FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE APROPRIATE TENSE (present simple / cont,/ perf.
past simple /
cont/ perf)
A/ Mara Fernndez is Spanish. She ___________ (live) in Madrid, where she ________________ (work)
for an export company. She __________________ (be) with this company for two years now. At the moment
she ________________ (study) English on a one-month intensive course in London. She
_____________________ ( be) in London for one week now. She ____________________ ( arrive) there
last Saturday. This is not Marias first time in Britain. She ____________ (be) there before.
B/ I woke up when I _______________ (hear) a noise downstairs. I ________________ (get) out of bed
quietly because my wife ____________________ (still/ sleep) and _______________ (go) to the top of the
stairs. It was dark, but I could see two men downstairs in the living room. They _____________________
(try) to open the safe. When I _____________________ (switch on) thelight, the rwo men
___________________ (run) into the kitchen and __________________ (escape) out of the back door. Then,
before I _______________ (have) a chance to do anything, I ______________________ (hear) a police car
pull up outside the house. A neighbour of mine _____________________ (see) the men breaking into my
house and _______ ___________ (phone for the police.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
Mrs Hay ______________ (drive) along a small country road when she ________________ (see) a man at
the side of the road. He ________________ (wave) and pointing at his car. Mrs
Hay______________ (stop) and ________________ (ask) the man if he was all right. My cars broken
down, said the man. where do you want __________________ (go)? asked Mrs. Hay . London replied
the man. Well, I ________________ (not go) to London, but I _________________(give) you a lift to the
station, if you like. On the way to the station they chatted. _______________________ (you / work) in
London? asked Mrs. Hay. No, I dont. I _________________ (run) my own business in Oxford. But today
I ___________ (have) lunch with a friend in London we always __________________(have) lunch
together on Fridays. I promised _______________ (meet) her at one oclock. there is a train at 11.30. I
dont think you ________________ (be) late for your appointment. When they arrived at the station, a train
_____________ (stand) at the platform. Thats your train said Mrs. Hay . You __________________
(catch) it if you are quick. After the man _________________ (get out) of the car, Mrs. Hay
_________________ (drive away). A few minutes later she realized that she ___________________ (make)
a mistake : it was the wrong train. She went back to the station, but the train wasnt there: it
______________________ (already/ leave)! She went into the station and asked at the information desk
where the train was going. Edimburgh, the information clerk told her. Where does it stop next? asked
Mrs. Hay. Its the express service the clerk told her. It ____________________ ( not stop) until it gets to
Edimburgh.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
Letter to Brezhnev ____________ (be) a very optimistic love story. The film ____________ (begin) on a
friday night when all the young people ____________(go) out. Elaine _____________ (wait) in a bar for her
friend Teresa. When she arrives, Teresa still ______________ (wear) her working clothes but they
____________(decide) to go to a nightclub. The place ___________(be) full of people who
________________(enjoy) themselves. Teresa ______________ (disappear) and _______________
(change) into a very attractive red dress. Two Russian sailors ___________ (spend) their only free night in
the disco and they (meet) the gilrs. Elaine ___________ (start) talking to Peter who ___________(speak) a
little English and soon they _______________(realise) that they _______________(fall) in love. The next
day the two sailors ______________ (have) to return to their ship. But Peter _________ (promise) to stay in
touch with Elaine. They ________ (say) goodbye to each other. Elaine ____________ (make) up her mind to
visit Peter in Russia. Many months later she still_______________ (plan) to go to Russia, although there
_________ (be) no news of Peter. But Teresa_____________(encourage) Elaine to trust her feelings. Finally,
when Elaine ____________ (get) desperate, the letter from Brezhnev _____________(arrive) with a visa and
an air ticket. The last scene _______________ (take) place at the airport. Elain __________ (wait) for the
plane to Moscow and Teresa, as usual, ______________ (encourage) her and ___________(give) her advice.
We ____________(assume) that she_____________ (go) to Russia and ___________(find) Peter
