Examen gramática.

4. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use a present, past or future
form.

1. When you get home from the shop, I _________________ (help) you carry the bags.
2. _______ you________ (pay) the water bill yesterday?

3.He_______________________ (not usually eat) a big meal in the evening.

4. While he _________________ (reach) for his cup of tea, he accidentally knoked it

over.
5. Today, our teacher_________________ (take) us to the British Museum in London.

5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use perfect
tenses.

1. By the time they arrive, the party ____________________________________ (end)

2. We _________________________(drive) for an hour before we found a petrol

station.

3. Wait, you might still catch her. She ______________________________ (just leave)

4. I____________________________________________(not sleep) since yesterday.

5. The plane ____________________________________ (wait) here for hours.

6. Complete the sentences. Present perfect continuous or Past perfect continuous.

Study – wait – practice – feed

1. My brother _________________________ the drums for hours and I have got a

headache!
2. The patients__________________________ for 20 minutes by they time the dentist
arrived.
3. The cats stay near our house because our neighbour _______________________
them.
4. William ____________________ in his room when he smelled smoke.
7. Complete the sentences with the verbs un brackets. Perfect tense (simple or
continuous).

Decorate – pick up – try – smoke – learn

1. I ________________________________ to call you all day.

2. The actors __________________________ their lines for weeks before the
rehearsals began.
3. I _____________ never ______________ a cigarrete in my life and I never will”
4. We ______________________ the room by the time the guest arrive.
5. She _________________________ the dress by the time the shop called.

8. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the correct perfect tense.

Global warming (1) ______________ (become) a serious problem. Weather conditions

(2) __________________ (change) a lot in recent years. Scientists (3)
__________________(warn) people for years about the global warning. They are afraid
that people (4)_______________________ (cause) too much damage by the time they
realise the dangers. Maybe (5), if people ______________________ (listen) sooner,
things would be different.

9. Complete the questions in the dialogue with the correct perfect tense. Pay
attention to the word in bold.

Dan: 1. ______________________________________ all morning?

Ellen: I have been watching proggrammes on TV.

Dan: 2. ______________________________________________________?
Ellen: I’ve been interested in cooking since last year.

Dan: 3. _________________________________________________?
Ellen: No, I hadn’t been feeling ill, but I was exhausted all the time.

Dan: 4. ___________________________________________________?
Ellen: I had been eating a lot of fast food.

Dan 5._____________________________________________________?
Ellen: Lately, I’ve been eating more home-cooked meals and salads.

Dan 6. _________________________________________________________?
Ellen: My mum and I have been preparing the meals together.
10. Read the text and choose the correct alternatives.

While my mum and I (1) were looking/used to look through some old photos, we
(2) found / were finding one of my mum from the 1970s. In the photo she (3) would
wear/ was wearing these horrible, red platform shoes. When I (4) used to laugh
/laughed at them, she (5) was saying/said that they (6) would be/ used to be the
fashion. “I (7) would love/ used to love those shoes and I (8) was wearing/ would
wear them everywhere.” she said. She (9) agreed/was agreeing they weren’t very
practical though. Once she (10) would fall/fell over and (11) used to break/broke her
arm when she (12) used to run / was running to catch a bus!

11. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Will you remember ___________________________ (buy) the newspaper, please?

2. I forgot __________________________ (record) the programme last night.
3. He stopped ______________________(listen) to music and did his homework.
4. I remember _______________________(go) to the theatre for the fist time.
5. I didn’t believe it. He’s forgotten ________________ (call) me again!
6. We regret __________________(inform) you that your application has been
unsuccessful.
7. I’ll always regret ___________________(be) so lazy at school. I should have studied
a lot harder.