Complete the text with the correct from of the verbs in brackets

Teenage magazines are a load of rubbish, so I stopped reading them a long time ago. My history
teacher advised me _______ (start) _____(read) newspapers,which can help me______(understand)
the world better. He suggested _______(try) The Guardian and offered______(lend) me his copy every
day. I loved _____(read) the sports pager but tried _____ (go) through the political and economic news
as well.I had promised _____(read) everything. After some time, I learnt_____(find interesting news
quickly. Now I wany _____(buy) some magazines, like Newsweek or Time,and see if I will enjoy
_____(read) them as well.

Complete the sentences with the correct present perfect from of the verbs in brackets.
1. I ________ a train ticket to Lille. (buy) 2. She _______ to much chocolate and now she feels ill,
(eat) 3. Dad _______ the car keys so we can go out now. (find) 4. I can't read this advert. ________
anyone _________ my glasses? (see) 5. I wanted a cup of tea - _________ someone _________ all the
milk? (drink) 6. They ________ their work so they can't go to the cinema. (not finish) 7. You look
really pleased. _________ you __________ some good news? (have) 8. He _________ to Sam, and
she's coming to see us after lunch. (speak) 9. I hope you're all hungry because I ________ a lot of
pasta. (make) 10. ________ you __________ your purse with you? I need to borrow some money.
(bring)

Complete the text with the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
Ecotourism........... (become) quite popular in the last few years. People........(build) eco- hotels all over
the world. They are green hotels and are good for the environment. They.......(have) a lot of publicity.
The public reaction.......(be) very positive. The hotels...........(provide) 100 per cent organic cotton
towels and they....(use) solar energy for their visitors. In general, water and electricity consumption in
the hotels............(fall).

. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

Tom Wilson 1) ....(be) an explorer. He 2) .(be) to nearly every country inthe world, but the
most exciting time he 3) . (ever/have) was whenhe 4)
(go) to the Congo jungle. A magazine 5).. (ask)him to retrace the route of a famous
explorer who 6) . (disappear) in the1920's. As he 7) .(follow) a small
river he got separated from his guides. He8) . (go on) alone, hoping he 9)
.. (find) them, butinstead he 10) (encounter) a group of natives. He
11) ............... (stay)with them for several days and 12) .. (find out) that a very
old woman13) (actually/meet) the famous explorer. She 14)
(know)how he 15) .(die). Tom 16) .(become)

veryfriendly with the natives and now he 17) (plan) to go back andsee
them again. He is sure they 18) ..(welcome) him back.
2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
When Francis Lee was a boy he 1) ............................. (want) to be an astronaut. He2) .........
(watch) TV one day in 1969 when he 3) . (see) Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
Since then he 4) ....... (always/dream) of doing the same. Every night when there is
a full moon, he 5)... (stare) up atit for hours and 6) ...........
(imagine) himself walking around on it. At the moment, however, he 7) .(work) as a
night-watchman at a meat factory. He8) . (do) the same job since he left
school fifteen years ago, but he still hopes that one day his dream 9) ...............
(come) true. He 10) (hear) that in the 21 st century they 11) ................... (sell)
tickets to fly to the moon. For this reason he 12) .............(save) half of his wages every
monthfor the past two years.
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
Sue Thomas is a fashion designer. She 1) ... has been making.... (make) clothes ever since she 2)
.(be) a young girl. She 3) . (get) her first jobin a clothes factory
when she was sixteen. She 4) (sew) buttons onto ashirt one day when she 5)
.. (have) a brilliant idea for a design. After she6) . (speak) to her
bank manager, she got a loan and she 7) .....(open) her own little workshop. Now she 8)
. (make) lots of money. Next year she 9) .. (open) a shop
which will sell all her owndesigns. She 10) (sell) clothes to a lot of famous people,
including filmstars and singers, and she 11) ...................... (think) she will be very rich soon.
4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense :
Kevin Adams 1)....................(love) trains. He first 2)........................(see) onewhen he was four years
old and he 3) ..............................(think) it was great. He4).........................(go) to a different railway
station every week and 5).........................(writedown) the engine number of every train he sees. He
6)............................(do) this since hewas eight. By the time he was fifteen he 7).............................
(collect) over 10.000 differentengine numbers in various counties. Once, while he 8).............................
(stand) in astation in Cheshire he saw something very unusual. He 9)............................(wait) for over
an hour for a train to go by when suddenly he 10)..............................(see) a very old steamtrain coming
down the track. It 11).............................(not/stop) at the station and, as it waspassing, Kevin noticed
that all the passengers 12)..............................(wear) old-fashionedclothes. When he told the station
guard about this, the poor man turned pale. He said thatno steam train 13)...........................(pass)
through that station for years, and that the lastone 14)...........................(crash), killing everyone on
board.
5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense :
Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, scientists, politicians and
theologians1) .......................................... (discuss) the question of whether or not the cloning of human
beings2) ..........................................(should/allow). If cloning does become a reality one day,
it3) ..................................(raise) many questions. Many scientists want cloning........................
(be)legalised. They believe that if it 5) .....................................(be) legal to clone human beings,
it6) ....................................(be) possible to create a superior race. Many childless couples also wish

thegoverment 7).......................................(allow) cloning. If this 8) ...............................(be) the only

way for you to have a child, you might agree with them too.
6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
Sammy Milton 1) ....(not/be) very clever. He 2) .(walk) along the beachone daywhen he 3)
. (trip) over something and 4) (fall) on the sand. He 5)
.. (not/look) where he wasgoing. What 6) . (be) this? he said,
picking up the object he 7).(trip) over. I 8) . (never/see)
anything like it before. It was, in fact, a very old oil lamp, and as he 9) .. (rub) it, a
genie suddenly10) (fly) out of it. You 11) ............... (just/release) me from the
lamp!,said the genie. Now you may have three wishes. Great said Sammy who12)
.. (feel) very thirsty. I 13) (want) a bottle of lemonadethat
never 14) (run out). No problem, said the genie, and 15).
(produce) one instantly. Sammy picked up the bottle and16).(drink) all the
lemonade in one go. Magically, the bottle 17) (fill) itself up again. Sammy
drank all that, and exactly the samething 18) ..(happen) again. Thats
amazing! he said.Thanks very much! You still 19) ................................ (have) two more wishes
youngman. Thats easy, said Sammy. I 20) .....................................(have) two more of thesebottles
of lemonade!.
7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
One day a little Indian boy 1) ....(sit) outside his wigwam. He 2) .(wonder) how the Indians
3) . (choose) their childrens names. He4) (decide) to go
and ask the Indian Chief. Well, 5)..(explain) the Chief, we 6) .
(love) nature and when a new baby 7).(be) born, we 8) . (look)
around and we 9).. (choose) a name from what we10) (see), like
FlowingWaterfall, Bright Star, Running Bull and so on. 11) ............... (you/understand)?
Yes,chief, the little Indian boy said. Why 12) .. (you/be) so intered in this,Two
Dogs Fighting?, the Chief asked.
8. Fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
One afternoon, while I 1).................................................(walk) in town, I 2)..........................(see) a
poster for a liquor promotion at a club I 3) .......................................(used to, go) to.They
4) ................................(advertise) a vodka disco. Later that week, my friend and
I5).................................(decide) to go to this club to find out what 6) ..............................(goon). It was
a drink-as-much-vodka-as-you-can evening, with music and prizes for thebest dancers. After we
7)...............................(enter) the club, a man 8) ..............................(give) each of us a T-shirt and a
badge in the shape of a vodka bottle. To my surprise , allthe drinks 9)..................................(be) free.We
10) ........................................ (not drink) very much at all one vodka each- but other

The Big Texan Steak Ranch 1._________ (BE) a steakhouse restaurant and motel located in Amarillo, Texas,
United States which 2._________ (OPEN) on U.S. Route 66 in 1960. The building3.____________ (PAINT) in
bright yellow, with blue trim. A large cow statue 4._____________ (AVERTISE) their free 72 oz. steak . The Big
Texan 5.______________ (KNOW) for its 72 ounce (4.5 pounds or 2.04 kg) steak, nicknamed "The Texas
King." The steak is free to anyone who, in one hour or less, can 6. ____________ (EAT) the entire meal,

consisting of the steak itself, plus bread roll with butter, baked potato, ranch beans, shrimp cocktail, and salad;
otherwise, the meal 7._____________(COST) $72.00.
Those who take on the Texas King challenge 8. _______________ (RECQUIRE) to pay for the meal in
advance, and if they are successful, their money 9. _______________ (REFUND). The steak 10.
______________ (COOK) to the participant's preference, and the challenge takes place at a table for one on a
raised platform in the middle of the main dining room.

On Monday, just as I (TRY) _________________________ to wind down after a long

working day, the telephone(RING) _________________________: Is that you, Helen?
someone asked on the phone. Yes, this (BE) _________________ me, I replied. Sandra
speaking, my friend. I need to talk to you right now, she said in a desperate voice. She was
a quiet girl who always tried not to call you when you (just/ ARRIVE)
_________________________ from work. She never wanted to disturb her friends, so I
knew
something
serious(GO)
_________________________ on.
I (not/
HEAR) _________________________ from
you
in
a
week.
What(you/
DO)
_________________________ lately? I asked Sandra. To tell you the truth, she said
I (HAVE) _________________________ a lot of problems with my boyfriend recently, she
continued. (you/WANT) __________________ to talk about it? I asked. I (not/ FINISH)
__________________ saying the phrase that she started crying. You (not/ BELIEVE)
_______________________ what happened to me last week, she said. It was Saturday
morning and my boyfriend (TELL) _________________________ me he (PICK)
_________________________ me up at 8 pm to go out for dinner at a fancy restaurant
downtown.
Eight
oclock
arrived.
I
was
at
home,
ready
to (PICK)
_________________________ up. It was nine oclock and my boyfriend (not/ APPEAR)
_________________________ or (CALL)
_________________________. I (BEGIN)
_________________________ to
get
worried
when
my
telephone (RING)
______________________: Your boyfriend is cheating on you! You can catch him redhanded at this very moment. Go to Rodham road and Sixth and youll see... I could not
believe what I (just/ HEAR) _________________________ buy anyway, I went to the place
the female voice (INDICATE) _________________________ and there he was: he (KISS)
_________________________ a
girl
as
he (never/
KISS)
_________________________ me before. When he saw me he said that he (BE)
_________________________ sorry
and
promised
he (never/
DO)
_________________________ it again. I dont know what to do. I love him but he (really/
HURT) _________________________ my feelings. Tell me, Helen, what (you/DO)
_________________________ if you were me? Sandra asked me. Look, if I (BE)
_________________________ you,
I (FORGIVE)_________________________ him
temporarily until I (GET) _________________________ a new, better candidate, I replied. I
dont know, she said. I think everything will depend on his next move. If he (CALL)
_________________________ me
and
apologizes
for
what
he (DO)
_________________________, I guess I(GIVE) _________________________ him a
second chance. I love him and I want to be happy with him. What do you think, Helen? she
asked me. I think you (not/ NEED) _________________________ my opinion;

you (already/ MAKE) _________________________ a decision. I just hope it (BE)

_________________________ the right one, I said.