1.

Complete using Present Simple or Present Continuous:

a.) Who..( make) that terrible noise?
b.) Bobby..(read) a magazine every evening.
c.) You cant see Elsa now,she (have )a bath.
d.) What you (do) in the evenings?
e.) I usually.( drink ) tea but today I ..(drink ) coffee.
f.) We .(wait ) for the shop to open .But it ( not open ) till
nine.
g.) Mr. Jacoby often ..(go) to the theatre but his wife ..(not go)
very often.He ..(like) all sorts of plays and Mrs. Jacoby .(prefer) comedies.
h.) She .(not study) Spanish at the weekends.
i.) Gregory and Claire .. rarely (have ) their lunch in the hotel room.
j.) You ..(look) like your sister.
k.) He (collect) stamps this year
l.) She and her mates (not/go ) on holiday in the summer

2. Complete using Past Simple or Continuous:

Jimmy and Tim (listen) to music when Mum .. (call).
She (work) on her computer when it (crash).
While Paul (surf) the Internet, the lights .. (go) off.
I . (cut) the grass when my aunt . (come)
When Anna (arrive), the baby (cry).
Nigel .. (break) his leg while he .. (ski).
They (take) a test when the headmaster .. (enter) the
classroom.

3. Write sentences in Present Perfect:

a. She/ever/be/here/?
..................................................................................................................................................................
b. you/ever buy/ books from that shop/?
..................................................................................................................................................................
c. I/not have/ breakfast/ today
..................................................................................................................................................................
d. They/just go/ to live to Madrid
..................................................................................................................................................................
e. John/never fly/ before
..................................................................................................................................................................
f. We/already/ see that film
..................................................................................................................................................................
g. He/ not write/ yet
..................................................................................................................................................................

4. Complete using Present Perfect or Past Simple:

a. My wife is a writer. She ..................... (write) many books.
b. We ........................... (not/have) a holiday last year.
c. I ................................... (play) tennis yesterday afternoon.
d. What time........................... (you/go) to bed last night?
e. ............................... (you/evet/meet) a famous person?
f. The weather ......................... (not/be) very good yesterday.
g. My hair is wet. I .............................. (just/wash) it.
h. I ......................... (wash) my hair before breakfast this morning.
i. Mary travels a lot. She ............................ (visit) many countries.

5. Complete the sentences with the Comparative and Superlative of the adjectives in brackets:
-Shorts are ................................... than skirts, but blue jeans are .................................... (fashionable)
-My nails are ................................... yours, but Jenny has got ...................................ones I have seen.
(long)
-Your father is...................................mine, but ................................... one is Peters father. (young)
-Horses are ................................... cats, but dogs are ................................... animals I know.
(intelligent)
-Motorbikes are ...................................cars , but the building-works are ................................... activity.
(noisy)
-The theatre is ................................... the cinema, but the circus is ................................... of them all.
(funny)
-Smoking is ................................... drinking coke, but drugs are ................................... thing for you.
(bad)
-Paris is ................................... London, but Venice is ................................... city in the world.
(romantic)
-Alien is ................................... Stargate, but Stars War is ................................... science fiction film.
(good)
-The car is ................................... the motorbike, but the bus is ................................... transport in
town. (safe)
-My cat is ................................... yours, but Susies cat ...................................pet in the
neighbourhood. (fat)
6. Form sentences with the Present Perfect Simple or Continuous.
1. Mary/learn/English/two years ___________________________
2. We /have/this/car/1998 _______________________________
3. Amy and Adam/be/married/20 years ______________________
4. My father/work/for this company/ten years ________________
5. It/rain/past two days _________________________________
6. I/ never see/man/before _______________________________
7. She/just/eat lunch ___________________________________
8. We/do/this exercise for 3 hours and we/finish yet. ___________

7. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect Continuous.
1. Dont tell me you are too busy to give me a hand. You________________ (play) computer games

for the last two hours.

2. We are very proud of our son. He ________________ (break) the school high jump record again.

3. Im totally exhausted! I ________________ (clean) the house all day but I still ________________

(not finish) the bathroom.

4. Im afraid you wont be able to leave for home earlier today, Ms Brown. Its 5 oclock and you

________________ (write) only half of the proposal so far.

5. Diane Porter is a well-known applied linguist. Recently she ________________ (do) research on

the effects of students age on second language learning.

8. Complete the sentences using the correct time expressions below.

already ever all her life for

yet just never

1 Would you like a cup of tea? The kettles _____________________ boiled.

2 Have you _____________________ eaten Chinese food?
3 Karen has been a teacher _____________________.
4 I dont want to see that film. Ive _________________ seen it three times.
5 She hasnt printed out her homework _____________________.
6 Tom hates travelling. He has _____________________ travelled abroad.
7 Leo and Paula have been married __________________ twenty-five years.