Exercise 1.

1 Group One

find hear say sit tell

get lose sell stick win

1 They _____________ the apartment that they had in Gandia for a very good price.

2 He _____________ me his name but now I've forgotten it.

3 We _____________ home at three o'clock last night.

4 Sorry I'm late. I was _____________ in traffic.

5 Valencia FC _____________ The King's Cup in 1999.

6 I _____________ the news about The World Trade Centre on the radio.

7 We entered the restaurant, _____________ a table and sat down.

8 Sorry. I didn't hear what you _____________ .

9 We were all a bit hot and tired so we all _____________ down on the grass.

10 I've _____________ three umbrellas this month. Terrible! I'm so careless.

3 Group Three

drive fall give ride take

eat forget hide shake write

1 We _____________ all night to get to France.

2 Have you ever _____________ a horse?

3 I've _____________ a letter to my bank manager.

4 We _____________ hands at the end of the meeting.

5 She had a headache so she _____________ an aspirin.

6 I _____________ too much for dinner yesterday and I feel fat.

7 My sister _____________ me a watch for Christmas.

8 He _____________ over on the wet floor and broke his wrist.

9 She _____________ the money under the mattress.

10 Blast! We _____________ to buy milk.

2 Group Two

be break X2 come see steal

become choose freeze speak

1 I've never _____________ to Caceres.

2 Have you _____________ Sarah today?

3 Mr Aznar _____________ president in 1996.

4 Has Beatriz _____________ back from lunch yet?

5 Rita _____________ her leg skiing.

6 What colour have you _____________  for the curtains?

7 It was so cold that the lake _____________ over.

8 She _____________ fluent French on holiday last year.

9 My purse's been _____________.

10 A friend's kid _____________ my stereo.

Exercise 2.

Sports Stars

Last week, Venus and Serena Williams played each other in the final of a tennis tournament. Venus is now fourth in the world, and her younger sister Serena is really happy because she has moved up to third. The two sisters have already come a long way from the poor area in California where they were born. It was full of violence and drugs, and the girls’ father, Richard, wanted to move to a safer place. They moved in 1991 and they have never looked back.

Richard started to train Venus when she was four, and says: “The first time I took Venus to the tennis court, I told my wife: ‘We have a champion’.” She played in her first big tournament in 1996. She hasn’t won Wmbledon yet, but she has already reached important finals such as the US Open. Serena has continued to improve and she has made fantastic progress. In 1999, she won the US Open, but she hasn’t won the singles yet.

Has tennis ever caused problems between sisters? “We’ve played each other before and it hasn’t worried us-yet!”, says Venus. “If she wins,” Serena jokes, “Mama says she has to do the dishes!”

Questions:1. Why are the sister unusual?2. What kind of bacground are they from?3. Who helped the to succeed?4. How do the two sisters get on at home?

Exercise 3.

What happened? What has happened? Study these sentences. Pay close attention to the words in italics.What happened? What has happened?I wrote to him last month. The train has just left the station.I bought this car last year. I’ve already seen that film.He came to see me this morning. He has been abroad for six years.I saw him ten minutes ago. Have you ever met him before?

I have never met him before.I have not finished work yet.There have been a great number of accidents lately.

Exercise 4.Underline all the verbs in the passage which tell us what happened and what has/hasn’t happened. Read them out.

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20. past of to meet21. past of to draw24. past of to drink25. past of to fly26. past participle of to stand27. past participle of to make Down:1. past of to hurt2. past of to choose3. past participle of to be4. past participle of to take6. past of to understand7. past of to sit9. past participle of to go13. past of to hear14. past participle of to swim15. past participle of to write19. past of to go22. past of to pay23. past of to win

Exercise 6.

Find the regular verb in each line and write it into the gap.

Example: say, lose, dance, sing - _____

Answer: say, lose, dance, sing - dance

1. read, feel, play, see -

2. listen, do, go, make -

3. know, help, say, think -

4. like, write, forget, eat -

5. take, bring, cut, clean -

6. watch, be, have, meet -

7. put, buy, cook, teach -

8. catch, find, answer, lose -

Exercise 7.

Fill in the missing forms of the phrases. Use the long form of the auxiliary only.

    Infinitive   Simple Past   Past Participle              1     I played  

 2       she has listened

 3  you work    

 4     Andrew cleaned  

 5  we count    

 6       I have helped

 7  the brothers live    

 8       he has watched

 9     they started  

 10  Susan looks    

Exercise 8.In each sentence choose the correct form of verb.

1 Joji ________ in Tokyo for five years, but he left in 1993.<a> lived

<b> have lived

2 The Titanic ________ in 1912.<a> sank

<b> has sunk

3 Somebody ________ my bicycle! Now I'll have to walk home.<a> stole

<b> has stolen

4 Gerry ________ off his bike three times this month.<a> fell

<b> has fallen

5 Chika ________ from university last July.<a> graduated

<b> has graduated

6 I ________ the movie Titanic three times. I'm going to see it again tonight.<a> saw

<b> have seen

7 I ________ to work every day for the last six weeks!<a> walked

<b> have walked

8 When Young Hee was a child, she ________ in Seoul.<a> lived

<b> has lived

9 Ouch! ________ my finger!<a> I cut

<b> I've cut

10 I ________ my key yesterday, so I couldn't get into the house. Eventually, I found it in my jacket pocket.<a> lost

<b> have lost

Exercise 9.Choose teh correct answer.

11. I ____________________ in 1960.

was born

have been born

were born

2 I ____________________ in this city for many years, and I still enjoy the place.

has lived

lived

have lived

3I ______________to high school here, and now I am a full time teacher.

has gone

went

have gone

4Freddy and Ivan ______________ in this university since 1980, and next year they plan to study abroad.

have worked

has worked

worked

5I ____________ this morning at 8 o'clock.

waken up

woken up

have waken up

woke up

6Our friends _____________ for almost 2 years. They are going to celebrate their anniversary in three weeks.

was married

is married

be married

have been married

7Last night, I ______ TV for an hour, and now I don't have time to do my homework.

have watched

watched

has watched

watches

8She ____________ my best friend for two years. We talk on the phone everyday.

is

was

were

has been

9Monica _____________ her first baby a month ago.

has had

have

has

had

10My wife and I ______________ Paris last summer. This year we want to go again.

visited

visits

have visited

has been there

Exercise 10.

1. Where's your wallet? I don't know. I LOSE it.

2. I BE in London two years ago and I HAVE a great time.

3. Look! Someone DAMAGE the bus stop. It looks terrible!

4. How YOU/BREAK your arm? By accident?

5. My parents are a happy couple. They BE MARRIED for ten years.

6. YOU/SEE Mary yesterday? I couldn't find her anywhere.

7. Jane plays the piano. She PLAY it for two years and she's brilliant.

8. Ann isn't here. She LEAVE the house but she should be back in an hour.

9. My grandfather DIE in 1989 and my grandmother LIVE alone since then.

10. Her brother is a writer. He WRITE many books and they're really good.

11. What time YOU/GO to bed? Around 11 p.m or even later?

12. Where YOU/BE last night? YOU/GO to Mary's party?

13. My room is clean. JUST/CLEAN it and it looks better now.

14. Oh, they are here! When THEY/ARRIVE ?

15. Shakespeare WRITE many plays and they're all famous.

16. I NOT/DRINK anything today so I'm very thirsty. Can I ask you for some water, please?

17. Is Monica here? No, she NOT/COME yet. She must be on her way.

18. I WORK at school for two years and then I left it because I was fed up with teaching.

19. The days BE very windy recently and some trees have even been destroyed.

20. What YOU/SAY ? Could you repeat it, please?