Exercises
Exercises
1. Jeff __is___ our bank manager at the moment. He_ has been__ here for three years. (BE, BE)
2. I _was still sleeping__ when the alarm __---- _ off at 5.30 this morning. (STILL SLEEP, GO)
3. When I_ was looking ___ out of the window, I _seed __ John. (LOOK, SEE)
4. There __was ____ a great documentary on TV yesterday evening. _ ---- you see _it? – No, I didn't. I _----_
to take my television set back to the store to have it repaired. (BE, YOU SEE, HAVE)
5. When I _returned_ to the car park I didn't know where I _have parked_ my car. (RETURN, PARK)
6. My uncle _has been wearing__ the same pullover the whole winter. I guess he_ loves_ it. (WEAR, LOVE)
7. Mum _was preparing__ dinner when the doctor _arrived__. (PREPARE, ARRIVE)
8. He __has been walking __around with a limp since he __----- _ his accident a few weeks ago. (WALK,
HAVE)
10. When we _ arrived _at the theatre the play _ had already started _. (ARRIVE, ALREADY START)
11. When she _ ------- _ home, she _ seed _that her husband _ has been drinking _ for some time. (COME,
SEE, DRINK)
12. _ have you heared _ the good news? – Stan and Margie _are geting _ married! – That's not new. – I _
have knowed ___ about it for a few weeks. (YOU HEAR, GET, KNOW)
13. I _ have been trying __ to call you the whole week! – Where _ have you ---- __? (TRY, YOU BE)
14. The manager _ is speaking _ to an important customer at the moment, but he_ will see _ you in a few
minutes. (SPEAK, SEE)
15. Do you realize that you _ are standing _ on my toes? – It hurts! (STAND)
17. I wonder if he _ -------_ my number. I _ ---------- ____ for him to call for the last two hours. (FORGET,
EXPECT)
18. The novel is about a man who _ -------- _ home from the war and _ started _ a new life. (COME, START)
19. When I _ was looking _ for my passport a few days ago, I _ ------ __ across this old photo of our family
reunion. (LOOK, COME)
20. I am sorry that I _ ----- _ to leave your party so early last night. I _ was really enjoying _ myself. (HAVE,
REALLY ENJOY)
21. _Have _you ever _ played _the piano since you left school? (PLAY)
22. When he_ was trying _ to open the door, he_ dropped _ his key. (TRY, DROP)
24. My father_ washed _ his car while my mother and I_ prepared _ dinner. (WASH, PREPARE)
CONDITIONALS
2. Dan will buy himself a moped as soon as he earns / will earn enough money.
4. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where will / would you go?
2. If the buses arrived on time, this ……would be…… (be) a very convenient way to travel.
3. Unless you … telled …… (tell) me what you want, I won’t be able to help you.
4. If they didn’t understand French, they … would not be able to … (not be able to) watch this film.
5. When I … called … (call) Ben, I’ll tell him about your accident.
6. If I … can reached …… (can reach) the top shelf on my own, I wouldn’t need a ladder.7. If we recycle more,
there _ will not be ____ (not be) so much rubbish.
8. If they had something to eat, they _ would not be ____ (not be) hungry.
9. If we _ had heared ___ (hear) the weather forecast, we wouldn’t have gone to the beach.
10. What _ would you buy ___ (you/buy) if you had a credit card?
11. If they _ don’t hurry ___ (not hurry) up, they will miss the film.
12. If the bus _ don´t arrives __ (not arrive) soon, we’ll be late.
13. If they had phoned me yesterday, I _ would have gived __(give) them the news.