1. Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Present Simple.

eat / weigh / swim / not fly

build / clean / live / change

a. Sometimes my snake ………………………….…….. in the bath. It’s very fast.

b. The Blue Whale ………………………….…….. 100,000 kilos.
c. The penguin is a bird, but it ………………………….…….. .
d. …………… monkeys …………… a lot of bananas?
e. My mum ………………………….…….. my mouse’s cage with hot water once a week.
f. Chameleons ………………………….…….. their colour.
g. Wolverines ………………………….…….. in cold places, like Canada, Siberia and Lapland. They
………………………….…….. their homes under the ground.

2. Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Present Continuous.

eat / listen / watch / not play

bathe / climb / look

a. The students ………………………….…….. to the guide at the zoo.

b. Look! The bear ………………………….…….. the tree.
c. The monkeys ………………………….…….. together at the moment. They’re asleep.
d. Right now, I ………………………….…….. the tigers.
e. What ………………… the orang-utan ………………… - a banana?
f. The penguins ………………………….…….. at us!
g. …………… the zoo-keepers …………… the elephant in hot water?

3. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Pre. Simple or Pre. Continuous.

a. Sara ………………………….…….. (walk) her dog twice a day.

b. Animals ………………………….…….. (not sing) songs.
c. Look! The monkey ………………………….…….. (dance).
d. Why ………………… you ………………… (wear) sandals right now?
e. I ………………………….…….. (not talk) to myself. I’m on the phone!
f. John ………………………….…….. (not believe) you.
g. ………………… Robin ………………… (like) fish?

4. Complete the advert with the verbs in brackets. Use the Pre. Simple or Pre. Continuous.
…………… your parents …………… (hate) cats and dogs? …………… you …………… (want) to be
around animals, but you can’t have a pet? Then come to the zoo. We ………………………….……..
(look) for volunteers now! At this very moment, teenagers from all over the city
………………………….…….. (work) at the zoo. They ……………………… (feed) animals and
…………………… (answer) visitors’ questions about the animals. The job ………………………….……..
(not require) special skills and our volunteers ………………………….…….. (not need) experience.
They ………………………….…….. (love) animals and that is enough!

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5. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

a. The twins ………………………….…….. (become) ill at the same time.

b. A week ago, Amy ….…….. (have) a high fever, so she ………………………….…….. (not go) to school.
c. The children ………………………….…….. (play) football while their parents ………………………….……..
(watch) a football game on TV.
d. The woman ………………………….…….. (open) the door, but she ………………………….…….. (not walk)
into the room.
e. What ………………… you ………………… (do) last night at 11 o’clock?
f. ………………… you ………………… (send) me an e-mail last night?
g. It ………………………….…….. (not rain) when we ………………………….…….. (wake up) this morning.

6. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
Last year, I ……………………… (visit) Edinburgh and I ……………………… (learn) that the plague
……………………… (spread) to Edinburgh in 1645. Many people ……………… (die) and people
………………………….… (not know) what to do.
While my family and I ………………………….…….. (tour) a “plague house”, I ……………… (see)
something strange: a tourist ………………………….…….. (dress) a doll. The woman explained that
she ………………………….…….. (prepare) the doll for a ghost called Annie! Annie ……………… (die)
in the plague and she ……………………… (lose) her doll. Now people believe Annie is a ghost and
she walks around crying for her lost doll. Then I ………………………….… (notice) some other
visitors ………………………….…….. (leave) dolls for Annie. Don’t laugh, but I ………………………….……..
(go out) and ……………………… (buy) a doll for Annie, too!

7. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use used to.

Because ordinary doctors ………………………….…….. (not treat) people with the plague, special doctors
………………………….…….. (help) the victims. People ………………………….…….. (call) these special doctors
“Plague Doctors”. A plague doctor ………………………….…….. (wear) normal clothes. He ………………………….
…….. (cover) his face with a mask. The mask had glass eyes and a beak. The doctor also
………………………….…….. (put) flowers and herbs in the beak because he believed they cleaned the
poisonous air.

8. Make sentences with the words below. Use the Present Perfect Simple.

a. Sheila / forget / the password

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
b. The children / not break / the code / yet
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
c. Agent Henry / not cut / his hair / in years
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
d. Paula / receive / secret messages / several times
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
e. The spy / just / catch / the enemy
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
f. I / not see / any detective films / lately
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
g. The agent / not eat / since the morning
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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9. Write questions with the words below. Use the Present Perfect Simple.

a. fly in a plane / several times

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
b. write a story / lately
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
c. break a code / ever
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
d. read a spy story / recently
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
e. win a prize / ever
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

10. Complete the sentences with the verbs correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present
Perfect Continuous.

a. We ……………………………….……….. (follow) the spy for two weeks.

b. How many years …………… Dan ………………… (spy) for the secret service?
c. The baby ………………………….……….. (not eat) well for days. I’m worried.
d. I ………………………….……….. (not clean) the house because I …………………………….……….. (read) spy
novels.
e. The children ……………………………….……….. (watch) James Bond films all summer long.
f. The secret agent ……………………………….……….. (send) messages to Russia. We can’t stop him.
g. How long …………… you ………………… (work) at night?
h. My friend ……………………………….……….. (invent) gadgets for secret agents since 1995.

11. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect
Continuous.

I ……………………………….……….. (always complete) all of my assignments on time and my marks

……………………………….……….. (always be) fantastic, but now I’m in trouble because a boy in my class
……………………………….……….. (copy) my answers for the past few months. I ……………………………….………..
(try) to tell the teacher about it many times but she ……………………………….……….. (not listen) to me. So
I decided to teach the boy a lesson by myself. I wrote my last exam in code! Now the boy in my class
says he invented the code and I copied from him! He …………… just ………………… (break) the code and
he ……………………………….……….. (give) the teacher the key.