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1st part: present tenses

1- Complete the sentences with PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS: (14 x 0,1)

- Susan usually _____________________ (go) to school by bus, but now she


_____________________ (go) to school by train.

- Mary often _____________________ (read) in bed, but today she is very tired and
she …_____________________ (not / read).

- The boys usually _____________________ (ride) their bikes to school. They


_____________________ (like / ride) their bikes.

- They always _____________________ (go) to school late. Today their teacher


_____________________ (be) very angry.

- Mary _____________________ (like / eat) sweets. Every morning


she_____________________ (have) coffee with a lot of sweets and chocolate. For
lunch she and her friends often ____________________ (eat) sweets or ice-cream.
She_____________________ (not / like) fruit or vegetables. She
_____________________ (eat / never) eggs or cheese. She
_____________________ (sleep) in her room now.

2- Complete the sentences with PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE or PRESENT PERFECT


CONTINUOUS (6x0,1):

- I _________________________ (work) on redecorating the house for the last few


days and I'm still not finished.

- He ___________________ (see) the film ‘The King’s Speech’ about six times

- Rachel ________________________ (travel) around Europe for two months now. At


the moment, she’s in Barcelona. She ___________________ (visit) six countries so
far.

- Sara and Lucy ___________________ (already / have) lunch .

- She ___________________ ( eat) chocolate all morning, so she feels sick

3- Complete the sentences with ALL THE PRESENT TENSES (10x0,1):

- He _____________________________ (write) letters all morning.

- My school ________________________ (begin) at nine every day.

- _________________________________ (Oier/ finish) his work yet?

- How long __________________________________ (you/ learn) English?

- She _________________________________ (not / study) at the moment

- The train _________________________________ (just / arrive)

- I often _________________________________ (read) at night


- My bicycle isn’t here. Somebody _________________________________ (take) it.

- Elizabeth _________________________________ (live) with Mike for three years

- _________________________________ (He / eat) now?

2nd part : past tenses

4- Complete the sentences with PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS: (10 x 0,1)

- My dad _____________________ (listen) to classical music when I


_____________________ (arrive) home from school.

- I _____________________ (try) to log on when the WiFi_____________________


(stop) working.

- My little sister _____________________ (draw) a picture while I


_____________________ (study) for my French exam.

- George ________________ (fall) off the ladder while he ________________ the


ceiling. (paint)

- I ________________ (meet) a friend while I ________________ the shopping (do)

5- Complete the sentences with PAST PERFECT SIMPLE or PAST PERFECT


CONTINUOUS: (5 x 0,2)

- My brother _________________________________ (eat) all the pie before we got


back.

- He _________________________________(live) in London for ten years when he


had an accident.

- The fire spread to the next building before the firemen


_________________________________(arrive)

- We _________________________________ (play) football for half an hour when it


started to rain

- He told us that he_________________________________(never / go) on a cruise


trip before.

6- Complete the sentences with ALL THE PAST TENSES (10x0,1):

- After they _______________________________ (finish) their breakfast, they


_______________________________ (leave) for school.

- She ________________________________ (study) English for three years when


she took the exam

- His mother_______________________________ (worry) a lot about him before she


_______________________________ (hear) that he was safe
- Angela ______________________________ (hurt) herself yesterday while she
_____________________________ (climb) up a tree.

- He __________________________ (play) guitar when someone


__________________________ (open) the window

- He was tired because he ________________________________(write) letters all


morning.

3rd part: future tenses

7- Complete the sentences with FUTURE WITH WILL, BE GOING TO or FUTURE


CONTINUOUS (10 x 0,1)

- Where __________________________________ (we / eat) tonight?

- Maybe I ________________________________ (become) a doctor.

- Do you think ________________________________ (you / still / do) the same job in


ten years’ time?

- I am at med school. I ______________________________ (be) a doctor soon.

- I’m going to watch television from 9 until 10 o’clock this evening. So at 9.30 I
______________________________

- They _________________________ (play) tennis this afternoon

- Tomorrow, at this time, I _____________________________ (go) to Barcelona

- The weather forecast is good for the next few days. It _________________ (be) very
sunny.

- Don’t phone me between 7 and 8. _____________________________ (we / finish)


dinner then.

- I _________________ (go) to London soon, I have already bought my tickets

8- Complete the sentences with FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE or FUTURE PERFECT


CONTINUOUS: (5 x 0,2)

- Life ______________________________ (become) more automated by then.

- By next February I ______________________________ (write) my third book.

- I ______________________________ (learn) English for ten years by the end of this


year.

- I hope it ______________________________ (stop) raining before the match starts.


- By the time we get home they ______________________________ (play) football
for half an hour.

9- Complete the sentences with ALL THE FUTURE TENSES (10x0,1):

- We _________________________ (finish) the room by the time you get back.

- My sister _________________________ (study) in the USA next year.

- Jane _________________________ (work) on her thesis for the next three months.

- The guided tour _________________________ (leave) the hotel at 8.25 tomorrow


morning

- Maybe they _________________________ (get) married in June.

- I think I _________________________ (go) to bed early tonight. - I’m tired.

- By the time I arrive home, the workers _________________________ (finish)


repairing my TV set

- At this time next year, we _________________________ (leave) in our new house

- A. It’s too dark in here B: I _________________________ (turn on) the light

- I _________________________ (drive) this car for six years by tomorrow.

4th part: all the tenses (40 x 0,025)

1. The Bartons ____________________ (go) to the mountains last weekend. While they
____________________ (have) lunch, a man____________________ (fall) down the tree.
They ____________________(take) him to the hospital in their car. They
____________________ (visit) him twice in the hospital since that time. The man
____________________(be) better now and the doctors say he ____________________
(leave) the hospital soon. When The Bartons____________________(visit) him yesterday,
they ____________________ (take) him a bunch of flowers. The
man____________________ (be) very happy and ____________________ (thank) them.
Mr. Barton says he ____________________ (spend) the next weekend at the seaside and
he hopes there ____________________(not / be) any more accidents.

2. I ____________________(finish) school last month and I ____________________ (not /


have) a job yet, but fortunately I ____________________ (have) a job interview tomorrow. I
usually ____________________ (get) up early so often ____________________ (sleep) at
around half past ten. I ____________________ (be) a little excited last night and because
of this I ____________________ (want / watch) TV before I ____________________ (go) to
bed. There ____________________ (be) a film about birds on TV and while I
____________________ (sit) on the sofa, I ____________________ (fall) asleep.
___________ you ________________(have/ ever) a terrible dream? Well, I
____________________(have) one last night. In my dream I ____________________(be)
a parrot and my apartment flat ____________________ (be) on the tenth floor of a big
building. A big cat ____________________ (want) to catch me so I
____________________(begin) to fly. Suddenly the cat ____________________ (attack)
me. It nearly____________________ (kill) me. While I ____________________ (shout) in
pain,a voice____________________ (say), “_____________ you ________________(see)
my books? I can’t find them.” When I ____________________ (open) my eyes, I
____________________ (feel) very happy ____________________(see) my sister. Of
course she ____________________ (not / understand) the reason but I
____________________ (give) her a big kiss.

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