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EXERCISE 1: Complete the sentences with the correct verbal tense.
1. I _______________ (have) a shower yesterday before going to bed.
2. The band _________________ (practice) now.
3. A new talk show __________________ (start) on Mondays at 9:00 pm.
4. You _____________________ (pass) your exam if you study hard.
5. If I __________________ (have) free time, I could have travelled.
6. Look! All the paparazzi _________________ (still/wait) to get a good picture.
7. As the plane ___________________ (land), the tornado hit the city centre.
8. I _____________ (try) to solve the problem yesterday but it was impossible.
9. We ______________ (watch) TV right now. Tomorrow we are going to the
cinema.
10. I ______________ (help) you tomorrow morning if you don’t mind.
11. They __________________ (not/arrive) yet. They are late.
12. Frank __________________ (go) to school every day because he likes it.
13. I _________________ (say) everything to her yesterday. She has to think
about it now.
14. Please ________________ (follow) me, I’ll show you the way to the theatre.
15. There _________________ (be) some cars on this street that are very nice.
16. They _________________ (pay) the bill last month. I am glad they did.
17. I ________________ (learn) English for six years.
18. We ________________ (enjoy) our holidays if the weather had been better.
19. In summer time, we usually ______________ (go) to the mountains.
20. When I have enough time, I _______________ (write) to my mother in 2
days or so.
21. I _______________ (watch) TV when I heard somebody shouting.
22. If I had more money, I ___________________ (buy) a new car.
23. The year 2002 ________________ (see) remarkable changes in Shanghai’s
landscape.

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24. We ________________ (live) in Paris for several years now.
25. I ________________ (go) to the swimming pool every Sunday morning.
26. We ______________ (be) very happy when this exercise is done.
27. Jessica ______________ (neve/fall) in love until she ____________ (meet)
Ben two years ago.
28. Bruce _______________ (not/stop) studying until he _____________
(cover) all of the exam topics.
29. Tomorrow at around 7:30 pm, I _______________ (drive) through America.
30. Builders _______________ (finish) the Millennium Dome by the end of the
year 2000.

EXERCISE 2: Choose the correct answer.

31. I love this writer’s books. I have been reading / had been reading them for
years.
32. His clothes were dirty because he has been working / had been working
in the garden.
33. Where have you been? We have been waiting / had been waiting for you
for ages.
34. He hasn’t decided on a career yet, but he has been thinking / had been
thinking about it lately.
35. After she has been playing / had been playing the violin for ten years, she
joined an orchestra.

EXERCISE 3: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in
brackets. Use the Present Perfect Continuous or the Past Perfect Continuous.
1. Mike has never had an accident and he _____________________________
(drive) for years.
2. She had no idea it was so late because she __________________________
(not/watch) the time.

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3. “________________________________ (you/take) your medicine regularly,
Mrs. Smith?” “Yes, doctor.”
4. They eventually found the dog after they ____________________________
(look) for it all night.
5. How long ______________ your father _____________________________
(work) for the company when he retired?

EXERCISE 4: Correct the errors in the following sentences.

1. Jane has lost weight. She had been dieting for months now.
____________________________________________________________
2. Everything was white when we woke up because it has been snowing all
night.
____________________________________________________________
3. I was so happy when he asked me to marry him. I have been loving him
for years.
____________________________________________________________
4. That man is making me nervous. He has stared at me all evening.
____________________________________________________________
5. Hurry up, or they have sold all the tickets by the time we get there.
____________________________________________________________
EXERCISE 5: Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous and Past
Perfect Continuous.
1. It is already 9:30 PM and I ____________________________ (wait) here for
over an hour. If John doesn’t get here in the next five minutes, I’m going to
leave.
2. I was really angry at John yesterday. By the time he finally arrived, I
____________________ (wait) for over an hour. I almost left without him.
3. Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He _______________________

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Av. President Macià, 10 ( 977 114 911
(work) for that import company for more than ten years and he
__________________________ (work) in almost every department.
Nobody knew the company like he did.
4. I _______________________ (see) many pictures of the pyramids before I
went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The
pyramids are actually quite small.
5. Sarah _____________________ (climb) the Matterson, ________________
(sail) around the world and ____________________ (go) on a safari in
Kenya. She is such an adventurous person.
6. Sarah ____________________ (climb) the Matterhorn, _________________
(sail) around the world and ___________________ (go) on a safari in
Kenya by the time she turned twenty-five. She ______________________
(experience) more by that age that most people do in their entire lives.
7. When Melanie came into the office yesterday, her eyes were red and watery.
I think she ____________________ (cry).

EXERCISE 6: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Use Present Continuous, Future Simple, be going to, Future Perfect or Future
Continuous.
1. See you at the station! I _____________________ (wear) a red jacket.
2. Don’t worry! I ___________________ (not leave) without you.
3. We certainly ____________________ (not finish) all the work by this time
tomorrow.
4. Anne ________________ (invite) some of her friends for dinner after work.
5. _______ she _______________ (remember) to call us this afternoon?
6. What ___________ you ___________ (do) at the weekend?
7. Ted __________________ (meet) his boss tomorrow at lunch.
8. In the future _____________________ (there/not/be) petrol engines.

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Av. President Macià, 10 ( 977 114 911
9. On Friday at 7 p.m. I __________________ (jog) with my sister in the park.
10. I usually leave for work at 9 o’clock so tomorrow at 9.15 I __________
(leave) the house.
11. The bags look heavy. I _________________ (help) you carry them.
12. Look at the black clouds in the sky. It ____________________ (rain).
13. I expect they _____________________ (arrive) soon.

EXERCISE 7: Put the verb into the gerund or infinitive with “TO”.
1. I couldn’t sleep so I tried ______________ (drink) some hot milk.
2. They tried ____________ (get) to the party on time but the bus was delayed.
3. We stopped _____________ (study) because we were tired.
4. You should stop ___________ (smoke), it’s not good for your health.
5. They will stop ____________ (have) lunch at twelve.
6. Oh no! I forgot ____________ (buy) milk.
7. I forget _____________ (lock) the door, but I’m sure I must have locked it.
8. I remember __________ (go) to the beach as a child.
9. Please remember __________ (bring) your homework.
10. I regret _________ (tell) you that the train has been delayed.
11. I regret ______________ (tell) Julie my secret; now she has told everyone.

EXERCISE 8: Write the correct form of used to/ be used to/ get used to in the
space.
1. Harry _____________ play the piano, but he gave it up some time ago.
2. At first getting up at 6 am was horrible, but now ________________ it.
3. It took me some time to ______________ getting up at 6 am, now it’s not a
problem.
4. When I first started to live in Spain, it too me ages _____________ the hot
summers.
5. When I was youngster, I _____________ read book all the time.

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6. I ___________ studying every day, although I don’t like it.
7. My son is slowly ______________ living in a small village.
8. I ____________ hate wearing glasses until I realised I could see well.
9. When I bought my first smart phone, it took such a long time before I _______
using it.
10. If I win the lottery, I am sure I will have problems ______________ having
so much spare cash.
11. Living in different country can be tricky until you _____________ the
cultural differences.
12. I __________ have a small car, and then I bought something bigger. It took
some time, but now I ______________ it.

EXERCISE 9: Fill the blanks with the correct reflexive pronoun.

1. Charlotte looked at _____________ in the golden mirror and said “I’m still
pretty”.
2. Why don’t you make __________ a big hamburger and a glass of lemonade?
3. Harrison found ____________ a nice black suit to wear at the wedding.
4. The children will have to look after _____________ because their parents
won’t be at home this evening.
5. I think I will buy _______________ a nice expensive smartphone.
6. My cat hurt __________ when it suddenly jumped out of the kitchen window.
7. Some animals clean ____________ with their tongues.
8. Alice and I painted the house ____________ because we didn’t have enough
money to hire a painter.
9. You should buy ___________ a dictionary. I can’t lend you mine as I need it.
10. Ladies and gentlemen! This is open buffet so you can help ______________.