1.Complete the sentences. Use the Present
Simple or Present Continuous.
1. I (need) to call my parents today and
tell them about my new apartment. They can't call me because they (know, not)
my new telephone number.
2. The tea is good. I (like) it.
3. A: (Believe,
you) in flying saucers?
B: What (talk,
you) about?
A: You know,
spaceships from outer space with alien creatures aboard. B: In my opinion,
flying saucers (exist) only in people's imagination.
4. Right now I (look) at Janet.
2. Use
the Simple Past or the Past Continuous
Tense.
1. Stanley (climb) the stairs when he
(trip) and (fall).
2. He (play) the
guitar outside her house when someone opened the window and (throw) out a bucket of water.
3. While the
guests (dance) thieves (break) into the house and (steal) a lot of fur coats.
4. As they (walk)
along the road they (hear) a car coming behind them.
3. Put
the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous or Simple Past.
1. He (not smoke)
for two weeks. He is trying to give it up.
2. It (be) cold
this year. I wonder when it is going to get warmer.
3. Tom (meet) Paul
at lunch time yesterday.
4. We (miss) the
bus. Now we'll have to walk.
