- •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 :
VII. Look at the sentences below. What things do you think had or hadn’t happened previously?
EXAMPLE The summer season was over and the island was almost empty.
Most of the tourists had already left and some of the hotels and restaurants had closed up.
1.When John returned home from the holidays he found that his parents had made all sorts of changes to the house.
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2.I was in a panic. My guests were due to arrive in two hours, and nothing was ready.
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3.Tom gave a party last Saturday. Later that evening, the party got completely out of hand, and a neighbour called the police. When they got there, only a few guests were still there, there was no glass in the windows, the stereo equipment was missing and there was a man on the roof.
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The present perfect simple
FORM: I, you, we, you, they have + past participle
He, she, it has + past participle
USE:
1. Present result
The Present Perfect refers to a past action and shows the result of that action in the present.
The taxi has arrived. (It's outside the house now.)
She's broken her leg. (That's why she cannot walk.)
She has just gone out. (She isn’t here.)
I’ve already broken three cups. Shall I go on washing up ?
Has Lucy telephoned yet ?
She hasn’t finished yet.
I. What have these people done ?
EXAMPLE: My room looks nice now. I have painted the walls and my mother has bought new curtains.
1.My hair is tidy. I ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2.It is cold in the room. Someone ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3.United are the winners. They ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4.There’s no more wine in the bottle. Someone ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5.Mr John World is a globetrotter. He ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
II. What have or haven’t they done yet ? Use already, just or yet.
EXAMPLE: Mary would like to visit Peru. She hasn’t seen Machu Picchu yet.
1.The McNeils are going to emigrate to Australia. ….………………………………………………………………………………………………
2.I’m very hungry. …………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………...
3.It smells very nice in the kitchen. ..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
4.This programme must be new. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5.Tom has invited Helen to supper at his flat.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
III. Say a few sentences about things you have already done today and things you haven’t done yet.
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