REVIEW OF BASIC VERB FORMS 1st TERM 4th YEAR ESO

1. - Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present
simple/continuous, past simple/continuous, present perfect)

− While I ____1____ (watch) TV last night, my friend ____2____ (ring).

− “What ____3____ (you, do) next weekend?” “I’m not sure, but I usually ____4____
(go) swimming”
− David ____5____ (just, start) his exams.
− What ____6____ (happen) in the street when the police ____7____ (arrive)?
− She usually ____8____ (put) on formal clothes but she ____9____ (wear) jeans
today.
− My sister ____10____ (study) English since she was three.
− “____11____ (ever, see) a ghost in this house?” “No, but we ____12____ (hear) lots
of strange noises last night.
− I ____13____ (watch) a great film on TV two days ago.
− A lot of people ____14____ (come) here every summer.
− I ____15____ (never, think) about my future.

2. - Complete the following sentences using the right tense of the verbs in brackets.
(present simple/continuous, past simple/continuous, present perfect)

− Yesterday at the NBC Bank, robbers ...1... (shoot) a security guard and ...2... (try) to
steal a lot of money. The police ...3... (arrest) two men outside the bank, but another
one ...4... (escape) in a car, and the police ...5... (look for) him now. They believe the
man ...6... (hide) in the city centre at the moment.
− “What were you doing at 9 o’clock last night?” “I ...7... (study) French, my sisters
...8... (dance) and my brother ...9... (play) a computer game”
− “Who ...10... (write) ‘McBeth’?” “Shakespeare did”
− This happened last year. I ...11... (be) a witness to a bank robbery. I remember there
...12... (be) three robbers and they ...13... (hold) guns, but I couldn’t see their faces
because they ...14... (wear) masks.
− “Hi Liz What ...15... (do) here?” “I ...16... (wait) for María. We always ...17... (go) to
work together on Saturdays” “To work? Where ...18... (you/work)?” “We work at a
café opposite the stadium. We ...19... (start) this job two months ago. A lot of
football fans come in after the match. Last Saturday, our local team ...20...(win) the
championship and there ...21... (be) a lot of customers. We ...22... (not/finish) until
midnight, we were really tired.
− Scientists ...23... (discover) a lot of new medicines in the last ten years but they ...24...
(not/find) a cure to AIDS yet.
− I haven’t got enough money! The sweater ...25... (cost) 20 Euros and I’ve only got 15.
3. - Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present simple/continuous, past
simple/continuous, present perfect).

- I ...1... (get) hungry. Let´s go and have something to eat.

- Why ...2... (you/go) to bed so early last night?
- When I first ...3... (tell) him the news he ...4... (not/believe) me. He ...5... (think) I
...6... (joke).
- I don’t know Carol’s husband. I ...7... (never/meet) him.
- “How long ...8... (she/work) at the airport?” “For a few months”
- I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last ...9... (see) him he ...10... (try) to find a
job in London.
- Normally she ...11... (finish) work at 5:00 but this week she ...12... (work) until
6:00 to earn a bit more money.
- Where’s my bike? It ...13... (be) outside the house one moment ago! It ...14...
(just/disappear)
- “What will he do if he ...15... (win) a lot of money?” “He will travel all over the
world”

4. Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present simple/continuous, past
simple/continuous, present perfect)

− “...1... (she/always/travel) to work by train?” “No, she ...2... (usually/go) by bus”

− Linda was very busy when I ...3... (go) to see her yesterday. She ...4... (study) for an
exam. We ...5... (not/want) to disturb her, so we ...6... (not/stay) very long.
− “I’m looking for Paul, ...7... (you/see) him?” “Yes, he ...8... (be) here a moment ago.
− “What ...9... (you/do)?” “We ...10... (talk) about your brother right now. We think he
has a problem”
− “...11... (you/finish) with that newspaper yet?” “Yes, I ...12... (just/read) it. I ...12...
(just/read) it. You can take it if you want.
− When ...13... (the police/arrest) the robbers two weeks ago?
− What will happen if he ...14... (press) the red button?
− Last night I ...15... (go) to bed early. I ...16... (read) a book when suddenly I ...17...
(hear) a noise. I ...18... (get) up to see what it was, but I ...19... (not/see) anything so
I ...20... (go) back to bed.
− My brother ...21... (always/laugh) when he ....22... (watch) his favourite TV
programme.
− Last month Mrs. Silver ...23... (sell) her house and ...24... (buy) a new one near the
park.
− Yesterday morning the children ...25... (not/play) on the beach, they ...26... (swim) on
the sea.
− “Have you seen my watch?” “No, but if I see, it I ...27... (tell) you.
− Bob and Alice ...28... (be) married for 20 years.
− Yesterday there ...29... (be) twelve glasses in the box and now there ...30... (be) only
one.
 ANSWER KEY:

1.- 8. puts
1. was watching 9. is wearing
2. rang 10. has studied
3. are you doing 11. have you ever seen
4. go 12. heard
5. has just started 13. watched
6. was happening 14. come
7. arrived 15. have never thought/never think
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2.-
1. shot 14. were wearing
2. tried 15. are you doing
3. arrested 16. am waiting
4. escaped 17. go
5. are looking 18. do you work
6. is hiding 19. started
7. was studying 20. won
8. were dancing 21. were
9. was playing 22. didn’t finish
10. wrote 23. have discovered
11. was 24. haven’t found
12. were 25. costs
13. were holding
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3.-

1. am getting 9. saw
2. did you go 10. was trying
3. told 11. finishes
4. didn’t believe 12. is working
5. thought 13. was
6. was joking 14. has just disappeared
7. have never met 15. wins
8. has she worked
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4.-
1. does she always 11. have you finished 22. watches
travel 12. have just read 23. sold
2. usually goes 13. did the police 24. bought
3. went 14. presses 25. weren’t playing
4. was studying 15. went 26. were swimming
5. didn’t want 16. was reading 27. will tell
6. didn’t stay 17. heard 28. have been
7. did you see 18. got 29. were
8. was 19. didn’t see 30. is
9. are you doing 20. went
10. are talking 21. always laughs