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EXERCISES
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Read the paragraph. Choose the best word for each space.
My name (0) B David Jackson. I (1) ______ in an office in the city. I (2) ______ work at 9.00
and usually (3) ______ at 4.30. I sometimes (4) ______ lunch with my friend, Karen. She works
in the same office as me. We always (5) ______ to the same caf. I (6) ______ a sandwich and
Karen (7) ______ hamburger. We both (8) ______ coffee with our lunch. After lunch Karen and
I often (9) ______ for a walk in the park, but we always (10) ______ back at the office by 2.00.
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A are
B is
C am
A work
B working
C works
A starts
B start
C started
A finishes
B finishs
C finish
A eats
B eaten
C eat
A goes
B go
C gone
A has
B having
C have
A has
B having
C have
A drinks
B drink
C drinking
A going
B go
C goed
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A arrive
B arrives
C arrived
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Change the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
For dinner, my sister (eat) ate pizza, but I (have) had soup.
When the class (finish) ________________ , the teacher (drive) ________________ home.
Yuki (listen) ________________ to the radio when the phone (ring) ________________ .
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Mr. Jones (find) ________________ some money when he (clean) ________________ the
cupboards.
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Read the paragraph. Choose the best tense for each space.
My grandfather (0) C to the same school as me. He (1) ______ to our school last week to talk to
the class about what it (2) ______ like in the old days. He (3) ______ he (4)______ the names of
all his teachers. One of them still teaches at the school.
He (5) ______ art and music, but now he only teaches music. As he (6) ______ , he
(7) ______ us pictures of his school friends. He (8) ______ us that the boys
(9) ______ only football, but now we play basketball as well. He thinks things
(10) ______ better in the old days.
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A goes
B was going
C used to go
A comes
B came
C was coming
A was being
B is
C was
A said
B says
C was saying
A remembered
B remembers
C was remembering
A is teaching
B used to teach
C teaches
A talks
B is talking
C was talking
A is showing
B showed
C was showing
A told
B is telling
C tells
A play
B were playing
C used to play
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A are
B were
C used to
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I havent got any plans. I dont know what I will do/am doing next month.
Mary has just told me. She will/is going to have a baby.
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I havent got any plans. I dont know what I will do/am doing next year.
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Michelle has just told me. Her sister is going to/will have a baby.
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REVISION
Underline the most suitable word(s) in each sentence.
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I used to eat/was eating cakes and sweets all the time when I was young.
When I arrived at the theatre, the play already started/had already started.
Roberta, how nice to see you! I havent seen/didnt see you for ages!
While I walked/was walking through the park, I saw something very strange.
By this time next year Ill be/Ill have been a member of the film society for ten years.
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