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Preparation For The First Written Paper

The document provides exercises to practice verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple and present perfect. The exercises include completing sentences with verbs in the correct tense, adding prepositions, using reflexive pronouns, and identifying time periods using words like 'for' and 'since'.

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Preparation For The First Written Paper

The document provides exercises to practice verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple and present perfect. The exercises include completing sentences with verbs in the correct tense, adding prepositions, using reflexive pronouns, and identifying time periods using words like 'for' and 'since'.

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Preparation for the First Written Paper, December 2014.

I Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses: Present Simple and Present
Continuous.
1. She ________________ (not eat) pizza very often.
2. What computer game ________________ you ________________ (play) now?
3. I ________________ (not like) traditional music. Its boring!
4. They ________________ (play) football in the park every weekend.
5. Mark ________________ (watch) TV at the moment.
6. What time ________________ she ________________ (finish) school today?
7. What time ________________ she ________________ (start) school every day?
8. Our teacher always ________________ (give) us a lot of homework.
9. What ________________ they ________________ (do) at the moment?
10. Mark ________________ (not watch) TV, he's reading.
11. He ________________ usually ________________ (not listen) to classical music.
12. We ________________ (not go) to the park because its raining.
13. How often ________________ you ________________ (go) to the gym?
14. She ________________ (cry) because the film is very sad.
15. He ________________ (wash) his car every Saturday.
II Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.
1. Stop fooling __________! Do you hear me?
2. Theres no need to be afraid. Just calm __________.
3. Im calling the police! I cant put __________ with that noise any longer!
4. I was walking past your house and I decided to drop __________.
5. All my friends are crazy __________ Internet forums.
6. I bumped __________ Jessica yesterday and I almost didnt recognise her.
7. As far as Im concerned, they get __________ really well with their parents.
8. After school we usually hang __________ the shopping centre.
9. Dont look at me. Im not going! You know Im not __________ nu-metal.
10. You didnt grow __________ in England, did you?
III Complete the sentences with the correct reflexive pronoun or each other.
1. She didnt come with me. I went there ____________.
2. I dont think she needs our help. She can collect the money _______________.
3. They dont like _______________ at all. Theyre from different gangs.
4. Our club is going to pay only for the meals and we have to pay for the hotel
_______________.
5. How do you find the game? Are you enjoying _______________?
6. The members dont know _______________ very well because they only meet once
a year.
7. The clubs coach and my father know _______________ because they attended the
same school.
8. Mum, you shouldnt blame _______________ for the situation. Its my fault.
9. After a game of paintball he saw his face in the mirror and began to laugh at
_______________.
10. We always try to help _______________. Thats what friends are for.
11. Frankly, I think they need to start thinking for _______________.

IV Put the verbs into the correct tense - Simple Past or Present Perfect.
1. Whose car ___________(he/ drive) yesterday?
2. What ___________ (just / happen)?
3. He ___________(hear) a strange noise for a time.
4. ___________ /( the film/ not begin) only ten minutes ago?
5. My mother ___________(do) some gardening last summer.
6. They ___________(not eat) anything since breakfast time.
7. The concert ___________(be) an enormous success for more than 15 years.
8. They ___________(destroy) some animal species recently.
9. Mr Field ___________(telephone) her just a minute ago.
10. Those organizations ___________(recycle) paper for a moth but last year they
___________ (not do) anything of the kind.
11. I ___________________________ (have) my job for two years.
12. ___________________________ (you/go) to Los Angeles last summer?
13. She ___________________________ (live) in Rome for three years.
14. ___________________________ (you/ever/be) to China?
15. I ___________________________ (play) tennis yesterday.
16. Tim ___________________________ (break) his leg last year.
17. How long ___________________________ (David/be) interested in cinema?
18. They ___________________________ (go) to New York in 1990.
19. She ___________________________ (not/play) tennis last Sunday.
20. ___________________________ (you/go) to the cinema last night?
21. ___________________________ (she/ever/be) to Australia?
22. We ___________________________ (go) to Canada last summer.
23. She ___________________________ (just/tidy) her room.
24. We ___________________________ (not/eat) yet.
25. Bob ___________________________ (study) French two years ago.
V Complete these sentences using for or since.
1. Mark has had violin lessons ________ last January.
2. We have known Diane ________ two years.
3. Have you seen Andrew ________ last week?
4. Karen has had long hair ________ she was 13.
5. They have been close friends ________ twenty years.
6. My parents and I lived in the same house ________ 1990.
VI Complete the text. Use the past simple or the present perfect.
Film maker David Morris ___________________________ (be) interested in cinema since
he ___________________________ (be) a small child. He ___________________________
(make) his first film when he ___________________________ (be) just twelve years old. He
is now almost 40 and he ___________________________ (make) 30 films. David loves
travelling. His work _________________________ (take) him all over the world. He
___________________________ (be) to Africa, India, Australia, China, the USA and South
America. Last year he ___________________________ (visit) Russia for the first time.
David is married to the singer, Leena Lennox. They ___________________________ (be)
married for ten years. They live with their two children on the Greek island of Crete. They
___________________________ (buy) a house on the island in 1987 and they
___________________________ (live) there since then.

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