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    ENGLISH TENSES.

    Larisa luisa
    Write the present simple or the continuous.

    1-I see / am seeing that the situation is out of control.


    2-The sausages are tasting / taste delicious.
    3- Do you enjoy / are you enjoying this party?
    4-You haven’t said a word all morning. What are you thinking / do you think about.
    5- He has / is having a Siamese cat.
    6- These flowers are smelling / smell nice.
    7- I don’t know / am not knowing where she keeps the keys.
    8- Why are you feeling your pockets / do you feel your pockets. Have you lost anything?
    9- Why do you smell / are you smelling the milk? Do you think it has gone off?
    10-Anna is Italian. She comes / is coming from Italy.
    11-That dress looks / is looking nice on you.
    12- Paul listens / is listening to a new record in this room.
    13- If you don’t look / aren’t looking at that comic, I’d like to see it.
    14- Joan weighs / is weighing 50 kilos.
    15- Mary is / is being very naughty these days.
    16- What do you do / are you doing now?
    I look / am looking through these old film magazines.
    17- He knows / is knowing a lot of famous people.
    18- Do you understand / are you understanding his ideas?
    19- she is Chinese but she speaks / is speaking Japanese now.
    20- Look out! He drives / is driving very fast towards us.
    21- Where is Joe? He reads / us reading a magazine in the sitting room.
    22- The island belongs / is belonging to a millionaire.
    23- Look! A rainbow! It rains/ is raining and the sun shines / is shining.
    24- Turn up the volume. Nobody can hear / is hearing the music.
    25- She is an actress. This month she is making / makes a film in Paris.
    26- Tim is a farmer. He grows / is growing fruit and vegetables.
    27- Ben is a gourmet. He often cooks / is cooking Italian food.
    28- Look! Luis Figo argues / is arguing with the referee.
    29- Colin goes to Manchester every weekend and you ask him: How do you go / are you going to
    Manchester?

    Fill the two gaps in each sentence with one verb in the past simple and the other verb in the past continuous
    forms.

    I ………………….dinner when the phone ……………. . ( cook/ ring)


    2- While I…………………on the phone, my neighbour……………….. at the door. (talk / knock).
    3-I ……………………….a bath, when my husband …………………. me to watch T V. (have / call)
    4- She………………….because there………………… a mess in her house. (cry/ be).
    5- While I ……………………the news on TV , the water………………. the top of the bath. ( watch / reach)
    6- The ceiling …………………….just as the programme………………... . ( collapse / end).
    7- While I …………………………..to his story, the police………………
    ………..( listen / arrive).
    8- They …………………to warn me that smoke…………………….. from my kitchen window. ( want /
    come).
    9- When I ……………………to the kitchen, I saw that the dinner …………………………… . (return /
    burn).
    10- While I ……………………….out the flames, my guests ……………. ( put / arrive).
    11- While I…………………………, the cooker……………………. . (apologise / explode).
    12- While Mr. Smith …………………….., I …………………… . ( teach / sneeze)
    13- The teacher……………………………., when the students………….. ……………………………….
    ( speak, fall) asleep.
    14- We…………………………, dinner, when the table …………………
    ( have/ collapse).
    15- We ………………………….to the mountain, when it ……………….
    to snow. (travel / snow)
    16- While Tracy……………………….the mountain, she………………... an eagle’s nest. (climb / find)
    17- We……………………across the ocean, when we thought we………………….a mermaid. (sail / see)
    18- Jackson …………………and…………………..the princess while the guards……………………….. .
    (break into/ rescue/ sleep)

    Present perfect and simple past.

    Match each number in the first column with one letter in the second column.

    1-John’s gone to bed. a) all week


    2- He went to bed b) in his life.
    3- He had a stomach ache at work c) early, at about nine.
    4- He has felt ill d) yet.
    5- He has never been ill e) so he can’t speak to you now.
    6- I haven’t found the doctor f) so he came home early.

    Complete the dialogue, using either the past simple or the present perfect.

    What are those people looking at? What ……………………………. (happen) ?


    There …………………..an accident yesterday? What ………………….
    exactly ? (happen)
    An accident! What …………………………..(happen) exactly? A cat …………………….(run) out into the
    road in front of a cat. The driver ……………………..(swerve) and…………………..(hit) a tree. When
    ……………it …………………? (happen) about five minutes ago.
    ………………anyone………………(call) for an ambulance? No, not yet.
    This is the second accident we…………………….(have) near here this month. Yes, but the other
    accident………………..not be) as bad as this one.

    Complete this conversation with the correct form of the verb, present perfect or past simple.

    I …………………………(leave) school in 1994.


    What ……………………….(you do ) after that.
    I………………………………….. (travel) around the world for a year.
    When……………………………(you come) home.
    I ……………………………..(come) home six months ago.
    What……………………………(you do) since then.
    I ………………………………(do) lots of different jobs
    But I …………………………..(not have) a job for a month now.
    …………………….(you see) the TV news last night?
    No, I……………………..(not) why?
    They ………………………….(say) they were looking for nice women.
    I …………………………….(never work) in Germany.

    Write the present perfect simple or the present perfect continuous.

    It is the first day of Kerry’s holiday in Spain . Choose the correct tense to complete the sentences.
    She (has been sunbathing/ has sunbathed) on the beach since breakfast.
    The sun (has shone/ has been shining) all day.
    She (hasn’t had / hasn’t been having) a swim yet. The sea is a bit cold.
    She (has been reading/ has read) a book but she hasn’t finished yet.
    She (has only read/ she has only been reading) a few pages.
    For the last hour she (has been watching/ has watched) a good-looking Spanish boy who ( has surfed/ has
    been surfing) just fifty metres away from her.
    He is a very good surfer and he ( has only fallen off/ has only been falling off) his board a couple of times.
    He (has been looking/ has looked) at her several times and each time he ( has been smiling/ has smiled at her).
    All the time she ( has hoped/ has been hoping) that he’ll come and say hello, but he ( hasn’t been coming/
    hasn’t come) yet.
    Kerry ( has always been wanting/ has always wanted) to learn a bit of Spanish.

    Fabian is Colombian. He has recently come to work in England. Use the present perfect simple or
    continuous.

    He is living in England now. How long……………………………(live) in England?


    He is a circus acrobat. How long ……………………………..(be) a circus acrobat?
    He sometimes falls off the trapeze. How many times ………………………………(fall) off the trapeze?
    He writes books about the circus. How many…………………………………………………………….?
    He is learning English. How long………………………………………. (learn) English.
    He’s married to Tessa, an English girl. How long ……………………………………(married) to Tessa?
    Steve started learning the violin a month ago. Steve ……………………...(learn) the violin for a month.

    Write the past simple or past perfect.

    Angela……………………a headache because she……………….television. (have/ watch)


    I……………………….up suddenly because I……………………………… an awful nightmare. (wake/
    have).
    After the boys ………………………..the window, the…………………..away. (break / run)
    Fortunately Greg…………………………his pen an so he ……………………… in trouble with Mr. Watson.
    (not forget / not get)
    When we…………………..eating we ……………………..the dishes. (finish/ wash)
    Yesterday morning I …………………………the answer to the question Bob ………………………..me the
    night before, so I ………………………….him. (remember/ ask/ phone).
    Mr. Michael ……………………..some roses after he……………………the garden. (plant/ dig)

    Make one sentence, with one verb in the simple past and the other in the past perfect.

    We parked our car. We went to the check-in desk.


    When…………………………………………………………………………….
    They gave us our boarding passes. They weighed our suitcases.
    Once………………………………………………………………………………
    We showed our passports at immigration. We went to the café in the departure lounge.
    After………………………………………………………………………………
    We got on the plane. We handed in our boarding passes.
    After ………………………………………………………………………………
    We sat down and fastened our seat-belts. We found our seats.
    As soon as………………………………………………………………………..

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