure your sentences make sense. There may be more than one correct answer.
1. I left work at nine, but Joe didn’t leave until after ten. (leave)
2. I _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. the Italian film last night, but I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
the Dutch one. (understand)
3. Ian_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _to go to London, but her friend _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _to
go there. (want)
4. Marilyn _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the concert last night, but Alan _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it at
all. (enjoy)
5. When Tina was younger, she_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a lot of tennis, but she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ any
hockey. (play)
6. Lynn _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Jack a present yesterday, but
she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ronnie one. (give)
7. When she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the bakery last night,
she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ some buns, but she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ any
cakes. (go, buy)
8. The noise _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Brian, but it _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ Jimmy. (frighten)
9. Emma _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to do her project again, but
Rita_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to. (have)
10. Dave _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ his leg when he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ down
the stairs three weeks ago; he_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. his arm. (break, fall)
2. Rachel lost her camera while she was on holiday last week
Exercise 19: Write Wh-questions in the Past Simple using the words given below
1. Why/Colin/leave/his job
Why did Colin leave his job?
Exercise 20: Jack is asking Jill about a film. Fill in Jack's questions.
Jack: (1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
Jill: Yes, I saw the new film last night.
Jack: (2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
Jill: I went with Martha and Betty.
Jack: (3) __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
Jill: It was showing at the "Rio" Cinema.
Jack: (4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
Jill: We got there by bus.
Jack: (5) _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.?
Jill: Yes, it was a wonderful film.
Exercise 22: Write questions in the Present Perfect Simple using the words given below. Then
answer the questions truthfully.
1. you / visit / the Canary lslands?
Exercise 24: Fill in the blanks with EVER, NEVER, RECENTLY, ALWAYS or OFTEN.
1. She has disappointed me. She is so responsable!
2. John and Tina have got married _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .I must send them a wedding present.
3. Has she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ considered moving to the city?
4. I have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _had good service at this bank. That's why I don't have an account here
5. John has _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ disliked love stories. They bore him.
6. I have_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bought a dog. I feel much safer now.
7. We have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ seen him so happy. He's dancing with joy!
8. They have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. met her at the museum. She loves art.
* Past Continuous
Exercise 26: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Exercise 27. Fill in the blanks with the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Use one
negative form in each sentence. There may be more than one correct answer.
Exercise 30 Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in
brackets. There may be more than one correct answer.
Exercise 32 Fill in the blanks with the Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous form of
the verbs in brackets.
1.- I was so tired, because I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(run) today
2.- She told me his boyfriend´s name after he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(leave)
3.- Juan began to study after he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(sleep) all morning
4.- When we got to the restaurant, we found that nobody _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (remember) to reserve
a table
5.- Someone _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___(use) my bicycle because the chain fell off.
* Past tenses
Exercise 33 Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple or
Past Perfect Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1. He_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (phone) me after he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (left).
* Future tenses
Exercise 34 Fill in the blanks with the Future Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Exercise 35 Fill in the blanks with the positive or negative form of WILL.
1. We WILL have the party on Saturday night.
We WON´T have it on Friday night. (have)
Exercise 36 Write questions with WILL using the words given below.
1. who / be / next president ?
Who will be the next president?
2. you / be here / when / get back?
Exercise 37 Write sentences with BE GOING TO using the words given below.
1. my parents / look after / baby / tomorrow night
Exercise 38 Write questions about the underlined words in each answer below.
1. When are the new neighbours going to move in?
The new neighbours are going to move in next week.
2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Janet is going to teach me how to play the new computer game.
3. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
We are going to have fish and chips for supper tonight.
4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
I don´t know yet where we are going to spend the summer.
5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm going to spend the money I got for my birthday on new clothes.
6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bob and I are going to do the shopping for the party.
Exercise 39 Fill in the blanks with the Future Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
5. How boring my life is! This time next month I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ (do) exactly the
same things as I am doing now.
6. Don't write to this address yet. I (not move) in until next month.
3. Don't leave your crayons on the floor. The baby_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ them in his mouth.
a. will be putting b. will put
Exercise 41 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present
Simple and Continuous, WILL, BE GOING TO
2. The way to school seems __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when I take the bus than when I
ride my bike. (far)
5. I'm sorry. I don't have _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ time to help you now as I used to. (much)
12. That is probably the__ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ painting of a tiger I've ever seen. (fine)
14. Flights to England are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ than flights to America from this airport. (frequent)
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
(and Time Clauses)
Exercise 44 First Conditionals/Type 1:Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in
brackets.
Exercise 45 Underline the time words in the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the
correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Exercise 46. Second Conditionals/Type 2: Make complete sentences by matching items from
A and B.
If I weren´t so busy I´d think you were joking
If I were you, If I spent some time in England
Exercise 48 Third Conditionals/Type 3: Fill in the blanks using the third conditional with the
correct form of the verbs in brackets.
3. If the lifeguard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. (arrive) sooner, he would have saved the boy's life.
4. If Ellen had gone to the theatre with us, she _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not enjoy) the play we saw.
5. If AIfred hadn't picked the flowers yesterday, the bee _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not sting) him and
he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. (not have) to go lo hospital.
7. If Martin _ _ _ __ _ _ _ (not help) me prepare the report, I wouldn't have got a raise in salary.
RELATIVE CLAUSES
Exercise 50 Defining Relative Clauses: Underline the relative clauses in the following
sentences and circle the nouns they describe.
Exercise 51 Defining Relative Clauses: Fill in the blanks with WHO, WHICH, WHERE,
THAT, WHEN or WHOSE. There may be more than one correct answer.
3. What do you know about that woman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ son won the lottery?
5. Joe will never forget the day _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ he first got his driving licence.
6. The cat _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ received the gold medal at the cat show was very well trained.
Exercise 52 Defining Relative Clauses Fill in the blanks with the correct relative pronouns or
adverbs. There may be more than one correct answer.
Exercise 53 Defining Relative Clauses, with prepositions:Fill in the blanks with WHO,
WHOM, WHICH or THAT. There may be more than one correct answer.
9a. The girl _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. you are going out with is very attractive.
9b.
Exercise 54 Non-defining Relative Clauses: Combine the following sentences using the
relative pronouns WHO, WHOM, WHOSE, WHICH. Make any necessary changes.
Exercise 55 Combine the following sentences using the relative pronouns WHO, WHOM
WHOSE, WHICH or THAT. Make any necessary changes.
9. The palace stands outside the town. It was built 200 years ago.
10. That man over there is an artist. I don’t remember his name.
Exercise 57 Fill in the blanks with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets
10 Jim didn't go to the party because he_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not, invite). (Past Simple)
6. There's an old saying in English: "Children should be seen and not heard."
Exercise 59 Write the following sentences in the passive if possible. Mark the sentences that
have no passive form with X
2. To record, you must press the red button and the black button at the same time.
4.- "The teacher will ask you again", they told us.
8.- "We moved into our new flat last year", your parents told me
4.- "Will your aunt visit us next month?" Paul asked Tom