I.
Put the verbs in the Present Simple or Present Continuous
1.Some birds ____________(not/build) nests, They ____________(use) the nests of other birds
2.You can’t see Tom now. He ____________(have) a bath
3.He usually ______________(drink) coffee, but today he _____________(drink) tea.
4.What ________________(she/do) in the evenings? She usually ___________(play) cards or
___________(watch) TV.
5.I am busy at the moment. I _________________(redecorate) the living room
6.How often ________________(you/change) your books. I _________(change) one every day.
At the moment I ______________(read) Veriti.
7.Stop! ______________(you/see) the sign? I ___________(see) it but I can’t read it because I
_______________(not/wear) my glasses.
8.What ______________(Harry/wait) for? He _____________(wait) for the shop to open. But it
_____________(open) at 9. Yes, he _____________(know)
9.Sandra ____________(save) up money because she _____________(go) to Portugal
10.Tom never ______________(do) any work in the garden, he always _____________(wash)
his car
11.Hurry up, the bus _____________(leave) in ten minutes, and we ___________(Be) late.
12. Unforunately, children _____________(become) addicted to mobile phones more and more.
13.They ______________(live) in Liverpool, but this summer they ___________(spend) time in
France
14. Let him finishes his sentences, you _______________(always/interrupt) someone. It is
annoying
15. Tom and Mr. Peter _____________(have) a long conversation. I ____________(wonder)
what ________________(they/speak) about
16. My friends often _______________(hang) out together but tonight we ____________(do)
the Biology homework.
17.Joe always _____________(say) he will mend the window but he never ____________(fix)
them. Now, he _____________(drink) beer with his friends
18.I __________________(not/understand) what he _______________(speak) about. Well, he
______________(explain) us a real story
19. Look at the crowd! There _______________(be) so many people who ___________(cheer)
up for Tikves.
20. Why _________________(Mr. Johnson/smoke) a cigarettes? He sometimes
_____________(smoke) cigarettes before dinner.
II. Countable and Uncountable nouns and Quantifiers
1. There aren't car parks in the centre of Oxford.
2. Eating out is expensive here. There aren't cheap restaurants.
3. Liverpool has of great nightclubs.
4. Hurry up! We only have time before the coach leaves.
5. We saw beautiful scenery when we went to Austria.
6. There are a shops near the university.
7. It's very quiet. There aren't people here today.
8. There are expensive new flats next to the river.
9. Can I have a few / some / many butter please?
He has a lot of / many / some money. He owns two large apartments.
Do you want sugar in your tea? “Just how much / a little / a few ‘please.”
I have a lot of / much / a little DVDs.
. I’ll be ready in some / a few / little minutes.
How many / how much time do you need to finish your homework?
How many / how much books have you read in the last two months?
. Do you want much / any / few cosmetics from Avon?
We have little / a little / few bread. It is not enough for dinner.
We have much / many / few chairs but we need more.
There are ___________ of apples and I only need one kilo
. Very __________ people fly just because of terrorist activities.
2. Tony is a keen golfer but unfortunately he has ____________ ability.
3. The capital town of this island is very small and doesn't have __________ important buildings.
The islanders don't have ______________ money, and they have ____________ contact with the
outside world. The roads aren't good. There are lots of bicycles but not __________ cars. There
are _____________ shops, and there is _______________ cultural life.
4. Unfortunately, I haven't got _________ time for watching TV.
5. You can buy these maps at ___________ station. They all have them.
6. If you have ___________ questions, I'm ready to answer.
7. We haven't got ____________ potatoes left. I'd better go to the supermarket and get
____________ . We need bread too.
8. The postman hardly ever comes here, that's why we receive ___________ Ietters.
9. There isn't ____________ point at all in getting upset about it.
10. ____________ coat will do. It needn't be a raincoat.
III. Put the verbs in the Past Simple or Past Continuous
1.As we _______________(come) here , a policeman ______________(stop) us
2.What ________________(he/doing) last night at 7 pm? He ____________(move) his furniture
3.When Sam ___________(mend) his car he ___________(get) burnt from the engine
4.They _____________ (not/come) last night.
5. Megan _____________(stand) up from her chair, ______________(take) her purse and
____________(go) out from the restaurant.
6. Why ________________(you/wait) so long for me? Because I __________(come) earlier
7. While my mother _______________(chop) the carrots she _____________(cut) her finger
8.Yesterday, it ____________(rain) hardly, the sky __________(be) grey and I
___________(sit) and __________(look) through the window.
9.Sharon ______________(clean) the house while her husband ______________(mow) the yard
10. While he ______________(make) the speech the Prime Minister _____________(fall) down
11. Jerry _________________(not/know) what they _____________(talk) about
12. The teachers _______________ (speak) when you _______________ (arrive) to school.
13.We _______________ (not like) the movie. It was boring.
14. I _________________ (not listen) to music last night. I ______________ (study) Chemistry.
15.She _______________ (have) a shower when you ______________ (knock) at the door.
16. They _____________ (not go) to the theatre last month. The tickets were all sold.
17. While Chris and Jane ___________________ (travel) on Saturday, we _________________ (prepare)
the party for their arrival.
18. The children _______________ (sing) some songs last week, at the Christmas Festival.
19 Yesterday, I _______________ (hear) a strange noise while I _______________ (put on) my pyjamas
20.My father _______________(not/watch) TV when the storm ___________(begin)
IV. Used to, would, be used to, get used to
1. On Sundays, after his football match, Bob often come home
exhausted.
2. You like him... Yes, but now I hate him !
3. She live in London before the war, then she moved to New York.
4. I remember we go fishing every morning when I was a child. It was
great. Now, I am an accountant and I don't have any free time.
5. The children often help me to make a cake. They still do
sometimes.
6. He be a very good tennis player, until he broke his ankle.
7. My grandfather swim in this river. Unfortunately, now it's
forbidden.
2. 1 When I started to work here I needed a lot of help, but now I all
the work on my own. (do)
3. 2 He several books a month, but he doesn't have time any
more. (read)
4. 3 We were surprised to see her driving – she when we first met
her. (not/swim)
5. 4 Don't worry, it's a simple program to use. You it in no time, I'm
sure. (learn)
6. 5 When I had to commute to work every day I very early. (get)
7. 6 I'm afraid I'll never in this place. I simply don't like it and never
will. (like)
8. 7 Whenever we came to Coventry we always in the Central
Hotel. We loved it. (stay)
9. He _______________(be) fat but now he's thin
10. He __________________(not/live) in these bad conditions.
11. How _______________(you/be) in the middle of this mess?
12. _________________(you/write) poems when you were young?
13. I need some time to ______________(live) in this town.
14. Sting ____________(Work) as a teacher before he became a famous singer.
15. I_________________(not/wrte_ by hand.
16. She_________________(not/stay) in the extremely cold winter of Siberia
17. My mother (not/drink )much coffee. But now she has become addicted to
it 18.The major (plant ) a lot of trees in this court yard. They have all been
cut down.
