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The Verb – Present Tenses

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IV.8.1. Provide the correct form for the verbs in brackets:

1.  What's the noise? Tim (practise)………is practicing……….the piano.
2.  What are you doing? I (read)………am reading…………a very interesting
magazine.
3.  We (go)…………are going………….on holiday in summer.
4.  This animal (eat) ……eats………….meat.
5.  Temperature usually (rise) ………rises………….. in the afternoon.
6.  She can't talk to you right now. She (have) ……is having……….a shower.
7.  Ornithologists (study)………study………birds.
8.  Most of my friends (not like) ……don’t like…………..visiting their relatives.
9.  Look! He (drink)………is drinking………..beer.
10. Jane often (talk)………talks………..to herself.
11. It (get)  ……is getting cold……………….now.
12. I'm looking at that girl. She (wear) ………is wearing…………a nice jacket.
13. I wonder what's with Ann. She (look)……is looking …………very unhappy.
14. I never (drink) ………drink…………..alcohol at lunch time.
15. He usually sits down and (use) ………uses…………..a computer.
16. He usually (work) ………works………..with paints and brushes.
17. He (spend) ………spends………….all his pocket money on sweets.
18. Do you know anyone who (speak) ………speaks………….German?
19. At the moment he (stand) ………is standing…………..inside a telephone box.
20. (you go) …………Are you going…………to the meeting next Friday?

The Verb – Past Tenses

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V.8.1. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Past Perfect:
1.When she (hear) ………heard…….the noise she turned to see what it was.
2.When I saw her I knew we (never meet) ……had never met……….before.
3.When I looked at the lorry I could see that somebody (drive) ………
drove…….in.
4.The movie (start already)…………had already
started……….when we arrived at the cinema.
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5.The doctor examined her leg and (find)………found………that she had broken

it.
6.I was hungry because I (not eat)………hadn’t eaten……….since breakfast.
7.I was frightened because the police (come)………came………..for my sister.
8.I was feeling very thirsty because I (drink) ……drank………….too much
alcohol.
9.I told him twice that I (not know)…………didn’t know………..him.
10. I told him I didn't  know who (steal) ………had stolen …………his pen.
11. I paid for the window because my son (break) ……had broken it.………….
12. I felt really stupid because I (make)………made………..a lot of mistakes.
13. I couldn't get in because I (lose) ………lost…………my keys.
14. I (write)………wrote……………a long letter to my mother yesterday.
15. He told me he (never see)…………had never
seen……….anything like that.
16. He told me he (never be)……had never
been…………….to Australia before.
17. He started to read the newspaper he (buy)………had bought………….an
hour earlier.
18. He (spend) …………spent…………three years in Tahiti when he was a
child.
19. Before he came to Warsaw he (live) ………had lived…………..in Prague.
20. After she (finish) ………had finished……………
breakfast she left the house.

The Verb - Means of expressing future time

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VI.8.1. Use Present Continuous or Future Simple:

1. Did you write to Ann? No, I forgot. I (write)………will write……..her
tomorrow.
2. What (you cook)………are you cooking………….for dinner this evening?
3. We (go)………are going…………….to the cinema tomorrow.
4. I (go)……am going……………to the museum this evening.
5. 'I need more money.' 'I (lend)…………will lend……….you some if you
want.'
6. 'Have a nice time!' 'Thanks I (send)………will send………….you a
postcard.'
7. It's cold in here. (you shut)…………will you
shut…………..the door, please?
8. I don't want to be at home alone. (you stay) ………Will you stay…………
with me?
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9. Jim has got a plan for Friday. He (play)………is playing…………tennis
with friends.
10. 'Have you phoned Jim?' 'No, I forgot. I (phone) ………will
phone……………him later.
11. Peter (meet)…………is meeting…………….his friends this evening.
12. What time (Bill and Jerry come)…………are Bill and Jerry
coming………….tonight?
13. What time (you leave)……………are you leaving………
tomorrow afternoon?
14. I (work)……………am working…………tomorrow so I can't go anywhere.
15. The French president (visit)………is visiting…………Britain next week.
16. (you do) …………Are you doing…………..anything tonight?
17. I (get) ………am getting ……………….married next Saturday.
18. Have you heard? She (go)……………is going …………to have a baby next
week.
19. It must be very heavy. I (carry)……………will carry…………..it for you.
20. I (do)………am doing………………my exams next week.