Ejercicios

EXERCISES

 

Use the word in parentheses to complete the text with the appropriate tenses

 Simple Present / Present Continuous

a. Every Monday, Sally (drive)_________drives_____________ her kids to football practice.

b. Usually, I (work)____________________as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study)_______________________French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

c. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep)__________________________________.

d. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain)________________________________.

e. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always)_____________________________.

f. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say)_____________________because everybody (talk)________________________ so loudly.

g. Justin (write, currently)_______________________a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.

h. A: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
    B: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) _______________________to a movie tonight with some friends.

i. The business cards (be, normally) ______________________printed by a company in New York. Their prices (be)______________________inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.

j. This delicious chocolate (be)_____________________made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.

Use the word in parentheses to complete the text with the appropriate tenses

 Simple Past / Past Continuous

a. A: What (you, do) _______were you doing_____________ when the accident occurred?
B: I (try) __________________________________to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

b. After I (find) _______________________the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately) __________________to the police and (turn) _________________________it in.


c. The doctor (say) __________________________that Tom (be) ____________________too sick to go to work and that he (need) ________________________to stay at home for a couple of days.

d. Sebastian (arrive) _____________________at Susan's house a little before 9:00 pm, but she (be, not) ___________________there. She (study, at the library) for her final examination in French.

e. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she (watch, also) _________________________________television. That's all she ever does!

f. A: I (call) ______________________you last night after dinner, but you (be, not) there. Where were you?
B: I (work) ________________________________out at the fitness center.

g. I (watch) __________________a mystery movie on T.V. when the electricity went out. Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends.

h. Sharon (be) _________________________in the room when John told me what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she (listen, not)____________________________________.

i. It's strange that you (call) ________________________because I (think) _________________________about you.

j. The Titanic (cross) ________________________the Atlantic when it (strike) ___________________an iceberg. 

 

 

Fill in the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect.

Example: I ___________ my father's car. (to wash)

Answer: I have washed my father's car.

1. Karen________________________________ an e-mail. (to send)
2. Dave and Pat __________________________the museum. (to visit)
3. They ________________already___________________ their rucksacks. (to pack)
4. I __________________________________at the pet shop. (to be)
5. Markus _____________________________an accident. (to have)
6. We _______________________________the shopping for our grandma. (to do)
7. I________________________ just_____________________ my bike. (to clean)
8. Emily___________________________________ her room. (to paint)
9. Lisa and Colin____________________________________ to a concert. (to go)
10. My friends____________________________________ smoking. (to give up)

 

Put the verbs in the correct form – past simple or past perfect. 

1) By the time it…Stopped…. (stop) raining the whole village…Had been… (be) flooded.

2) I eventually ………… (find) my keys which I …………..(leave) on the table in the living room.

3) After I …………….(speak) to the doctor I ………..(feel) much better.

4) I ……….(study) a lot the day before I …………(took) my English 1st Certificate exam.

5) I …………...(finish) tidying up by the time my parents………..(arrive).

6) He…………(was) sure he ………..(see) her somewhere before

7) We……………(was) afraid because we…………….horse riding before.

8) When I……..(spend) a year traveling I…....... (already/complete) my degree at university.

9) I …………..(eat) such a large breakfast that I only ………….(had) a small lunch .

 

Change the sentences to passive voice:

1. Tommy will know Machu Picchu ruins in Peru.
2. My boss sent me detailed instructions.
3. Sam's friend solved the problem.
4. My sister will send a letter to my mother.
5. The workers will complete the new road in the next year.
6. Paul is going to repair the car.
7. My brother forgot his wallet at the bank.
8. The little girl is drawing her pet.
9. She dropped her bag in the train.
10. My brother takes his medicine every day.