PRACTICE EXERCISE

I. Choose the correct tense:

1. Everyday, Sandra ______________________________ (wake up) at 7am.
2. I ______________________________ (read) a book when the phone rang.
3. When I ______________________________ (be) rich, I'll buy a big house.
4. Two days ago, I ______________________________ (receive) a letter from Sandra.
5. On Sundays, I ______________________________ (play) football with my friends.
6.

Don't disturb your brother! He ______________________________ (do) his homework!

7. What a wonderful movie! It's the best movie I ______________________________ (ever/see)!

8. After your exam, we ______________________________ (go) to the disco.
9. When he came back home, Peter found that several people ______________________________
(destroy) his car.
10. My sister ______________________________ (buy) him a dog for his birthday last week.
11. Marceau and Yanis ______________________________ (go) to the cinema last Monday.
12. Brunella ______________________________ (sit) behind the door when we were looking for her.
13. Annelore ______________________________ (break) her umbrella yesterday.
14. They said they were tired and ______________________________ (go) upstairs to sleep.
15. Johanne ______________________________ (just lose) her keys on the pavement .
16. Ccile ______________________________ (ride) a horse when she went to the circus.
17. The Scottish people ______________________________ (build) their detached house near the beach
years ago.
18. Jean ______________________________ (see) many boats over the see, when she was on holiday.
19. I ______________________________ (read) Romeo and Juliet when I was 10 years old.
II. Choose the right answer:
1) I __________________ a biologist.
[ ] have been
[ ]am
[ ]am being
2) At the moment I __________________ on proteins.
[ ] am working
[ ]work
[ ]worked

3) I __________________ on proteins for two years now.

[ ] have worked
[ ]work
[ ]have been working
4) A few years ago I __________________ in a laboratory in Germany.
[ ]worked
[ ]have worked
[ ]have been working
5) So I __________________ Germany to settle in the US.
[ ] would leave
[ ]have left
[ ]left
6) I __________________ quite happy with the results I have obtained and I expect to be able to publish a
paper in the near future.
[ ] have felt
[ ]feel
[ ]will feel
7) What __________________ will happen ?
[ ]do you think
[ ]are you thinking
[ ]you think
8) While I was working in the garden, I __________________ my back
[ ]hurt
[ ]was hurting
[ ]have hurt
9) Have you considered __________________ to a different area ?
[ ]move
[ ]to move
[ ]moving

10) What __________________ at the weekend?

[ ]you did do
[ ]did you
[ ]did you do
11) Sometimes I walk to work and sometimes I get the bus, it __________________ on the weather.
[ ]is depending
[ ]depends
[ ]depend
12) Where were you ? I __________________ for you for the last half an hour.
[ ]'ve been looking
[ ]'m looking
[ ]'ve looked
13) Both boys promised __________________ late again.
[ ]being not
[ ]not be
[ ]not to be
14) A lot of people can't stand __________________ on crowded underground.
[ ]travels
[ ]traveling
[ ]to travel
15) We haven't seen Sarah and Nabil __________________ last Christmas.
[ ]for
[ ]at
[ ]since