PAST AND PRESENT

1. Use the verbs given in the Past tense to fill in the blanks:

chase, feel, be, shout, drive, stop, begin, try, take, come

Gordon and Celine decided to go to Red Rock Safari Park. First, they 1) ___________ into the
park and Gordon 2)____________ the car. He 3)____________ some pictures of the lions.
After that, he 4)___________ to start the car again. Suddenly, smoke 5)_______________ to
come out of the engine. A few minutes later, the front of the car 6)__________ on fire, so Celine
beeped the horn and 7)____________ for help. Just then, a park ranger 8)______________
along in his jeep to help them. Finally, another jeep arrived and 9)____________ the lions
away. Gordon and Celine 10)_____________ very lucky to be alive.

2. Ask questions to which the words underlined are the answers:

Lily lives in Greendale. She is a typist. She works in an office in the town centre. In her
spare time, Lily likes to do sports. Her best friend is Sophie. They met two years ago when they
were at university. They are friends because they have the same hobbies. Last year, they went
walking together once a week. Now, Sophie drives them to the countryside in her car. Lily and
Sophie are having a rest at the moment. Sophie is tired today because she went to bed very
late last night.

a. ___________________________________________________________

b. ___________________________________________________________

c. ___________________________________________________________

d. ___________________________________________________________

e. ___________________________________________________________

f. ___________________________________________________________

g. ___________________________________________________________

h.____________________________________________________________

i. ____________________________________________________________

j. ____________________________________________________________
3. Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense:

1. In 1998, John______________ (visit) Tahiti with a group of friends.

2. This month Tom _________________ (revise) for his exams.
3. Marie only has half an hour for lunch so she usually ______________ (have) a sandwich.
4. At the moment I need to concentrate. I __________________ (do) a grammar exercise.
5. Once a month Caroline _______________ (go) to the hairdresser's to have her hair cut.
6. Last year Peter ________________(travel) all over Australia.
7. Next Saturday, Peter ________________(take) Caroline to the theatre.
8. When Tom ________________ (come) to our house last night we ________________
(have) dinner, so we invited him to join us.
9. My brother usually ________________ (study) very little, but now he ________________
(read) a lot for that English test.
10. On Monday my father ________________ (give) me $20.
11. He told me he________________ (enjoy) his trip with us. We should get together again.
12. Look! It ________________ (rain). Take your umbrella.
13. Why ________________ (he, drive) so fast today? He usually ________________
(drive) very carefully.
14. It (start) to rain while she ________________ (walk) in the park yesterday.
15. Last night the wind________________ (blow) some trees down.
16. I ________________ (have) a party this weekend at my place.
17. I________________ (see) this film two months ago.
18. Cathy! What________________________________(children/do)?
I ________________(think) they ________________ (play)in the backyard.
19. I ________________(see) Linda in the theatre last night. She ________________(sit) in
the first row.
20. We must go now. It ________________ (get) dark.

4. Fill in the gaps with suitable verbs in the correct tense:

Philip ________________ the door without knocking and ________________in. The
secretary ________________ on the phone, but she ________________ down the receiver the
moment she ________________his face. “Yes” she ________________ in a trembling voice,
“the boss ________________you, Mr. Taylor.” The manager, Richardson, ________________
through some papers when Philip ________________. He ________________ at him and froze
with horror – Philip ________________a gun.