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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
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Listen! Can you hear those people next door? They .............................(yell)
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Put the verb in the present continuous, using one of these verbs:
rise improve
fall increase
expensive.
6. George has gone to work in Spain. At first his Spanish wasnt very good
C. Read this conversation and put each verb in the present continuous.
Brian: Hello Steve. I havent seen you for ages. What(1) are you doing these
days?
Steve: I (2) .......................................(work) in a department store.
Brian: Really? (3) ......................................(you/enjoy)it?
Steve: Yeah, It is OK. How about you?
Brian: Well, I (4) ......................................(not work) at the moment, but Im very
busy. I (5).......................................(build) a house.
Steve: Really? (6) .....................................(you/do) it alone?
Brian: No, some friends of mine(7).............................................(help) me.
A.
...............................from Mexico
7. It ................................(take) me an hour to get to work. How long................
..................(it/take)you?
8. I ....................................(play) the violin, but I ...............................(not/play)
very well.
9. I dont understand the word liar. What ...................................(liar/mean)?
B.
Read these sentences and correct them. The English is correct but the
Use sentences to make questions. Begin your question with the word(s)
in parentheses (....)
Example: John plays tennis. (How often?) How often does John play tennis?
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PAST SIMPLE
A.
Read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past.
that.........................$80.
5. Jim.............................the ball to Sue, who...................................it.
C. Write questions. A friend has just come back from vacation and you are
asking about it.
Example: where/go? Where did you go?
food/good? Was the food good?
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D.
Put the verb into the correct form. Use the simple past.
You are writing a letter to a friend and giving news about people you both
know. Use the words given to make sentences and put the verb into the
correct form.
Example: Phil/find a new job. Phil has found a new job.
Dear Chris,
Lots of things have happened since I last wrote to you.
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B.
Fred/go/Brazil .................................................................................................
Jack and Jill/decide/to get married .................................................................
Suzanne/have/a baby ....................................................................................
Liz/give up/smoking .......................................................................................
George/pass/his driving test ..........................................................................
Read the stuation and then write an appropriate sentence. Use the verb given.
Example: Tom is looking for his key. He cant find it. (lose). He has lost his key.
1. Sues hair was dirty. Now it is clean. (wash) .................................................
2. Tom weighed 190 pounds. Now he weighs 170. (lose weight).......................
3. The car has just stopped because there isnt any more gas in the tank. (run out of
gas).......................................................................................................
4. This morning Bill was playing football. Now he cant walk and his leg is in a
cast. (break) ...................................................................................................
C.
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Hello! Ive just ..........................to the store. Look at all the things Ive bought.
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B. Complete the sentences with the present perfect or the simple past.
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Im not cooking today I (cook)............................all the meals yesterday. In fact, I
(cook) ..............................most of the meals this week.
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10. Our team are rubbish. They (just lose) ..................................eight games one after the other.
C.
Example: Jake runs a small business. He started doing this five years ago.
Jake has run a small business for five years.
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15. Not many passenger planes (fly/are/ are flying) faster than sound.
B) Put in the correct tense: Past Simple or Past Continuous.
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I saw Sid when I (come)........................................to work this morning. He
(shop)...............................................
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She (meet)....................................her husband while she (travel)..............................in
Egypt.
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While I (talk)..................................to Mrs. Singleton somebody
(walk) ................................into my office and (steal)..................................the computer.
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I (look) .......................................out of the window and (see)........................that we
(fly).....................................over the mountains.
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I (wake) .....................................up to find that water (pour)........................ through the
bedroom ceiling.
10. He (break) ..................................his leg while he (play)................................
football.
11. I (go).......................................to see how she (be)........................ and found that she
(cry).........................................
12. She (tell) ...................................me she (have)................................. a bad
time with her husband.
THE FUTURE
A. Use the words in brackets to write sentences. All the sentences are
future. Use the Present Continuous(he is leaving...etc.) or the
Present Simple (it leaves, etc.)
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(what time/you/leave/tomorrow?).............................................................
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Its a bit cold in this room. Is it? .............................on the heat then.
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Did you write that letter to Jack? Oh, I forgot. Thanks for reminding
me. ....................................it tonight.
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A friend of yours offers you a ride home, but you decide to walk. Thank you,
but ......................................................................................
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You arranged to play tennis. Now you decide that you dont want to
play. .......................................................................................................
4.
You were going to go swimming. Now you decide that you dont want to
go .......................................................................................................
E. Offer to do things. Tom has a lot of things to do and you offer to do
them for him.
Example: Tom: Oh, I have to clean up. You: No, thats all right, Ill
clean up.
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A: Do .................................? B: ..............................................................
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A: ......................................? B: ...............................................................
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A: ......................................? B: ..............................................................
G. Say when you are going to do something.
Example: Have you cleaned the car? (tomorrow)
Not yet. Im going to clean it tomorrow.
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Jim is going to study from 7:00 until 10:00 this evening. So at 8:30 this
evening he ..............................................................................................
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We are going to clean the apartment tomorrow. It will take from 9 until
Jim always goes to bed at 11:00. Peter is going to visit him at 11:30
much too quickly. Before the end of his vacation, (he/spend/all his
money)......................................................................................................
3.
Sue went to Canada from the U.S. almost three years ago, Next
Monday it will be exactly three years since she arrived. Next Monday