1. How is Peter at school (get on) ?

2. John and Howard a conversation at the moment. (have)

3. here? (you be) Yes, I here on holiday last year(be) .
How the weather (be). Well, to tell the truth, it all the time. (rain)
4. Where the knife? (you find) - I it in the garden (just,
find)
5. It for two days.(rain) When ? (it , stop)
6. How long ( you drive) ? I ( drive) for ten years.
7. We ( live) here since 1979.
8. I ( fly) over Loch Ness last week. ( you see) the monster ?
9. But when I ( leave) school I ( cut) my hair and ( wear) it
short ever since.
10. I ( not drink) whisky. Well, have some now.
11. When I ( look) through your books I ( notice) that you have a
copy of Murder in the Cathedral.
12. One day Jack ( go) to town and ( buy) an alarm clock because he
never up in time (get)
13. The plane that you ( look) at now ( just take) off for Paris.

1. You look really great! at the fitness centre lately?

2. What when the accident happened? - I to
change a light bulb that had burned out.
3. I the same car for more than ten years. I am thinking about
buying a new one
4. If it this weekend we can go to Lake Tahoe for a skiing holiday.
5. What do you call people who work in libraries? I think
they librarians.
6. I to England six months ago. I started my economics course three
months ago. When I return to Australia I for nine
months and I will have been in England for exactly one year.
7. Sam in San Diego a week ago.
8. Samantha in Berlin for over twenty years. In fact,
she there when the Berlin Wall came down.
9. If Vera keeps drinking she her job.
10. The Maya established a civilized culture in the jungles of Yucatan, however their
culture disappeared by the time the first Europeans in the New
World.

11. Please be quiet! John .

12. It all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go
to the beach.
13. Listen Donna! I don't care if you missed the bus this morning.
You too late to work too many times. You are fired.
14. I too much yet but by the time I leave the United States
I the Grand Canyon and San Francisco.
15. I many pictures of pyramids before I went to Egypt. But
when I saw them in real life, they looked quite small.
16. In the last one hundred years travelling very comfortable and
much easier. In the 19th century it two or three months to cross
America by covered wagon. The trip was very rough and often dangerous. Now
you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of minutes.
17. Joe's English , isn't it? Yes, he has been watching
American TV programs every day since he first arrived in San Francisco last
December. He will soon be totally fluent.
18. When I home last night I discovered that Jane had prepared a
great candlelight dinner
11.19. Judy is good at languages. She (speak) 4 languages fluently.
12.20. I usually (drive) to work by car, but today I (go) by train.
13.21. I (work) on my test at the moment.
14.22. The moon (revolve) around the Earth.
15.23. The water (boil). Can you turn off the stove?
16.24. Jacky (go) swimming every morning before she (go) to
work.
17.25. I sometimes (read) books in English.
18.26. Johnny (watch) videos at least once a week
19.27. She (go) to New York next week to visit her sister.
20.28. She (speak) French but she (not speak) Italian.
21.29. Listen! I (try) to explain this to you.
22.30. Where is she now? She (walk) home.
23.31. The helicopter pilot (fly) every day.
24.32. He (like) chocolate milk but right now he (have) a cup of
coffee.

1. This is my house. How long ( you, live) here ?

I ( live) here since 1950.
2. Shakespeare ( write) a lot of plays.
3. My brother ( write) several plays. He ( just finish) his
second tragedy.
4. I ( not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is.
5. He ( not smoke) for two weeks. He (try) to give it up.
6. Chopin ( compose) some of his music in Majorca.
7. I ( read) his books when I was at school. I ( enjoy) them very
much.
8. I can't go out because I ( not finish) my work yet.
9. The clock is slow. It isn't slow, it ( stop).
10. Here are your shoes. I ( just clean) them.

11. I ( do) this sort of work when I ( be) in the army.

12. He ( go) out ten minutes ago.
13. ( you have) breakfast yet ? Yes,I ( have) it at 8 o'clock.
14. The play ( just begin) . You're a bit late.
15. The actors ( arrive) yesterday and ( start) rehearsals early this
morning.
16. It ( be) very cold this year. I wonder when it will get warmer.
17. He ( break) his leg in a skiing accident last year.
18. Mr. Pound is a bank manager. He ( be) here for 25 years.
19. ( you be) here before ? Yes, I ( spend) my holidays here last
year. ( you have ) a good time ? No it never ( stop) raining.
20. ( you ever try) to give up smoking ? Yes, I ( try) last
year, but I ( find) that I was getting so fat so I ( start) again.
 21. ( you, get) that scar ? I ( get) it in a car accident a year ago.

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. I (learn) English for seven years now.

2. But last year I (not / work) hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not /
be) really that good then.

3. As I (pass / want) my English exam successfully next year,

I (study) harder this term.

4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) me on a language course

to London.

5. It (be) great and I (think) I (learn) a lot.

6. Before I (go) to London, I (not / enjoy) learning English.

7. But while I (do) the language course, I (meet) lots of young people
from all over the world.

8. There I (notice) how important it (be) to speak foreign languages

nowadays.

9. Now I (have) much more fun learning English than I (have) before the
course.

10. At the moment I (revise) English grammar.

11. And I (begin / already) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.

12. I (think) I (do) one unit every week.

13. My exam (be) on 15 May, so there (not / be) any time to be lost.

14. If I (pass) my exams successfully, I (start) an apprenticeship in

September.

15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) back to London to work there for a
while.

16. As you (see / can) , I (become) a real London fan already.

Check answ ers

Hadrian's Wall
 Fill the gaps with the correct tenses (active or passive voice).

1. In the year 122 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian (visit) his provinces in Britain.

2. On his visit, the Roman soldiers (tell) him that Pictish tribes from Britain's
north(attack) them.

3. So Hadrian (give) the order to build a protective wall across one of the
narrowest parts of the country.

4. After 6 years of hard work, the Wall (finish) in 128.

5. It (be) 117 kilometres long and about 4 metres high.

6. The Wall (guard) by 15,000 Roman soldiers.

7. Every 8 kilometres there (be) a large fort in which up to 1,000

soldiers (find) shelter.

8. The soldiers (watch) over the frontier to the north and (check) the
people who (want) to enter or leave Roman Britain.

9. In order to pass through the Wall, people (must go) to one of the small forts
that(serve) as gateways.

10. Those forts (call) milecastles because the distance from one fort to
another (be) one Roman mile (about 1,500 metres).

11. Between the milecastles there (be) two turrets from which the
soldiers (guard) the Wall.

12. If the Wall (attack) by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run) to the
nearest milecastle for help or (light) a fire that (can / see) by the
soldiers in the milecastle.

13. In 383 Hadrian's Wall (abandon) .

14. Today Hadrian's Wall (be) the most popular tourist attraction in northern
England.

15. In 1987, it (become) a UNESCO World Heritage Site

16. I ( always have) trouble with by engine these days.

17. If I were a ghost I ( try) to frighten all the people I dislike.
18. He ( know) her for a long time before he finally got married to her.
19. I hope it ( not rain) when we leave church.
20. Since you gave me your number I ( phone) you four times
and ( not find) you at home.
21. ( you , ever meet) our president ?
22. It ( take) a long time for man to learn to make tools and weapons.
23. John came in with a very dirty face and I wondered what he ( do).
24. They ( live) in Liverpool for ten years when I first met them.
25. “What between 9 and 12 yesterday morning”, the
detective said. ( you do)
26. He kept looking at her, wondering where he her before.
( see)
27. The doctor’s waiting room was full of people. Some a
magazine, a woman and a child with a doll.
Suddenly the door and a nurse out. ( read, knit, play,
open, come)
28. Travelling much easier and more comfortable in the past
hundred years. ( become)
29. I cake. That’s why my hands are full of flour. ( bake)
30. When I first came to this house it quite a noisy area. ( be)
31. He twisted his ankle while he . ( ski)
32. the doors before you leave the house? ( you ever
lock)
33. My best friend and I each other for 15 years. ( know)
34. Jack usually but he when his father comes.
( smoke, not smoke)
35. breakfast yet? – Yes I had it together with Sue at 7.
( you have)
36. I this kind of work when I was a small boy. ( do)
37. He the paper when his wife came home. ( read)
38. He for an hour now. I’ll be finished soon. ( speak)
39. I a great film yesterday. ( see)
40. a new car? ( you ever buy)
41. I him last Monday. ( meet)
42. The band while I . ( play, write)
43. She the new car in 2005. ( buy)
44. Her mother in Victoria for the past five years. ( live)
45. They in Germany when we arrived a few days ago.
( already be)
46. to get married? ( you plan)
47. I so much fun since I was a kid. ( have)
48. When I got up I out of the window and that
it . ( look, see, rain)
49. Janet for Smith and Brothers before she came to
work for us. ( work)
50. I three movies so far this week. (see)
51. How long for me? ( you wait)
52. I over Loch Ness last week. - the Loch Ness
monster? ( fly, you see)
53. I’m afraid I’m not hungry. I . ( already eat)
54. Peter football in the afternoon when he got the call.
( play)
55. George and Joan ( live) in a small house in London. Right
now they ( stand) in the sitting room of their house.
They ( just come) back from a holiday in the country .
They ( arrive) at the house five minutes ago.
56.

57. "What ( happen) ?" said Joan, as she ( look)

round at the untidy room. "Someone ( be) in the house.
They ( take) everything out of the cupboards and ( throw)
it on the floor. Look, George, they ( break) all those glasses
and ( pour) wine on the carpet. I think I´m going to cry."
58.
59. George was very angry. He ( pick) up the telephone.
"I ( want) the police", he said. "Someone ( break) into our
house while we ( be) away. I don´t know what they ( take).
The place is very untidy."
60. " Look!" said Joan "They ( leave) their gloves."

61. " ( not pick) them up, "said George. " ( Leave)
everything for the police. When the police are gone you can tidy up."
62. Next week we into our new house. (move)
63. He was sure that he that man before. (see)
64. What have for breakfast? (you, have)
65. She a bath when the telephone (have, ring).
66. She the piano for eight years. (play)
67. He never on time. (be)
68. You look terrible. ( you, drink) ?
69. He realized that he his keys. (lose)
70. I very angry with you if you do not stop smoking. (be)
71. They for her for some time when she finally
(wait, arrive).
72. I all the postcards now. (write)
73. Where is John? He out. (just, go)

1. Water at 0° C (freeze).
2. She for England in a week (leave).
3. Thousands of people the show when suddenly the
plane (enjoy, crash)
4. She in southern France a few weeks ago. (golf)
5. They in the garden since dinner time (play)
6. I well lately (not feel)
7. She told us that she such a great film before ( not see)
8. I here any more when John arrives(not be).
9. They tennis all afternoon yesterday (play)
10. to Venice? It's a great city (You, ever be)

11. Why the phone last night (you, not answer)

12. We usually fish on Friday, but today we chicken.
(eat)
13. He realized that he his keys (lose)
14. Right now we French (learn).
15. Unless the weather gets better we to go fishing
tomorrow (not be able)
16. anything like that before (You, ever paint) ?
17. After he his homework, he went to play with his friends
(do).
18. your work yet? Yes, I it all yesterday. (do)
19. We around the table when the lights out (sit, go)
20. Last weekend the whole family up to the mountains (drive).

My uncle has (travel) around the world.

2. My keys are still (lie) on the kitchen table.
3. I (swear) that I had never (see) her before.
4. My grandma is (come) next week.
5. I didn't (choose) this dish.
6. The car had (stop) and the driver was (ask) me where he
could find a petrol station.
7. She was (have) a long conversation with her best friend.
8. The American scientist had (develop) a very fast plane.
9. He has (try) many diets without any success.
10. His parents were (quarrel) all night.
11. Those children are (die) and you don't even care.
12. My sister is (dye) her hair in pink.
13. He would have (prefer) to emigrate to Australia, but his wife didn't
(want) to.
 14. His aunt had (knit) a cardigan for him.
15. The horses were (gallop) in the meadow.
16. Milosevic was (try) for murder.
17. I am very sorry, but it has never (occur) to me that your husband is
dead.
18. They were (argue) about where they could (stay) for the
night.
19. He has never been (bet) before on horses.
20. She was (mistake) for her twin sister.

1. We on the beach when it to rain (SIT, START).

2. Simon returned the money he a week earlier (BORROW)
3. While I was shopping my purse (STEAL)
4. My letter did not arrive because I to put a stamp on it (FORGET)
5. While he across Central Africa, John caught Malaria. (TRAVEL)
6. When I woke up a man next to me, asking my name. (STAND)
7. When Paula the book, she lent it to me. (READ)
8. Sonia by a car when she was cycling to school. (HIT)
9. I there for three hours when at last it was my turn to speak
to the official. (STAND)
10. Frank knew he a terrible mistake as soon as he saw the
message "file deleted" on his computer screen (MAKE)
11. When I the curtains this morning, I realised it all
night (OPEN, SNOW)
12. t was a stormy night just before Christmas. The road (BE)
empty and there were no street lamps, so it was very dark. She
(DRIVE) only for a short time , when suddenly she (NOTICE) a car
following her, flashing its lights. She (DRIVE) faster, because once
before she (ATTACK) on a lonely road. She never forgot
that incident.
13.
14. The car behind her (BE) still very close. In a panic,
she (REACH) her house as the car (TRY) to overtake her.
In the driver's seat there was a shadowy figure , waving his hands around
wildly. She (STOP) the car, (JUMP) out and (RUN) to
the front door. The man in the other car (LEAP) out and shouted
"Wait ! I (TRY) to warn you. When you stopped on the
motorway someone (GET) into the back of your car" . The
woman (LOOK) around and (SEE) a dark figure running away
down the road.

16. I usually (go) to school by bus.

2. Yesterday morning I (get) up at 6.30.

3. We needed some money so we (sell) our car.

4. " she ever (be) to Spain?"

5. "What Peter (do) now?"

6. Please don't make so much noise. I (study) for my online degree.

7. Water (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.

8. Carol often (learn) with her father.

9. Now Ron (phone) Jill again. It (be) the third time

he (phone) her this evening.

10. It (rain) now. It (begin) raining two hours ago. So

it (rain) for two hours.

11. you (hear) anything from Tom since Christmas?

12. " it (rain)?" she always (ask) me.

13. " you (go) out last night?"

14. New York (be) one of the largest cities of the world.

15. This house (cost) 35,000 pounds in 1980.

17.