1.

-Question tags-

-Underline the auxiliary verbs in the sentences-

-Then add question tags-

1)Laura’s been learning Japanese for some time, hasn’t she?

2)He’s out, ______?

3)You don’t usually eat meat, ______?

4)Jim can’t help you with this, ______?

5)The train will certainly be late, ______?

6)We’re eating out tonight, ______?

7)The Johnsons haven’t phoned yet, ______?

8)Lucy didn’t cook it herself, ______?

2.

-Time adverbials and tenses-

-Put these adverbials in the correct part of the table. Some of them can go in more than one box-

at the moment, occasionally, at 9.p.m. last night, next Saturday, this year, tomorrow, these days, from time to time, in a moment, for ages, soon, always, already, since my birthday, just
Present Simple at the moment
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
be going to
will
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect

3.

-Modal verbs in the past-

-Complete the text with: had to, used to, would, should/shouldn’t, could/couldn’t, was/were able to.

-Change the form of the verb in brackets if necessary-

Sam and Frances Bates (1) _used to_ (live) in London. She was a market analyst and he worked as a journalist. They (2) ______(work) very long hours and (3) ______(spend) much time with their three children. To relax, they (4) ______(get) into the car at weekends and spent all the time they (5) ______(manage) in the country. Then one day they decided that they (6) ______(go on) living like that any more – they (7) ______(change) their lives.

Sam found a cottage in Sussex, which the owner wanted to sell quite cheaply. They (8) ______(buy) it without selling their house in London. But then it turned out that the cottage required massive repairs and they (9) ______(sell) their London house because they (10) ______(afford) to pay for the repairs.

Now Frances grows and sells flowers and Sam writes DIY guides. They sometimes think that they (11) ______(leave) London but they never really regret their decision. As Frances says, „I think we (12) ______(move) years ago. We wasted so much valuable time.”

5.

-Put the underlined words in the correct form-

I have some very 1please memories of my 2child. We lived in a 3romance cottage in the country with 4love views of Lake Windermere. We had a 5wonder garden with lots of animals. However, I 6memory one year 7extreme well. I was eight and one of my 8favour animals was a goose called Mabel. After coming back from school, I used to 9food Mabel. With me, she was 10usual very quiet and 11friend. With everybody else though, Mabel was very nasty and 12aggression. That winter was very cold and the snow was nearly a metre 13depth. On Christmas Day, we had a 14tradition lunch – goose and Christmas pudding. I was 15cheer until I realised that the goose was ... Mabel! My 16happy immediately disappeared and I spent the rest of yhe meal in tears.

6.

-Tenses-

-Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses-

At 6 p.m. yesterday a fire (1) _broke out_ (break out) at 16 Chestnut St., Otley, in an old building which (2) ______(be abandoned) for years. The neighbours (3) ______(call) the local fire brigade who said they (4) ______(come) at once.

The fire engine driver, who (5) ______(receive) his professional licence only a few days before, (6) ______(drive) a little too fast and (7) ______(crash) into a tree. The firemen (8) ______(call) the headquarters to inform them about what (9) ______(happen) only to find out that the villagers (10) ______(manage) to put out the fire on their own.

„We (11) ______(extinguish) fires in this area for years and nothing like that (12) ______(happen) before,” says Bill Hogan, the head officer for this area. „I’m sure the driver (13) ______(be punished) as the crash (14) ______(be) clearly his fault.”

10.

-Complete the text with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets-

I suppose that, in many ways, I 1have been (be) lucky since the day I was born. I was born two months premature and I was very ill but somehow I 2 ____ (survive). Then, when I was three, I 3 _____ (fall) into a pond on a farm I 4____ (stay) at. My mum 5_____ (go) into hospital for an operation and some friends 6____ (look after) me at the time. Luckily, a man 7____ (work) near the pond and he 8____ (pull) me out! Now I’m in my last year at school and all my friends 9____ (think) I’m very lucky. For example, I 10____ (win) money on the lottery four or five times and I usually 11____ (beat) everybody at cards. I can’t say I’m very hard-working but I 12____ (do) well at exams – the right questions always come up. I’m also lucky in love and I 13____ (go out) with an amazing girl for the last six months. I hope my luck 14____ (continue) in the future. I 15____ (take) my university entrance exams in the summer and as soon as I 16____ (finish) them, I 17____ (travel) for a couple of months. Then, hopefully, I 18____ (study) architecture at university.