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Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense

1. Every day Julie _________ _________ _________ (take) the bus to go to her office.

2. At the moment you _________ _________ _________ (do) an English exercise.

3. Tom and Julie _________ _________ _________ (learn) English this year.

4. The Bank _________ _________ _________ ___ (open) at 9.30 every morning from Monday to Friday.

5. Our cousins _________ _________ _________ ____ (come) to see us next Sunday.

6. Tom _________ _________ ____ (read) the newspaper every morning on the train.

7. Julie usually _________ _________ _________ ___ (clean) the house on Saturdays.

8. At the moment she _________ _________ _________ __ (write) a letter to a client.9. Julie _________ _________ _________ __ (speak) three languages : English, French and Spanish.

10. Today is Sunday. Tom and Julie _________ _________ _________ __ (relax) in their garden.

Past simple and past continuous

1) After Fred _________ (to spend) his holiday in Italy he _________ (to want) to learn Italian.

2) Jill _________ _________ ____ (to phone) Dad at work before she _________ (to leave) for her trip.3) Susan_________ _________ ____ (to turn on) the radio after she _________ (to wash) the dishes.

4) When she _________ _________ ____ (to arrive) the match _________ already (to start).

5) After the man _________ _________ ____ (to come) home he _________ (to feed) the cat.

6) Before he _________ _________ ____ (to sing) a song he _________ (to play) the guitar.

7) She _________ ___ (to watch) a video after the children_________ (to go) to bed.

8) After Eric_________ (to make) breakfast he_________ (to phone) his friend.

9) I_________ (to be) very tired because I_________ (to study) too much.

10) They_________ (to ride) their bikes before they_________ (to meet) their friends.

Present simple and present continuous

1) Look! This lady_________ _________ ____ a hamburger. (not/to eat)

2) Our cat seldom_________ _________ ____ on the sofa. (to lie)

3)_________ _________ ____ they_________ _________ ____ text messages at the moment? (to send)

4) I_________ _________ ____ supermarkets, but my father doesn't. (to like)

5) What_________ _________ ____ the man_________ _________ ____ in our garden? (to do)

6) We_________ _________ ____ the bus to school. (not/to take)

7) Where_________ _________ ____ you_________ _________ ____ from? (to come)

8)_________ _________ ____ your girlfriend always_________ _________ ____ green T-shirts? (to wear)9) I_________ _________ ____ a cup of tea now. (to have)

10)_________ _________ ____ the boy_________ _________ ____ in the pool right now? (to swim)

Dear Jason,

Thank you so much for your recent letter. I really _________ (enjoy) reading about your holiday in Spain. It sounds that

you _________ (have) a wonderful vacation. Let me tell you about our summer holiday in Greece!

The flight to Greece _________ (go) smoothly. However, we had some problems with the ferry in Athens! We _________

(book) a ferry crossing two weeks before we _________ (leave) and arrived at the port with our tickets in hand, the ferry

_________ (be) nowhere in sight! We rushed about the port _________ (try) to find the ferry, but no one _________ (ever

hear) of the ferry lines! Finally, after we _________ (wait) for about four hours, a man _________ (tell) us that the ferry

line _________ (change) owners and had a new name and kindly _________ (direct) us to the correct ferry. Well, we were

lucky as the ferry _________ (prepare) to depart that very moment! We hopped to board and _________ (drink) a beer to

calm our nerves.

After that, the vacation really _________ (begin) to be fun. We arrived in Siphons (one of the many marvellous Greek

islands) and _________ (find) our apartment. The apartment _________ (be) located directly on the beach with a

marvellous view of the sea. We _________ (stay) in a small village which _________ (have) about 200 inhabitants during

the year, but _________ (swell) to over 2,000 in the summer holiday months. We _________ (spend) our days reading,

swimming, napping and having a very relaxing time indeed. We also _________ (take) a number of long walks on the

island.

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Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

1. Hi, I _________ (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2. Oh, yes. Alice _________ (mention) you the other day. Gee, you _________ (not look) like a detective.

3. Well, that's good, I _________ (guess).

4. I'm curious. Tell me, how_________ you _________ (decide) to become an undercover cop?

5. Well, when I _________ (be) a kid, I_________ (love) to read detective novels. By the time I _________ (be) ten, I

_________ (read) every book in the Hardy Boys series. I _________ (know) that I _________ (want) to go into law

enforcement.6. But according to Alice, you_________ (attend) law school nowadays.

7. Right, I _________ (get) married last month. I _________ (not mind) being on the police force when I _________ (be)single, but ever since I _________ (meet) Nicole, my wife, I _________ (want) to do something less dangerous.

8. I _________ (understand). By the way, _________ you_________ (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

9. Well, I _________ (follow) them for more than a month now, but so far I_________ (not be able to) catch them in the

act. Sometimes I _________ (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have my law degree and I'll be defending them!

1. Let's go out. It_________ (not/rain) now.

2. Julia is very good at languages. She _________ (speak) four languages very well.

3. Hurry up! Everybody _________ (wait) for you.

4. (you/listen) _________ to the radio? No, you can turn it off.

5. (you/listen) _________ to the radio every day? No, just occasionally.6. The River Nile _________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.

7. Look at the river. It (flow) _________ very fast today - much faster than usual.

8. We usually_________ (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we_________ (not/grow) any.

9. How is your English? Not bad. It _________ (improve) slowly.

10. Ron is in London at the moment. He (stay) _________ at the Park Hotel. He (always/stay) _________ there when he's

in London.

11. Can you drive? I (learn). My father _________ (teach) me.

12. Normally I finish (finish) _________ work at 5.00, but this week I (work) _________ until 6.00 to earn a bit moremoney.

13. My parents (live) _________ in Bristol. They were born there and have never lived anywhere else. Where _________

(your parents/live)?

14. Sonia (look) _________ for a place to live. She (stay) _________ with her sister until she finds somewhere.

1. He (live) _________ in London for two years and then, (go) _________ to Edinburgh.

2. (wear) _________ you _________ your hair long when you were at school? Yes, my mother (insist) on it.

3. But when I_________ (leave) school I _________ (cut) my hair and (wear) _________ it short ever since.

4. Shakespeare_________ (write) a lot of plays.

5. My brother (write) _________ several plays. He (just/finish) _________ his second tragedy.

6. I (fly) _________ over Loch Ness last week. _________ you_________ (see) the Loch Ness monster?

7. I (not see) _________ him for three years. I wonder where he is.

8. He (not smoke) _________ for two weeks. He is trying to give it up.

9. Chopin_________ (compose) some of his music in Majorca.

10. When_________ he _________ (arrive)?He (arrive) _________ at 2.00.

Put the sentences into passive voice.

Our company always allows trade discounts.

They are owing me a large sum of money.

Use of TV advertisement is giving the best results.

His brother is telling him to calm down.

The importers refuse to pay the goods.

The insurance policy is covering all potential risks and inconveniences

Many large American companies are developing profitable strategies.