PRESENT PERFECT

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

Sample

Have you been (be) to Asia?

She __________________ (not/study) for the exam.

Adam and Natalie ________________ (live) together for 3 years.

Where ________ he ___________ (go)?

We ______________ (not/leave) yet.

I ______________ (want) a new car for a long time.

__________ the bus ___________ (arrive) yet?

They ______________ (bring) their children with them.

__________ you ever _____________ (see) a shooting star?

Write the words in the correct order.

Sample

years / known / I / her / for / have / five

I have known her for 5 years.

Italy / ever / you / have / to / gone / ?

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eaten / never / have / I / octopus

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year / she / grown / has / this / a / lot

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train / yet / arrived / his / hasn't

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have / 1997 / they / been / since / married

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? / car / long / how / had / your / have / you

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cinema / times / the / month / we / gone / this / have / to / three

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haven't / phone / still / I / my / found

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Use of since and for

__________ Easter

__________ two weeks

__________ my birthday

__________ last summer

__________ 1999

__________ ten days

__________ a few minutes

__________ 1st April

__________ a long time

__________ 6 o'clock

We have been playing poker ______ the greater part of the night.

She has been an English teacher _____ 1989.

He has been a party member _____ ten years.

I have known him _____ childhood.

She has been in London _____ last summer.

I haven't seen this film _____ ages.

It hasn't rained in this region _____ at least five months.

She has been doing her homework _____ seven.

They have been playing tennis _____ breakfast.

She has been preparing for her exams _____ the last two months.

Adverb of manners
Complete the boxes with the adverbs so formed from the adjectives in parentheses.

1. Sheila can type (fast) __________

2. (Lucky)____________, Susan has found her purse.

3. He looked (careful)___________inside the room.

4. She threw away the letter (nervous)_____________.

5. The teacher explained the lesson (slow)______________.

6. The boys meet (regular)_________________.

7. He spoke (quiet)_____________so I didn't understand him.

Choose the correct answer

1 Rosemary was sitting in a chair, ____, reading a book.

calm

calmly

2 The teacher talked ____ at the students.

clear

clearly

3 He came ____.

fast and furious

fastly and furious

4 She is a ____ director.

good

well

5 Peter, don't drive so ___, please.

fastly

fast

6 The dog barks ____.

loudly

loud

7 It's a ____ rainy day.

terrible

terribly

8 I tasted some soup ____ because it was very ____.

careful / hotly

carefully / hot

9 Young people learn ____.

easily and quickly

easy and quick

10 You will have ____ ten minutes to finish the exam.

exact

exactly

PAST PERFECT
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

Sample

Alex ____ (not/travel) alone before his trip to London.

Alex _HAD NOT TRAVEL_ (not/travel) alone before his trip to London.

Q1 of 8

I _______________ (be) at home all day. I had to get out and go for a walk.

Q2 of 8

She _______________ (teach) Shakespeare before.

Q3 of 8

________ you __________ (eat) breakfast when you left the house?

Q4 of 8

We ______________ (not/finish) the document when the computer crashed.

Q5 of 8

We ____________ never ___________ (see) a whale before our trip.

Q6 of 8

She _____________________ (prepare) dinner before leaving for work that day.

Q7 of 8

I ______________________ (not/do) all my homework when I went to class.

Q8 of 8

_____________ you ___________ (meet) her before?

Write the verb in parentheses in "past perfect" or "past simple":
1) My father______________in Madrid when he was young (To live)

2) David's car was very new; he just______________it (To buy)

3) Ann passed her exam because she______________a lot (To study)

4) Last summer my parents went to London; they_________________there before (To be)

When the police arrived the terrorist just_________________one hostage (To kill)
5)
(acababa de suceder)

6) Mark didn't______________me to his birthday party (To invite)

7) Yesterday morning my kids_____________________to the zoo (To go)

8) Ten years ago I___________________100.000 euros for my house (To pay)

9) When I saw your father I didn't recognize him. He__________________a lot (To change)

The first time I_____________________my wife was in Paris during the Roland Garros
10)
Tournament (To meet)

Last night I_________________________to bed very late because I was reading a book
11)
(To go)

12) I didn't see my brother last summer. He___________________in France (To be)

I arrived very late at the party and my friends just__________________(To leave)

13)
(acababan de marcharse)

14) Mr Wilson_____________________alone in his castle (To die)

Last September the village was very quiet: the holiday makers already_____________(To
15)
leave) (pocos días antes)

Last time I went to Barcelona they__________________________the Olympic Village (To

16)
open)(poco tiempo antes)

When the bomb exploded the police already_________________________the building

17)
(To evacuate)

18) I__________________for an American firm for 10 years (To work) (ya no trabajo)

19) We_________________________our trip to Italy a lot (To enjoy)

20) When the helicopter finally arrived the oil tanker_____________________(To sink)

When the vaccine was finally developed that strange illness

21)
already_______________thousands of people (To kill)

22) The bomb__________________in front of the police station (To explode)

23) The public______________the referee during the match (To insult)

WILL AND GOING TO
1. If you help me I___________________(finish) sonner.

2. She______________ (visit) London next week.

3. These shoes are really dirty. I_______________(clean) them!

4. She_________________(be) eighteen on Monday.

5. It's very hot in here. I_______________(open) the window.

6. I__________________(go) to the party unless it rains.

7. I have got a special plan for the weekend. I__________________ (learn) how to make a
cake.

8. If you pass the exam I______________________(be) very proud of you.

1. John_______________________(study) English in the future.

2. Look at Paul! He______________________(get) on the bus.

3. What a dark cloud! It________________________(rain).

4. I think I________________________(call) her tomorrow.

5. I_____________________(travel) to London next Monday.

6. The baby_______________________(fall) down. He doesn't walk very well.

7. It's very hot here! I_______________________(open) the door!

8. They____________________________(buy) a new car next month. 

9. Tom____________________(get)home about ten o'clock.

10.___________________(stay/you) at Paul's house very long? - Not really, just a few

days.

Write the following sentences in reported speech or indirect

style
Sample
"I'm hungry," Tom said.

Tom said that he was hungry.

Or

Tom said he was hungry.

Q1 of 10

Sarah asked, "Are you busy tonight?

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Q2 of 10

"I am working in a hospital," she said.

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Q3 of 10

"We made a great dinner last night," he said.

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Q4 of 10

"They were living in Chicago when their son was born," she said.

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Q5 of 10

"I have been to India three times," Melissa said.

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Q6 of 10

"We have been waiting for the tickets for three hours," they said.

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Q7 of 10

He asked, "Had you ever been to New York before?"

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Q8 of 10

"I am from Australia," Pam said.

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Q9 of 10

"You must drive slowly here," the police officer told me.

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Q10 of 10

station / please / me / take / the / to / train

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Write the following sentences in the passive voice.

Sample

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice: Mark Twain wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
in 1876.

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was written by Mark Twain in 1876.

Or

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was written in 1876 by Mark Twain.

Q1 of 8

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice: They make many movies in Hollywood.

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Q2 of 8

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice: The students will give a presentation tomorrow.

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Q3 of 8

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice: Someone has stolen my bike!

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Q4 of 8

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice: We receive the newspaper everyday.

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Q5 of 8

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice: The children have eaten the cookies.

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Q6 of 8

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice: We will complete the renovations next week.

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Q7 of 8

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice: They pay us every Friday.

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Q8 of 8

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice: Did they deliver your new sofa?

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