1.

Complete the blanks with the correct tense, Present Simple, Present
Continuous or Past Simple.
John (1) _________ (be) a good student. He (2) _________ (study) in
Salamanca, but he (3) __________(be) in Madrid last year. He usually (4)
_________ (come) to the village once a month. However, he (5)_________
(come) twice last month because he (6) _________ (have) a lot of things to do
in Cáceres. He says that he (7) _____________ (leave) for England tomorrow.
He (8) __________ (want) to improve his English because it is the first time he
(9)___________ (attend) English classes. He (10) __________(study) French
last year. John and I (11) _____________ (play) pool this afternoon.

2. Complete the blanks with the correct tense, Present Simple, Present
Continuous or Past Simple.
A friend of mine (1) _____________ (phone) me yesterday afternoon and told
me that he and his girlfriend (2)______________ (live) in Cáceres at the
moment. His name (3) ______________ (be) Pete, and she
(4)______________ (be) Carla. Last year, they (5) ______________ (live) in
Sierra de Fuentes, but his new job (6)______________ (make) him rent a flat in
the city a couple of months ago. Pete (7) ______________ (go) to work on
foot every day, and I (8) ______________ (see) him in Lechuga’s St. However, I
(9) _______________ (not see) him yesterday. I (10) ___________ (think) Pete
and Carla are two of my best friends. With no doubt, I will miss them when they
leave Extremadura. They (11) ______________ (visit) Pete’s brother in the
States next week, and they (12)
_______________ (be) not sure if they will come back or not. I really (13)
_____________ (hope) they (14)____________ (return) because we (15)
_____________ (use) to spend an excellent time whenever we
(16)______________ (meet) before. Listen! Someone (17)______________
(knock) on the door! It must be Pete, since we (18) _______________ (have) a
drink this afternoon in order to celebrate we are friends. I will not tell him that
now I (19) _____________ (look) forward to waiting for him and Carla at the
airport, because I think he would get angry. Although he (20)______________
(love) sincere people.

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3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense and add what tense
each verb is (Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past
Continuous, Present Perfect)

1. My parents _________________ on holiday in summer (go / always).

_______________
2. __________________ in this town three years ago? (live / you).
________________
3. Sue _____________ her children to the school every day. (not drive).
_______________
4. Cats ____________ both milk and mice. (like). ___________________
5. Call Jane and tell her we _____________ in a restaurant tonight. In fact,
we’ve already booked a long table. (eat)._______________
6. 'What __________________ now?' - 'I’m looking at the weather forecast.' (do
/ you). _______________
7. __________ students normally _________ to school from Monday to Friday?
(go). ________________
8. I think they _______________ to your sister. (speak – already).
_________________
9. Now I _____________ to you because I ____________ what to do and I
__________ your advice.(write - not know - need). ________________ /
_________________ / ________________
10. 'Do you like ___________ ?' - 'Yes, I __________.' (dance – do).
_______________ / _____________
11. The Jurassic period ______________ about 62 million years. (last).
______________
13. 'I called you last night, about 10:15; but you _________ there. Where
____________?' - 'I can’t remember but I think I _________ in the cinema.' (not
be - be / you - be). _____________ / ____________
14. 'What _______________ when your mother arrived home?' - ' I
_____________ to music in my bedroom.' (do / you - listen).
_________________ / ______________
16. My sister_______________ in this big house when she was a child. (live).
_______________

19.____________ some people talking to our boss yesterday, who do you think
____________ the job? (there be - get). ________________ /
_________________

KEY
1.
1. is 6. had 11. are playing
2. studies / is studying 7. is leaving
3. was 8. wants
4. comes 9. attends
5. came 10. studied
2.
1. phoned 7. goes 13. hope 19. am looking
2. are living 8. see 14. return 20. loves
3. is 9. didn’t see 15. used

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4. is 10. think 16. met
5. lived 11. are visiting 17. is knocking
6. made 12. are 18. are having
3.
1. always go --- Present Simple
2. Did you live --- Past Simple
3. doesn’t drive --- Past Simple
4. like --- Present Simple
5. are eating --- Present Continuous
6. are you doing --- Present Continuous
7. Do students normally go --- Present Simple
8. have already spoken --- Present Perfect
9. am writing / don’t know or didn’t know / need --- Present Continuous / Present
Simple or Past Simple / Present Simple
10. dancing / do --- Gerund / Present Simple
11. lasted --- Past Simple
13. weren’t / were / was --- Past Simple / Past Simple / Past Simple
14. were you doing / was listening --- Past Continuous / Past Continuous
16. lived --- Past Simple
19. There were / got --- Past Simple / Past Simple

4. Write FOR or SINCE

FOR OR SINCE

1. Nobody has seen him last Friday.

2. It has been foggy some days.

3. He has been fishing six o'clock.

5. The pilots have been on strike two months.

6. We've had terrible weather Saturday.

7. I've known Tom 1990.

9. She hasn't lost a match April.

10. Things have changed she's become

headmaster.

12. Our dog has been ill two days.

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 5. PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST TENSE

1. I in Seattle for five years. (live)

2. Someone my bike! Now I'll have to walk

home. (steal)

3. When Bob was young he in London.

(live)

4. I would like to visit Berlin sometime. Unfortunately, I

there. (never be)

5. Tim to Scotland last year. (go)

6. I'm afraid I'm not hungry any more. I

. (already eat)

7. They don't live here any more. They two

years ago. (leave)

9. We football yesterday afternoon. (play)

10. The weather very good last week. (not be)

12. Her friend is an actor. He in many

movies. (play)

13. We our vacation in Florida last summer.

(spend)

14. His grandfather in April last year. (die)

KEY: FOR OR SINCE

since
1. Nobody has seen him last Friday.

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 for
2. It has been foggy some days.

since
3. He has been fishing six o'clock.

for
5. The pilots have been on strike two months.

since
6. We've had terrible weather Saturday.

since
7. I've known Tom 1990.

since
9. She hasn't lost a match April.

since
10. Things have changed she's become
headmaster.
for
12. Our dog has been ill two days.

PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST TENSE

have lived
1. I in Seattle for five years. (live)

has stolen
2. Someone my bike! Now I'll have to walk
home. (steal)

lived
3. When Bob was young he in London.
(live)

4. I would like to visit Berlin sometime. Unfortunately, I

have never been
there. (never be)

w ent
5. Tim to Scotland last year. (go)

've already eaten

6. I'm afraid I'm not hungry any more. I
. (already eat)

left
7. They don't live here any more. They two
years ago. (leave)

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 played
9. We football yesterday afternoon. (play)

w asn'
10. The weather very good last week. (not be)

has played
12. Her friend is an actor. He in many
movies. (play)

spent
13. We our vacation in Florida last summer.
(spend)

died
14. His grandfather in April last year. (die)

6.- Present Simple or Present Continuous?

- I _________ (leave) home at 7:00 o’clock every morning.

- She usually __________ (work) in the Sales Department in London,
but at the moment she _________(do) a training course in Bristol.
- Linda _________ (wash) her hair every day.
- He _________ (try) very hard in every game that he ________ (play).
- Excuse me. I think that you _________ (sit) in my seat.
- __________ (you/listen) to the radio very often?
- Don’t talk to me now. I __________ (write) an important letter.
- Why ______________ (they/drive) on the left in Britain?
- It ___________ (not/get) dark at this time of the year until about 10
o’clock.
- It usually _______ here a lot, but it _________ (not/rain) now.
- Why __________ (you/smile)? ___________ (I/do) something
wrong?

7- Present Simple or Present Continuous?

- ___________ learning English? (you/like)

- ___________ this programme. (I / not understand)
- Jim and his father ___________ (not watch) TV. They’re asleep.
- Tony is upstairs in the bathroom. He __________ (wash) his hair.
- Why __________(run)? Are we late?
- There are some strange noises in the sitting room. What _________
(Tom / do)?
- What time ____________(John / get up) every day?
- Fred and I are good dancers but they __________(not / go) to discos
very often.
- I __________ (always / stay) in the same hotel in New York.

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 - Joanna _________ (not / cook) the dinner at the moment.

8.- Present Simple or Present Continuous?

- Have a chocolate. No, thank you. I __________ (not like) chocolate.

- Let’s have lunch in the garden. No, we can’t. It _________ (rain).
- What _______________(do) Pam?. Pam? Oh, she’s a doctor.
- Tony __________ (work) at the moment. He’s on holiday.
- Why ______________ (smile)? Because I’m happy.
- Sandra and her husband are vegetarian. They ___________ (eat)
meat at home.
- What ___________ (read)? A letter from my sister.
- What time _______________ (get up)? Me? About 7.00 usually.
- Where’s Dave? He’s in the kitchen. He ______________ (make)
coffee.
- How _______________ (go) to work. I usually catch a bus.
- I think Shaun and David are asleep. Mmm, turn the TV off. They
_________ (watch) it.
- John and I want to go to Greece for our holidays, so we __________
(learn) Greek.

9. – Choose the right option.

- I lived / was living in France for eight years.
- Sue lived / was living in France when her uncle died.
- At 6:15, when you phoned, I had / was having a shower.
- Bill watched / was watching TV when Ann came in.
- My father worked / was working hard all his life.
- They got married while they studied / were studying at London
University.
- Yesterday we drove / were driving from Oxford to Edinburgh and
back.
- It was a nice evening, so she walked / was walking home from work.

10. Past Simple or Past continuous?

- While I __________ down the road, I ___________ Bill. ( walk; see).
- While I __________ the newspaper, the cat _________ on the table
( read; jump).
- Alan ___________ Helen while he __________ in Morocco ( meet;
travel)
- Sally _________ her leg while she ___________ ( break; ski).
- While I ___________ somebody, somebody ____________ my car
( shop; steal).
- It was a sunny afternoon and people ______ (sit) on the grass in the
park. Then suddenly it _______ (start) to rain.
- Which hotel __________ (you/stay) in when you lost your passport? I
don’t remember. I __________ (visit) many places during my
European tour and I ________ (stay) in many different hotels.

11. Write sentences using the information below.

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 - The police/arrive/while/I/have/breakfast.

- The storm/start/while/they/drive/home.

- I/see/an accident/while/I/wait/for the bus.

- Mary/go/to several concerts/while/she/stay/in London.

- I/have/breakfast/when/the police/arrive.

- My father/ cook/the dinner/when/he/burn/his fingers.

- The soldiers/prepare/to leave/ when/the bomb/explode.

12.- Past Simple or Past continuous.

- Beethoven _________ (write) nine symphonies: he ________ (write)

another symphony when he died.
- Last Saturday tom wanted to make two salads. He ________ (make)
the first one in 5 minutes. He ________ (make) the second one when
his guests _________ (arrive), and they ________(help) him to finish
it.
- The artist Gaudí _________ (design) several houses in Barcelona.
Later, he ________(start) work in a church. He _________ (work) on
the church when he ________ (die).
- Last month a bank robber __________ (escape) while the police
________ (take) him to prison. Later, they _________ (catch) him
again, and this time they _________ (lock) him up without any
problem.
- John Lennon __________ (sing) and __________ (play) on many
records with The Beatles. After that he _________ (record) several
songs without the Beatles. He __________ (prepare) a new record
when Mark Chapman __________ (shoot) him.
- I _________ (stand) in a queue at the bus stop when suddenly
somebody _________ (grab) my bag.
- Jane __________ (wait) for me when I _________ (arrive).
- What _________ (you/do) this time yesterday? I was asleep.
- ___________ (you/go) out last night? No, I was too tired.
- Was Carol at the party last night? Yes, she __________ (wear) a
really nice dress.
- How fast _________(you/drive) when the accident ________
(happen)?
- John __________ (take) a photograph of me while I _________ (not
look).
- We were in a very difficult position. We ________ (not/know) what to
do.
- I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last _________ (see) him, he
________ (try) to find a job in London.

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 - I _________ (walk) along the street when suddenly I ________ (hear)
footsteps behind me. Somebody __________ (follow) me. I was
frightened and I _________ (start) to run.
- When I was young, I _________ (want) to be a bus driver.

- What __________ (you/do) when the accident __________

(happen)? I ______ (be) at the bus-stop. I ________ (wait) for a bus.
__________(you/see) the accident? No, because I ________ (read)
the newspaper.
- I ________ (telephone) you at 9:00 o’clock last night but you were not
at home. 9.00 o’clock? I __________ (sit) in a café, __________
(drink) hot chocolate. ________ (be) Jane with you? No, she
_________ (work) in the library. Where __________ (you/go) after the
café? I _________ (go) home.
- Oh no! My beautiful new plate. What happened? I’m really sorry,
Mum. I ________ (break) it when I ________ (wash) it. How? My
hands ________ (be)wet and I _________ (drop) it on the floor.

13.- Haz oraciones con esta información y el present perfect:

- I / never / read / Shakespeare.

- I / break / my arm / three times.
- Peter / pay / for his lessons?
- Joe / change / his job / twice a year.
- You / ever / write / a poem?
- I / never / climb / a mountain.
- How often / she / ask / you for money?
- I / often / try / to stop smoking
- Alex / phone / me / six times this week.
- Charles / speak / to you / today?
- Mary / not / tell / me / her new address
- You / ever / break / your leg?
- We / not / play / football / this year.

14.- present perfect:

Dear Fiona:
As you can see from this postcard I _________ (arrive) safely. I ________ (be)
in New York only for two days and I _________ (not sleep) for twenty four
hours. I ________ (visit) the Museum of Art, I __________ (see) a movie and I
________ (eat) a real American breakfast. I ________ (ride) in a yellow cab and
I _________ (travel) on the subway. I ___________ (not spend) any money yet
because I ___________ (not cash) any of my traveller’s cheques. Paul
____________ (pay) for everything so far.
I’ll send you another card when I _________ (have) some sleep.
Love, Theres

15.- Answer these questions using FOR o SINCE:

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 - How long have you lived in Brazil? (10 years)
- How long has she had that job? (2001)
- How long has he attended this school? (two years)
- How long have you been friends? (last year)
- How long has she studied Maths? (she was at Elementary school)
- How long have they worked in that factory? (six months)
- How long has he had that watch? (last week)
- How long has the washing machine been out of order? (many days)

KEY
6.- Present Simple or Present Continuous?

- I __leaves_______ (leave) home at 7:00 o’clock every morning.

- She usually ____works______ (work) in the Sales Department in
London, but at the moment she ___is doing______(do) a training
course in Bristol.
- Linda ___washes______ (wash) her hair every day.
- He _tries________ (try) very hard in every game that he
___plays_____ (play).
- Excuse me. I think that you _are sitting_______ (sit) in my seat.
- _Do you listen_________ (you/listen) to the radio very often?
- Don’t talk to me now. I _am writing_________ (write) an important
letter.
- Why __do they drive____________ (they/drive) on the left in Britain?
- It doesn’t get___________ (not/get) dark at this time of the year until
about 10 o’clock.
- It usually _rains______ here a lot, but it ___isn’t raining______
(not/rain) now.
- Why _are you_smiling________ (you/smile)? __Am I
doing_________ (I/do) something wrong?

7.- Present Simple or Present Continuous?

- _Do you like__________ learning English? (you/like)

- _I don’t understand__________ this programme. (I / not understand)
- Jim and his father _aren’t watching__________ (not watch) TV.
They’re asleep.
- Tony is upstairs in the bathroom. He ___is washing_______ (wash)
his hair.
- Why __are we running________(run)? Are we late?
- There are some strange noises in the sitting room. What _is Tom
doing________ (Tom / do)?
- What time __does John get up__________(John / get up) every day?
- Fred and I are good dancers but they don’t go __________(not / go)
to discos very often.

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 - I __always stay________ (always / stay) in the same hotel in New
York.
- Joanna __isn’t cooking_______ (not / cook) the dinner at the
moment.

8. Present Simple or Present Continuous?

- Have a chocolate. No, thank you. I _don’t like________ (not like)
chocolate.
- Let’s have lunch in the garden. No, we can’t. It _is raining________
(rain).
- What __does Pam do____________(do) Pam?. Pam? Oh, she’s a
doctor.
- Tony __isn’t working________ (work) at the moment. He’s on holiday.
- Why are you smiling______________ (smile)? Because I’m happy.
- Sandra and her husband are vegetarian. They don’t eat___________
(eat) meat at home.
- What _are you reading__________ (read)? A letter from my sister.
- What time _do you get up______________ (get up)? Me? About 7.00
usually.
- Where’s Dave? He’s in the kitchen. He __is making____________
(make) coffee.
- How __do you go _____________ (go) to work? I usually catch a
bus.
- I think Shaun and David are asleep. Mmm, turn the TV off. They
__aren’t watching_______ (watch) it.
- John and I want to go to Greece for our holidays, so we _are
learning_________ (learn) Greek.

9. – Choose the right option.

- I lived / was living in France for eight years.
- Sue lived / was living in France when her uncle died.
- Bill watched / was watching TV when Ann came in.
- My father worked / was working hard all his life.
- They got married while they studied / were studying at London
University.
- Yesterday we drove / were driving from Oxford to Edinburgh and
back.
- It was a nice evening, so she walked / was walking home from work.

10. Past Simple or Past continuous?

- While I _was walking_________ down the road, I _saw__________
Bill. ( walk; see).
- While I _was reading________ the newspaper, the cat
__jumped_______ on the table ( read; jump).
- Alan _met__________ Helen while he __was travelling________ in
Morocco ( meet; travel)
- Sally _broke________ her leg while she _was skiing__________
( break; ski).
- While I __was shopping_________ somebody, stole____________
my car ( shop; steal).

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 - It was a sunny afternoon and people were sitting______ (sit) on the
grass in the park. Then suddenly it _started______ (start) to rain.
- Which hotel _were you staying_________ (you/stay) in when you lost
your passport? I don’t remember. I __visited________ (visit) many
places during my European tour and I _stayed_______ (stay) in many
different hotels.

11. Write sentences using the information below.

- The police arrived while I was having breakfast

- The storm started while they were driving home.

- I saw an accident while I was waiting for the bus.

- Mary went to different concerts while she was staying in London.

- My father was cooking the dinner when he burnt his fingers.

- The soldiers were preparing to leave when the bomb exploded.

12.- Past Simple or Past continuous.

- Beethoven __wrote_______ (write) nine symphonies: he was

writing________ (write) another symphony when he died.
- Last Saturday tom wanted to make two salads. He _made_______
(make) the first one in 5 minutes. He was making_______ (make) the
second one when his guests __arrived_______ (arrive), and they
___helped_____(help) him to finish it.
- The artist Gaudí __designed_______ (design) several houses in
Barcelona. Later, he _started_______(start) work in a church. He
__was working_______ (work) on the church when he _died_______
(die).
- Last month a bank robber __escaped________ (escape) while the
police __were taking______ (take) him to prison. Later, they
_caught________ (catch) him again, and this time they
_locked________ (lock) him up without any problem.
- John Lennon ___sang_______ (sing) and ___played_______ (play)
on many records with The Beatles. After that he __recorded_______
(record) several songs without the Beatles. He _was
preparing_________ (prepare) a new record when Mark Chapman
__shot________ (shoot) him.
- I _was standing_______ (stand) in a queue at the bus stop when
suddenly somebody ____grabbed_____ (grab) my bag.
- Jane _was waiting_________ (wait) for me when I _arrived________
(arrive).
- What _were you doing________ (you/do) this time yesterday? I was
asleep.
- ___Did you go________ (you/go) out last night? No, I was too tired.

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 - Was Carol at the party last night? Yes, she __was wearing________
(wear) a really nice dress.
- How fast _were you driving________(you/drive) when the accident
___happened_____ (happen)?
- John _took _________ (take) a photograph of me while I _wasn’t
looking________ (not look).
- We were in a very difficult position. We ________ (not/know) what to
do.
- I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last _saw________ (see) him,
he _was trying_______ (try) to find a job in London.
- I _was walking________ (walk) along the street when suddenly I
_heard_______ (hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody _was
following_________ (follow) me. I was frightened and I
___started______ (start) to run.
- When I was young, I _wanted_______ (want) to be a bus driver.

- What _were you doing_________ (you/do) when the accident

_happened_________ (happen)? I __was____ (be) at the bus-stop. I
_was waiting _______ (wait) for a bus. Did you
see__________(you/see) the accident? No, because I __was
reading______ (read) the newspaper.
- I __telephoned______ (telephone) you at 9:00 o’clock last night but
you were not at home. 9.00 o’clock? I _was sitting_________ (sit) in a
café, __drinking________ (drink) hot chocolate. _Was_______ (be)
Jane with you? No, she __was working_______ (work) in the library.
Where __did you go________ (you/go) after the café? I
_went________ (go) home.
- Oh no! My beautiful new plate. What happened? I’m really sorry,
Mum. I _broke_______ (break) it when I __was washing______
(wash) it. How? My hands __were______ (be)wet and I
__dropped_______ (drop) it on the floor.

13.- Haz oraciones con esta información y el present perfect:

- I / never / read / Shakespeare. Haver never read

- I / break / my arm / three times. Have broken
- Peter / pay / for his lessons? Has Peter paid
- Joe / change / his job / twice a year.has changed
- You / ever / write / a poem? Have you ever written
- I / never / climb / a mountain. Have never climbed
- How often / she / ask / you for money?has she asked
- I / often / try / to stop smoking have oftern tried
- Alex / phone / me / six times this week. Has phoned
- Charles / speak / to you / today? Has Charles spoken
- Mary / not / tell / me / her new address hasn’t told
- You / ever / break / your leg? Have you ever broken
- We / not / play / football / this year. Haven’t played

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14.- present perfect:
Dear Fiona:
As you can see from this postcard I _have arrived________ (arrive) safely. I
___have been_____ (be) in New York only for two days and I _haven’t slept
________ (not sleep) for twenty four hours. I __have visited______ (visit) the
Museum of Art, I __have seen________ (see) a movie and I _have
eaten_______ (eat) a real American breakfast. I ___have ridden_____ (ride) in
a yellow cab and I have travelled_________ (travel) on the subway. I _haven’t
spent__________ (not spend) any money yet because I _haven’t
cashed__________ (not cash) any of my traveller’s cheques. Paul __has
paid__________ (pay) for everything so far.
I’ll send you another card when I __have had_______ (have) some sleep.
Love, Theres

15.- Answer these questions using FOR o SINCE:

- How long have you lived in Brazil? I have lived in Br<zil for ten years
- How long has she had that job? She has had that job since 2001
- How long has he attended this school? He has attended this school
for two years
- How long have you been friends? We have been friends since last
year
- How long has she studied Maths? (She has studied Maths since she
was at Elementary school
- How long have they worked in that factory? They have worked in that
factory for six months
- How long has he had that watch? (She had had that watch since last
week
- How long has the washing machine been out of order? It has been
out of order for many days

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