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VERB TENSES
PRESENT SIMPLE // CONTINUOUS

1 Choose the correct answers. Use the time expressions in the sentences to help you.
1. What do you read / are you reading right now?
2. She plays / is playing tennis with Debbie tomorrow.
3. Dave doesn’t think / isn’t thinking that exams prove how much a student really knows.
4. Sometimes we have / are having coffee instead of tea with breakfast.
5. The children take / are taking the bus to school this week.
6. I plan / am planning to go abroad this summer.
7. More and more gyms open / are opening aerobic classes for teens.
8. Let’s hurry – the game starts / is starting in an hour.
9. This spaghetti sauce tastes / is tasting delicious.
10. That boy is shy. He doesn’t look / isn’t looking at anyone in the room.
2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
1. I am looking at the photo, but I ............................................ (not see) you in it.
2. Jackie is upset because she ............................................ (believe) that her best friend lied to her.
3. Do you realise that the concert ............................................ (start) in ten minutes? Hurry!
4. I don’t think that Fred ............................................ (have) a party tonight.
5. Our car ............................................ (use) a lot of petrol, so my parents want to buy a smaller one.
6. What are you cooking? It ............................................ (smell) wonderful.
7. You don’t need an umbrella. It ............................................ (not rain).
8. He’s a vegetarian. He ............................................ (not eat) meat.
9. What time ............................................ (you / usually / go) to bed?
10. I ............................................ (think) Dutch people are very friendly.
3 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
When people (1) ..................................... (see) Bob walking in the neighbourhood during school hours, they may wonder why he
(2) ..................................... (not go) to school every day. It’s because Bob is being “homeschooled”.This year, he
(3) ..................................... (study) at home with his mother. One of his favourite subjects is biology, so tomorrow they
(4) ..................................... (go) to a lake to study the plants and animals there. It’s true that Bob (5) ..................................... (not
have) the social life of a student at school, but he (6) .....................................(feel) that homeschooling gives him the freedom to be
creative and learn what truly interests him.
PAST SIMPLE // CONTINUOUS

1 Choose the correct answers.
1. They played / were playing football when it started to rain.
2. My dad listened / was listening to the news at 8 pm last night.
3. Did you visit / Were you visiting the Louvre when you were in Paris?
4. He wasn’t concentrating while I spoke / was speaking to him.
5. Sally ate / was eating an ice cream when I saw her.
6. The woman became angry and shouted / was shouting at me.
7. I slipped while I ran / was running to catch the bus.
8. Who did you talk / were you talking to at seven in the morning?
2 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
Jane Spader (1) ............................................. (not notice) the dark sky as the storm was approaching . She (2) ......................
(not hear) the thunder or see the lightning. She was busy talking on her mobile phone as she (3) .............................................
(walk) to her car. The next thing that happened was that she (4) .................................. (lie) on the ground. Fortunately, her
brother, Tom, acted quickly and (5) ............................................. (call) an ambulance. At the hospital, the doctor said,
“Lightning (6) ............................................. (strike) Jane because metal objects attract lightning and even holding a mobile
phone can be dangerous.” Jane was lucky to survive.
3 Complete the sentences with used to, would or the correct form of be / get used to. One sentence has two possible
answers.
1. They ............................................. be our neighbours before they moved to another town.
2. Celebrities ............................................. being recognised wherever they go.
3. I can’t ............................................. the hot weather. It still makes me feel tired.
4. I ............................................. the customs of the country because I have lived here for many years.
5. When I was a child, I ............................................. dream of becoming famous.
6. It’s taking time but they ............................................. their new life in England.
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE // CONTINUOUS
1 Choose the correct answers.
1. What have you been doing / have you done all day?
2. I have been watching / have watched that kind of competition before.
3. The children are hot because they have been running / have run around.
4. We have been training / have trained outdoors several times this year.
5. Have you heard / Have you been hearing any details about the marathon yet?
6. Debbie didn’t visit / hasn’t visited Italy yet.
2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the correct form of the Past Perfect Simple / Continuous or Past Simple.
1. I ............................................ (not finish) my homework when Sue arrived.
2. My brother had competed several times before he ............................................ (win) a medal.
3. By the time Dan arrived at school, the exam ............................................ (already / start).
4. They ............................................ (drive) for hours when they saw a hotel.
5. I didn’t go out because I ............................................ (not practise) the piano.
6. Maggie ............................................ (be) upset because she had lost her earrings.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple / Continuous,
Past Perfect Simple / Continuous or Past Simple.
1. Dennis .............................. (just / write) his first novel. He .............................. (finish) it two weeks ago.
2. Laura said she .............................. (wait) for two hours until Max .............................. (turn up).
3. When Bob was a young boy he .............................. (own) a dog, but he .............................. (not have) one since then.
4. My father .............................. (always / take) the car to work, but recently it .............................. (give) him trouble, so he
now takes the train.
5. We .............................. (hike) for several hours when we finally .............................. (reach) the summit of the mountain.
4 Complete the text. Use the Present Perfect Simple / Continuous, Past Perfect Simple / Continuous or Past Simple.
Almost everyone (1) ..................................... (have) a premonition; that is a dream or a feeling about an event before it happens. This
feeling is sometimes a warning. For example, there (2) ..................................... (be) people who had a bad feeling about sailing on the
Titanic in 1912, and cancelled their tickets. This premonition saved their lives. However, people (3) ..................................... (also /
ignore) premonitions and paid the price. In 1966, in Aberfan, Wales, a nine-year-old girl told her mother that for a few nights she
(4) ..................................... (dream) about a black thing that covered her school. The following day, a mountain of coal waste behind
the school collapsed, bringing down tons of ash and rocks onto the building. Many British psychiatrists (5) ........................................
(work) together to collect data for a data bank of premonitions. What about you? Do you believe in premonitions?

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