EXAMEN TIEMPOS VERBALES

NAME
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the present simple or present
continuous.
Kim usually visits (visit) her cousins at
the weekend.
At the moment Linda is working (work) as a motorcycle courier.
1 Tom often
(not go) to the Cyber caf.
2 Excuse me. you
(know) how to get to
Church Street?
3 What you
(listen to)?
4 Juan (work) for the Iberia airline. Hes a pilot.
5 In the summer, the sun (rise) at five oclock in the morning.
6 I (not like) my gym. I
(not get) fit fast enough!
7 Tom and I (go) to the beach this weekend.
2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the past simple or past
continuous.
Peter was driving (drive) home when he saw
(see) the accident.
1 I (watch) TV when the phone
(ring).
2 He (wear) sunglasses when I
(meet) him.
3 She (fall) asleep while she
(do) her homework.
4 The pop star (sing) when the
lights (go out).
5 It (start) to rain when we
(walk) on the beach.
3 Complete the conversations. Use the correct form of will or going to.
1 Ive decided to go to university.
Really? Which subject you
(study)?
2 Do you think that computers (control) our lives in the future?

No, of course not!

3 Why are you wearing a tracksuit?
I (play) tennis in the park
with David.
4 Its very cold in here.
Yes, youre right. I (close) the window.
5 That woman looks very pale.
Yes, I think she (faint).
6 Why are you turning on the radio?
I (listen) to the news.
7 I cant work out this maths problem.
I (help) you with it.
4 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the future perfect simple or the
future continuous.
1 This time next week we (ski) in the French Alps.
2 Greg is taking a year off to travel. By the
end of next year he (visit) seven countries.
3 What will you be doing this time tomorrow?
I (take) my English exam.
4 Dont come round at six oclock. I
(still / do) my homework.
If you want to come round at seven, you can.
I (finish) it by then.
5 Jill has accepted a job abroad. This time next
month she (work) in Paris.
6 Next year, I (live) in this house for ten years.
5 Present Perfect Simple Partculas
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Theyve already / yet visited Venice.

Have you ever / never seen a ghost?
Has she finished work just / yet?
Theyve been married for / since October.
Lucy has worked in the circus since / for she was a child.
David has just / yet got back from holiday.

6 Complete the newspaper extracts. Use the correct form of the present perfect
simple or past simple.
Last night a massive tidal wave 1
(hit) the coast of Mexico. Over 5,000 people
2
(already / lose) their homes.

Yesterday a girl 3 (hand in) a

briefcase containing 100,000 to the police.
The girl found the briefcase at Euston
railway station.

The cost of living in Britain 4

(rise) again. Last year prices in British
supermarkets 5 (increase) by
more than five per cent.