PRACTICE EXERCISE 1
Exercise 1. Choose the correct verb tenses to complete the sentence below
1. I _____ to the Himalayas. I’d like to go someday.
A. have never been B. are never going C. never went
2. Why _____ so fast? Please, slow down!
A. do you drive B. did you drive C. are you driving
3. I _____ tennis when I was at school.
A. was playing B. used to play C. had played
4. When I met John, he _____ difficult times.
A. was going through B. go through C. went through
5. _____ watch the game tonight?
A. Are you going to B. Will you C. Do you
6. It was cold, but I didn’t have my coat because I _____ it to my nephew.
A. gave B. had given C. have given
7. What _____ on Thursday after class?
A. do you do B. are you doing C. have you done
8. _____ me the book, please?
A. Do you pass B. Are you passing C. Will you pass
9. I _____ anything about the night of the accident.
A. don’t remember B. am not remembering C. wasn’t remembering
10. I _____ for an hour now. I’ll be finished soon.
A. spoke B. have spoken C. have been speaking
11. I _____ a great film yesterday.
A. saw B. have seen C. was seeing
12. _____ up your room yet?
A. Have you tidied B. Did you tidy C. Do you tidy
13. I’m unemployed and I _____ for a job. Tomorrow I have my third interview.
A. look B. am looking C. have looked
14. We took off our clothes and _____ into the river.
A. were jumping B. had jumped C. jumped
15. Janet _____ for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us.
A. had worked B. worked C. was working
16. I _____ wine, but now I love it.
A. didn’t use to like B. don’t use to like C. haven’t used to like
17. He never _____ in the evening, only on Sundays.
A. worked B. works C. work
18. I _____ my cake. That’s why my hands are full of flour.
A. have been baking B. baked C. was baking
19. The band _____ while I _____.
A. played / wrote B. was playing / was C. played / was writing
writing
20. After we _____ up, she sold the ring that I _____ her for her birthday.
A. break / give B. broke / had given C. had broken / gave
Exercise 2. Complete using the correct form of the verbs
1. Damon _____ (drink) coffee every morning.
2. This morning, the boy _____ (get) up late and _____ (miss) the bus.
3. My mother _____ (go) to pray in the temple every year.
4. The team _____ (play) very well now.
5. Leonard _____ (graduate) from college last year.
6. The train _____ (just / left) the station.
7. The sick child _____ (sleep) for over three hours.
8. They _____ (know) each other for a long time.
9. At 9.00 last morning, Sam _____ (go) to school.
10.When I _____ (go) there, Bucky _____ (play) video games.
11.I _____ (move) to Delhi soon.
12.Penny _____ (do) her homework when her parents came back.
13.The workers _____ (work) on the building for a long time.
14.I _____ (not finish) my report because I had a problem with my computer.
15.Lee _____ (be) late every day since Tuesday.
16.He always _____ (go) to the supermarket alone, but today he _____ (take) his son
with him.
17._____ (anyone / see) Jean? - No, she probably went to her friend’s place.
18.Travelling _____ (become) much easier and more comfortable in the past hundred
years.
19.He kept looking at her, wondering where he _____ (see) her before.
20.The doctor’s waiting room was full of people. Some _____ (read) a magazine, a
woman _____ (knit) and a child _____ (play) with a doll. Suddenly, the door
_____ (open) and a nurse _____ (come) out.
Exercise 3. Complete using the words in the box.
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1. My aunt and uncle have decided to move _____ New Zealand.
2. Do you want to go _____ the theatre tomorrow?
3. We stayed _____ a great hotel in Dubai.
4. Wait _____ the end of the street and I’ll come and meet you.
5. You can come _____ my house for dinner, if you like.
6. Connor was walking _____ the corner shop when he realised he’d lost his wallet.
7. We drove all night and finally arrived _____ Lisbon at eight o’clock.
8. Did you leave your book _____ the teacher’s desk, so she can see it?
9. Look at those sheep _____ that field over there.
10.It takes about six hours to fly _____ Asia from here.
Exercise 4. Complete using the present simple, present continuous, past simple
form of the verbs
Every summer our class (1) _____ (go) on a short trip. Last year we (2) _____ (go) to
a zoo. Our teacher (3) _____ (be) very nervous. Teachers (4) _____ (be) often nervous
on a school trip. But why? We (5) _____ (not understand) that. I (6) _____ (take)
lots of photos of a baby elephant with my cell phone. "Why didn’t you take photos of
other animals, too?" my friend (7) _____ (ask) me. But I didn’t want to take photos of
other animals. I (8) _____ (want) to take photos of all my friends. They (9) _____
(have) some bananas and (10) _____ (show) them to the gorillas. "What (11) _____
(you/do) there? Come to me!" our teacher shouted. We found a nice place for a picnic.
Nobody (12) _____ (eat) a banana, but the gorillas (13) _____ (have) a nice lunch
that day. It (14) _____ (be) a great day at the zoo, and we (15) _____ (have) a lot of
fun.
