1. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate form of the verb given.

You can use present, past or future

forms.

Maureen _________ (live) in the USA and last month she _________ (decide) to visit South America.
Her son _________ (drop) her at the airport on April 12th , and that _______ (be) when the real
adventure started. To begin with, she ____________ (find out) the airline she _________ (travel) with
was on strike, and she ____________(have) to wait for ten hours before she could check in.
While she _____________ (check) her luggage, the airline staff ________ (tell) her that she was only
allowed one suitcase, so they _______ (make) her pay extra. By the time the plane __________(land)
in Cuzco, Peru, she __________(feel) exhausted.
Since the day she arrived, she _____________(have) nothing but trouble. She ______(get) lost twice,
and she ______________(not sleep) properly for weeks.
At the moment, for example, she ______________(stay) at a hostel in Bolivia and she
_____________(share) a room with five noisy Brazilians who ___________(enjoy) going out every
night.
Maureen ______________ (not know) if she will make it to the end of her trip. She _______ (go) to
Salta next week where she has hotel reservations. Her coach _____________(leave) tomorrows at
6am. Maureen _____(have) such a terrible time right now that she ___________ (consider) booking an
earlier flight and ______ (coming) home next weekend.
She promises she ________________(never travel) on a budget again!

2. Rewrite the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the one given.

1. We started working in this office ten years ago.

We have_______________________________
2. This is the first time I’ve been in England.
I haven’t _______________________________
3. I don’t remember your name.
I have _________________________________
4. What about going for a walk?
Shall___________________________________
5. I promise not to make noise.
I______________________________________
6. My dictionary has disappeared.
I can’t __________________________________
7. He went to live in Australia in 1995.
He has _________________________________
3. Complete the pieces of news using Past Simple, Past continuous or Perfect.

People in the Sea Garden park in Varna, Bulgaria, ___________ (enjoy) their afternoon when an escaped
tiger __________(come) through the gate. Everybody _________(run away) in panic. The tiger
________( escape) from its cage at the zoo. The police , _____________(catch) the animal and _____
(take) it back to the zoo.

A cow ________(jump) into a neighbour’s swimming pool during a heatwave in Brazil. The owner of the
house said: ‘I ____________ (cook) lunch when I ___________(hear) a noise. I_______ (go) out to check
what ___________(happen) and I _____ (see) the cow in the swimming pool! It _______(get) over the
fence and go _________(straight) to the pool. Firefighters __________(get) the animal out of the pool and
_______(take) it back to the farmer.

4. Amy is talking to her grandparents, Fran and Bill. Complete with an appropriate form of USED
TO and the verbs in brackets.