Complete with FOR or SINCE

1. He has been here ______________ a long period.

2. She has lived in New York ______________ six years.
3. They have worked ______________ 1995.
4. Linda has been on holidays ______________ six weeks.
5. He has been learning French ______________ eight months.
6. The weather has been awful ______________ the beginning of the year.
7. They have been married ______________ a long time.
8. I haven't seen her ______________ ages.
9. She has got that job ______________ March, 18th.
10. He has put on weight ______________ the end of last year.
11. I have been well paid ______________ I joined that firm.
12. Kevin has been playing ______________ two hours.
13. She has been singing ______________ ten o'clock.
14. I have been waiting for you ______________ ten minutes.
15. Mike has been hired ______________ a six month period.
Complete with PAST SIMPLE or PRESENT PERFECT
1. Last summer I ___________________ (spend) a nice afternoon with a friend; we ___________________ (go) to
the cinema
2. I ______________________ (meet) my friend Jenny at university and we ________________________ (remain)
friends ever since.
3. I ________________________ (buy) a new dress this morning. Look!
4. Uncle Jimmy _________________________ (come) to stay with us last month; it was very nice.
5. Look at that man! He can't stand up because he _______________________ (drink) too much champagne.
6. I ____________________________ (study) Philosophy for a few years and I think it is a real advantage in life. I'm
still learning Philosophy.
7. That poor old man _______________________ (work) hard all his life
8. I ___________________________ (travel) a lot, but I __________________________ (never/be) to the USA.
9. He has worked hard for 3 years and he is proud because he _________________________ (pass) his exam.
Complete with the FIRST
1. If you __________________________ (eat) greasy food, you ______________________________ (become) fat.
2. If your sister _________________________ (go) to Paris, she _______________________ (have) a good time.
3. If he ___________________________ (do) that, he __________________________ (be) sorry.
4. If I __________________________ (leave) now,I _________________________ (arrive) in New York by 8:00 PM
5. You ________________________ (not/do) well on your test if you ____________________________ (not/study).
6. They _____________________________ (not/know) the truth if you ________________________ (not/tell) them.
7. If I ______________________________ (bake) a cake, _____________________________ (you/have) some?
8. If he ____________________________ (call) you, _____________________________ (you/answer) the phone?
9. If you _____________________________ (not/go) to the party I ______________________ (be) very upset.
10. If you ________________________ (get) a haircut you ________________ (look) much better.

Complete with WILL or MIGHT

She studied a lot for the exam and she always gets 10s, so she __________________ pass the exam
Mike __________________ talk to his boss. I'm sure of this!
Our parens __________________ let us go to the concert, but I'm not sure
I don't know why Stephanie is not eating with us. She ____________________ (not) be hungry
If we continue destroying the planet, polar bear ________________ become extinct soon
It's raining a lot and he's outside without an umbrella. He _________________ be sick tomorrow
Complete with CAN, COULD or WILL BE ABLE TO
1. Do you think we _______________________ park over here?
2. He _______________________ (not) do that exercise tomorrow.
3. He _______________________ help me if I had a ladder.
4. Michael _________________________ play in a jazz-band next weekend. He's very excited
5. _______________________ you taste the garlic in this stew?
6. Last year she __________________ go to the cinema every weekend, but this year she ___________________
7. _______________________ you understand what he said?
8. If you lent me that laptop I _______________________ fix it.
9. I don't think he _______________________ win the next competition.
10. Listen! We _______________________ hear a train in the distance.