1. ............do you take a holiday? – Once a year A. When B. How long C. What time D. How often

2. It was a nice day, so we decided …………….. for a walk. A. going B. go C. to go D. went

3. Marie Curie ………………. Pierre Curie in the School of Physics in 1984 A. meet B. met C. had met D. meets

4. The peasant leads the ________ to the field every day A. horse B. dog C. buffalo D. animal 

put he verds in brackets into correct tense

if you ..want..(want) to see the highest waterfall in the world, you have to go to Venezuela . there, you .........(find) the AngelFalls-a spectacular sight . we........(go) there last year and we were very impressed. we ......(walk) in the countryside for about an hour when suddenly we .........(hear) the sound of water. as we ............(approach) the waterfall , we ...........(cannot) believe how loud the water was . it was the first time we ........(ever/see) a waterfall and if we had known how amazing it was, we ............(take) a video camera with us . we hope we ............(return) one day to see this wonder of nature again.

Give corrcct verb tenses

1. Your family (live).......... here from 2000 to 2015?

2. We (have) ............... dinner when he (come).

3. I (sit)............... down for a rest while the man (repair)............... the shoes.

4. How many times you (read).............. this novel?

5. When your father (start)........... taking up carving eggshells?

6. After we (do).......... all our work yesterday, we (go)........... out for dinner.

7. Think carefully. I'm sure you (remember)........... his name.

8. Mai (make).............. a dress at present. She (make)............. her own clothes.

9. She (miss) ............... the bus, so now she (have)............... to walk.

10. How long you (be)......... out of work? - I'm not out of work now. I just (start)................ a new job. - How you (find)........ the job?

11. I (phone)............. you twice yesterday and (get)........... no answer.

12. When i arrived, the lecturer (write)........... on the board.

13. As i (cross)........... the street, i (step)............ on a banana skin and (fall)............ heavily.

14. How you (damage)............ your car so badly? - I (run).............. into a lamp-post yesterday. - I suppose you (drive)......... too quickly at that time.

15. Tim, i can't believe how much you (change)............... since the last time i (see) ................ you. You (grow)............ at least a foot.

16. The man always (complain)............ about the weather. He finds it terrible.

17. We (not do)............ our task, so we can't hang out together.

18. The last time i (see)........... him in pubic he (wear)............... a grey suit.

19. We (walk)................. for 3 hours and are very tired.

20. It's high time that you (get)........... down to more serious work.

21. I (not have)........... much time for entertainment these days.

Give the correct form of the verbs:

1.Isn't it about time you should....(have) a rest?You...(look) tired.You...(dig)the garden for about four hours now.

2.It is predicted that by 2050 people...(set) foot on Mars and...(already/start)...(get) ready...(colonize) the planet.

3.Tom regrets ...(not ask) his father for advice.If only he...(tell) him about everything,he...(know) how...(act) in that difficult situation.

4.Yesterday I...(put) these files on the desk in my office.However,they...(disappear) and I have no idea where...(look) for them.Someone must...(take) them by mistake.

5.It was about ten p.m when the scouts...(reach) their destination.They...(walk) for more than twelve hours.

6.You should...(avoid)...(walk) in high grass.In case you...(bite) by a snake,make a serum injection to yourself.

7.In 1978,the man...(charge) with fraud.He...(spend) four years in prison before he...(release) in 1982.

8.''Who...(lead) the conference tomorrow?''

''Mr Hanks,our department manager,...(agree)...(stand) in for Mr hewitt while he's on sick leave''

9.We...(have) the windows in the sitting room insulated recently but it...(keep)...(blow) cold from outside.

10.As soon as the pond...(clean) and...(fill) with fresh water,we...(put) goldfish in it.

11.Although no offical report...(issue) as yet,the American runner...(believe)...(win) the race by a hair's breadth.

12.No till lats week...(we/know) that our daughter-in-law was pregnant.Imagine our hapiness when we...(learn) we...(be) grandparents.

13.None of the miners..(manage)...(escape) before the wall of coal went down.Some of them...(still/look) for my special emergency units.

14.Provided that the rain...(ease) off soon,we...(take) advantage of the possobility...(climb) to the very top of the moutain.

15.It was kind of you...(let) us know about all the changes in the tax law.If we...(not know) about them we...(make) mistakes in our tax declarations.

85. Many tourists (visit) that castle.
87. We have been waiting here for over half an hour and nobody (take) our order yet.
88. I think you’re right. He (walk) there at least twenty times.
89. The waitress probaly thinks we already (order).
90. Matt and sarah (have) some differnces in their relationship lately.
91. He (watch) this movie several times.
92. You ever (come) back your old school when you left ?
93. I and Jimy (become) close friends for 7 years.
94. That’s the best speech I ever (hear).
95. Julia (believe) in life on other planets for many years.
96. The gilf you gave me (matter) a lot to me.
97. There aren’t any buses because the drivers (go) on strike.
98. (You/have) enough to eat ? Yes, I (have) plenty, thank you.
99. She just (wash) that floor.
101. There (be) an increase in the price of petrol.
102. He (behave) badly towards his wife.
103. Poets (compare) sleep to death.

1.As the plane took A.away and come back again later

2.The door is open , so you can get B.back there the following year

3.We were in a hurry and when we got C.off,I help my mum's hand tightly

4.The man selling the sticks told us to go D.off the bus and couldn't walk properly

5.It was raining when we set E.off on our walk,but it soon stopped

6.We loved the hotel so we went F.in the car,if you like

7.Ray fell as he was getting G.out on the right because it was safer

8.The taxi driver asked us to get H.on the , I realised I didn't have a ti...

I)Rewrite the following sentences with the same meaning as the given ones

1.How long is it since you saw Mary?

->When....

2.The flight to Moscow lasted three and a half hours

->It took....

3.Lucy hasn't worn that dress since Barbara's wedding.

->The last...

4.He wrote four best sellers before he was twenty

->By the age....

5.It started to pour with rain moments after we had started our walk.

->Hardly...

6.The last time it rained was a fortnight ago.

->It....

7.Next Saturday is our tenth wedding anniversary.

->We'll celebrate.....

8.He'll settle down.Then his performance will improve

->Once he......

9.I've never watched a more exciting football match than this.

->This is.......

10.We stepped outside the front door and it began to rain

->No sooner.....

11.It started to rain at 2 o'clock and it's still raining

->It has.....

12.The rain began to fall during my walk in the country

->While I...

13.I no longer work as a telephone operator.

->I used....

2. Fill each blank with a word in the box vehicles across did ride feels break it rules accidents after 1. What _________ you do last Sunday? 2. I stayed at home and looked _________ my younger brother yesterday. 3. Does your bike ever _________ down on the way to school? 4. We must always obey traffic _________ for our safety. 5. How far is _________ from your house to the bus stop? 6. He used to _________ a tricycle when he was three years old. 7. Now there are more traffic _________ than there used to be in this city. 8. There did not use to be many _________ on the roads in my home town. 9. He lives in a small village in the mountains so he never _________ worried about traffic jams. 10. You should remember to walk _________ the streets at the zebra crossings.