1.

Put in the correct order

1. The young man sold his share of the property and left for another country.
2. The father tried to dissuade his son, but he wouldn’t listen to his father whom he regarded as old and
ignorant.
3. Years went by. The younger son began to get restless because he was unhappy with his lot.
4. He led a luxurious life and spent a lot of money on gambling.
5. They were living together happily.
6. Soon all his money was gone and he became a pauper.
7. Once there lived a rich farmer.
8. He went to his father and asked for his share of the property.
9. So the father gave him a third of his property.
10. He had two sons.

2. Put in the correct preposition:

11. What is your town famous ________? 12. It's great you got that job - you should be proud ________
yourself. 13. I'm very excited ________ buying a new computer. 14. That bike is similar ________ yours. 15.
She is interested ________ jazz. 16. Are you pleased ________ your new house? 17. Lucy is extremely good
________ languages. 18. Who is James married ________? 19. English cheese is very different ________
French cheese. 20. He isn't afraid ________ anything.
1. He’s swimming ______ the river. 2. Where’s Julie? She’s ______ school. 3. The plant is ______ the table.
4. There is a spider ______ the bath. 5. Please put those apples ______ the bowl. 6. Frank is ______ holiday
for three weeks. 7. There are two pockets ______ this bag. 8. I read the story ______ the newspaper. 9. The
cat is sitting ______ the chair. 10. Lucy was standing ______ the bus stop.
6.Columbus sailed to the Americas _____ the 16th century. 7.The Beatles were popular _____ the 1960s. 8.I
graduated from university _____ 2001. 9.His birthday is _____ June. 10. I usually go to my parents’ house
_____ Christmas. We eat turkey together _____ Christmas Day.

3. Complete the sentences with one of the following words : JUST , ALREADY, YET, EVER,
NEVER, STILL
Bob __________________ hasn’t phoned me yet. I am starting to get nervous. 2. Have you
__________________eaten porridge ? 3. We have __________________seen this film, but we’ll watch it
again. 4. Sue has __________________ come back from her holiday in Greece. She’s got a wonderful tan. 5.
Have you finished your exams , __________________? 6. I have __________________ been to Turkey but I
would love to go. 7. They haven’t installed my phone __________________. 8. Has she
__________________ worked in a restaurant? 9. The books I ordered __________________ haven’t arrived .
Where are they ? 10. I have __________________ visited Rome, but it would be nice to go there again . 11.
He __________________ hasn’t found his keys. He’s been looking for them the whole morning. 12. They
have __________________ arrived from a long journey to Australia.
4. Fill in the correct form of the irregular verb – All Tenses

1. What ______________________ of your new boyfriend (you think). 2. She ______________________

anything about his past yet (never hear) 3. We __________________them at a restaurant last week (meet).
4. I ______________________ the contents of the contract tomorrow (read). 5. Where
______________________ your last holidays? (you spend) 6. He ______________________ a glass on
the floor (just throw) 7. In the past two years she ______________________ a very nice person (become)
8. The exercise book ______________________ 17 € (cost) 9. The used to ______________________
with furniture but now she ______________________ with cars (deal, deal) 10. He
______________________ his homework. He can go out now. (just do) 11. Our cows
______________________ more mild recently (give) 12. It was hot yesterday. The children
______________________ swimming. (go) 13. Since his departure to France I ______________________
any news from him (not hear). 14. The ball ______________________ me on the head and I went to the
ground (hit) 15. Please ______________________ on the shirt! I don’t like it (keep) 16. She was lying in
her bed when the phone ______________________ (ring). 17. During the war they
______________________ many people. (shoot) 18. I ______________________ you my new house
some time next week (show). 19. Last night I ______________________ in my bed for the first time
(sleep) 20. She never ______________________ about her future (speak)

5. Fill in the correct verb forms

My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, but things _________________ (GET) so bad recently that he decided to
go on a diet. He _________________ (BEGIN) his diet a week ago. First of all, he _________________ (WRITE) out a
long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the food he _________________ (LOVE) :
butter, potato es, rice, beer milk , chocolate, sweets and so on. Yesterday, I _________________ (PAY) him a visit. I
_________________ (RING) the bell and was not surprised to see Herbert as fat as ever. He _________________
(LEAD) me to his room and hurriedly _________________ (HIDE) a large parcel under his desk. He was very
embarrassed. When I _________________ (ASK) him what he _________________ (DO) he _________________
(SMILE) guiltily and then _________________ (PUT) the parcel on the desk. He _________________ (SHOW) me
the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!