Put the following verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. My daughter ______________ (never write) to me so I _____________ (never

know) what she ____________ (do). _________________ (your son write) to
you, Mrs Smith?
2. I _____________ (usually go) by train, but this weekend I ____________ (go)
by bus. It __________ (take) longer but it _____________ (cost) less.
3. Why _____________ (that man stand) in the middle of the road?
4. _____________ (you see) that man at the corner of the street? He is private
detective. He _____________ (watch) n 24.
5. Ive bought a new house but I _____________ (not live) there yet.
6. They ____________( put) the electric points at the moment. They
_____________ (seem) competent electricians but they ____________ (smoke)
at their work and this _____________ (slow) them down.
7. Tonight they ____________ (watch) a very modern comedy. They
______________ (enjoy) it, but they _____________ (not understand) some of
the jokes.
Put the following verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Past Continuous.
I _______________ (walk) along Picadilly when I ___________ (realize) that a man
with a ginger beard, whom I had seen 3 times that afternoon, ___________ (follow) me.
To make quite sure, I _____________ (walk) on quickly and ____________ (turn) right
and then left and ___________ (stop) suddenly at a shop window. In a few minutes the
man with the beard ____________ (appear) and _____________ (stop) at another shop
window. I _________ (go) on. Whenever I ___________ (stop) he ____________
(stop), and whenever I _________________ (look) round he ___________ (be) still
there. He ____________ (look) a very respectable type and ______________ (wear)
very conventional clothes and I ____________ (wonder) if he was a policeman or a
private detective. I ___________ (decide) to try and shake him off.
Put the verbs in brackets into Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous.
1. Can you translate this letter from Paris? I understood French when I was a child
but I __________________ (forget) it all.
2. Whats that dent at the side of the car? ________________ (you have) an
accident?
3. Im sorry, Johns not here; he _________________ (go) to the dentist. He
__________________ (have) a trouble with a tooth.
4. This cassette recorder is broken. ____________________ (you play) with it?
5. Your Italian is very good. _________________ (you study) it long?
6. Im not surprised that he ______________ (fail) the exam. He _____________
(not work) hard recently.
7. Oh no! the children __________________ (cook) look at the state of the
kitchen.

Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Present Perfect.

1. I _______________ (buy) a new house last year, but I ____________ (not sell)
my old house yet, so at the moment I have got two houses.
2. When Ann ____________ (be) on her way to the station it ___________ (begin)
to rain. Ann ____________ (run) back to her flat for her umbrella, but this make
her late for the train.
3. She _____________ (catch) the next train but it __________ (not get) in till
9.00, so she ____________ (arrive) late for work.
4. Ann ____________ (go) to Canada 6 month ago. She _____________ (work) in
Canada for a while and then she ______________ (go) back to the USA.
5. Mary ___________ (be) in Japan for 2 years. She is working there and she likes
it very much.
6. I cant find my gloves ______________ (you see) them?
7. I hope youre enjoying your visit to England. _______________ (you meet) any
Englishman yet? --- Yes, I ___________ (meet) a man called Calhoun at a party
last night.
Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple or Past
Perfect Continuous.
When the old lady ___________ (return) to her flat she ___________ (see) at once that
burglars ____________ (break) in during her absence, because the front door
_____________ (be) open and everything in the flat ____________ (be) upside down.
The burglars themselves ____________ (be) no longer there, but they probably only
just ___________ (leave) because a cigarette was still burning on the ornamental table.
Probably the _____________ (hear) the lift coming up and ____________ (run) down
the fire escape. They ______________ (help) themselves to her whisky too but there
was a little left , so she ____________(pour) herself out a drink. She ___________
(wonder) if they _____________ (find) her jewellery and rather hoped they had. The
jewellery was give by her husband, who _____________ (die) some years before. Since
his death she _____________ (not have) the heart to wear it, yet she ____________ (not
like) to sell it.
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate future form (present simple or continuous; be going
to; will; future perfect or future continuous).
Dont phone between 8.00 and 9.00. I ________________ (study) then.
Look out! That tree ________________ (fall)!
George __________ (not be) back here till 6.00 Van I take a message?
I dont think you _____________ (have) any problems at the airport.
By the time we reach London the rain __________________ (stop).
This time next year I ____________ (study) in Oxford.
In July they ________________ (be married) for 6 years.
Can you answer the phone for me? I _____________ (lie) down for a while.
Youd better not come in July. My mother ______________ (stay) with me
then.
10. the doctor says I _______________ (have) a baby.
11. According to the timetable, the train _____________ (arrive) at 6.00 am
12. let me know as soon as Louise ______________ (get) here.
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CONDITIONALS
1. Type I
1. If we _______________ (run out) of oil, we _______________ (need) other
kinds of energy.
2. Pollution _______________ (increase) if we _______________ (use) more oil
and coal.
3. If pollution _______________ (increase), more trees _____________ (die).
4. The climate _______________ (change) if more trees _____________ (die)
5. If we _____________ (try) to control pollution, it ____________ (be) too
expensive.
6. If we ______________ (not control) pollution it _____________ (be) too late.
2. Type II
1. What _______________ (do this woman) if she ___________(know) that the
thief is behind her?
2. If she ___________ (know) he was there she _____________ (tell) him to get
away.
3. She ____________(move) her purse and perhaps she ____________(call) the
police.
4. What ____________ (the thief) do is he ____________ (knew) tow policemen
were nearby?
5. If he ____________ (know) he ____________ (not try) to take the womans
purse.
6. Perhaps he ____________ (run) if he _____________ (see) them.
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Type III
If I _____________ (not be) so busy yesterday I _____________ (visit) you.
If you _____________ (see) the film, you ______________ (enjoy) it.
She _____________ (go) to university if he ______________ (have) the
opportunity.
4. If he _______________ (be) more careful he _____________ (not have) an
accident.
5. If I ______________ (have) time I ______________ (go) shopping.
6. If it ______________ (not rain) all morning we _______________ (go) out.
4. Mixed conditionals.
1. I _______________ (wear) some warm clothes today if I ______________ (be)
you. Its quite cold outside.
2. You ______________ (not have) the accident last week if you _____________
(be) more careful.
3. If I ________________ (have) enough money I ________________ (buy) a car,
but at this moment I cant afford it.
4. If you ______________ (wait) for a minutes I _______________ (come) to
town with you.
5. I didnt knew that. If I _______________ (know) it I ______________ (tell)
you.
6. he is always talking about how good he is. If he ________________ (not talk) so
much about himself, people _______________ (like) him most.

7. I ________________ (speak) to my boss about my holiday today if I

______________ (have) the chance.
8. If he _______________ (make) promise he always _____________ (keep) it.
9. I _______________ (go) to the cinema more often if it ______________ (not
be) so expensive.
10. The didnt pay me well, so I left my old job. If the wages _______________
(be) better I ______________ (not leave) it.
11. He always ______________ (get) angry if you ______________ (talk) to him
about politics.
12. If you ____________ (go) out without a coat you _______________ (catch) a
cold.
13. If you _______________ (ask) me I _____________ (help) you, but you didnt
say me a word about your problem.
14. What ______________ (you do) if you _____________ (see) someone
drowning in the sea.
15. I ________________ (go) out this evening if I _______________ (not be) so
busy.