A) Choose the correct form.

A: ....... 1 ....... Greg lately?

B: No, I ...... 2 ...... . I ...... 3 ...... to him at the airport two weeks ago. But I ...... 4 ...... him since then.
A: Where ...... 5 ...... ?
B: He ...... 6 ...... to Greece for a holiday.
A: I ...... 7 ...... Greece three times. I love Greece.
B: Really? My wife and I ...... 8 ...... a week in Turkey in 1996, but I ...... 9 ...... Greece. By the way, ...... 10 ......
back yet?
A: Yes, he ...... 11 ...... . I ...... 12 ..... him yesterday. He ...... 13 ...... extremely healthy.
1. A Have you seen
B Did you see
C Were you seeing
2 A haven't seen
B didn't
C haven't
3 A did talk
B have talked
C talked
4 A didn't see
B haven't seen
C saw
5 A did he travel
B has he travelled
C did he travelled
6 A flied
B flew
C has flown
7 A was in
B had been to
C have been to

8 A were spending
B have spent
C spent
9 A didn't ever visit
B have never been to
C was never in
10 A has Greg come
B has Greg came
C did Greg come
11 A did
B has
C has come
12 A met
B have met
C was meeting
13 A was looking
B has looked
C looked

Use past tenses, present perfect or past perfect tenses to complete these sentences.
1. We ............................... in Bristol from January to March. (stay)
2. When you .......................... , ...................... you ............................................. fast? (crash, drive)
3. I'm sorry. Dad isn't here. He ..................................... our neighbour's flat since the morning. (decorate)
4. At 6 o'clock he ......................................... there for three hours! (sit)
5. I want to learn French. But I ............................... yet. (not start)
6. We didn't want to spend our holiday in Strobl, because .............. already ................. there. (be)
7. What ................ you ....................................... ? You are so dirty! (do)
8. Bill admitted that he .......................................... the catalogue to the agency. (not send)
9. As soon as I ................................. the message, I ..................................... my house. (get, leave)
10. While Maggie ............................ a new jumper, Jill and I ........................................ . (knit, read)
11. Here he is! He ............................. for me all the time, he ..................... for Ann! (not look, wait)
12. ...................... you in your room at 5.30? - Yes, I think I ........................ my suitcase. (be, pack)
13. Nice to meet you! I ............................... you for 10 years. What ............... you ........................... all this
time? (not see, do)
14. After we ........................................ to the top of the hill we had a great view of the bay. (climb)
15. The pigeon finally delivered the news after it ..................................... for the whole day. (fly)
A) Underline the correct tense.
1. As the stranger came/was coming to the station, a car stopped/was stopping behind him.
2. My grandma never watched/was never watching TV. But she read/was reading books.
3. When did you start/were you starting work?
4. I started/was starting at 6 o'clock.
5. He got up/was getting up and switched off/was switching off the light.
6. When I finished/was finishing my homework,
7. I cooked/was cooking dinner.
8. While we listened/were listening to the news, the telephone rang/was ringing. Kate stood up/was
standing up and answered/was answering it.
9. As I drove/was driving to work last Friday, a car crashed/was crashing in front of me. What did you
do/were you doing when you saw/were seeing it? I stepped/was stepping on the brakes.
10. Yesterday Carrol wrote/was writing letters from 10 to 11 and then from 5 to 7 again.
11. We arrived in Cannes at 2.30. The sun shone/was shining, people sunbathed/were sunbathing on the
beach and big yachts sailed/were sailing near the harbour. We parked our car and went/were going to
the beach.

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2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)

We stayed/were staying
Someone has drunk
When you crashed, were you driving
He has been decorating
he had been sitting
But I haven't started
we had already been
What have you been doing
hadn't sent

10) As soon as I got-I left

11) While Maggie was knitting-Jill and I were
reading
12) He hasn't been looking-he has been waiting
13) Were you-I was packing
14) I haven't seen-What have you been doing
15) After we had climbed
16) it had been flying

Answers
1 1 s always downloading 2 m working 3 s playing 4 comes 5 m getting 6 take
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3 1 A) have = own/possess (stative verb)

B) having = taking (activity happening at this moment)
2 A) appears = seems (stative verb)
B) appearing =playing at (scheduled event in the future)
3 A) at this moment B) in general
4 A) thinking = considering B) its my opinion
5 A) its affected by B) depend on = rely on
6 A) has a good taste (stative verb) B) tasting = trying (happening at the moment of speaking)
4 1 dont like 2 is appearing 3 are saying 4 think 5 s always checking 6 is getting
7 often go 8 re being
Past simple
Regular vs irregular verbs
-completed actions in the past

present perfect simple

-Recent actions: I have just met my friend.
-past actions with present result>: My car has b
Broken down.
-unfinished time period so far , this morning, today
-situations up to present: for / since
After/when for series of actions happen one after the other
Time expressions :
Past continuous
- Temporary situations
- Two actions happening at the same time
- An continuous action interrupted by another action
Past perfect
- An action in the past that happens before another action
Before I got my first job, I had been to about thirty interviews.
Present perfect continuous
-situations started in the past and still continuing: Ive been working since 8 oclock.
Recent actions with present results: I have been running. I have to go and take a shower.