Grammar:

Put the verbs in the Present Simple or Continuous:

Emma: Hi Matthew. What -------------- you -------------- (look) at?
Matthew: Oh, hi. These are photos of me when I was a child.
Emma: Oh, look at this one. I ------------ (think) you look lovely, Matthew.
Matthew: I --------------- (have) some more photos here.
Emma: Look at this. Why such a big coat?
Matthew: It was my brother’s. That’s why it didn’t fit properly.
Emma: Oh, I -------------------- (see).
Put the verbs in the Present Simple or Continuous:
1. A: Is Janet in, please?
B: Yes, but I -------------- (think) she’s busy at the moment. She ------------
(wash) her hair.
2. A: I -------------- (think) of buying a new computer.
B: But computers --------------- (cost) so much money. What’s wrong with
the one we’ve got?
A: It ----------------- (get) out of date now.
3. A: Your new trousers ---------------------- (look) nice.
B: Thank you. The trouble is they ---------------- (not/ fit) properly. I ---------
(not/ know) why I bought them.
4. A: What ----------- you -------------- (do)?
B: I -------------- (weigh) this letter. I -------------- (need) to know how any
stamps to put on it.
5. A: I -------------- (think) this road is really dangerous. Look how fast that
lorry ------------- (go).
B: I ------------- (agree). People shouldn’t go so fast.
6. A: I ------------- (like) musicals. And this is a great show, isn’t it? -------
you --------------- (enjoy) it?
B: Yes, I am. I ---------------- (love) every minute of it.
Put the verbs in the Past simple or Past Continuous:
1. This time last week I-------------------- (lie) on the beach.
2. I ---------------- (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm ----------------
(go) off.
3. When the teacher -------------- (arrive) all the students -----------------
(stand) up.
4. He ------------ (see) the accident while he -------------- (walk) to work.
5. The phone -------------- (ring) while we -------------- (have) dinner.
6. When the phone --------------- (ring), I ---------------- (get) up to answer it.
7. I ---------------- (be) busy a moment ago, I ---------------------- (work) on a
computer.
8. My friend ----------------- (know) the answer to the question yesterday.
9. I ----------------------- (buy) these shoes because they -------------------- (fit)
me really well.
10. Where ---------------------- (you, park) the car?
11. At nine o'clock yesterday morning we ------------- (wait) for the bus.
12. When I -------------------- (look) in the room, the baby -------------------
(sleep) quietly.
13. We----------------------- (go) to Ireland for our holidays last year.
14. Our friends------------- (meet) us at the airport when we-------- (come)
back from Ireland.
15. A: What ------------------------ (you, do) when the accident occurred?
B: I ------------------- (try) to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
16. After I ----------- (find) the wallet full of money, I immediately---------
(go) to the police and ------------- (turn) it in.
17. The doctor------------------- (say) that Tom------------------ (be) too sick to
go to work.
18. Sebastian--------------- (arrive) at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM,
but she -------------- (not be) there. She--------------- (study) French in the
library.
19. A: I-------------- (call) you last night, but you----------- (not be) there.
B: I------------- (work) out at the fitness center.
20. I------------------- (watch) a mystery movie on TV when the electricity
----------- (go) out. Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends.
Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense:
- It was such a day yesterday. It ---------------- (keep) raining all day. I
----------------- (queue) to take the bus down town when someone
--------------- (put) his hand inside my purse. Quickly I
------------------- (grab) my purse and started --------------- (strike) him on
the head. However, I ----------------- (discover) it was my brother, Johnny
playing a trick on me!! Ever since that day, Johnny has never tried to scare
me again.
- Hi, I’m back in England. I haven’t told you about our visit to Paris
yet. We ------------------ (enjoy) ourselves tremendously. It is really one of
the most exciting places I have ever visited in the whole world. We
--------------- (stay) there for a week. If your brother -------------------
(think) of going there, I ----------------- (be) pleased to be his guide. He has
never been to Paris, hasn’t he?

Put the verbs in the Present simple, present continuous or Present

Perfect:
1. We bought this picture a long time ago. We ---------------- (have) it
for ages.
2. Sarah finds her mobile phone very useful. She ------------- (use) it all
the time.
3. Vickey doesn’t know where her watch is. She ----------- (lose) it.
4. We’re in the middle of decorating our kitchen, so we can’t cook any
meals. We ---------------- (get) them from a take-away restaurant this
week.
5. Claire is on a skiing holiday. She ------------------ (enjoy) it, she says
on her postcard.
6. The colour of this paint is absolutely awful. I ------------- (hate) it.
7. These figures certainly should add up. I ----------------- (check) them
several times already.
 8. Trevor and Laura like scrabble. They ---------------- (play) it most
evenings.
These flowers are dying. You ----------------- (not water) them for ages.
Put the verbs in the Past simple or Past Continuous:
1. My father --------------- (call) me when I ----------- (play) football.
2. We ----------------- (marry) in 1992.
3. The government ---------------- (win) the elections three years ago.
4. The players ------------------ (arrive) at night.
5. I --------------- (receive) many postcards at Christmas.
6. Last year, we always ----------------- (go) shopping on Saturdays.
7. When I --------------------- (arrive) Tom had already left.
8. The exams ----------------- (be) last week.
9. I ------------ (eat) so many chocolate eggs on Easter that I ---------------
(get) ingestion.
10.In July we ------------------ (have) a nice time at Mr. Smith´s.
11.While I -------------------- (have) a shower, Tim---------------- (call).
12.We ------------------- (eat) the main course when my father --------------
(break) a tooth.
13.I -------------- (not/ find) a taxi, so I -------------- (miss) the
performance.
14.Last summer I --------------- (go) to the swimming pool every
afternoon.
15.What ----------------------- (you/ do) when I ------------------------- (call)
you yesterday?
16.Tim ----------------- (look) through the shop window when the bus
------------------- (brake) to avoid an accident.
17.While you ------------------ (study) for your test I -----------------
(decide) to see the dolphins.
 18.The light ------------------ (go out) when we --------------- (go) to the
ground floor.
19.John ----------------------- (call) us to dinner when his brother Tom
--------------- (turn) up.

Put the verbs in brackets into the "Present Perfect" or "Past Simple":
1. I -------------------- (move) to Seattle in January. I -------------------- (live)
here for 3 months now. I -------------------- (live) in Canada from 1978 to
1980.
2. My friend -------------------- (live) in Seattle since 1990.
3. My teacher in my country was British. I -------------------- (study) with
her for 1 year.
4. Now my teacher is American. I -------------------- (study) with her since
the beginning of the quarter.
5. My father -------------------- (work) hard all of his life. (he is dead.)
6. My father -------------------- (work) hard all of his life. (He is alive.)
7. My friend works at Microsoft now, but before that, she --------------------
(have) a job with Boeing.
8. Since January, I -------------------- (have) a great job. I feel very lucky.
9. My parents -------------------- (like) my girlfriend since they met her.
Fill in the gaps with for or since:
1. The tiger has been asleep ---------------- half an hour.
2. Tony Nelson has hunted the man-eaters ---------------- fifteen years.
3. He’s hunted the man-eaters ------------- he was a boy.
4. He’s lived in the hills --------------- a very long time.
5. He hasn’t shot a tiger ----------------- September.
6. I’ve been here -------------- Saturday.
7. He’s lived there --------------- two years.
8. I’ve had my rabbit -------------- seven years.
9. I haven’t spoken to him --------------- ten o’ clock.
Put the verbs in brackets into the " Present Perfect" or " Past Simple"
and complete using "FOR" or "SINCE" :
1. Lucy------------------- (be) asleep ---------- about eleven hours.
2. I ------------- (live) here ---------------- January.
3. They-------------- (not, eat) meat ----------- they ------------- (see) that
film about farm animals.
4. My father ---------------- (be) married ---------------- twenty years now.
5. She ----------- (have) her car ------------ she -------------- (become) a
doctor.
6. I ------------(study) English ---------- three years before I --------(come)
here.
7. She -------------(become) more aggressive ----------- she--------------
(enter) politics.
8. I ----------- (know) Eleanor ----------- five years before she -------------
(start) this school.
9. I -------------- (not, play) tennis ---------- I ------------- (break) my arm.
10. I ----------- (get) married forty years ago. My husband and I -----------
(live) happily together ------------ then.
11. My father ----------- (leave) home ten years ago and he ---------- (not,
write) to us----------then.
12. His appearance -------------- (improve) considerably --------he --------
(grow) his moustache.
13. I ---------------- (see) my English teacher half an hour ago.
14. I ---------- (live) in Italy ---------- six months in 1998, but I -------------
(not, be) there --------------- then.
15. He is the greatest boxer I ------------------- (ever, know).
16. I ---------------- (teach) English ---------three years when I --------------
(be) in Saudi Arabia.
17. Someone ----------------- (build) the house ten years -------------- but I
don't know who ------- (live) in it --------------- then.
18. I ------------------ (drive) a car------------------- a longtime,
19. Ann ---------------- (have) a bad cold--------------the last few days.
20. Bill ----------------- (be) engaged lo Liz -------------- two years and then
he -----------(get) married to Jane.
21. They ----------------- (setup) this society ten years ago.
22. I ----------- (write) the postcards but I ------------ (not, post) them yet.
23. I ------------------- (not, see) her ------------------- I (graduate) from the
faculty of letters.
24. This is the first time I ------------------- (tell) you a lie.
25. The young man ------------- (never, be) to Rome, but he --------------
(read) a book about this city last year.
Put the verbs in the Past Simple or Present Perfect:
Tom: ------------- you ------------ (hear) the news about David?
Harriet: No. What ----------------------- (happen)?
Tom: He ------------------- (have) an accident. He was walking down
some steps. He ----------- (fall) and ------------- (break) his leg.
Harriet: Oh, how awful! When ------------ it --------------- (happen)?
Tom: Yesterday afternoon. Melanie ------------------ (tell) me about
it last night.
Harriet: Last night! --------- you -------- (know) about it last night, and
you --------------- (not/ tell) me!
Tom: Well, I --------------------- (not/see) you today, until now.
Harriet: I hope he’s all right. He -------------------- (have) lots of
accidents, you know. He --------------------- (do) the same
thing about two years ago.
CORONA VIRUS

Coronavirus is a newly discovered virus. It causes a disease called

Covid-19. In some parts of the world, it has made lots of people sick.
Corona is a Latin for crown, because under the microscope, these viruses
look like a crown with spikes ending in little blobs.
A lot of symptoms are similar to the flu. You may have dry and
itchy cough, fever, lots of sneezing and even hard to breathe. Most of people
who has gotten sick with this coronavirus have had a mild case. It means
you will not feel the disease. But, for people who are much older or who
already have health problems are more likely to get sicker with coronavirus.
If anyone gets sick and feels like they may have coronavirus, they
can immediately call their doctors and get help. If there is something we are
not sure about the information, confused or worried about, don’t be afraid to
ask someone we trust.
Here are some things you can do to protect yourself, family and
friends from getting sick:
1) wash your hands often using soap and water.
2) Sneeze into your elbows. It is believed that coronavirus spread through
little liquid from our lungs. If you sneeze into your elbows, you can prevent
germs for going far into the air.
3) Avoid touching your face. Don’t pick your nose. Don’t touch your mouth.
Don’t rub your eyes. They are the places where the virus enter our bodies.
Remember that this kind of virus can affect anybody. It doesn’t
matter where you come from or what country you are from. Don’t forget,
there are a lot of helpers out there who are working to protect us from the
virus. We can take a part by keeping our health and stay at home to stop the
virus spread to others.

Say TRUE or FALSE

1. Coronavirus causes a common flu. (............)
2. Under a microscope, the virus is look like a crown. (............)
3. The symptoms of disease by Coronavirus are different with the flu.
(............)
4. Older people will get more illness with coronavirus. (............)
5. We should call firefighter to get help from coronavirus. (............)
6. We should not touching our faces to avoid the virus. (............)
7. It is enough to wash our hands only by water. (............)
8. Staying at home is our part to stop the virus. (............)
9. The virus only affect people in Asia. (............)
Answer the following questions.
1. What is the text about?
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2. Why is it called coronavirus?

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3. What are the symptoms of flu?

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4. What will happen to older people when they have gotten the disease from
the virus?
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5. What should you do when you are confused about the virus information?
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6. Why should we sneeze into our elbows?

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7. Why should not we touch our faces?

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8. What can we do stop the virus to spread?

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