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EXERCISES
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2.- TENSES:
1. Complete the gaps with the correct form of verb to be.
1) We __________AREN’T_______ (not) from India.
2) She ____IS________ tall.
3) ________ARE____ they the winners?
4) She ______WAS____ sad yesterday.
5) They ____WEREN’T_______ (not) in France last summer.

2. Present simple/continuous: Choose the present simple or the present

continuous. Watch out for stative verbs.
1) Julie_______IS READING___ (read) in the garden.

2) What___DO WE HAVE_______ (we/have) for dinner tonight?

3) She ____HAS____ (have) two daughters.

4) The class ___BEGINS_____ (begin) at nine every day.

5) What ______IS SUSIE DOING____ (Susie/do) tomorrow?

3. Present perfect simple/continuous. Choose the present simple or the

present continuous.

1) ________HAVE THEY FINISHED_____ (they/finish) already?

2) I _____HAVE BEEN STUDYING_____ (study) all morning - I'm fed up!

3) How many times ______HAVE YOU BEEN_____ (you/be) in Australia?

4) He __HAS EATEN______ (eat) six chocolate ice-creams today.

5) She __HAS COOKED____ (cook) dinner. Let's go and eat!

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4. Past simple/continuous: Choose the present simple or the present

continuous.

1) Last summer most of my friends _______WORKED_____ (work), so I

_DECIDED_____ (decide) to get a job too.

2) I ______WAS WATCHING___ (watch) the TV when the telephone

_RANG_______ (ring).

3) When you ____WERE EXPLANING/EXPLAINED______ (explain) me the

truth. I ____WAS SUSPECTING/SUSPECTED________ (suspect) about
that.

4) What _____WERE YOU DOING________ (you do) when the twin tower
_______FELL___ (fall)?

5) She _______WAS NOT LISTENING_____ (not listen) when the teacher

_____SAID____ (say) the material needed.

5. Past perfect simple/continuous. Choose the present simple or the present

continuous.

1) Peter was Sally's best friend when they were young. They ____HAD BEEN
SPENDING_______ (spend) all the afternoons together ten years ago.

2) They were hungry because the ____HADN’T EATEN_____ (not eat)

anything.

3) Mary was tired because ________SHE HAD GOT UP____ (get up) at 5.30
am.

4) I_____HADN’T SEEN________ (no/see) him for several years, but he

phoned me one last Christmas.
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5) The town was white because it ___HAD SNOWED_________ (snow) the

night before.

6. Future: will/going to

1) There’s no sugar. I ________WILL_____ buy it.

2) She’s pregnant. She ___________IS GOING TO HAVE_________ (have)

a baby.

3) Next year, she ______WILL VISIT_________ (visit) New York, she has
already booked all the trip.

7. Mixed tenses. Complete the gaps with the appropriate tense:

1) Every Monday, Sally (drive) _DRIVES_________ her kids to football

practice.

2) Usually, I (work) __WORK_____ as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I

____AM STUDYING/ HAVE BEEN STUDYING_______ (study) French at
a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

3) I hate living in Seattle because it ___IS ALWAYS RAINING_____ (rain,

always).

4) Justin (write, currently) ___IS CURRENTLY WRITTING_______ a book

about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he
is finished.

5) Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) _______AM GOING_____ to a movie

tonight with some friends.
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8. Change the direct speech into

reported speech. Use 'she said' at the beginning of each answer. It's the same
day, so you don't need to change the time expressions.

 PRESENT SIMPLE:
1) “I live in London”
She said she lived in London

2) “She works in a park”

She said she worked in a park

3) “Julie doesn’t like watching films in VSO”

She said she didn’t like watching films in VSO.

4) “They arrive on time every Monday”

She said they arrived on time every Monday

 PRESENT CONTINUOUS:
1) “I'm watching TV”
She said she was watching TV

2) “We’re playing the guitar”

She said they were playing the guitar

3) “She's coming to the party”

She said she was coming to the party

4) “Lucy is playing a song in front of the fire”

She said Lucy was playing a song in front of the fire
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 PAST SIMPLE:
1) “He went to the cinema
yesterday.”
She said he had gone to the cinema yesterday

2) “Jane went to home early.”

She said Jane had gone to home early

3) “I didn't drink alcohol in that party.”

She said she hadn’t drunk alcohol in that party

4) “He didn't like chocolate as a child.”

She said he hadn’t liked chocolate as a child

 PRESENT PERFECT
1) “I've never been to New York.”
She said she had never been to New York

2) “Lora has visited Paris three times.”

She said Lora had visited Paris three times

3) “He has seen that movie on the cinema .”

She said he had seen that movie on the cinema

4) “He has lived in more than 10 contries”

She said he had lived in more than 10 contries

 FUTURE:
1) “I'll go to the cinema later.”
She said she would go to the cinema later.

2) “We'll meet the children at six.”

She said they would meet the children at six.

3) “She’ll be late.”
She said she would be late
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 MIXED TENSES:

1) “We go to the cinema each Saturday”

She said we went to the cinema each Saturday.

2) “She didn’t play football”

She said she hadn’t played football.

3) “They are listening the radio”

She said they were listening the radio.

4) “They will do the homework”

She said they would do the homework

5) “She is drawing a picture”

She said she was drawing a picture.

9. CONDITIONALS:

2.1 First Conditional: Complete the gaps:

- If you _ DON’T STUDY_________ (not study), you _WON’T PASS______ (not
pass) the exams.
- If the sun ___SHINES___ (shine), she ___WILL TRAVEL______ (travel) to
Miami.
- If he ____HAS___ (to have) temperature, he ___WILL SEE___ (to see) the
doctor.
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2.2 Second Conditional: Complete the

gaps:
- If you ______DIDN’T STUDY____ (not study), you _____WOULDN’T PASS__
(not pass) the exams.
- If my grandma __CAME___ (come) home earlier, I __WOULD
MAKE_________ (make) the dinner.
- If we _WON_______ (win) the lottery, we _____WOULD EAT______ (to eat)
pizza and pasta.
- If I __WERE____ (to be) you, I _WOULD TELL_______ (to tell) him the truth.

2.3 Third Conditional: Complete the gaps.

- If you _HAD STUDIED_________ (not study), you _WOULD HAVE
PASSED______ (not pass) the exams.
- If the weather ____HAD BEEN____ (to be) nice, they __WOULD HAVE
GONE_____________ (to go) to the beach.
- If you HAD_SPOKEN_________ (to speak) English, we __WOULD HAVE
VISITED________ (to visit) London.
- If they __ HAD WON_________ (to win) the lottery last year, they
______WOULD HAVE DONE_______ (to do) it.

2.4 First, Second, Third Conditional, complete:

- If we ____MEET/MET/HAD MET___ (meet) at 9:30, we _WILL ARRIVE/
WOULD ARRIVED/ WOULD HAVE ARRIVED_____ (arrive) on time.

- Lisa __WILL FIND/ WOULD FIND /WOULD HAVE FOUND___ (find) the milk if
she _LOOKS/ LOOKED/ HAD LOOKED_____ (look) in the fridge.

- The policeman __WOULD PUNISH/ WOULD HAVE PUNISHED_____ (punish)

her with a fine if she ___DRANK/HAD DRUNK__ (drink).

- If you __SPEAK___ (speak) louder, the teacher __WILL HEAR____ (hear) you.

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- Dan and Jane ___WOULDN’T HAVE HAD_____ (not have) the accident if he
___HAD DRIVEN___ (drive) more carefully.

- You _WILL HAVE/WOULD HAVE/ WOULD HAVE HAD______ (have) no

trouble at school if you _ARE/ WERE/ HAD BEEN_____ (be) more patient in
class.

- If Mary _HAD STUDIED________ (study) more when she was young, she
______WOULD HAVE LEARNED_____ (have) learned English.

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