EXERCISES TO PRACTISE - UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMS - 2nd BACHILLERATO

VERB TENSES:
1.FILL IN THE GAP A WITH A CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS:
1. By the time the hurricane reached the coast, thousands of people……………………..(evacuate)
2. Speech therapies…………………………(improve) considerably since they were originally
developed.
3. By the end of the year, her sleep disorder ……………….(disappear) completely.
4. Mary’s tutor spoke to her after several students……………………………(complain) about her.
5. By the time we got to the airport, the plane……………………..(leave)
6. “By this time next year, I…….(finish) my studies”.
7. “By the time they reach Manchester tomorrow, they….. (travel) for 14 hours”
8. “When he called me on the phone I ……. (drive)
9. I’m tired; it’s seven and I………………………(work) in the garden since lunchtime.
2. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITHOUT CHANGING ITS MEANING. BEGIN AS
INDICATED:
1. “She moved into the new apartment 3 years ago and she still lives there”
She has………..
2. The last time I bought make-up was 3 months ago. I…….