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1.fill in The Gaps With The Verbs in Bold in Present Simple, Present Perfect, Past Simple, Present Continuous

1. The document provides instructions for filling in gaps in sentences with verbs in different tenses, including present simple, present perfect, past simple and present continuous. 2. It also provides exercises for using the correct tense of verbs in brackets to complete sentences. 3. Further exercises involve filling in blanks with the correct forms of present, past and present perfect tenses, both simple and progressive. 4. Additional exercises include using tenses and verbs in brackets to complete sentences, and turning sentences into passive voice. The document contains grammar exercises for verb tenses and active/passive voice.

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1.fill in The Gaps With The Verbs in Bold in Present Simple, Present Perfect, Past Simple, Present Continuous

1. The document provides instructions for filling in gaps in sentences with verbs in different tenses, including present simple, present perfect, past simple and present continuous. 2. It also provides exercises for using the correct tense of verbs in brackets to complete sentences. 3. Further exercises involve filling in blanks with the correct forms of present, past and present perfect tenses, both simple and progressive. 4. Additional exercises include using tenses and verbs in brackets to complete sentences, and turning sentences into passive voice. The document contains grammar exercises for verb tenses and active/passive voice.

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Fill in the gaps with the verbs in bold in Present Simple, Present Perfect, Past Simple,
Present Continuous.
I ................................on this for long time. work
I..................................................... on this when they came. work
Have you heard the news? Bob........................................... an arm yesterday. break
People seldom.................................... arms. break
Tom ......................................an email now. write
He always ..................................email in the evening. write
How many emails............................................. today? write
Not many, she ............................................. just. begin
...................................................‘Enter the dragon’? you / see
No, I didn’t go when they................................... it in our cinema. Play

2.Use the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:


A.1. You can ............................(borrow) my car. I .....................(not/need) it at the moment.
2. He can't ...................(open) the door. He........................ (have) a shower.
3. Hurry up! The bus ................(come). I ...................................(not / want) to be late for school.
4. Oh, no! It ...................................(rain) again!
5. The shop.................. (open) at 9.00am and ..........................(close) at 10.00pm every day.
6. It........................ (rain) all day yesterday.
7. She .......................(not / eat) anything yesterday because she ...................(not / have) time.
8. My friend and........................ (live and work) in Portugal since 1998.
9. While they ....................(have) a picnic it .....................(start) to hail.
10. The Browns usually ...........................(spend) their holidays at the seaside but last summer
they ...........................(decide) to visit the Himalayas.
11. Listen! Somebody........................... (play) the violin.
12. He....................... (not/laugh) at the joke last night because he ....................(hear) it before.

B.Herbie loves trains ! He first __________________ (SEE) a train when he was five years old
and he __________________ (BE) absolutely fascinated. He __________________ (GO) to a
different train station every week and __________________ (WRITE) down the engine number
of every train he sees. He _____________________ (DO) this since he was seven. By the time
he left school he _____________________ (COLLECT) over 5000 different engine numbers
from all over the world. At one time, while he __________________ (STAND) at a station
he_____________ (SEE) something very strange. He __________________ (WAIT) for a train
for an hour when he suddenly __________________ (SEE) an old steam locomotive coming
down the tracks. It__________________ (NOT STOP) at the station and when it
__________________ (PASS) Herbie saw that all the passengers __________________
(WEAR) old-fashioned clothes.He told the station manager about this, but the manager said that
no steam locomotive___________________ (PASS) through the station for years, and that the
last one __________________ (CRASH) , killing everyone on board.
3.Fill in the correct forms: PRESENT, PAST and PRESENT PERFECT–Simple and
Progressive
1.What _________________ (Helen, do) for the last two hours ? -She _________________
(prepare) for next week’s meeting; she _____________(dust) the furniture now.
2.His sister ______________________ (be) in Australia six times and I
______________________ (be) there only twice.
3.We ______________________ (live) in Johannesburg since World War II and so far we
_____________ (never, intend) to leave the country, but the situation ______________________
(recently turn) so bad that we ______________________ (decide) to go back to Austria.
4.We must wake her . She ______________________ (sleep) for 15 hours.
5.I ______________________ (write) a book about Japan. I _______________ (just, finish).
6.How many customers ______________________ (Sally, call) last week ?
7.Some time ago Mr Pale ______________________ (ask) me to lend him some money.
8.Demonstrators ______________________ (block) the road for three hours.
9.When ______________________ (you, switch) on the light today ?
10.Could you go ? -I ______________________ (not can) answer the door because I
______________________ (have) a shower.

4. Use the tenses and verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. English .....................................(speak) all over the world. (Present tense)


2. This quarrel ...................................(forget) in a few years' time. (Future tense)
3. My pencil case............................. (steal). (Present perfect)
4. We .............................................(never / beat) at badminton. (Present perfect)
5. This shirt ..............................................(make) in France. (Past tense)
6. The dogs.................................... (keep) in the house. (Present tense)
7. Her new book ....................................(publish) next month. (Future tense)
8. Milk .........................................(use) to make butter and cheese. (Present tense)
9. They ................................(take) to school. (Past tense)
10. Not a sound ........................................(hear). (Past tense)
11. Some juice ............................(spill) on the carpet. (Present perfect)
12. The thieves .....................................(arrest) by the police. (Past tense)
13. The homework ...................................(correct) by the teacher. (Future tense)
14. Her ring ........................(find) under the bed. (Past tense)
15. I ..................................................(offer) an interesting job. (Past tense)

5. Turn into Passive Voice:


1.People eat 40 million hamburgers every day.
40 million hamburgers .............................every day.
2.People speak English all over the world.
English ........................................................all over the world.
3.Where did they invent gun powder ?
Where ..................gun powder........................ ?
4.The police didn't find the missing girl last weekend.
The missing girl......................................... last weekend.
Tourists don't visit this museum very often.
This museum................... very often.
Workers are building a new fun park in town.
A new fun park................................. in town.
When did they translate this book into English ?
When .................this book........................ into English ?
Women send thousands of emails to the star every month.
Thousands of emails.............................. to the star every month.
Sally brought me some fresh grapes.
I some fresh grapes by Sally.
Some dangerous looking men were following me the whole evening.
I the whole evening by some dangerous looking men.

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