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Present tense
Test it
1. Which description (1-5) fits each sentence (a-j)
1. A routine or habit
2. Something happening now
3. An official scheduled or timetabled event
4. A future personal arrangement
5. Something permanent or always true

a. David goes for a run every day. 1

b. I´m meeting George and Phil at the jazz concert. 4
c. Look! The dog´s digging a hole in your garden again. 2
d. She comes from Barcelona. 5
e. She´s playing tennis with John later. 4
f. The train leaves at 20:08. 3
g. We´re going out at eight thirty tonight. 4
h. If you put oil in water, it floats. 5
i. The film starts at seven exactly so don´t be late. 3
j. Ice melts in hot water. 5

a-1 b-4 c-2 d-5 e-4 f-3 g-4 h-5 i-3 j-5

2. Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple or continuous.
a. If I say I love you, I mean (mean) it!
b. Please be quiet. You are making (make) so much noise I can´t concentrate.
c. Sam is playing (play) a lot of football these days. He wants to get fit.
d. The rehearsal finishes (finish) at four so I´ll be back at half past.
e. Do you believe (you/believe) in life after death?
f. They speak (speak) Spanish and Catalan in Barcelona.
g. What Language is she speaking (she/speak)? I can´t understand what she´s saying!
h. Sid´s really clever. He understands (understand) quantum physics.
i. The sun sets (set) in the west.
j. What are you doing (you/do) later? Do you fancy going out?

Test it again
1. Choose the best option
Jackie: Lisa! Great to see you again, I a. don´t think (not/think) I´ve even spoken to you since
Richard´s wedding last month. How b. are you getting on (get on)?
Lisa: OK, thanks. What about you? c. Are you still going out (go out) with Jonathan?
Jackie: No, I´m not. He d. is going out (go out) with Carol now.
Lisa: I e. don´t believe (not/believe) it! Carol from the toyshop?
Jackie: Oh, no. This is a different Carol. She f. comes (come) from Brazil. She´s unbelievably
pretty and very nice. Look! She g. is standing (stand) over there nest to Julian.
Lisa: The one who h. is laughing (laugh)?
Jackie: Yes, that´s the one. Anyway, I i. am getting (get) used to the idea now. I can´t love
Jonathan if he j. doesn´t love (not/love) me, and after all there plenty of other nice men about.
2.Choose the correct quotation in each pair.
a. A I´m loving deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
B I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by Douglas Adams.

b. A I am never forgetting a face, but in your case I´ll be glad to make an exception.
B I never forget a face, but in your case I´ll be glad to make an exception, Groucho Marx.

c. A It´s not that I´m afraid to die. I´m just not wanting to be there when it happens.
B It´s not that I´m afraid to die. I´m just don´t want to be there when it happens, Woody
Allen.

d. A Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment.

B Coffee in England is always tasting like a chemistry experiment, Agatha Christie.

Present perfect or past simple?

Test it
1. Choose the best captions
a) Didn´t you do your homework yet?
Haven´t you done your homework yet?

b) Pete´s been to the shops. He´ll be back soon.

Pete´s gone to the shops. He´ll be back soon.

c) Did you ever eat snails?

Have you ever eaten snails?

d) We´re here since ten o’clock.

We´ve been here since ten o’clock.

e) No one´s seen. Lucky since three weeks.

No one´s seen. Lucky for three weeks.

f) I had a headache since I woke up this morning.

I have had a headache since I woke up this morning.

g) Have you called John yesterday?

Did you call John yesterday?

h) A plane just crashed over the Alps. More details follow later.
A plane has just crashed over the Alps. More details follow later.

i) When I was a child, I have ridden my bike to school.

When I was a child, I rode my bike to school.

j) I have never met my grandmother. She died before I was born.

I never met my grandmother. She died before I was born.
2. Match the statements.
a. Oh, no! I´ve just smashed a glass. 1. Sam´s not here.
b. I´ve already written fifteen emails. 2. I´m not at the office.
c. Did you go to Teotihuacan while you 3. I´m asking about your general
were in Mexico? experience of travelling.
d. I worked here last year. 4. Sam´s here
e. Sam´s gone out. 5. Look. The glass is broken.
f. I read five reports at work today. 6. I still work here.
g. I´ve worked here since 1999. 7. I´m still at the office.
h. I smashed a glass. I didn´t mean to. 8. I smashed it yesterday.
i. Have you ever been to Teotihuacan? 9. I´m asking about your holiday.
j. Sam´s been out. 10. Now I work somewhere else.
a-5 b-7 c-9 d-10 e-1 f-2 g-6 h-8 i-3 j-4

Test it again
1. Choose the best option.
a. Jim´s never seen/never saw this film. I´m sure he´ll like it.
b. Wow! Did you already do/Have you already done the housework?
c. They didn´t get/ haven´t got married in the end.
d. I haven´t been on holiday for/since ages.
e. Frances has been/gone to Jamaica. She´ll be back next month.
f. I live/ I´ve lived here for eight years.
g. The rabbit dug/has dug a hole in our garden last night.
h. A tornado has hit/hit north west America and several people were killed.
i. Hey look! Concorde´s just landed/just landed.
j. Ever since I was a child I wanted/I´ve wanted to go to Zanzibar.

2. Which description (1-4) fits each sentence (a-j)?

1. A recent action in the past with an effect in the present
2. A finished action in the past
3. An action which started in the past and is still going on now
4. A past action at an indefinite time in the past

a. I´ve never been to Tibet. 4

b. Stan has had that car for years. 3
c. We took the dog to the vet´s yesterday. 2
d. I´ve finished my homework at last. 1
e. Pete´s just finished painting the kitchen. 1
f. We had oysters and champagne last night. 2
g. They´ve known each other since they were kids. 3
h. Rick´s been to Malaysia several times. 4
i. Didn´t you see David last week? 2
j. Mireia´s just had a baby girl. 1

a-4 b-3 c-2 d-1 e-1 f-2 g-3 h-4 i-2 j-1
Present perfect simple or present perfect continuous?
Test it
1. Choose the best captions for the cartoons.
a. He´s been working all night
He´s worked all night.

b. I´ve always been knowing the dog was strange

I´ve always known the dog was strange

2. Choose the best option.

a. At last! I´ve solved/been solving the problem.
b. Jack has been trying/tried to get his book published for ages but so far no one has said
“Yes”.
c. So, what have you done/been doing recently? Anything interesting?
d. My friend has been buying/bought a new car. It looks great.
e. I´ve never believed/been believing in ghosts or witches or fairies.
f. Fantastic news! They´ve been agreeing/agreed to buy the house!
g. You look well. Have you been taking/taken more exercise recently?
h. The children are tired because they’ve played/been playing all day.
i. Have you swum/been swimming? Your hair looks wet.
j. Oh, there you are! I´ve looked/been looking for you everywhere!

Test it again
1. Find the correct sentences in each pair.
a. You´re wet! What have you been doing?
b. You´re wet! What have you done?

c. I´ve never understood maths.

d. I´ve never been understanding maths.
 e. He´s tired because he´s run.
f. He´s tired because he´s been running.

g. I´ve been walking then kilometers!

h. I´ve walked then kilometers!

i. Sorry I´m late. How long have you waited?

j. Sorry I´m late. How long have you been waiting?

2. Complete the dialogue. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets. If two forms are possible,
write both.
Sarah: Wow, it a. have been (be) very busy in the shop this morning, hasn´t it?
Kim: Yes. I b. have been putting (put) new stock on the shelves since I got here. There c. hasn´t
been (not/be) a quiet period at all. The phone in the office d. has been ringing (ring) every two
minutes, so I e. have been answering (answer) that and I f. have been trying (try) to answer all
the emails that the customer services department g. have been sending/ have sent (send) me!
Sarah: Yes, I know how you feel. It´s incredible! I h. have written (write) replies to twenty
emails. And I i. have been serving/ have served (serve) all the customers that j. have come
(come) in today.

Since, for and ago

Test it
1. Find the incorrect sentences
a. This is the first time I ate crab.
This is the first time I have eaten crab.

b. No one has been in this house for years.

c. Harry and Sally have known each other since two weeks.
Harry and Sally have known each other for two weeks.

d. I´ve been to Egypt nearly twenty years ago.

I went to Egypt nearly twenty years ago.

e. It´s two tears since my rabbit has died.

It´s two tears since my rabbit died.

f. He´s been working here since three months.

He´s been working here for three months.

g. Hey! Watch out! That´s the third time you trod on my toe.
Hey! Watch out! That´s the third time you have trodden on my toe.

h. Peter and Katy met at the school reunion. They hadn´t spoken to each other since 1990.
 i. We´ve been in love with each other for years and years.

j. Ten years ago, an old woman tived here with her three cats.

2. Complete the sentences. Use ago, for or since.

a. Mike´s had that old car for eight years.
b. I last spoke to Tim two weeks ago.
c. “How long have you been waiting?” “Since half-past two”.
d. I´ve felt much better since I started going for walks.
e. That film was made over twenty years ago.
f. This is the first time I´ve seen you since the wedding.
g. Nick has been working for hours. He must be tired.
h. Have you put on weight since you stopped smoking?
i. No one´s seen Simon for three weeks.
j. I went to the Sinai many years ago, when I was still a student.

Test it again
1. Answer the questions. Use for or since and the words in brackets.
a. How long have you been seeing Jason? (Two months)
For two months.

b. How long have you owned your flat? (1999)

Since 1999.

c. How long have they been here? (a couple of days)

For a couple of days.

d. How long has John been working there? (Two years)

For two years.

e. How long have they been on holiday? (last Saturday)

Since last Saturday.

f. How long has the shop been open? (nine o´clock)

Since nine o´clock.

g. How long have you been waiting? (an hour)

For an hour.

h. How long have you been studying English? (last autumn)

Since last autumn.

i. How long has he had his dog? (September)

Since September.

j. How long have you known Tony? (Christmas)

Since Christmas.
2. Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. More than one tense may be possible.
a. This is the second time I have been (be) here.
b. Many years ago, I saw (see) the Taj Mahal. I´ve never forgotten it.
c. It was at least two years since we had spoken (speak) to each other.
d. Have you studied (you/study) English for a long time?
e. Shakespeare died (die) a very long time ago.
f. Have you written (you/write) any more poems since I last saw you?
g. It has rained (rain) since Saturday morning and I´m fed up with it.
h. Tom and Louise were married (marry) for ten years.
i. I had (have) a terrible headache for three days and then it went.
j. I have had (have) a headache since I woke up.

The future
Test it
1. Find and incorrect the mistake in each speech bubble.
a. If it´ll rain on Saturday, we´ll stay at home.
If it rains on Saturday, we´ll stay at home.

b. Jane can´t meet you tonight because she´ll babysit for Sarah and Mike.
Jane can´t meet you tonight because she´s babysitting for Sarah and Mike.

c. I´m stopping eating all sugary things tomorrow.

I´m going to stop eating all sugary things tomorrow.

d. The plane takes off at 15;05 from Pisa and is landing at Heathroe.
The plane takes off at 15;05 from Pisa and lands at Heathroe.

e. Peter thinks his team is winning the match tomorrow.

Peter thinks his team is going to win the match tomorrow.

f. Kate´s pregnant. She´ll have a baby.

Kate´s pregnant. She´s going to have a baby.

g. My puppy is going to chew anything you give him. He destroys things all the time.
My puppy will chew anything you give him. He destroys things all the time.

h. I´ll go shopping. Do you want to come?

I´m going to shopping. Do you want to come?

2. Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

a. I think Japan will win (win) the World Cup.
b. When will you be (you/be) back home? Do you have any idea?
c. Look at those storm clous. It is going to rain (rain) most of the weekend.
d. I am going to buy (buy) my girlfriend a present. It´s her birthday on Tuesday.
e. That child never takes any exercise. He is going to be (be) very overweight.
f. The bank has announced that interest rales will fall (fall) next year.
g. The class starts (start) at nine and finishes at eleven.
 h. I am going to visit (visit) my Spanish friends soon. I´ve booked the ticket.
i. If you don´t stop that. I will call (call) the police.
j. I will help (help) you. I´m good with computers.

Test it again
1. Choose the best option.
a. I think I´m taking/I´ll take Fred to the doctor. He´s got a temperature.
b. Watch out! That ladder will/is going to fall on you.
c. Don´t lend Beatrice your toys. She´ll break/she´s breaking them.
d. Patrick´s going to/will read law at university.
e. We´ll go/we´re going out for a drink tonight. Do you fancy coming along?
f. If you don´t study, you´re failing/you´ll fail your exams.
g. David´s starting/going to start cycling to work. He wants to get git.
h. This time next week, I´ll be/I´m on the beach.
i. The ten o´clock news starts/will start in a minute.
j. Lucy and Jim will get married/are getting married on Saturday.

2. Find the correct sentence in each pair.

a. A You look tired. I´m washing up.
B You look tired. I´ll wash up.

b. A How old are you in 2035?

B How old will you in 2035?

c. A I can´t come next weekend. I´m working.

B I can´t come next weekend. I´ll work.

d. A Banks will win the election. I´m sure of it.

B Banks is winning the election. I´m sure of it.

e. A Please go to Gate 19. The plane is going to take off at 14:20.

f. B Please go to Gate 19. The plane takes off at 14:20.

3. Choose the best caption for the cartoon.

I´m going to be one of those when I grow up.

I´ll be one of those when I grow up.
I´m one of those when I grow up.