CHAPTER 1: PRESENT SIMPLE

1 He.............(arrive) at work at 9 every morning.

2 I really like watching TV but I.........(not watch) it very much.
3 Henry............(not live) in Hannover, he..........(live) in Berlin.
4 She is a teacher. I am a language coach. What...you.............(do)?
5 Sam............(not go) out a lot in the evening. He........(prefer) to stay at home instead.
6 When............your cousin...........(start) university?
7 Mark really............(love) eating sushi, but he.......(not eat) it very often.
8 My parents............(visit) me every month. How often.......your parents(visit) you?
9 ............you.............(like) doing English grammar exercises? I.....(do)!
10 I.............(hope) you did very well!
Answers:
1 Arrives 2 dont watch 3doesnt live, lives 4 do you do 5 doesnt go, prefers
6 does your cousin start 7 loves, doesnt eat 8 visit, do your parents visit
9 Do you like, do 10 Hope
CHAPTER 2: PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1 Where is your sister? She is out ............... (walk) our dog.
2 He ............... (take) an exam now. He ............... (think) really hard!
3 ............... you ............... (have) a meeting at the moment?
4 No, I ............... (have) lunch now.
5 I ............... (not read) a murder mystery now.
6 The sun ............... (shine) today, its a lovely day!
7 Carine is in her offce but she ............... (talk) to a client now.
8 I ............... always ............... (lose) my keys, its so frustrating!
9 The Strokes ............... (not play) in Rotterdam tonight, they ............... (play) in Brussels!
10 He ............... always ............... (smoke). Its so unhealthy and stinky! I wish he would stop!
Answers:
1 walking 2 is taking, is thinking 3 Are you having 4 am having
5 am not reading 6 is shining 7 is talking
8 am always losing 9 arent playing, are playing 10 is always smoking
THE REMIX: PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS MIXED!!
1 How often ............... you ............... (go) on holiday?
2 We normally ............... (buy) tickets for Lowlands every year, but this year we ...............(not go)
because we ............... (visit) friends in France that weekend.
3 How much ............... a new WII game ............... (cost)?
4 Mindy is a writer. She ............... (write) books for children. At the moment she............... (work) on a
new book about learning the alphabet.
5 Michael ............... (talk) on the phone, now, but I ............... (think) he will be fnished soon.
6 I ............... (not drink) beer, I ............... (prefer) wine instead.
7 Adele ............... (have) a beautiful voice.
8 We ............... (see) a concert next week! I ............... (go) with my sister and her boyfriend.
9 Lewis ............... (is not) at home now, he ............... (play) tennis with his friends.
10 Justin normally ............... (take) the car to work, but today he ............... (ride) his bike because the
weather ............... (be) so nice!
Answers:
1 do you go 2 buy, arent going, are visiting 3 does a new WII game cost
4 writes, is working 5 is talking, think 6 dont drink, prefer
7 has 8 are seeing, am going 9 isnt, is playing 10 takes, is riding, is

CHAPTER 3: PAST SIMPLE

1 ............... you ............... (go) to the doctor yesterday?
2 Yes, I ............... (see) her and she ............... (give) me a prescription for some medicine.
3 They ............... (not know) that their boss was on vacation. When they ............... (find)out, they
all ............... (start) drinking beer at lunch!
4 ............... Michael ............... (buy) tickets for Pinkpop last week? I ............... (hear) it isalmost sold
out!
5 I ............... (run) 5 miles yesterday. I ............... (be) the only jogger in the park. It............... (be)
very peaceful.
6 Where ............... you ............... (go) on vacation last year? We ............... (visit) some friends in
Paris and then ............... (drive) to Disneyland. It ............... (be) fun!
7 ............... you ............... (have) lots of friends when you ............... (are) younger? I............... (not
have) many friends, so I ............... (spend) a lot of time with animals.
8 When ............... you ............... (move) to New York? I ............... (visit) Brooklyn last
year.It ............... (be) fantastic!
9 We werent hungry, so we ............... (not eat) anything at the movies.
10 I wasnt tired so I ............... (not go) to bed until 1 in the morning!
Answers:
1 Did you go 2 saw, gave 3 didnt know, found, started 4 Did Michael buy, heard
5 ran, was, was 6 did you go, visited, drove, was 7 Did you have, were, didnt have, spent
8 did you move, visited, was 9 didnt eat 10 didnt go
CHAPTER 4: PAST CONTINUOUS
1 What ............... you ............... (do) at 9 last night?
2 She ............... (work out) in the gym yesterday morning when you called.
3 While he ............... (drive) to work this morning, he saw an accident. A man ...............(go) too fast
and crashed into a truck.
4 She had a magazine in her hand but she ............... (not read) it.
5 Robert ............... (look) out of the window when the helicopter ............... (fly) overhead.
6 I saw Katie this morning when she ............... (walk) outside. She ............... (wait) for the bus.
7 When Peter got to work this morning, Anna and Sander ............... (work) very hard!
8 We had to cancel our picnic yesterday because it ............... (rain) when we wanted to go.
9 He ............... (not listen) to me when I asked him the question.
10 The TV was on but nobody ............... (watch) it.
Answers:
1 were you doing 2 was working out 3 was driving, was going 4 wasnt reading
5 was looking, was flying 6 was walking, was waiting 7 were working
8 was raining 9 wasnt listening 10 was watching
THE REMIX: PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS MIXED!!
1 I ............... (hear) a noise outside so I ............... (go) to look. Someone ............... (try) to
start their car, and it ............... (make) a lot of noise!
2 While he ............... (walk) outside last night, he ............... (run) into an old friend. They
............... (talk) for a while about what they ............... (do) at work. It ............... (be) a
nice conversation.
3 I ............... (buy) a new book last year but I ............... (not read) it, because I ...............
(have) time.
4 When I ............... (wake) up this morning, I ............... (have) a horrible headache!
5 Harry ............... (finish) his dinner and then ............... (pay) the bill and ............... (go)
to the movies with his wife.
6 We ............... (fly) to America when we ............... (hear) the pilot say that our fight would land 15
minutes later. No problem!
7 When I ............... (get) to the party, everyone ............... (dance). They ............... (have) a
wonderful time.

8 I ............... (close) the window because a party ............... (go) on next door and I............. (not
want) to hear it.
9 It ............... (not rain) when we left to go to the playground yesterday afternoon. We...............
(have) a wonderful time with the kids!
10 Someone ............... (play) the piano next door. It ............... (sound) lovely. I have such
talented neighbours!
Answers:
1 heard, went, was trying, was making 2 was walking, ran, talked, were doing, was
3 bought, didnt read, didnt have 4 woke, had 5 finished, paid, went
6 were flying, heard 7 got, was dancing, were having 8 closed, was going, didnt want
9 wasnt raining, had 10 was playing, sounded
CHAPTER 5: PRESENT PERFECT
1 How long ............... you ............... (be) here?
2 I ............... never ............... (be) to Ireland.
3 She ............... (see) High School Musical twice.
4 He ............... often ............... (go) bungee jumping.
5 Philip ............... never ............... (see) an opera.
6 ............... you ............... (meet) Margie yet? She is very nice.
7 He ............... (work) in the same job for 8 years.
8 They ............... (not live) in London for very long, only 3
9 Kristen ............... (be) married for 5 years now.
10 Stacey ............... never ............... (fly) in a helicopter before.

months so far.

Answers:
1 have you been 2 have never been 3 has seen 4 has often gone
5 has never seen 6 Have you met 7 has worked 8 havent lived
9 has been10 has never flown
CHAPTER 6: PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1 How long ............... you ............... (learn) Spanish?
2 She ............... (listen) to that lecture on British tax laws for over an hour, and is still
awake!
3 Tommy ............... (go) to bed too late; thats why he is so tired!
4 We ............... (collect) guitar picks for over 10 years, and have nearly 3,000 in our
collection!
5 Fred ............... (think) about moving to another city. He is tired of living in Boston.
6 ............... Barbara ............... (work) on her thesis long? I hope she finishes it soon!
7 Donny ............... (work) on his new solo album for over 4
months now, its going
to be great!
8 What ............... you ............... (do) lately? I havent seen you for ages!
9 My mother ............... (help) her neighbours in their garden all week.
10 How long ............... Coldplay ............... (tour)? It seems like years!
Answers:
1 have you been learning 2 has been listening 3 has been going
4 have been collecting 5 has been thinking 6 Has Barbara been working
7 has been working 8 have you been doing 9 has been helping 10 has Coldplay been touring
THE REMIX!: PRESENT PERFECT AND PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS MIXED!!
1 How long ............... you ............... (have) your car?
2 Im so sorry I am late in picking you up. . .............. you ............... (wait) long?
3 She ............... never ............... (be) to Dublin before. I ............... (be) there twice myself.
4 He ............... (study) for over 3 hours now and I think hes starting to fall asleep!
5 You look sad, and your eyes are wet. . .............. you ............... (cry)?
6 She ............... (paint) her house. It used to be blue, and now its orange.

7 I ............... often ............... (wonder) what its like to travel in hot air balloon.
8 We ............... (wait) for over an hour to see the manager! I hope she arrives soon,
were getting mad!
9 Lady Gaga ............... (tour) for over 2 months now, she will tour America when she is
done with Europe.
10 She ............... (learn) Japanese for 2 years now and is pretty fluent! Good for her!
Answers:
1 have you had 2 Have you been waiting 3 has never been, have been 4 has been studying
5 Have you been crying 6 has painted7 have often wondered 8 have been waiting
9 has been touring10 has been learning
CHAPTER 7: PAST PERFECT
1 Before I got into New York University, I ............... (study) at Brooklyn College for 2 years.
2 She ............... never ............... (see) such a handsome man before, so she asked him out on a
date.
3 The boy sitting next to me on the plane was nervous, because he ............... never
............... (fly) before in his life.
4 We ............... often ............... (dream) about meeting Brad Pitt, and then last week, we finally did!
5 Nancy ............... never ............... (think) that she would ever learn to drive, so when
she finally passed her test, she was very proud!
6 The Rolling Stones ............... (play) three gigs in San Francisco before they went to Los
Angeles for the next show.
7 He ............... already ............... (eat) by the time he got to my house, thats why I didnt
offer him dinner.
8 By the time I got to the party, everyone ............... already ............... (go) home. I felt like such a
loser!
9 They ............... never ............... (be) so scared in their lives when they got lost in the middle of the
night in the jungle!
10 When we got to the concert, it ............... already ............... (start). We missed the first half hour!
Answers:
1 had studied 2 had never seen 3 had never flown 4 had often dreamt
5 had never thought6 had played 7 had already eaten 8 had already gone
9 had never been 10 it had already started
CHAPTER 8: PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1 She ............... (live) in Dallas for 3 years before she decided to move to Austin.
2 I realized that I ............... (listen) to the wrong song when I started singing the wrong words in the
studio!
3 We ............... (wait) for over half an hour before the bus finally arrived.
4 When he woke up, he realized that ............... (sleep) for over half an hour in his lesson!
He was really embarrassed and tired!
5 She ............... (learn) how to fy a helicopter for 2 years before she finally passed her
pilots test!
6 I was unable to pick you up on time because I ............... (wait) at the wrong gate in the
airport! Sorry!
7 Marco took a hot bath when he got home because he ............... (work) in his friends garden all
day.
8 The police asked the suspect if he ............... (drink) all day when they found him in the park.
9 I ............... (think) about you all evening before you finally called and told me the good
news! I am so happy your operation went well!
10 It ............... (rain) for several days before it finally started to clear up last Monday.
Answers:
1 had been living 2 had been listening 3 had been waiting 4 had been sleeping
5 had been learning 6 had been waiting 7 had been working 8 had been drinking
9 had been thinking 10 had been raining

THE REMIX: PAST PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS MIXED!!

1 It ............... (rain) for over an hour before it fnally cleared up.
2 She ............... (wait) for 15 minutes in the snow for the bus before it arrived.
3 He told me that he ............... never ............... (be) to London before.
4 I ............... (hope) for many years that I would get the chance to write a book!
5 When we got to the dinner party, everyone ............... already ............... (start) eating.
6 We ............... (look) for over an hour before we finally found a parking place downtown.
7 I was so happy to see my old friend because I ............... (not see) him for many years!
8 She ............... (learn) Polish for a year before she finally got enough nerve to have a
conversation with a stranger.
9 The show ............... (go) on for 20 minutes by the time we got there.
10 He said we could start the baseball game after the rain ............... (stop).
Answers:
1 had been raining 2 had been waiting 3 had never been 4 had been hoping
5 had already started 6 had been looking 7 hadnt seen him 8 had been learning
9 had been going 10 had stopped
CHAPTER 9: WILL
1 I ............... never ............... (drink) and ............... (drive). Its too risky and dangerous!
2 She ............... (not believe) your story because its a lie.
3 If I tell you a secret, ............... you ............... (promise) not to tell anyone?
4 Which concerts ............... you ............... (see) this summer?
5 He ............... (not understand) why you made that silly decision.
6 ............... you ............... (take) the children to the park please?
7 When ............... you ............... (get) the keys to your new apartment?
8 She ............... (not be able to) go to the party next week because she ............... (be) out
of town.
9 ............... you ............... (open) the window? Its so hot in here!
10 I think I ............... (not remember) this in the morning.
Answers:
1 will never drink and drive 2 wont believe 3 will you promise 4 will you see
5 wont understand 6 Will you take 7 will you get 8 wont be able to 9 Will you open
10 wont remember
CHAPTER 10: GOING TO
1 ............... you ............... (go) to the concert next week?
2 He ............... (surprise) when he opens his present!
3 The stock market ............... (be) very unpredictable this week, according to the reports I read.
4 Justin Timberlake said he ............... (not tour) this summer because he wants to work on other
projects.
5 I ............... (try) to learn a new sport this year, because I feel so out of shape!
6 She ............... (do) very well on her test because she has studied so hard!
7 They ............... (start) hiring new people for their office, because they got a huge new
client and are too busy!
8 ............... he ............... (ask) her out for dinner? I know that he has a crush on her!
9 I ............... (see) that new movie in a couple of weeks. It looks like a winner, I cant wait!
10 ............... you ............... (talk) to Sue about that new project? I know that she was interested in it.
Answers:
1 Are you going to go 2 is going to be surprised 3 is going to be 4 isnt going to tour
5 am going to try 6 is going to do 7 are going to start 8 Is he going to ask
9 am going to see 10 Are you going to talk

CHAPTER 11: THE PRESENT TENSES FOR THE FUTURE

1 My train ............... (leave) at 5:34 this afternoon.
2 She ............... (visit) her cousin in Indiana next week.
3 The Lily Allen concert ............... (start) at 9 and ............... (end) at 10.30.
4 I ............... (fy) to Miami next Monday. My fight ............... (depart) at 1:39 and check in
time ............... (start) three hours beforehand.
5 My brother is so happy because he ............... (sit) in the front row at the Blackhawks
game tonight!
6 The movie ............... (start) at 8, so I ............... (pick) up my sister at 7 so that we can
have a drink frst.
7 Hotel check out ............... (end) at noon.
8 My children ............... (visit) their grandparents next week.
9 The bus ............... (arrive) in Cambridge at 10:45 every day.
10 The shops ............... (not open) until 1 pm on Mondays.
Answers:
1 leaves 2 is visiting 3 starts, ends 4 am flying, departs, starts 5 is sitting
6 starts, am picking 7 ends 8 are visiting 9 arrives 10 dont open
CHAPTER 12: CONDITIONALS 1
1 If I tell you a secret, ............... you (promise) not to tell anyone?
2 If she ............... (invite) him to the party, he ............... (come)!
3 He ............... (be interested) in your plans if you tell him more about the new people involved.
4 If I ............... (lend) you a hundred Euros, ............... you ............... (pay) me back?
5 She ............... (share) her famous apple pie recipe with you if you ............... (ask) her for it!
6 If you work very hard, you ............... (pass) your test.
7 He ............... (lose) a lot of weight if he ............... (continue) to work out every day.
8 If you ............... (not understand) what the teacher is saying, you ............... (ask) her for help.
9 ............... you ............... (take) him to the station later if he ............... (need) a lift?
10 I ............... never ............... (talk) to him again if that is how he ............... (treat) people!
Answers:
1 will you promise 2 invites, will come 3 will be interested 4 lend, will you pay
5 will share, ask 6 will pass 7 will lose, continues 8 dont understand, can ask
9 Will you take, needs 10 I will never talk, treats
CHAPTER 13: Conditionals 2
1 If I ............... (tell) you the truth about your husband, ............... you ............... (be) angry with me?
2 What ............... you ............... (do) if you ............... (find) a wallet on the street?
3 He ............... (not understand) if Marco ............... (talk) to him because he doesnt speak Spanish.
4 What ............... (happen) if all the children of the world ............... (have) enough to eat?
5 I ............... (love) it if he ............... (ask) my sister out on a date!
6 If you ............... (see) someone stealing a car, what ............... you ............... (do)?
............... you ............... (call) the police?
7 If he ............... (try) harder at work, he ............... (get) a promotion.
8 If they ............... (be interested) in hiring her, they ............... call her back immediately.
9 ............... you ............... (buy) a new house if you ............... (win) the lottery?
10 I ............... (learn) how to play the tuba if I ............... (get) the chance.
Answers:
1 told, would you be 2 would you do, found 3 wouldnt understand, talked 4 would happen, had
5 would love, asked 6 saw, would you do, would you call 7 tried, would get
8 were interested, would 9 Would you buy, won 10 would learn, got

CHAPTER 14: Conditionals 3

1 If she ............... (wear) a seatbelt, she ............... (survive) the crash.
2 If they ............... (be interested) in learning English, they ............... (hire) me by now!
3 They ............... never ............... (met) if she ............... (not look) for them on theInternet.
4 I ............... (act) differently in that situation if I ............... (know) the truth.
5 My boss ............... (buy) that new computer system if she ............... (think) it was effective.
6 Peter ............... (ask) Annemarie to marry him if he ............... (get) the chance!
7 Mindy ............... (bake) you her famous chocolate cake if you ............... (tell) her that it
was your birthday!
8 She ............... (give) you her Barbie collection if she ............... (know) that you loved Barbies!
9 I ............... (go) to that concert if I ............... (not be ill) last weekend!
10 He ............... (have) a much better life if he ............... (stop) smoking a long time ago.
Answers:
1 had worn, would have survived 2 had been interested, would have hired
3 would never have met, hadnt looked 4 would have acted, had known
5 would have bought, had thought 6 would have asked, had gotten
7 would have baked, had told 8 would have given, had known
9 would have gone, hadnt been ill 10 would have had, had stopped
THE REMIX: CONDITIONALS 1, 2, 3 MIXED!!
1 If you ............... (have) the chance to travel to another country, which country ...............
it ............... (be)?
2 If I ............... (tickle) you, ............... you ............... (start) to laugh?
3 If they ............... (not leave) that scrap of paper behind, the police ............... (not solve) the murder.
4 She ............... (go) to your party if you ............... (ask) her to come!
5 If the train ............... (arrive) late, ............... you ............... (wait) for me please?
6 I ............... (love) to buy a new car if I ............... (win) the lottery.
7 She ............... (help) you with that translation if you ............... (ask) her.
8 They ............... (go) to France for holiday if they ............... (to be able to) afford it last summer.
9 She ............... (look) better if she ............... (not wear) white leggings in the summer.
10 I ............... (call) him for you if you ............... (need) me to.
Answers:
1 had, would it be 2 tickled, would you start
3 hadnt left, wouldnt have solved 4 would go, asked
5 arrives, will you wait 6 would love, won
7 will help, ask 8 would have gone, had been able to
9 would look, didnt wear 10 will call, need