Gramm

PRESENT TENSE ar REVIEW

Complete the text

CONTINUOUS Review with the PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT
form of the verbs in brackets.

I ’m sitting (sit) on the bus on my way to meet my friend Libby. We’re in a traffic jam and the
bus 1___________________ (not move). Libby’s just sent me a text to say that she’s with our
friend Julian, and they 2___________________ (wait) for me in our favourite café. We
sometimes 3______________________(meet) up on Saturdays to go shopping together.
4
Julian says that he _____________________ (not like) shopping, but he usually
5
_____________________ (buy) at least one new thing. I don’t mind walking round the
shopping centre to see what’s new in the shops, but I 6__________________ (think) that
nowadays people spend far too much time and money shopping. We really
7
_______________________ (not need) that many clothes.

Choose the best way (a or b) to complete the sentences.

> Where did you find that DVD? I’ve …

a been looking for it for ages. ✓
b looked for it for ages.
1 Sally’s really nervous. She hasn’t …
a been going abroad before.
b been abroad before.
2 Jim’s my best friend. We’ve …
a been knowing each other since primary school.
b known each other since primary school.
3 The weather is awful. It’s …
a been raining for hours and there’s no sign of it stopping.
b rained for hours and there’s no sign of it stopping.
4 My bedroom is still a mess, even though I’ve …
a been tidying it all day.
b tidied it all day.

5 Have you always …

a been wanting to be a doctor?
b wanted to be a doctor?
PRESENT PERFECT WITH TIME EXPRESSIONS

Order the words to make PRESENT PERFECT sentences and add FOR or SINCE in the correct
place.

> last/haven’t/Tim/Friday/seen/They
They haven’t seen Tim since last Friday.
1 over/that/twenty/we’ve/in/years/house/lived
___________________________________________________________________.
2 contact/I’ve/to/the/been/weekend/trying/Mark
___________________________________________________________________.
3 half/been/they’ve/hour/talking/an
___________________________________________________________________.
4 my/she/made/started/sister/a lot/school/has/of friends
___________________________________________________________________.
5 there/long/you’ve/sitting/time/a/been
___________________________________________________________________.

Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

> Has Simon ever/yet/still had a girlfriend?

1 I hope you’re not too hungry. I haven’t finished cooking dinner ever/yet/already.
2 Dad’s not here. He’s never/still/just left for work.
3 The teacher is going to be really angry with them because they just/already/still haven’t
finished their school project.
4 It’s only half past ten and we’ve still/never/already finished our homework and tidied our
bedrooms.
5 ‘Do you know how to play this game?’ ‘No, I’ve never/just/ever played it before.’
REVIEW: TENSES AND VERB FORMS

Choose the correct alternative to complete the text.

Richard Branson
Today, Virgin is/was an international company which 1employs/is employing around
60,000 people. The man behind Virgin is Richard Branson. He 2didn’t do/hasn’t done
very well at school. However, by the time he was 20, he 3opened/had opened a record
store on London’s main shopping street and he 4ran/was running his own record
company. Since then, Branson 5has set up/set up an airline company, a mobile phone
company and a travel company. And in 2000, he became Sir Richard Branson when he
6
knighted/was knighted by the Queen. Now he 7turns/is turning his attention to space
travel. He hopes that it 8won’t be/isn’t going to be long before tourists 9can/could travel
in space with Virgin Galactic.

Correct each sentence by adding, removing or changing one word.

> You mustn’t to try to get off the bus while it’s moving.
1 What would you do if someone offers you a job abroad – would you accept it?
2 Sandra must have disappointed when she got her exam results.
3 I was surprised when my uncle offered teach me how to drive.
4 Can you imagine win the lottery and never having to work again?
5 If you’ll have $250,000, you can buy a ticket for one of Virgin Galactic’s first flights into
space.
6 In a few years from now tourists be taking trips into space.
NARRATIVE TENSE REVIEW

Complete the sentences with the PAST SIMPLE or PAST PERFECT form of the verbs in brackets.

> They weren’t (not be) hungry because they ’d already eaten (already/eat).
1 We __________________ (not get) to the station until after the train ___________________
(leave).
2 He __________________ (see) the film before and he ________________________ (not
want) to watch it again.
3 I was on the bus when I ________________ (realise) that I _____________________ (forgot)
to pack my trainers for football practice.
4 You ____________________ (already/go) to bed by the time I _______________________
(arrive) home.
5 Martha _________________ (be) sure that she ______________________ (meet) Kate’s
brother before.

Tick (✓) the sentences where the PAST SIMPLE and the PAST CONTINUOUS are used correctly.
Correct the wrong sentences.

> ✓ I didn’t sleep very well because my neighbours were having a party.
1 ___ The police were stopping the burglar as he was running away.
2 ___ Was it raining heavily when you left the library?
3 ___ Eliza was cold because she didn’t wear a jumper.
4 ___ I had a great dream when my alarm clock woke me up.
5 ___ The teacher was talking to the students when we were arriving.

Choose the correct alternative.

> My uncle ’s worked/worked in the same company for seven years. He loves his job.
1 Has/Did anything like this ever happened/happen to you before?
2 We haven’t seen/didn’t see Carla for ages. She’s really busy with her tennis training.
3 Why didn’t you wait/haven’t you waited for me after class?
4 I ’ve just done/just done all my homework and I’m really tired.
5 Where are they? They ’ve finished/finished school ages ago.
Complete the text with suitable NARRATIVE tenses.

Have you ever had (ever have) one of those days where nothing goes right? I had one
yesterday. First of all, I 1__________________________ (not wake up) until eight
o’clock. Then, when I 2___________________________ (have) breakfast, I spilt coffee on
my shirt. Luckily, I 3___________________________ (not miss) the school bus, but while
I 4____________________________ (chat) to my friends on the bus, I suddenly realised
that I 5 _________________________ (leave) my homework on the kitchen table. I told
the teacher what I 6________________________ (do), but she 7____________________
(not believe) me. It’s the second time I 8____________________ (be) in trouble this
week – and it’s only Wednesday!
REVIEW: TIME EXPRESSIONS, PRONOUNS AND LINKERS

Choose the correct alternative.

> I’ll phone you as soon as/until/while the film finishes.

1 He’s wanted to be a pilot as soon as/since/for he was very young.
2 He worked in a hotel since/while/ago he was studying.
3 She’s been training for a half-marathon since/past/for three months.
4 We started studying Japanese two years ago/yet/past.
5 They won’t get the exam results past/as soon as/until the end of June.
6 Have you passed your moped test yet/until/while?

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

where whose which why who when that

> You’ll always regret the things that you didn’t do.
1 I don’t know __________ James didn’t past his driving test.
2 Success is something __________ you should work for, not wait for.
3 One of the people __________ I admire the most is my friend, Lyn.
4 Many times, __________ things are difficult, you might feel like success is impossible to
achieve.
5 Can you remember __________ you bought that book about Richard Branson?
6 The French girl, __________ name I’ve now forgotten, said she’d met the president.

Tick (✓) the correct sentences. Correct the others.

> ✓ Steve Jobs was a very successful man.

1 ___ They’re such rich that they don’t have to work now.
2 ___ It’s very difficult to find the job of your dreams.
3 ___ They told him he was so young to get a job.
4 ___ I don’t think I’m enough clever to go to university.
5 ___ You have very a lot of good ideas.
REVIEW: QUESTION FORMS

Order the words to make questions, omitting one word.

> were/have/long/working/here/been/you/how
How long have you been working here?
1 UK/the/person/when/richest/who/the/is/in
_______________________________________________________________________?
2 Alexander Fleming/antibiotic/was/of/by/which/discovered
_______________________________________________________________________?
3 leaves/going/when/do/is/will/he/he/what/to/school
_______________________________________________________________________?
4 lots/do/of/have/what/you/money/would/if/you/had
_____________________________________________________________________?
5 think/I/applying/you/to/apply/do/should/university
____________________________________________________________________?

Write questions for the underlined part of the answers.

> Have you finished all of your exams?

No, I haven’t finished all of my exams.
1 __________________________________________________________________________?
Yes, I’m looking forward to leaving school.
2 __________________________________________________________________________?
I’ve been a student here for six years.
3 __________________________________________________________________________?
I’ve decided to go to Liverpool University.
4 __________________________________________________________________________?
I’m going to move to Liverpool in September.
5 __________________________________________________________________________?
In ten years’ time, I’ll be running my own company.
REVIEW: TRANSFORMATIONS

Tick (✓) the correct transformations. Correct the others.

> I regret not working harder at school.

✓ I wish I’d worked harder at school.
1 Sam said to me, ‘What do you think I should do?’
___ Sam asked me what I thought I should do.
2 We came to England a few months ago.
___ We’ve been in England for a few months.
3 I haven’t got any money because I haven’t got a job.
___ I’d have some money if I’d have a job.
4 They don’t make iPods in the USA.
___ iPods don’t make in the USA.
5 Tom lives next door. He works in a cafe.
___ Tom, who lives next door, works in a cafe.

Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets.

> Virgin employs thousands of people. (by)

Thousands of people are employed by Virgin.
1 I didn’t do well in my exams. (I wish)
__________________________________________________________________________
2 It wasn’t a good idea for us to arrive late. (we shouldn’t)
__________________________________________________________________________
3 ‘I’m going to study maths at university.’ (she said)
__________________________________________________________________________
4 This computer is too slow for my work. (not … enough)
__________________________________________________________________________
5 Pete said that he hadn’t been rude to his boss. (denied)
__________________________________________________________________________