- •The present simple tense
- •The present continuous tense
- •I. Put the following verbs into the 3rd person singular of present simple:
- •II. Put the following verbs into the continuous form:
- •III. Make questions and negations:
- •IV. Complete the following sentences.
- •V. Put the verbs into the correct form (present simple or continuous).
- •2.To like - liked
- •I. Write the past simple form of the verbs :
- •II. Put the verbs into the correct form
- •Narrative tenses
- •1.To work – worked
- •I. Complete these sentences using past perfect simple:
- •II. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Past Simple or Past Perfect):
- •VI. Put the verbs into the correct form : Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect :
- •VII. Look at the sentences below. What things do you think had or hadn’t happened previously?
- •The present perfect simple
- •1. Present result
- •I. What have these people done ?
- •II. What have or haven’t they done yet ? Use already, just or yet.
- •2. Unfinished past
- •IV. Insert ‘since’ or ‘for’ :
- •3. Experience
- •V. Ask someone in the class have you ever .... ?
- •VI. Complete the sentences; use just, yet, already, for, since, never, ever, always:
- •VII. Answer the questions :
- •VIII. What has changed in your life since you became a student ? Read the story to help you :
- •IX. Put the verbs into the present perfect or past simple :
- •X. Translate into English :
- •Present perfect continuous
- •I. Write a sentence with the present perfect continuous:
- •II. In this exercise you have to read the situation and then write sentences with the present perfect simple and / or the present perfect continuous:
- •III. Choose the most suitable form :
- •IV. The Present Perfect Simple or Continuous and the Simple Past :
- •Ways of expressing future time
- •I. Read the description and put the verb into the correct tense.
- •The first conditional
- •I. Put the verbs into the correct form :
- •II. Complete :
- •The second conditional
- •I. Put the verbs into the correct form :
- •II. Rewrite the sentences using an if construction :
- •III. Complete :
- •The third conditional
- •I. Put the verbs into the correct form :
- •II. Make sentences using Type 3 conditionals :
- •I. Change into the wish construction.
- •III. Jason has been for an interview. He didn’t get the job.
- •The passive
- •I. Put into the Passive Voice :
- •II. Complete the sentences using the active or passive and the correct tense.
- •Modal verbs
- •I. Choose the right word :
- •II. Complete the following sentences (positive, negative or questions) :
- •III. Complete the following sentences with must have, can’t/couln’t have, should/shouldn’t have / may / might have, needn’t have :
- •Reported speech (indirect speech) - tense changes
- •I. Report the statements; start with kate said or kate told bob:
- •II. Report the questions; start with he asked me or he wanted to know:
- •III .Report the commands; stary with she asked me or she told me:
- •IV. Change into Reported Speech :
- •Comparison of adjectives
- •I. The comparative and superlative form :
- •II.Structures
- •I. Translate :
IV. Complete the following sentences.
1.A: (you, know) ……………………………………… that man over there?
B: Actually, I do. He’s Mauriel’s husband.
2.A: Are you doing anything tomorrow evening?
B: Yes, I (see) ……………………………………… Jack at nine o’clock.
3.A: Graham (have) ……………………………………… a new computer.
B : I know, I’ve already seen it.
4.A: Your perfume (smell) ……………………………………… nice. What is it?
B: It’s a new perfume called Sunshine.
5.A: I (see) ……………………………………… you’re feeling better.
B: Yes, I am. Thank you.
6.A: What (you, look) ……………………………………… at?
B: Some photos I took during my holidays.
7.A: What is Jane doing?
B: She (smell) ……………………………………… the flowers in the garden.
8.A: I (think) ……………………………………… we are being followed.
B: Don’t be silly! It’s just your imagination.
9.A: This cake (taste) ……………………………………… awful.
B: I (think) ……………………………………… I forgot to put the sugar in it!
10.A: the children are making lots of noise.
B: I know, but they (have) ……………………………………… fun.
11.A: Is anything wrong?
B: No. I (just, think) ……………………………………… about the party tonight.
V. Put the verbs into the correct form (present simple or continuous).
1.The baby (cry) ……………………………………… because it is hungry now.
2.A : Why (you, wash) ……………………………………… those clothes at the moment ?
B : Because the sun (shine) ……………………………………… . I never (wash) ……………………………………… clothes when there are clouds in the sky.
3.Look ! A man (run) ……………………………………… after the bus. He (want) ……………………………………… to catch it.
4.He seldom (carry) ……………………………………… an umbrella, but he (carry) ……………………………………… one now because it is raining.
5.Why (you, make) ……………………………………… a cake now ? (someone, come) ……………………………………… to tea ?
6.Fetch a doctor ! The poor man (die) ……………………………………….
7.I can't go out now because it (rain) ……………………………………… and I (not, have) ……………………………………… an umbrella.
8.He usually (speak) ……………………………………… so quickly that I (not, understand) ……………………………………… him.
9.A : Why (you, put) ……………………………………… on your coat ?
B : I (go) ……………………………………… for a walk. (you, come) ……………………………………… with me ?
A : Yes, I'd love to come.
10.You (always, watch) ……………………………………… TV. I'm really annoyed.
11.A : Why (you, walk) ……………………………………… so fast today ? You usually (walk) ……………………………………… quite slowly.
B : I (hurry) ……………………………………… because I (meet) ……………………………………… my mother at 4 o'clock and she (not, like) ……………………………………… to wait for me.
12.A : Who is that tall man who (look) ……………………………………… at us ?
B : It's Mr Smith. He (live) ……………………………………… next door to us and he occasionally (visit) ……………………………………… us. Just now he (write) ……………………………………… a book on famous detectives.
13.Ann sees Paul putting on his coat and says : Where (you, go) ………………………………………?
Paul : I (go) ……………………………………… to buy some cigarettes. (you, want) ……………………………………… an evening paper ?
Ann : No, thanks. You (always, buy) ……………………………………… cigarettes. How many (you, smoke) ……………………………………… a day ?
Paul : I (not, smoke) ……………………………………… very many. Perhaps 20. Jack (smoke) ……………………………………… far more than
I (do) ………………………………………. He (spend) ……………………………………… £ 5 a week on cigarettes.
14.Mary and Ann are waiting outside a telephone box. Inside the box a boy is dialling a number.
Mary : (you, know) ……………………………………… that boy ?
Ann : Yes, he is a friend of my brother's. He (phone) ……………………………………… girl-friend from this box every day.
Mary : Where (he, come) ……………………………………… from ?
Ann : He (come) ……………………………………… from Japan. He is a very clever boy. He (speak) ……………………………………… four languages.
Mary I (wonder) ……………………………………… what he (speak) ……………………………………… now.
Ann : Well, his girl-friend (come) ……………………………………… from Japan, too ; so I (suppose) ……………………………………… he (speak) ……………………………………… Japanese.
15.Mary usually (learn) ……………………………………… languages very quickly but she (not, seem) ……………………………………… able to learn modern Greek.
16.It is 8.30. Tom and Ann are having breakfast. They are both opening their letters.
Tom : No one ever (write) ………………………………………to me. All I get is bills ! (you, have) ………………………………………anything interesting ?
Ann : I have a letter from Tom. He says he (come) ………………………………………to London next week and (want) ………………………………………us to meet him for lunch.
17. .A : (you, understand) ……………………………………… the present tense now ?
B : I (do) ……………………………………… an exercise on it at this moment and I (think) ……………………………………… that I (know)
……………………………………… how to use it.