Round-up 1 (Files 1 and 2)

Exercise 1. Present simple or Progressive?

1. A: What ________ here, Peter? (do)

B: I _________ for a friend. (wait)
2. I _______ driving in traffic. (hate)
3. Tom _______ in his office. (be not) ___ he ______ from home today? (work)
4. I _______ what you mean. (not understand)
5. What ____ you ______ tonight? (do)
6. _____ you _____ to go to the cinema? (want)
7. I _________ some e-mails at the moment. (send)
8. What ___________ tomorrow? (happen)
9. Stop the music, please. I ____________! (study)
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Exercise 2. Complete with at, in, on

1. The meeting starts ____ noon.

2. I play tennis _____ Saturday evening.
3. Can you call me ____ the afternoon?
4. What are you doing ____ the weekend?
5. My birthday is ____ 3rd of June.
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Exercise 3. Circle the correct answer

1. Did you used/use to play tennis at school?

2. I used/did use to be a bad student.
3. Tom didn’t/doesn’t use to play the guitar at the age of 5.
4. I used to/used have long hair.
5. Did she used to play/played with the other boys?
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Exercise 4. Complete with the past simple or past progressive

1. I ________ (read) a book when my brother _______ (enter) the room. He _________
(hold) a bag full of groceries. He ________ (want) to make dinner. He ________ (leave)
the bag on the table and ________(start) taking out some vegetables. As he _________
(take) out the carrots, he _______ (drop) the milk! As soon as I ________(see) this, I
______(start) cleaning the mess.
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Exercise 5. Circle the correct answer

 1. He _________ it many times.
a. Have read b. has read c. has red
2. I’ve watched ten minutes of the film ____.
a. So far b. just c. yet
3. We have ________ been there. What’s it like?
a. Ever b. never c. once
4. They have ________ wanted to go there.
a. Never b. always c. ever
5. I _______ to Italy in 1999.
a. Have been b. travelled c. were
6. She _______ to London. She’ll e back next week.
a. Has been b. went c. has gone
7. Look! Justin _______ the bottle with his teeth!
a. Have opened b. opened c. has opened
8. I made some coffee ______.
a. Before b. a minute ago c. yet
9. When _____ the last time you ______?
a. Have…smoked b. did…smoke c. was…smoked
10. Tom has _____ come back from the supermarket.
a. Yet b. just c. since
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Exercise 6. Circle the correct option.

1. Mary likes giving orders all the time. She’s very bossy/confident.
2. Don’t argue with Bobby, he is really quick-tempered/shy.
3. Julie never lies. She is so outgoing/honest.
4. He is quite kind/lazy. He does nothing all day!
5. She is confident/honest about the interview. She knows what to do.
6. We left the cinema early because the film was bored/boring.
7. Everyone felt exciting/excited when they heard the news.
8. In my job I always meet interested/interesting people.
9. My friend and I lost touch/keep in touch regularly after school.
10. Mary is fond of/interested in books about history.
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Total __/50