ANSWER KEY

Choose the correct verb

1. Go  upstairs.
2. Brush  your teeth regularly.
3. Do not play  soccer in the classroom.
4. Switch off  your mobile.
5. Follow  the instructions.
6. Drive  slowly.
7. Do not be  silly.
8. Have  a cup of tea.
9. Help  yourself.
10. Clean  your room.
Fill in the blanks with the right subject / personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we,
they):

1. Angelina Joli is American. She  isn't French.

2. Brad Pitt is American, too. He  isn't German.
3. Brad and Angelina aren't French. They  are American.
4. My friend and I are high school students. We  aren't primary school
students.
5. The Statue of Liberty is in New York. It  isn't in Washington.

Fill in the blanks with the right form of to be (am, are or is):

1. Are  you the new student?

2. Yes, I am  .
3. Leila and Nancy are  students.
4. Nancy is  Australian .
5. My sister and I are  students.
6. The girls are  tired.
7. These women are  beautiful.
8. The tea is  delicious.
9. Nadia and Leila are  friends.
10. The newspaper is  cheap.

Choose the correct answer (negative or affirmative form of to be):

1. Is Julia Robert French? No, she is not   French.

2. What about Robert de Nero? Is he an American actor? Yes, he is .
3. Are New York and Los Angeles Spanish Cities? No, they are not  Spanish
cities.
4. Is Big Ben in Paris? No, it is not  in Paris.
5. Is Mount Everest in Africa? No, it is not  in Africa. It is in Asia.
wake(s) up - open(s) - speak(s) - take(s) - do(es) - cause(s) - live(s) - play(s) - close(s)
- live(s) - drink(s)

1. Ann plays  handball very well.

2. I never drink  coffee.
3. The swimming pool opens  at 7:00 in the morning.
4. It closes  at 9:00 in the evening.
5. Bad driving causes  many accidents.
6. My parents live  in a very small flat.
7. The Olympic Games take  place every four years.
8. They are good students. They always do  their homework.
9. My students speak  a little English.
10. I always wake up   early in the morning.

Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form:

1. Jane (not/drink) does not drink / doesn't drink  tea very often.

2. What time (the banks/open) do the banks open  in Britain?
3. Where (John/come) does John come  from?
4. It (take) takes  me an hour to get to work.
5. She (not/wake) does not wake up / doesn't wake   up early on Sundays.

Choose the right verbs to complete the sentences. Sometimes you need the
negative:

write - turn - eat - tell - rise

1. The earth turns  around the sun.

2. The sun rises  in the east.
3. Vegetarians do not eat / don't eat  meat.
4. A liar is someone who does not tell / doesn't tell  the truth.
5. A novelist writes  novels.
Put the verbs into the present continuous:

1. Listen to the birds. They (sing) are singing / 're singing .

2. Look at that one. It (fly) is flying / 's flying high in the sky.
3. The other one (play) is playing / 's playing with a worm.
4. I feel happy because I (have) am having / 'm having a good time here in
these woods.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)

1. Look! Sara (go) is going / 's going to the movies.

2. On her right hand, Sara (carry) is carrying / 's carrying her handbag.
3. The handbag (be) is / 's very beautiful.
4. Sara usually (put) puts on black shoes but now she (wear) is wearing / 's
wearing white trainers.
5. And look, she (take) is taking / 's taking an umbrella.
Choose the correct answer (simple present or present continuous)

1. It is raining cats and dogs. We'd better stay at home.

2. I watch TV every day in the morning.
3. Are you coming to the party tonight?
4. The children are at the stadium. They are watching a football match.
5. I don't go to the cinema often.
6. She usually comes late to school.
7. He exercises regularly.
8. John is busy. He is working at the moment.
9. Be quiet! The baby is sleeping .
10. She is traveling to New York next weekend.
Choose the right form of the verbs:

1. I(fly) am flying by plane tomorrow.

2. Hi, what time (the train/pull out) is the train pulling out this evening?
3. (you/travel) Are you traveling to Paris tomorrow?
4. I (go) am going to the cinema tonight.
5. They always (have) have breakfast at 07.30.
6. We (go) are going out this weekend.
7. The library (open) opens at 8.30 and (close) closes at 7.30.
8. The parents (have) are having a meeting on Saturday
Put the verb "to be" into the simple past:

1. I was in Canada last summer holiday.

2. My sister was with me.
3. We were in Montreal.
4. She was very happy.
5. I was happy, too.

Put the verb "to be" into the simple present or the simple past:

1. I am /'m an engineer.

2. Last year I was a student in Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
3. I was in love with a beautiful girl at that time.We werefriends
4. Now, I live in New York and I am /'m married to her.
Choose the correct answer (is or has)

1. She's / is excited about the project

2. He's / has made a cup of tea.
3. Alan's / has done the job.
4. There's / is nothing to eat in the fridge.
5. It's / is a quiet neighborhood.
6. She's / has been working as a teacher for twenty years.
7. It's / is a silly question.
8. John's / is making a trip next weekend.
9. It's / is too difficult to do.
10. It's / has taken me a lot of time to convince my parents.
Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go) went to England on holiday.

2. It (be) was fantastic.
3. I (visit) visited lots of interesting places. I (be) was with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk) walked in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) went to pubs.
6. The weather (be) was strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain) did not rain a lot.
8. But we (see) saw some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) did you spend your last holiday?

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive Simple
Past

1. meet met

2. drive drove

3. speak spoke

4. put put

5. write wrote

6. sing sang

7. do did

8. sit sat

9. stand stood

10. run ran

Complete the table in simple past.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

He wrote a He did not write a book.  Did he write a book? 

book.

He sang.  He did not sing Did he sing? 

She was pretty.  She was not pretty.  Was she pretty?
Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We move to a new house. → We moved to a new house.

2. They bring a sandwich. → They brought a sandwich.
3. He doesn't do the homework. → He did not do the homework.
4. They sell cars. → They sold cars.
5. Does he visit his friends? → Did he visit his friends?

Write sentences in simple past.

1. Janet / the bus / miss →Janet missed the bus.

2. she / her room / tidy → She tidied her room.
3. Nancy / watch / not / television → Nancy did not watch television.
4. she / read / book → She read a book.

Choose "Was“ or "Were“:

1. The teacher was nice.
2. The students were very clever.
3. But one student was in trouble.
4. We were sorry for him.
5. He was nice though.
Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).

1. When I phoned my friends, they (play) were playing monopoly.

2. Yesterday at six I (prepare) was preparing dinner.
3. The kids (play) were playing in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
4. I (practise) was practicing  the guitar when he came home.
5. We (not / cycle) were not cycling / weren't cycling all day.
6. While Alan (work) was working in his room, his friends (swim) were
swimming in the pool.
7. I tried to tell them the truth but they ( not/listen) were not listening /
weren't listening.
8. What (you / do) were you doing yesterday?
9. Most of the time we (sit) were sitting in the park.
10. I (listen) were listening  to the radio while my sister (watch) was watching TV.
11. When I arrived, They (play) were playing cards.
12. We (study) were studying English yesterday at 4:00 pm.

Write correct sentences:

Yesterday at 6 pm your family were doing different things. Write positive

sentences in past progressive.

1. My mother / read / a novel. My mother was reading a novel.

2. My father / watch / TV. My father was watching a movie.
3. My elder sister / writing / in her diary. My elder sister was writing in her
diary.
4. My two brothers / listen / to the radio. My two brothers were listening to
the radio.
5. My little sister and I / not / watch / a movie. My little sister and I were not
watching a movie.
6. We / talk / about school. We were talking about school.
Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. The kids (play) played in the garden last Saturday.

2. She (visit) visited her friends last weekend.
3. Yesterday, I (show) showed my little brother the new computer game.
4. Last Friday, we (decide) decided to visit Cairo.
5. Who (invent) invented the the bulb?
6. The shop assistant (open) opened the door to customers.
7. What (happen) happened yesterday?
8. The students (work) worked on the project together yesterday.
9. They (want) wanted to watch TV last night.
10. We (walk) walked home last night.

Write the right form of the verbs:

Infinitive Simple Past

1. kiss kissed

2. wait waited

3. live lived

4. stop stopped

5. cry cried

6. hurry hurried

7. watch watched

8. sail sailed

9. swap swapped

10. cook cooked

Choose the right answer

1. Have you ever seen Matrix? It's an interesting movie.

2. For the past two years, I have visited Paris frequently.
3. My sister has never been to France.
4. My best friend and I have known each other for over twenty years.
5. I haven't had this much fun since my childhood.
6. My brother is still doing his homework. He hasn't finished yet.
7. She hasn't met her boyfriend for two months.
8. Since I met my new friend, I have learned a lot from him.
9. You have been late to work too many times.
10. I can't believe my eyes; she has changed a lot since we last met.
Choose the correct tense (simple past  or present perfect  )

1. Last holidays, I went to Spain.

2. She hasn't written the report yet.
3. I saw a fantastic movie yesterday.
4. Did you meet her last weekend?
5. She didn't feel well last night.
6. We have lived here since 2010.
7. Charley has read
8. My sister bought a new laptop two days ago.
9. I have seenthis movie twice.
10. They sent us an email last week.
Write sentences in present perfect simple.

1. They / play / football - They have played football.

2. He / speak / English - He has spoken English.
3. I / write / a poem - I have written a poem.
4. We / not / wash / the car - We have not washed the car / We haven't washed the car.
5. Nancy / not / meet / her friends-  Nancy has not met her friends / Nancy hasn't met
her friends.

Write questions in present perfect simple.

1. They / finish / their homework - Have they finished their homework?

2. She / visit / her friend- Has she visited her friend?
3. The maid / clean / the house - Has the maid cleaned the house?
4. He / drive / the van - Has he driven the van?
5. You / ever / write / a poem - Have you ever written a poem?

Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple or simple past).

1. I (not / work) have not worked / haven't worked today.

2. We (buy) bought a new car last week.
3. We (not / plan) have not planned / haven't planned our holiday yet.
4. She (not / see) has not seen / hasn't seenher mother for a long time.
5. He (write) wrote a beautiful poem yesterday.

Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple or continuous).

1. I think the waiter (forget) has forgottenus . We (wait) have been waiting  here for over
half an hour and nobody (take)  has taken our order yet.
2. I think you're right. He (walk) has been walking by us at least twenty times. He
probably thinks we (order, already) have already ordered .
Choose the correct answer: already, since, for, yet, or just

1. A: I have already seen this movie twice. I like it.

B: Yes, they say it's an interesting story, but I haven't seen it yet.
2. A: I haven't seen John since Sunday. He just disappeared.
B: I have just met him at the hospital. I was there a few moments ago. He hasn't been
feeling well since the farewell party on Saturday.
3. Alan and Pamella have been married for twelve years.
4. They have lived in the same house since they got married.
5. I haven't told anyone yet about my decision. Please, keep it secret.
6. I am worried about my son. He hasn't come home yet.
7. My brother bought a house last month, but he hasn't renovated it yet.
Put the verbs into the correct form (simple future)

James, 18 years old, asked an ugly fortune teller about his future. Here is
what she told him:

1. You (be) will be/'ll be very happy.

2. You (get) will get/'ll get a lot of money.
3. You (buy) will buy/'ll buy a beautiful house.
4. Your friends (envy) will envy/'ll envy you.
5. You (meet) will meet/'ll meet a beautiful woman.
6. You (marry) will marry/'ll marry her.
7. You and your wife (travel) will travel/'ll travel around the world.
8. People (serve) will serve/'ll serve you.
9. They (not/refuse) will not refuse/won't refuse to make you happy.
10. But all this (happen / only) will only happen/'ll only happen  when you are 70 years
old.
Choose the correct answer

1. A: Did you buy bread?

B: Oh, no! I forgot to buy it. I will go back to buy some.
2. A: Why have you put on your coat?
B: I am going to take dog out.
3. If I meet him, I will tell him the good news.
4. The phone is ringing. I will answer it.
5. I've bought a new book. Tonight I am going to stay at home and start reading it.
6. What will happen to her children if she doesn't find a job?
7. What are you doing tomorrow? Are you going to see the doctor?
8. I am so tired. I need some rest. I think I will take a week off.
9. A: Coffee or tea?
B: I will have coffee, please.
10. A: Where are you going?
B: I am going to do some shopping.
Put the verbs into the correct form (future progressive).
1. Tomorrow morning, we (work) will be working .
2. This time next week, we (have) will be having a party.
3. At midnight, I (sleep) will be sleeping .
4. This evening, we (watch) will be watching a talk show.
5. They (not/do) will not be working their homework this afternoon.
6. He (listen) will be listening to music.
7. I (read) a book will be reading this evening.
8. (walk / you) Will you be walking home this afternoon?
9. He (not/draw) will not be drawing tomorrow morning?
10. They (argue) will be arguing again
Write the past participle of the following irregular verbs.

1. speak - spoken
2. catch - caught
3. eat - eaten
4. understand - understood
5. begin - begun

Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (affirmative form.)

1. I lost the key that he (give) had given / 'd given to me.

2. He told me that he (see) had seen / 'd seen the film.
3. I went outside as I (hear) had heard / 'd heard a noise.
4. When they came home, Liza (cook) had cooked / 'd cooked dinner.
5. We could not send you a postcard because we (lose) had lost / 'd lost our address
book.

Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (negative).

1. The waiter served something that we (not / order) had not ordered / hadn't
ordered.
2. He went to the country which he (not / visit) had not visited / hadn't visited before.
3. She picked out the red dress, which she (not / wear) had not worn / hadn't worn for
ages.
4. He (not / swim) had not swum / hadn't swum in the beach before that day.
5. His mother was angry because he (not / do) had not done / hadn't done the
shopping for her.

Complete the questions in past perfect simple.

1. (you / finish) Had you finished your homework before you went to the cinema?
2. Why (you / not /clean) had not you cleaned / hadn't you cleaned the bathroom
before you took a bath?
3. (you / have) Had you had breakfast before you left the house?
4. (she / manage) Had she managed to find a place to stay when she went to London?
5. Where (she / stay) had she stayed before she moved to live with her friend?

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect or the simple past)

1. The storm (destroy) destroyed the house that they had built.

2. The children cleaned cleaned the blackboard they had used to do the mathematics
exercise.
3. When she went out to play, she (do / already) had already done / 'd already
done her homework.
4. She (eat) ate all of the food that we had made.
5. He took off the jacket he (put on) had put on / 'd put on  before.
Put the verbs between brackets in the correct tense (past perfect simple or
continuous.)

1. I (try) had been trying to get tickets for that play for months before my friend finally
got them.
2. When I arrived at the theater, he (pick, already) had already picked / 'd already
picked  up the tickets.
3. He was really angry because he (wait) had been waiting for more than half an hour
when I arrived.
4. When the play started, I (already, apologize) had already apologized / 'd already
apologized to my friend.
5. We (watch) had been watching / 'd been watching the play when the lights went
off.
Put the verbs into the correct form (future perfect simple).

1. By 9 o'clock, we (finish) will have finished/'ll have finished  our homework.

2. They (leave) will have left/'ll have left  the classroom by the end of the hour.
3. We (go) will have left/'ll have left  home by next week.
4. She (return) will have returned/'ll have returned  from the excursion by 6 o'clock.
5. (buy / he) Will you have bought the new house by October
6. The sun (not / rise) will not have risen/ won't have risen by 4 o'clock.
7. (You/do) Will you have donethe shopping by 3 o'clock?

Put the verbs into the correct form (future perfect continuous).

1. By the end of the month I (live) will have been living/'ll have been living in this
town for ten years.
2. By the end of this week we (work) will have been working/'ll have been
working on the project for a month.
3. By July the fifth they (study) will have been studying/'ll have been studying English
for 3 years.
4. By 10 o'clock she (watch) will have been watching/'ll have been watching TV for 4
hours.
5. She (sleep) will have been sleeping/'ll have been sleeping for 10 hours by 11
o'clock.
6. We (look) will have been looking for/'ll have been looking for/shall have been
looking for for him for 40 days by next Saturday.
7. They (wait) will have been waiting/'ll have been waiting for the president for 5
hours.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (future perfect simple or continuous.)

1. By 2018 we (live) will have been living/'ll have been living in Madrid for 20 years. 
2. He (write) will have written/'ll have written a book by the end of the year.
3. (finish, you) Will you have finished this novel by next week?
4. He (read) will have been reading/'ll have been reading this book for 15 days by
the end of this week.
5. They (be) will have beenmarried for 40 years by the end of this month.
6. (be, she) Will she have beenpregnant for three months this week?
Choose the correct answer: future perfect or simple future?

1. I think our team will win the championship this year.

2. By 11 pm tonight, she will have finished writing the report.
3. If I finish work early, I will watch TV.
4. They say it will rain heavily tomorrow.
5. I'm afraid, I will not be able to do the task tonight.
6. Will the weather be fine tomorrow?
7. They will have arrived by 10 pm tomorrow.
8. I will have visited Paris by the end of July next year.
9. Will they be at home this evening?
10. I am sorry! I won't help you this time. Enough is enough!
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)

1. Look! Sara (go) is going to the movies.

2. On her right hand, Sara (carry) is carrying her handbag.
3. The handbag (be) is very beautiful.
4. Sara usually (put) puts on black shoes but now she (wear) is wearing white trainers.
5. And look, she (take) is taking an umbrella because it (rain) is raining

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect)

1. When he (wake up) woke up , his mother (already /prepare) had already

prepared breakfast
2. We (go) went to London because our friends (invite) had invited us
3. He (hear) heard the news, (go) went to the telephone and (call) called a friend.
4. When she (start) started learning English she (already /learn) had already
learned French.
5. Jane (already / type) had already typed three pages when her computer
(crash) crashed .
6. By the time the doctor (arrive) arrived at the house the patient ( die) had died .
7. Before that day we (never / think) had never thought of traveling to Japan.
8. I (know) had known him a long time before I (meet) met his family.
9. They (not / know) did not know where to meet because nobody (tell) had told them.
10. It (be) had been / 'd been cloudy for days before it (begin) began to rain.

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

1. I (just / finish) have just finished my homework.

2. Mary (already / write) has already written five letters.
3. Tom (move) moved to his home town in 1994.
4. My friend (be) was in Canada two years ago.
5. I (not / be) have not been to Canada so far.
6. But I (already / travel) have already traveled to London a couple of times.
7. Last week, Mary and Paul (go) went to the cinema.
8. I can't take any pictures because I (not /buy) have not bought a new film yet.
9. (they / spend) Did they spend their holidays in Paris last summer?
10. (you / ever / see ) Have you ever seen a whale?

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

1. The receptionist (welcome) welcomed the guests and (ask) asked them to fill in the

form
2. The car (break) broke down and we (have) had to walk home.
3. The boys (swim) were swimming while the girls (sunbath) were sunbathing .
4. My father (come) came in, (look) looked and (tell) told me to tidy up my room.
5. While one group (prepare) was preparing dinner the others (collect) were
collecting wood for the campfire.
 6. While the parents (have) were having breakfast the children (run) were
running about.
7. Martha (turn) turned off the light and (go) went to bed.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple future or future perfect)

1. Tomorrow I think I (start) will start my new project.

2. I (finish) will have finished it by the end of this month.
3. The teacher (probably/assign) will probably assign  a test to his students next
Monday.
4. He (correct) will have corrected  it by the end of next week.
5. My friend (certainly/get) will certainly get  a good mark.
6. By 9 o'clock, we (finish) will have finished our homework.
7. They (leave) will have left the classroom by the end of the hour.
8. I think I (start) will start my trip tomorrow