Exercise 76. LOWER.

Use Present Simple or Continuous; Past Simple or Continuous;

Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.
1. I ....... (still, not, find) the stocking I lost last week.
2. What ..... (you, eat)? Your lips and chin are purple!
3. My family .... (live) in the same house for 333 years now.
4. …… (you, finish) with the book I lent you last week?
5. Who ..... (sing) in the bath when I came in?
6. It started to rain while I.... (weed) the rockery.
7. While I ..... (weed), Jack ...... (mow) the lawn. He finished long before I did.
8. My wound .....(ache) ever since it started to rain.
9. My ankle is swollen: I....(think) I have sprained it.
10. I …… (think) about it and I fancy I have found the answer.
11. As it is raining, I .... (not, go) out.
12. Ah, there you are! I hope you... (not, wait) for me for a long time?
13. …… (anyone here, lose) a silver pencil?
14. I ...... (sleep) badly recently, doctor. What can I do about it?
15. I ..... (try) to finish this exercise for the last hour.
16. …… (your friends, arrive) in South Africa yet?
17. Yes, they.....(arrive) there ten days ago.
18. I ..... (order) you to do it at once!
19. Go on, I .... (listen) attentively.
20. What ..... (you, do) when I came in a moment ago?
21. He ..... (fish) a long time but hasn't caught even a minnow yet.
22. I ...... (wait) for you for ages. Thank heavens you're here at last.
23. As I ..... (go) down the street just now, I saw an odd scene.
24. I.......(go) to see Uncle Charles quite a lot recently.
25. I ...... (go) to see him again on Friday but I was kept late at the office.
26. Uncle Charles .... (make) money ever since he was a boy. He's enormously rich!
27. I'm feeling unwell so I .. .… (not, eat) anything today.
28. I ...... (hope) nothing untoward has happened to you.
29. Our firm ....... (make) biscuits ever since the reign of Charles II.
30. Our firm ...... (make) the biscuits Wellington ate before the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
31. Quick, a doctor! Aunt Mary .... (just, collapse)!
32. You .......(make) far too many mistakes: you must do better from now onwards.
33. I …… (not, feel) so happy since last Boat Race night!
34. You........(come) too late, doctor: the poor girl is dead.
35. I …… (stay) in England till next March.
36. I ….. . (stay) at this hotel since last February.
37. …… (you, feel) any better now?
38. I …… (cough) so much I didn't hear what you said.
39. You........(lie)! Stop it, and tell the truth like a man.
40. She …… (try) on hats all the morning and I am bored and hungry!

Exercise 77. HIGHER. Use Present Simple or Continuous, Past Simple or Continuous, Present
Perfect Simple or Continuous.
I ......... (feel) rather poorly lately, so this morning at nine I …… (go) to see my doctor. I ……
(find) him alone in his waiting-room, where he …… (stand) surveying a pile of well-
thumbed magazines. "All alone?" I …… (say). "What ...... (you, do) to your patients? ……
(you, cure) them all?" "The reason why people ....... (not, crowd) into this room now is that on
Wednesdays I …… (not, begin) consultations here until half-past ten. Such …… (be) my habit
for the last twenty-five years." "I'm so sorry I (come) too early," I said, "I'll go away and
come back later." "Oh, no! I …… (prefer) early patients to late ones. In the course of my
practice I (notice) that the late-comers ...... (be) usually not serious cases. Many people
…… (come) to a doctor for sympathy, you …… (know). They are like a dog that once ……
(come) here with a sore paw; I …… (bandage) it for him and while I (do) this he looked at
me with great, lonely eyes. He …… (come) back the next day and every day until his paw
was well. I …… (find) out that his master was dead and a kindly old couple …… (look) after
the dog. He …… (miss) his master and …… (want) special sympathy. So, although he was
well, he …… (take) to coming to see me two or three times a week. He is old now but he
(still, come)."

Exercise 78. HIGHER. Use Present Simple or Continuous; Past Simple or Continuous; Present
Perfect Simple or Continuous.
I ........(work) for my firm for twenty years and up to now I …… (have) no difficulty in
satisfying my employers, who …… (always, be) very considerate. I …… (remember) how, one
day when I was new to the firm, I …… (take) French leave in the afternoon to go to see a
football match. I …… (enjoy) it very much, as my favourite team …… (win) although their
rivals …… (put) up a worthy resistance, and I …… (encourage) my team in a loud voice
when I …… (notice) a tall man who …… (shout) encouragement to the other team. I ……
(recognize) him after a moment: he was our Managing Director. I …… (hope) that he ……
(not, know) me by sight but only as a name on the firm's pay list, on which I ……
(fervently, pray) to remain! I …… (decide) to creep away to another part of the ground
before he might notice me …… (you, ever, be) on a crowded foot-ball-ground? Yes? Then you
can guess how much chance I …… (have) of creeping away! I …… (lose) a lot of my
interest in the game, especially when I …… (see) the Managing Director's glance wander in
my direction. A few days later, while I …… (work) overtime in the office, in …… (come) the
Managing Director. "What …… (you, do) here at this hour? " he asked. I …… (explain) that
I …… (work) late because we …… (have) important orders to catch up with. He nodded
and he …… (just, leave) the office when he …… (stop) and … (say) – "I hope you …
(enjoy) Wednesday's match as much as I …(do)."

Exercise 79. HIGHER . Use Present Simple or Continuous; Past Simple or Continuous;
Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.
It …... (rain) all day today. I (suspect) it ...… (always, rain) on Sundays in England.
Anyhow, it …… (rain) every Sunday since I …... (arrive) here three months ago. I ……
(just, begin) to get used to it but I …… (find) it rather monotonous! I …… (live) in a
boarding-house in Bays water as I …… (not, possess) enough money to stay in a hotel
or a flat of my own. However, I …… (enjoy) my stay here as I …… (already, have)
many opportunities to meet interesting people who …… (come) from all over the
world. Like me, they …… (study) English or else they …… (work) with foreign firms
that have branches or agencies here. Some of them …… (live) here for quite a long
time but even they …... (not, all, speak) English very well. My friend Peter, for instance,
who ..... (come) from Basle, and ...…. (come) here a year ago, …… (still, speak) with
a strong Swiss accent. He says this is because he …… (work) long hours with an
export-import firm where they ....... (speak) little English. Although I …… (be) here
only three months, I …… (pick) up enough English to be able to correct Peter
frequently, but as I …… (learn) English at school here, I have an unfair advantage
over Peter, who is a good fellow, and …… (be) most helpful in showing me about
London during the first weeks of my stay.