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Exercises 1
Exercises 1
3) I didn’t understand the accent when I first moved here but I quickly … it.
a) got used to it b) used to c) is used to
7) Alex has been living in England for two years so he … on the left now.
a) used to drive b) used to driving c) is used to driving
10) We’ve got a new English teacher. She’s different from our former one. We
… her.
a) used to b) are getting used to c) not used to
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the correct past form of the verbs
(Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous):
1) Last night I … (dream) about going to the Moon.
2) When Jane … (see) me yesterday, I … (cross) the street.
3) My dad … (paint) the living-room for two hour before my brother …
(come) to help him.
4) Nora … (lie) in a hammock while Phil … (weed) the garden.
5) As Claire … (dust) the furniture, she … (break) her mum’s vase.
6) Mr. Roberts … (work) in the company for six years before it … (go)
bankrupt.
7) The alarm clock … (not, ring) yesterday morning and I … (be) late for
work.
8) Yesterday at this time, Karen … (write) a letter of application to the
manager of L’Oreal.
9) We … (never, see) the Pyramids before our trip to Egypt in 2005.
10) They … (wait) for more than an hour before Lady Gaga …
(appear) on the stage.
11) Where … (you, spend) your last winter holidays?
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences with the correct present form of the
verbs (Present Simple, Present Cntinuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect
Continuous):
1) George … (sprain) his wrist and he can’t write now.
2) Where … (you, be)? We … (wait) for you since three o’clock.
3) What time … (the library, open) on weekdays?
4) In my class there are children who … (never, travel) abroad in their lives.
5) I … (usually, walk) home from school but today my friend’s mum …
(give) me a lift.
6) A: … (Laura, ever, act) in a school play?
B: As far as I know she … .
7) She … (not, get) up yet. She … (not, work) today so she can stay in bed
longer.
8) It … (rain) all day. We can’t go outside to play in the gatden.
9) Rita … (type) letters for two hours. She … (already, type) four.
10) A: Where … (you, keep) your toys?
B: In a wicker basket.
11) Tommy … (lose) his keys. He’s furious about it.
Exercise 4.