Tailored by JKS, 2019

Fill the gaps with the given tenses. Choose Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Past
Simple.
1. They _______have never been_________ (be/never) to Capri before.
2. Why _____________________ (you/smell) your cheese cake? Has it gone off?
3. Jill _____________________ (water) flowers once a week. Look! She _____________________ (plant)
a new bush in the garden. I _____________________ (never/see) such a wonderful plant!
4. They _____________________ (fit) a new picture on the wall now. They _____________________
(win) it in an auction.
5. _____________________ (you/be) on holidays? You look so suntanned!
6. How many cigarettes _____________________ (you/smoke) a day? How many cigarettes
_____________________ (you/smoke) today?
7. - Where _____________________ (be) Camilla? I can’t find her anywhere.
- She _____________________ (smoke) outside.
8. _____________________ (you/come) to George’s party tonight? It’s going to be fun!
9. They _____________________ (not/eat) meat since 2010.
10. I _____________________ (not/see) this movie yet. _____________________ (be/it) science fiction?
11. _____________________ (you/eat) porridge when you were a child? Actually, I
_____________________ (hate) it.
12. - When was the last time you _____________________ (be) abroad?
- It _____________________ (be) a month ago.
13. _____________________ (you/skip) your breakfast? You _____________________ (eat) a fifth snack
already! It _____________________ (be) only 10 o’clock now.
14. _____________________ (you/ever/try) frozen cherries?
15. He can’t speak now as he _____________________ (drive) a car.
16. We _____________________ (just/come) back. Can I give you a call later?
17. He _____________________ (always/tell) lies! It’s unbearable!
18. These children _____________________ (be) too noisy! I’ve got a headache already!
19. Why _____________________ (you/water) the grass? I _____________________ (do) it just now.
20. _____________________ (you/cut) the bushes? They _____________________ (look) much nicer now.
21. The last meeting _____________________ (be) successful and we _____________________ (sign) up a
contract.
22. I can’t speak now as I _____________________ (have) a meeting in a few minutes.
23. Our annual meetings _____________________ (be) in spring. But this year we
_____________________ (have) it in the end of winter.
23. _____________________ (you/know) that Emily _____________________ (find) a new job? She
_____________________ (leave) next month and they _____________________ (not/find) a person to
replace her. Actually, they _____________________ (interview) a few people last week. Today, they
_____________________ (have) two more interviews.
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