1.

Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets: Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple

1.The weather around here ________________ terrible in the last few weeks. (BE)

2. Maria ________________ her suitcase last night. (PACK)

3. I ____________________ volleyball since I was a teenager. (NOT PLAY)

5. How long ____________________ that camera? – About a month. I ____________________ it

because it was on sale just before Christmas. (YOU HAVE, BUY)

6. _______________________ last week's magazine? – It must be here because I ________________ it on

Monday. (YOU SEE, BUY)

7. The books you ordered ____________________. The delivery service ____________________

them an hour ago. (ARRIVE, BRING)

8. The Queen ____________________ her two-week tour through Australia yesterday. (START)

9. The plane from New York _________________. The passengers are getting out. (JUST LAND)

11. I ____________________ a cold in school a few days ago and ____________________ ill ever since.
(CATCH, BE)

13. Prices ____________________ up last year, but they ____________________ by 8% already this year.
(NOT GO, INCREASE)

14. I'm so tired. I ____________________ all the way to the underground station. (WALK)

15. We ____________________ home from our holidays and getting ready to settle in. (JUST COME)

16. She ____________________ in London for three years. However, when her mom __________ , she
____________________ to Leeds and ____________________ there ever since. (LIVE, DIE, MOVE, LIVE)

17. Dusty ____________________ a match so far this year. He is more successful than last year, when he
____________________ the first three matches. (NEVER LOSE, LOSE)

83. Gap fill sentences – SPORT

Referee - season - amateurs - stadium - season - contest - tournament - players - captain -

coach - league - team - victory - defeat - medal - skills

1.The Olympic ...............can hold 80,000 people.

2. There are eleven players in a football ................

4. The ...............organized all of our training.

6. There was a ...............to see who was the strongest man.

7. The team played badly which led to a big ................

8. Our team is bottom of the ................

9. The British football ...............begins in August and ends in May.

10. I was the ...............of the school football team.

11. His brother had great football ................

12. Wimbledon tennis ...............is held every June.

13.She won gold ...............at the Olympics.

15. The ...............had problems controlling the teams.

17. Phoenix managed a 135-114 ...............over Denver.

18. The competition was only open to ................

2 Cambiar el Verbo. Future tenses.

Entre paréntesis se te da un verbo en su forma simple, debes cambiar este verbo al tipo correcto de futuro en
inglés guiándote del contexto de la oración.

1. The plane _________________ (depart) at 9:00.

2. I promise I __________________ (study) for the exam after the game.
3. I ____________________ (not/work) tomorrow because I have a doctor's appointment.
4. We _____________ (play) football this weekend. Do you want to join us?
5. The concert ________________ (start) at 10pm.
6. I _____________________________ (clean) my room after school.
7. _________________ you ________________ (go) to the party on Saturday?
8. ________ you _______________ (help) me with my homework?

Fill in the correct form of the past tense. Past simple vs past continuous.

1. I ________________ my old friend in town the other day. He ________________ to ignore me and
________________ somewhere else. (SEE, SEEM, LOOK)

2. The teacher ________________ a photo of us while we ________________ up the tree. (TAKE, CLIMB)

3. We ________________ Martha at the airport last week. She ________________ for the arrival of her sister
while we ________________ to New York. (MEET, WAIT, TRAVEL)

4. He ________________ exam papers when I ________________ him. (CORRECT, VISIT)

5. A man ________________ on the road while I ________________ my bike. Luckily, I

________________ not to crash into him. (FALL, RIDE, MANAGE)

6. I haven't seen him for ages. When I last ________________ him, he ________________ for a new job.
(SEE, LOOK)

7. While the two teams ________________ up everyone ________________ a flag. It ________________ a

very emotional moment. (WARM, WAVE, BE)

8. "What ___________________ when I ________________ to your place yesterday evening?" – "I

________________ the baby". (YOU DO, COME, FEED)

9. "Why ___________________ out last night?" – "I ________________ too tired and ______________ to
stay at home." (YOU NOT GO, BE, DECIDE)

10. The policeman asked me, " How fast ________________ when you ________________ the old lady in
front of you?" (YOU DRIVE, SEE)

11.. Mom ________________ dinner when we ________________ home from football practice.
(PREPARE, GET)

12. When I ________________ young, I always ________________ to be a pilot. (BE, WANT)