B1 Present Tense: Simple and Progressive T042

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Present Tense.

1. Jeremy usually ______________ to school by bus but today his dad _________________ him.
(GO, DRIVE)
2. How often ____________________ to the park for a picnic? (YOU GO)
3. Northern California _________________ a lot of rain during the wintertime but this
winter it _________________ at all. (GET, NOT RAIN)
4. My sister often _________________ in bed but today she is so tired that she
___________________ anything at all. (READ, NOT READ)
5. Look to your right! Mary _________________ her little sister to school. How sweet!
(BRING)
6. Mom can't help you right now because she _________________ dinner. (PREPARE)
7. The neighbours' boys always _________________ to school late. (COME)
8. My parents never _________________ cigarettes in front of us. (SMOKE)
9. I can't understand him because I _________________ any French. (NOT KNOW)
10. Mary _________________ eating sweets. Every morning she _________________ coffee with
lots of sweets. (LIKE, HAVE)
11. What _______________________? – I think they _________________ to be fed by the tourists.
(THE DUCKS DO, WAIT)
12. It _________________ very hard at the moment. (RAIN)
13. They normally _________________ TV on Sundays but today they _________________ a
nap. (WATCH, TAKE)
14. Dad _____________________ TV when he _________________ home from the office. (NOT
USUALLY WATCH, COME)
15. Every Monday my dad goes to work by train because my mom needs the car. (GO,
NEED)
16. Our teacher often _________________ at us when she's in a bad mood. (SHOUT)
17. I _________________ for a new car which I want to buy as soon as possible. (SAVE)
18. What _____________________ right now? – He _________________ in the river. (TOM DO,
SWIM)

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 B1 Past Tense : Simple and Progressive T048

Fill in the correct form of the past tense: simple or progressive.

1. Mrs Smith __________________ past the house in Sunset Street when she _______________
fire on the ground floor. (DRIVE, SEE)
2. While he __________________ off the coast the pilot __________________ sharks approaching
the swimmers. (FLY, SEE)
3. Alice __________________ herself while she __________________ football. (HURT, PLAY)
4. She __________________ while she __________________ after the bus. (FALL, RUN)
5. I __________________ my wallet while I __________________ my bike. (LOSE, RIDE)
6. We __________________ dinner when the lights __________________ out. (HAVE, GO)
7. She __________________ of something else while you __________________ to her. (THINK,
TALK)
8. The fireman __________________ the fire on the balcony below when he suddenly
__________________ someone shouting. (FIGHT, HEAR)
9. I __________________ her while I __________________ out of the window. (SEE, LOOK)
10. While the teacher __________________ instructions, the students __________________ at a
spider climbing up the wall. (GIVE, LOOK)
11. Sally __________________ dinner last night when someone __________________ at the door.
(HAVE, KNOCK)
12. I __________________ to study at seven last night. Fred __________________ at 7.30. So I
__________________ when Fred __________________ (BEGIN, COME, STUDY, ARRIVE).
13. My roommate's parents __________________ him last night while __________________
watching TV. (CALL, WATCH)
14. When my husband __________________ home, I __________________ the laundry. (COME,
DO)
15. While they __________________ home it __________________ to rain, so they
__________________ at a small cafe and __________________ a cup of coffee. (WALK, BEGIN,
STOP, HAVE)
16. When I __________________ home at around 2 o'clock, Mum __________________ in her
garden. She __________________ some flowers and dad __________________ the oil of the car
in the garage. (GET, BE, PLANT, CHANGE)

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 B1 Past and Present Perfect Simple T036

Fill in the correct form of the verb given: Past or Present Perfect Simple

1. So far, Jill _________________ almost half of the book. (READ)

2. Do you know who _________________ the telephone? – It ______________ Alexander Graham
Bell. (INVENT, BE)
3. On her trip across Asia, Mum _________________ three countries up to now. (VISIT)
4. How many books ____________________ in the last few years? (HE WRITE)
5. Martha lives in Dublin. She's _________________ there her whole life, ever since her dad
_________________ a few years ago. (LIVE, DIE)
6. Paul and Gina _________________ an hour ago. They _________________ problems with their
flight. (ARRIVE, HAVE)
7. Drugs _________________ a huge problem in the United States. (BECOME)
8. Granddad _________________ in hospital since Monday. He _________________ in hospital
before. (BE, NEVER BE)
9. _______________________ the Queen in person? No, but I _________________ Prince Andrew at
a concert a few months ago. (YOU EVER SEE, SEE)
10. Mozart _________________ over 600 pieces of music during his lifetime. (WRITE)
11. They _________________ to Spain on holiday last summer (GO)
12. I'm hungry. I _________________ anything for hours. (NOT EAT)
13. I _________________ my key and can't find it anywhere. (LOSE)
14. He _________________ as a war correspondent during the second Iraq war. (WORK)
15. I ____________ a huge meal for lunch and simply can't eat anything at the moment. (HAVE)
16. It _________________ yet this week, but last week it really _________________ a lot. (NOT
RAIN, RAIN)
17. According to her statement, she _________________ at the Crown Hotel from last Monday
to Thursday. (STAY)
18. Who ____________________ at the cinema last night? (YOU MEET)
19. I don't need any new driving lessons. I _________________ the test. (ALREADY PASS)
20. Fortunately, I ___________________ any bones. (NEVER BREAK)
21. My cousins _________________ in Dublin since their childhood. Marvin _________________ to
America when he was 16 but only _________________ there for a few years. Then he
_______________ back to Ireland. (BE, GO, STAY, COME)
22. I ___________________ the car. Now it looks great! (WASH)
23. She _______________ smoking a few months ago. (STOP)
24. Back in March, I __________________ enough money to buy a new car. Now, I can afford
one. (NOT HAVE)
25. Scientist ___________________ a major discovery in medicine. (JUST MAKE)

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 B1 Past and Past Perfect Tense T052

Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets: Past or Past Perfect Tense /Simple or
Progressive)

1. My friend Tim ___________________ well yesterday because he ___________________ too

many sweets. (NOT FEEL / EAT)
2. After she ___________________ , she ___________________ much better. (REST, FEEL)
3. She ___________________ him for a year before they finally ___________________ on holidays
together. (KNOW, GO)
4. I asked him what ___________________ because I _______________________ noise the whole
morning. (HAPPEN, HEAR)
5. The next morning, I realised that someone ___________________ my new bike. (STEAL)
6. I ___________________ to the meeting last Monday because nobody ___________________
me. (NOT GO, INVITE)
7. Dan was so excited because he ______________________ €1,000 in the lottery. (JUST WIN)
8. After she ___________________ her first major tournament, she ___________________ from a
series of injuries. (WIN, SUFFER)
9. Our manager told us that the company ___________________ bankrupt. (GO)
10. I ___________________ to pass the test because I ________________________ hard for a whole
week. (MANAGE, STUDY)
11. When we finally ___________________ at the stadium the match _______________________ on
for half an hour. (ARRIVE, GO)
12. Before we ___________________ for Spain, I ___________________ to teach her some Spanish.
(LEAVE, OFFER)
13. We ______________________ for 10 minutes when we finally ___________________ the train
station. (WALK, SEE)
14. The suspect ___________________ the house when the police ___________________ . (JUST
LEAVE, ARRIVE)
15. Sampson ___________________ his report by the time father ___________________ home
(FINISH, COME)
16. She wasn't hungry because she ___________________ lunch. (JUST HAVE)
17. We _______________________ for a while before we ___________________ some fish. (FISH,
CATCH)
18. I told the police that I ______________________ the man in the photo before. (NOT SEE)

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 B1 Future Tense T039

Fill in the correct form of the Future Tense. In some sentences several forms are
possible.

1. They __________________________ driving to New York tomorrow evening. (DRIVE)

2. I offered him a job last week and I think he __________________________ it. (TAKE)
3. I hope the weather __________________________ nice when you get to Sardinia. (BE)
4. We __________________________ married on June 25th. (GET)
5. I suppose real estate prices __________________________ up again next year. (GO)
6. What __________________________ when you grow up? – I __________________________ a
pilot. (YOU DO, BE)
7. I am __________________________ football this afternoon so I can't make it to the party.
(PLAY)
8. Put your wallet away. I __________________________ for the tickets. (PAY)
9. I _____________________________ John at the airport tomorrow at 5.30. (MEET)
10. Take the umbrella with you. I think it __________________________ in the afternoon.
(RAIN)
11. I think I __________________________ a cup of tea after all. (HAVE)
12. Ask Mary. She __________________________ the answer (PROBABLY KNOW)
13. Which car __________________________ to buy? (YOU PLAN)
14. Jack missed the train. He __________________________ late again. (BE)
15. All our stores __________________________ next Monday at 10.00 a.m. (OPEN)
16. We __________________________ our holidays in France next year. (SPEND)
17. What do you want to eat? – I think I __________________________ a sandwich. (HAVE)
18. We have to go now. It __________________________ late. (GET)
19. I can't talk about it now, but I __________________________ you a mail next week. (SEND)
20. The Jacksons __________________________ a party tomorrow afternoon, but they haven't
invited us. (HAVE)

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 B1 All Tenses T054

Fill in the correct form of the verb given.

1. Last night, when I ___________________ dinner, my mom ___________________. I totally

___________________ about the roast in the oven, and I ___________________ everything.
(MAKE, CALL, FORGET, BURN)

2. Most police officers ___________________ uniforms to work. Only detectives in higher

positions ___________________ their street clothes. (WEAR, WEAR)

3. His family ___________________ to Singapore when he was three, then they

___________________ back again when he started high school. (MOVE, MOVE)

4. Your car is fine now. There was a problem with the gears, but we ___________________ it.
(FIX)

5. After Claire ___________________ for half an hour, she suddenly ___________________ to check
her watch. (RUN, STOP)

6. I ___________________ smoking three years ago. Before that, I ______________________ for

over a decade. (STOP, SMOKE)

7. Look, Mary ___________________ the windows. Nobody ___________________ them for over a
month. (CLEAN, CLEAN))

8. Tina ______________________ her emails for the last two hours. (CHECK)

9. Living in a foreign country was strange at first, but we ___________________ used to it.
(GET)

10. I ___________________ I want any desert. I ___________________ too much to eat already.
(NOT THINK, HAVE)

11. In our history lesson yesterday my friend and I ___________________ to each other and we
___________________ attention. Suddenly, our history teacher ___________________ right next
to us. (TALK, NOT PAY, STAND).

12. Wendy ___________________ her boyfriend every afternoon. (PHONE)

13. I saw him sitting on the sofa. He ___________________ very tired because he
_______________________ too much. (BE, WORK)

14. John ___________________ our flight this morning, but he ___________________ hotel
arrangements yet. (BOOK, NOT MAKE)

15. I _______________________ the cup finals when you arrived. (WATCH)

16. We normally ___________________ together every second Sunday, but this month everyone
___________________ on holiday, so we ___________________ any meetings. (GET, BE, NOT
HAVE)

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