Tenses review

I. Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in
parentheses.
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
1. Jim (watch) ________TV every evening.
2. The earth (revolve) _________ around the sun.
3. Please shut the windows. The rain (come) ________ in now.
4. I go to sleep easily when the radio (play) _________.
5. Mother (cook) __________ some food in the kitchen at the moment. She always (cook) _____ in the morning.
watches
revolves
is coming
is playing
is cooking
cooks
6. While her husband was in the army, Joyce (write) _____ to him twice a week.
7. She (study) _______ EL for two years, but she doesn`t study it now.
8. What were you doing at 8 o`clock last night?
- I (prepare) ____________ my English lessons.
9. She (do) _________ very little work recently.
10. Miss Clark (be) _________with this company for two years now.
wrote
studied
was preparing
has done
has been
11. As soon as he (save) _____________ five hundred thousand dollars, he will retire from business.
12. My brother (serve) ______ in the army from 1980 to 1983.
13. When I went back to the shop, they (sell) _________ the book I wanted.
14. The manager already (leave) _____________ for the conference by the time we got to the office.
15. Mr. Green (phone) ______ the Scotts after they had sold their house.
saves / has saved
served
had sold
had already left
phoned
16. How many countries they (visit) ______________ by March last year?
17. Will you have a drink? Or I (make) _________ you cup of tea?
18. At this time next week, all of you (sit) _____________ for your examination.
19. He told me that he (meet) __________ me at the airport the next time I came.
20. Be quiet! The baby (sleep) ________.
had they visited
will make
will be sitting
would meet
is sleeping
II. Put the verb in the correct tense.
Dear Miguel,
I thought you would like to know some of my news. I (arrive) _______ in London two weeks ago and now I (stay) _________ with a family in Paddington called the Boltons. They are very nice. Mrs. Bolton (work) ____ in a bank, but at the moment Mr. Bolton (not have) ____________ a job. He (do) _______ a course in business management which starts next month. I (have) _________a good time in London but the work is boring. I would like to change and find a job that`s a little more interesting. I think I (start) ________ looking soon.
arrived
am staying
works
doesn`t have
will do
am having
will start
I (travel) ____________ on the underground the other day when I (meet) _____ Pedro. Do you remember him? When we last (see) _____ him, he (work) ___________ for his father`s company. Now he (learn) __________ English at a private school here. We (see) _________ an art exhibition together this afternoon. I`m really looking forward to it.
I like London very much, but I (think) ______ it`s very expensive. Could you do me a favour? I need some more money. Of course I (pay) _______ you back when I (see) _____you.
Take care.
Lots of love,
Anna

was travelling
met
saw
was working
is learning
will see
think
will pay
see
2. My friends Paul and Ellen (return, just) _________________ from their holiday in Europe. Before they (leave) ______ New York, I (give) __________ them my brother`s address in Switzerland in the hope that they (visit) ___________ him and his family. When I (go) _____ to see them last Tuesday night, they told me how much they (enjoy) __________ travelling around Europe. They also (give) ______ me greetings from my brother and assured me that it (be) ___________ a great pleasure for them to meet my relatives.
have just returned
left
had given
would visit
went
had enjoyed
gave
had been
3.A friend of mine, Judith Nelson, (1) _________________ (presently, work) in the international sales division at an electronics firm. She ______________ (just, return) from a trip to Japan. She (3) ____ (be) asked to go there because she can speak Japanese. When she was a business student at Boston University, she (4) _______ (study) Japanese for four years. She (5) _____________ (never, have) the opportunity to use her Japanese until she (6) ______ (go) to Tokyo last month. While she was there, she (7) ______ (speak) Japanese every day and (8) ________ (enjoy) every minute of it.
is presently working
has just returned
was
studied
had never had
went
spoke
enjoyed
III. Complete the sentences with proper prepositions
1. Mary doesn`t agree _____ her mother.
2. That toy belongs ____ Billy.
3. Mrs. Smith cares _____ her children.
4. The family consists ____four people.
5. Children depend _____ their parents.
6. Your opinion differs ______ mine.
7. Mary dreams ___ getting married some day.
8. Everybody laughed ____ the dog`s tricks.
9. The children leave _____ school at 6:45.
with
to
for
of
on
from
of
at
for
10. The mother listened ____ the children`s story.
11. They`re very proud ____ their children.
12. My sister has just got engaged ____ her boyfriend.
13. Are you worried _______ your driving test?
14. You`re very good ____ explaining things.
15. Sydney in Australia is famous _____ its Opera House.
16. We`re getting really excited _____ our holiday.
17. I`m angry ______ all the mess you`ve made.
18. I`m not bad ____ chess.


to
of
to
about
at
for
about
about
at
19. We were surprised ____ the size of the house.
20. Who is responsible ______ breaking his window?
21. Are you jealous _____ his success.
22. I`m tired ____ doing the same thing every day.
23. We were tired ______ doing too much exercise this morning.
24. It was very nice _____ Simon to lend you the money.
25. She`s not very keen _____ tennis.
at
for
of
of
from
of
on
IV. Complete the following sentences with proper adjectives

1. They don`t appear __________ in buying a house.
2. Why are these two schools so ________ from each other.
3. Smoking is ________ to your health.
4. Is she ___________________________ about learning to be a pilot?
5. Are you ______________ with the works of Shakespeare?
interested
different
harmful
serious
excited
acquainted
confused
6. Please wait here. I`ll have some tickets ________ for you.
7. Why do you pay much attention to that matter? Is it _________ to you?
8. When he was a child, he was deprived of parental affection. Love was _______ from him.
9. The picture was so ______that I didn`t believe it has been drawn.
10. It is a ________ magazine and is published on the first day of the month.
available
important
absent
lifelike
monthly
V. Rewrite the following sentences which keep the meaning of the first ones.

1. There is a determination to overcome problems.
They are ______________________________.
2. They thought much about their work.
They gave a _____________________________.
3. Even children who are keen on a particular occupation often know little about their employment.
Even children to __________________________
___________________________________________
determined to overcome problems
great deal of thought to their work.
be keen on a particular
occupation often know little about their employment.
4. Millions of people in four continents use
English as the first language.
English ________________________________
_____________________________
5. When ASEM 5 was taking place, it was a place
to enjoy good food.
When ASEM 5 was taking place, it was a place
where _________________________________.
6. Nowadays everybody thinks much about the
victims of Agent Orange.
Everybody gives _________________________
___________________________________.
is used as the first language in four continents.
we could enjoy good food.
a great deal of thought
to the victims of Agent Orange.
7. When Tiger Cup takes place, it will be a good place for footballers to stay.
When Tiger Cup takes place, it will be a good place where_____________________________
8. You have no need of answering all the
questions in their order.
You don`t _____________________________ 9. Approximately 350 million people speak
English as their first language.
English
10. My sister has just passed the exam. So have
her friends.
Both my
footballers can stay.
need to answer all the questions ...
is spoken as the first language by ...
sister and her friends have just passed the exam.
VI. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
1. a. language b. Africa c. nation d. access
2. a. necessarily b. possession c. lecture d. regard 3. a. unreasonable b. easily c. speaker d. great
4. a. property b. scholarship c. foreign d. alone
5. a. particular b. private c. pilot d. provide 6. a. master b. regard c. scholarship d. part
7. a. person b. certain c. world d. other
8. a. great b. private c. trade d. plane
[æ]
[ei]
[æ]
[æ]
[i]
[ei]
VII. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets.
1. Are they ________ when they read the result? (satisfy)
2. He has suffered many _______________ in his new job. (disappoint)
3. These ___________ jobs are applied by many candidates. (attract)
4. They are not ________ good at their future work. (expect)
5. My grandmother _________ my grandfather.(live)
6. She couldn`t carry that luggage upstairs because it ______________ her. (weigh)
7. I won`t ________ your behaving in this way. (tolerance)
8. Sore throat is the ______________ disease of teachers. (occupy)
satisfied
disappointments
attractive
expected
outlived
outweighed
tolerate
occupational
9. Do you feel _______ to this kind of job? (attract)
10. He is _________ with his report on "the green Earth" (occupy)
11. The climate here is hot but ________. (tolerate)
12. He was __________ right when he said that the man was guilty. (reason)
13. They ___________ with the new workers yesterday. (disappoint)
14. Burning coal and oil releases other gases _________ to humans. (harm)
15. They seem __________ in their business. (success)
attracted
occupied
tolerable
reasonably
disappointed
harmful
successful
VIII. Finish the sentences with
adjectives ending - LESS
1.These people have nowhere to live. They`re_______
2.This tin opener doesn`t work at all. It`s _______ .
3. This food has no flavour at all. It`s __________ .
4. No trees can grow on that soil. It is _______.
5. Mr. and Mrs. Johns have no children. They are called a _________ couple.
homeless
useless
tasteless
treeless
childless