Question 1. Write the past simple of the following verbs.

a. Get ______________________________________
b. See ______________________________________
c. Speak ______________________________________
d. Go ______________________________________
e. Know ______________________________________
f. Put ______________________________________
g. Copy ______________________________________
h. Buy ______________________________________
i. Visit ______________________________________
j. Think ______________________________________

Question 2. Read about Lisa’s journey to Madrid. Put the verbs in the correct form.

Last Tuesday Lisa ___________________________ (fly) from London to Madrid. She

__________________________ (get) up at 6 o’clock in the morning and
____________________________ (have) a cup of coffee. At 6:30 she _____________________________
(leave) home and ___________________________ (drive) to the airport. When she
__________________________ (get) there, she _____________________________ (park) the car,
_________________________ (walk) to the airport building and _____________________________
(check) in. Then she ___________________________ (have) breakfast at a café and
____________________________ (wait) for her flight. The plane _____________________________
(depart) on time and ____________________________ (arrive) in Madrid two hours later.
Finally she ____________________________ (take) a taxi from the airport to her hotel in the
centre of Madrid.

Question 3. Write sentences in the past using time expressions.

Use the past simple, past continuous and past perfect (simple and continuous).
Write a variety of positive and negative sentences.

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Question 4. Write ‘For’ or ‘Since’.
a. Jane has been in Ireland ____________________________ Monday.
b. Jane has been in Ireland ____________________________ three years.
c. Jennifer is in her office. She has been there ____________________________ 7 o’clock.
d. The house has been empty ____________________________ many years.
e. India has been an independent country ____________________________ 1947.

Question 5. Are the following sentences correct? If not use the correct tense of the
verb. Use either the present perfect of past simple. The verbs are underlined.
Write correct if the sentence is correct.
a. I’ve lost my key, I can’t find it.  ____________________________
b. I’ve finished my work at 2 o’clock.  ____________________________
c. Steve’s grandmother has died two years ago.  ____________________________
d. Where have you been last night?  ____________________________
e. Sue isn’t here, she’s gone out.  ____________________________

Question 6. Find the past simple and past participle of the following verbs. Then use
them in present perfect sentences.

Past Simple Past participle

a. Break ____________________________ ____________________________
b. Forget ____________________________ ____________________________
c. Give ____________________________ ____________________________
d. Throw ____________________________ ____________________________
e. Drink ____________________________ ____________________________

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Question 7. Use the correct future form, either ‘be going to’ or ‘will/shall’.
a. My hands are dirty, I ______________________________ wash them.
b. Some friends ______________________________ travel to Morocco next summer.
c. I like this hat. I think I ______________________________ buy it.
d. Its cloudy, I think it ______________________________ rain.
e. ______________________________ we go to the park tomorrow?
Question 8. Rewrite the following sentences with the correct modals. You can
rearrange the sentence.
Hint (The underlined words will help you decide the appropriate modal)
Look at the following example to help you.

Q: I was willing to tell John my plans, but I didn’t see him.

A: I would have told John my plans, but I didn’t see him.

a. It’s possible that I’ll go to the cinema.

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b. I’m sorry, but I am unable to come to your party.

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c. When I was a child, I was able to climb any wall.

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d. Tomorrow’s game is so important. It is necessary that we win it.

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e. If you have time, I recommend you visit the Science Museum. It is very
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Question 9. Complete the following conversation between two individuals. Use

question tags.
A: You’re late.
B: Oh, ________________________? I’m sorry.
A: It’s okay, you prepared for the meeting, _________________________?
B: Of course I did, you didn’t get my email yet, ______________________?
A: The one regarding the meeting minutes?
B: Yes. This isn’t a meeting with the CEO, ________________________?
A: No, just Mike, I’ve been meaning to ask him to work with us full time, it sounds
like a good idea, ________________________ ?

Question 10. Write your own conversation using the question tags; shouldn’t she,
wont they, did you, cant he, aren’t we.
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Question 11. Write the correct article ‘a, an, the’ or leave it blank if its correct.

1. Are you coming to  ____________________  party next Saturday?

2. I bought  ____________________ new TV set yesterday. 
3. I think____________________   man over there is very ill. He can't stand on his
feet. 
4. I watched  ____________________ video you had sent me. 
5. She was wearing  ____________________ ugly dress when she met him. 
6. I am crazy about reading____________________   history books. 
7. She is ____________________  nice girl. 
8. Do you want to go to ____________________  restaurant where we first met?
9. He is ____________________  engineer.
10. He thinks that ____________________  love is what will save us all.