1- Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets.

Use the Present Simple or Present

Continuous:

1 Goodbye Mum, I _________________________ (leave).

2 That's my sweater. Why __________ you __________________ (wear) it?

3 On Saturdays, the supermarket _____________________ (close) early.

4 Let's go out. It _________________________ (not rain).

5 How often ____________ you __________________ (take) your dog for a walk?

6 I ___________________________ (meet) Debbie tomorrow.

7 How much ____________ you _________________(weigh)?

2-Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. While Tom (read) , Amely (watch) a documentary on TV.

2. Marvin (come) home, (switch) on the computer and (check)

his emails.

3. The thief (sneak) into the house, (steal) the jewels and

(leave) without a trace.

4. Nobody (listen) while the teacher (explain) the tenses.

5. While we (do) a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) on the

beach.

6. He (wake) up and (look) at his watch.

3-Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

1. Mother: I want to prepare dinner. (you / wash)   the dishes yet?

2. Daughter: I (wash)   the dishes yesterday, but I (have / not)   

the time yet to do it today.

3. Mother: (you / do / already)   your homework?

4. Daughter: No, I (come / just)   home from school.

5. Mother: You (come)   home from school two hours ago!

6. Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call)   when I (arrive)   

and I (finish / just)   the phone call.

7. Mother: (you / see / not)   Lucy at school in the morning?

8. Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not)   time to talk then.

4-Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps in the correct tense - Past
Perfect or Simple Past:

1) After Fred   (to spend) his holiday in Italy he   (to

want) to learn Italian.

2) Jill   (to phone) Dad at work before she   (to leave) for her

trip.

3) Susan   (to turn on) the radio after she   (to wash) the

dishes.

4) When she   (to arrive) the match   already  (to

start).

5) After the man   (to come) home he   (to feed) the cat.

6) Before he   (to sing) a song he   (to play) the guitar.

7) She   (to watch) a video after the children   (to go) to bed.

8) After Eric   (to make) breakfast he   (to phone) his friend.

9) I   (to be) very tired because I   (to study) too much.

10) They   (to ride) their bikes before they   (to meet) their

friends.

5- Complete with the grammar rule needed:

1) She usually __________________________ (get up) early.

2) The pupils ____________________________ (not study) too much nowadays.

3) _________________________________ (ever –do) an exam?
4) I _________________________ (go) to Donostia yesterday.
5) If we go to London, we _______________________ (see) the Tower.
6) My manager __________________________ (just-send) a letter.
7) Where ___________________________ (you-work) in this moment?
8) I __________________________ (catch) a terrible cold last month.
9) If you _____________________(get) up early, you would catch the bus.
10) If you (ask) ________________________your boss, I'm sure he would have
considered your proposal.
 11) This recipe _________________________(introduce) to Europe by the famous 
explorer Marco Polo.

12) When she went out to play, she (do / already) ________________________her

homework.
13) I (wash) ________________the dishes yesterday, but I (have / not)
________________________ the time yet to do it today.
14)  The ice cream cone ____________________(create) many years later, in 1904.
15) The accident (might/not/be) ________________________ so bad if you'd been
driving more slowly.

16) Nobody (listen) ____________________ while the teacher (explain)

______________________the tenses.
17) Jenny usually (cycle) ___________________to school, but today she (take)
________________ the bus because it (rain) ____________________.
18) Susan _________________ (to turn on) the radio after she_________________
(to wash) the dishes.
19) If you (not/manage) ______________________ to finish the catalogue on time,
we'll have to postpone the printing until next month.

20) The bus (leave) __________________at 5.30 in the morning and (return) at
_________________ 8.15 in the evening.

6-Fill the gaps with the correct tenses (active or passive voice).

Hadrian's Wall

1. In the year 122 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian (visit)   his provinces
in Britain.

2. On his visit, the Roman soldiers (tell)   him that Pictish tribes from

Britain's north (attack)   them.

3. So Hadrian (give)   the order to build a protective wall across one of

the narrowest parts of the country.

4. After 6 years of hard work, the Wall (finish)   in 128.

5. It (be)   117 kilometres long and about 4 metres high.

6. The Wall (guard)   by 15,000 Roman soldiers.

7. Every 8 kilometres there (be)   a large fort in which up to 1,000

soldiers (find)   shelter.
8. The soldiers (watch)   over the frontier to the north

and (check)   the people who (want)   to enter or leave Roman

Britain.

9. In order to pass through the Wall, people (must go)   to one of the

small forts that (serve)   as gateways.

10. Those forts (call)   milecastles because the distance from one fort to

another (be)   one Roman mile (about 1,500 metres).

11. Between the milecastles there (be)   two turrets from which the

soldiers (guard)   the Wall.

12. If the Wall (attack)   by enemies, the soldiers at the

turrets (run)   to the nearest milecastle for help or (light)   a fire

that (can / see)   by the soldiers in the milecastle.

13. In 383 Hadrian's Wall (abandon)  .

14. Today Hadrian's Wall (be)   the most popular tourist attraction in

northern England.

15. In 1987, it (become)   a UNESCO World Heritage Site.