Level A Unit 1

Present simple and continuous Perfect tenses

GRAMMAR PRACTICE
1 Choose the correct option. 4 Complete the sentences using the words in
1 People get / are getting more and more stressed brackets. Put the verbs in the past perfect simple
or the past perfect continuous.
these days.
2 Why do you wear / are you wearing your new 1 Julie missed her flight because
dress today?
3 I don’t understand / I’m not understanding this (her mother / not wake her up)
lesson at all. 2 The police closed the city centre because
4 We are having / have pasta for dinner tonight.
5 What does Paul do? He works / is working as an
(a bomb / explode)
engineer.
3 We were absolutely exhausted because

Past simple and continuous

(we / run a lot)
2 Make questions for the underlined answers. 4 Peter’s girlfriend left him because
1 John was talking about football.
What (she / fall in love / with another boy)
2 My uncle lived in the USA for 10 years. 5 I couldn’t get tickets for the match because
How long
3 My mother goes to work by car. (they / sell out)
How
4 Gandhi had been fighting for the independence 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
of India. the verbs in brackets. Use present perfect simple,
present perfect continuous or past simple.
What for?
5 I have been speaking to my sister. 1 It’s really warm on the terrace; the sun
Who (shine) all afternoon.
2 I (buy) my car in 2005,
3 Complete the sentences with the past simple or so I (have) it for almost 5
past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
years now.
1 it 3 How long (you play) the
(snow) when you (go)
piano?
skiing?
For 10 years.
2 She (not drive) too fast
4 Dan Brown (write) several
when she (drive) into the
bestsellers; he (start)
wall.
writing when he was a young man.
3 She (learn French) when
5 Van Gogh (paint) many
she (live) in Paris.
masterpieces, but he
4 you
(never sell) any.
(know) that she (get
married) last year?
5 How you
(feel) when you
(find out) the truth?

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Level B Unit 1

Present simple and continuous Perfect tenses

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form 4 Complete the sentences in your own words. Use a
of the verbs in brackets. Use present simple or verb in the past perfect simple or the past perfect
present continuous. continuous.
1 People (get) more and 1 Julie missed her flight because
more stressed these days.
2 Why you
(wear) your new dress today? 2 The police closed the city centre because
3 I (not understand) this
lesson at all.
4 We (have) pasta for 3 We were absolutely exhausted because
dinner tonight.
5 What Paul
(do)? He (work) as an 4 Peter’s girlfriend left him because
engineer.

Past simple and continuous 5 I couldn’t get tickets for the match because

2 Make questions for the underlined answers.

1 John was talking about football.
5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
2 My uncle lived in the USA for 10 years. the verbs in brackets. Use present perfect simple,
present perfect continuous or past simple.
3 My mother goes to work by car. 1 It’s really warm on the terrace; the sun
(shine) all afternoon.
4 Gandhi had been fighting for the independence 2 I (buy) my car in 2005, so I
of India. (have) it for almost
5 years now.
5 I have been speaking to my sister.
3 How long (you play) the
piano?

3 Write questions with the words given. Use the For 10 years.
past simple or the past continuous. 4 Dan Brown (write) several
1 it / snow / when / you / go skiing? bestsellers; he (start)
writing when he was a young man.
2 he / drive too fast / when / he / hit / the tree? 5 Van Gogh (paint) many
masterpieces, but he
3 she / learn French / while / she / live in Paris? (never sell) any.

4 you / know / that she / get married / last year?

5 how / you / feel / when / you / find out / the truth?

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