1) Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous form of

the verbs in brackets.

1. She ………………… (walk) to school every day. Habit that happens regularly.
2. The sun …………………. (rise) in the east. General truths
3. Mark ………………… (sleep) now. Actions happening at the moment of speaking.
4. Susan ……………… (live) in London. Permanent states
5. Lucy ………………. (take) piano lessons this month. Temporary states
6. Our flight …………..… (leave) at 10 o’clock.
7. We …………………... (visit) our grandmother tomorrow. Future arrangements.

2) Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs
in brackets.
1. He ……………………… (dance) at a party when he …………………. (meet) his girlfriend.
2. I saw you in the park yesterday. You ………………. (sit) on the grass and ………………….
(read) a book.
3. As I ………………….. (try) to take a photo of some dolphins at the aquarium, I almost
……………………… (fall) into the pool.
4. I ………………… (meet) my friend while I …………………….. (have) a picnic with my family.
5. When Susan ………………………….. (arrive), I ………………………. (have) dinner.
6. He tried to explain his problems to his parents, but they just ………………………. (not
understand) what he was talking about.
3) Put the verb into the correct form, Past Simple or Past Continuous.
a. I ….............. (see) Sue in town yesterday, but she ………………… (not/see) me. She
………….. (look) the other way.
b. I …………… (cycle) home yesterday when a man ……………. (step) out into the road in
front of me. I ……………. (go) quite fast, but luckily I ……………….. (manage) to stop in
time, and I …………. (not/hit) him.
4) Read the situations and complete the sentences using the present perfect simple.
Use the verbs in brackets.
1. Tom is looking for his key. He can’t find it.
Tom (lose) ……..has lost his key……………
2. Maria’s English wasn’t very good, but now it is better.
Her English (improve) …………………………………..
3. My bag was here, but it isn’t here anymore.
My bag (disappear)…………………………………………
4. Lisa had an accident playing football and now her leg is in plaster.
Lisa (break) …………………………………………………….
5. It was raining ten minutes ago. It isn’t raining now.
 It (stop) ……………………………………………
5) Write statements in the Present Perfect Simple with “for” or “since”.
I / not go hiking / last July.
It / not rain / in the Atacama Desert / hundreds of years.
Hawaii / be / a U.S. state / 1959
Native Americans / live / near the Grand Canyon / thousands of years.
People / know / about the river below the Amazon / a few years.
We / not see / our cousins / 2012
6) Read the situation and complete the sentences with the Present Perfect Simple and
the Present Perfect Continuous. Use the verbs in brackets.
1. Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading it and now he is on page 53.
He has been reading for two hours (read).
He has read 53 pages so far (read).
2. Rachel is from Australia. She is travelling round Europe. She began her trip three months
ago.
She ________________________ six countries so far (visit).
She ____________________ for three months (travel).
3. Patrick is a professional tennis player. This year he won the national championship again –
for the fourth time.
_________________________ the national championship four times (win).
_________________________ since he was ten (play).
4. When they left college, Lisa and Sue started making films together. They still make films.
_________________________ films since they left college (make).
_________________________ five films since they left college (make).
7) Some of these sentences need a/an. Correct the sentences where necessary.
1. Joe goes everywhere by bike. He doesn’t have car. __He doesn’t have a car.___
2. Helen was listening to music when I arrived. Ok__________________
3. We went to very nice restaurant last weekend. ___________________
4. I brush my teeth everyday. ____________________________________
5. I use toothbrush to brush my teeth. _____________________________
6. Can you tell me if there’s bank near here? ________________________
7. My brother works for insurance company. ________________________
8. I don’t like violence. __________________________________________
9. When we were in Rome, we stayed in big hotel ____________________
10. Can you smell paint? _________________________________________
11. Lisa doesn’t usually wear jewellery ______________________________
 12. Jane was wearing beautiful necklace _____________________________
8) Complete the sentences with the Past Perfect Simple of the verbs in the box.

Start – go – come back – play – break into - send

1. We arrived at work in the morning and found that somebody _____________ the office.
2. I met Joe a few days ago. He ____ just __________ from holiday.
3. Amy didn’t reply any of the emails that John _____________ her.
4. Paul wasn’t at the party when I arrived. He _______________ home.
5. When I arrived to the cinema, the film _________ already ____________.
6. Sam played tennis yesterday but he wasn’t very good because he ______ never ________
before.
9) Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence.
Use a passive verb.
1. People in the west buy too much food.
Too much food ……………………………………. in the west.
2. The ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ organisation started a campaign to stop waste.
A campaign to stop waste ………………………... by …………………………………….
3. The campaigners persuaded thousands of people to waste less food.
Thousands of people …………………………………………………………….
4. The rescue centre will take the dolphins back to the ocean.
The dolphins ……………………………………….................
5. They haven’t collected the rubbish yet.
The rubbish ………………………………………………………..
6. We should do something to save the planet.
Something …………………………………………………………..

9) Rewrite the sentences using reported speech. Use the chart for help.

1. “I hate watching the news”, my brother said.

My brother said that he ……………………….
……………
2. “I can’t make a campfire”, Tina said.
Tina told us that she
………………………………………….
3. “Ken won’t come to school tomorrow”, Mrs Adams
said.
Mrs Adams told me that Ken
……………………………..
 4. “You must evacuate the building now!” the firefighter said.
The firefighter said that we ……………………………….
5. “I lost my phone”, my sister said.
My sister told me that she …………………………………

10) First and second conditionals: choose the correct option.

1. If I miss / I’ll miss lunch, I’ll get a sandwich later.
2. We’ll have to leave without John if he doesn’t arrive / he won’t arrive soon.
3. If I won the lottery, I will buy / would buy a big house and a car.
4. If I make some coffee, do you cut / will you cut the cake?
5. If my friends could see me now, they would be / were jealous of me.
6. Did you work / would you work harder if you were better paid?

1) Put the verb into the Past Simple or the Past Perfect Simple.
1. Karen ______________ (not / come) to the cinema with us because she ______________
(already / see) the movie.
2. The people sitting next to me on the plane ____________ (be) nervous. They
____________ (not / fly) before.
3. Kate ______________ (just / get) home when I ____________ (phone). She __________
(be) at her grandmother’s house.
4. Last year we ____________ (go) to Mexico. We ______________ (not /be) there before.
5. Julia ______________ (offer) us something to eat but we ___________ (decline) because
we _________________ (already / have) lunch.