Fill in the correct forms: PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PRESENT PERFECT, PAST

SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS

1. His sister ___________has been___________ (be) in Australia six times and I _________have
been_____________ (be) there only twice.
2. We _________have lived____________ (live) in Johannesburg since World War II and so far we
________have never intended ______________ (never, intend) to leave the country, but the situation
_________has recently turned_____________ (recently turn) so bad that we ___________have
decided_/decided__________ (decide) to go back to Austria.
3. I ________have written (write) a book about Japan. I ______have just finished ________________
(just, finish).
4. How many customers ________did Sally call______________ (Sally, call) last week ?
5. Some time ago Mr Pale ________asked______________ (ask) me to lend him some money.
6. When ________did you switch______________ (you, switch) on the light today ?
7. Could you go ? - I _______can’t______________ (not can) answer the door because I _________am
having_____________ (have) a shower.
8. Who _________ broke/has broken_____________ (break) my ruler?
9. No, we ___________haven’t been___________ (not be) here before.
10. At present they ____have_________________ (have) no jobs.
11. Two men ________were chatting _____________ (chat) in the middle of the road when suddenly a
lorry ____________turned __________ (turn) round the bend. The driver ________stopped
______________ (stop) in time.
12. The grass _______looks_______________ (look) awful. I’m sure you ______haven’t
cut________________ (not cut ) it since June.
13. We _________went_____________ (go) to the circus yesterday. We __________ spent____________
(spend) a wonderful time there. I ________liked_____________ (like) the clowns best.
14. What ____do you want__________________ (you, want) me to do at our next meeting ?
15. ____Do you know__________________ (You, know) how long these trees _______have
been_______________ (be) here ? - Yes, they ____have been__________________ (be) here since the
end of the war.
16. What shall we do ? - The people ____are getting__________________ (get) very impatient.
17. _______Didn’t you meet_______________ (You, not meet) Mr Temple yesterday ? - Why ____do you
think__________________ (you think) I ______met________________ (meet) him ? - I
_______saw_______________ (see) him last Friday, but I ______haven’t seen________________ (not
see) him since then.
18. Can you help me? I______am looking________________ (look) for a job.
19. You have a nice dog. How long _____have you had_________________ (you, have) it ?