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Exercisel. Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct them where 1. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. 2. The water boils. Can you turn it off? 3, Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. 4, Can you hear those people? What do they talk? 5. The moon goes round the earth, 6. | must go now. It gets late. ~ | usually go to work by cer. ° “Hurry up! It's time to leave”. “I come” . | hear you've gota new job. How do you get on? 10, Pau is never late. He's always getting to work on time. necessary. _is boiling. ‘trying__ are they telling, —_is getting__ _am coning, are you getting. _gets. ‘Scanned with CamSeanner Exercise2. Putthe verbs into the correct form, present continuous or present simple. 1. Ave you hungry? D6 you went (you/want) something to eat? 2. Don't put the dictionary away. _am using. (I/use) it. 3. Don't put the dictionary away. __I need (need) it 4, Who is that man? What __does he want (hefwant)? 5. Who is that man? Why_____is he looking (he/ look) at us? 6. Alan says he’s 80 years old, but nobody __believes (believe) him. 7. She told me her name, but _don’t remember (W/not/remember) it now. __lam thinking (W/think) of selling my car. Would you be interested in buying i? 9, __lam thinking, (think) you should sell your car.__You don’t use {you/not/use) it very often. 10. Air_consists (consist) mainly nitrogen and oxygen. ‘Scanned with CamSeanner |. Put in BEEN or GONE. 1. James is on holiday. He’s__gone to Italy. 2. Hello! I've just___been to the shops. I've bought lots of things. 3. Alice isn’t here at the moment. She’s__gone. to the shop to get a newspaper. 4. Tom has____gone. out. He'll come back in about an hour. 5. “Are you going to the bank?” “No, I've already been. to the bank”. ‘Scanned with CamSeanner 1. Complete the sentences using the follo; ing verbs in the correct form. Buy catch cost fall hurt sell spend teach throw write SA w NE Mozart __wrote___more than 600 pieces of music. “How did you learn to drive?” “My father __ taught _me.”" We couldn't affordto keep ourcar,do we sold it. Dave___fell down the stairs this morning and __hurt his leg. Joe __ threw. the ball to Sue, who __caught. it ‘Ann ___spent. alot of money yesterday. She ___bought, a dress which cost $100. ‘Scanned with CamSeanner IL. Use the following verbs in the present perfect or past simple. LHe (write) has written several books since last year. 2. I read) __have read the novel written by Jack London several times before. 3. Someone (steal) __has stolen my handbag on the bus. 4. My father (not smoke} __hasn’t smoked for years. 5. _Have. You (receive) __received. any letter from your parents yet? 6. He (leave]__left home two weeks ago and we (not hear|_haven’t heard__from him since then. 7. &_Have You teach) __teught____ English before? B: Yes. I (teach)_taught English for three years in Hong Kong and when | (come)___came back, | (start]_started teaching at the Kensington school of English and I (teach) __taught there since then . & A: I (see) __saw, Jack last night. een. im for three months. How is he? B: Oh really? | (not see) _hav 9. A:__Have. you (ever/win) ever won, ‘a competition? = Yes, | (win) won, a photographic competition in 2001. 10. | (watch) _have watched Star Wars four times. ‘Scanned with CamSeanner Iv. Rewrite the santancas without changing the meaning 4. Wehaven't been toa concert for aver a year ‘Thelasttime we went tothe concert was over year aga, 2. W’searly20 yearssince my father sswhis younger brother. Myfathor hhae'tenan hic brathor for naory 20 years 3. Tomuvent to Scotland last rday and isl thee, Tombs __arivedinSeotand on rey the previoueweek, When id youlastride bike? since youlastrode a bike? 5. Thelasteime! wrote poem was when was inFrance. How tong "ven't__ atten poem since was n France . Youhavent led up this room for wee tes_weeksince you ast sided up 7. have’ eaten thiskind of food before. ‘hists___thave eat this kindof food The lasttime she taught me how to cok Vietnamese food was 7 months go. ‘She hatnt_taught me English for 7 month, 9. Helastshoved the day before yesterday. Hehasnt__shaved since the day before yesterday 10. | astdrankchampsgne at my brother's weding. dra chase snce reyes wile, ‘Scanned with CamSeanner

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