Exercise 1.

1 Group One 3 Group Three

find hear say sit tell drive fall give ride take
stic eat forget hide shake write
get lose sell win
k
1 We _____________ all night to get to France.
1 They _____________ the apartment that they had 2 Have you ever _____________ a horse?
in Gandia for a very good price.
3 I've _____________ a letter to my bank manager.
2 He _____________ me his name but now I've
4 We _____________ hands at the end of the
forgotten it.
meeting.
3 We _____________ home at three o'clock last
5 She had a headache so she _____________ an
night.
aspirin.
4 Sorry I'm late. I was _____________ in traffic.
6 I _____________ too much for dinner yesterday
5 Valencia FC _____________ The King's Cup in and I feel fat.
1999.
7 My sister _____________ me a watch for
6 I _____________ the news about The World Trade Christmas.
Centre on the radio.
8 He _____________ over on the wet floor and
7 We entered the restaurant, _____________ a broke his wrist.
table and sat down.
9 She _____________ the money under the
8 Sorry. I didn't hear what you _____________ . mattress.
9 We were all a bit hot and tired so we all 10 Blast! We _____________ to buy milk.
_____________ down on the grass.
10 I've _____________ three umbrellas this month.
Terrible! I'm so careless.
2 Group Two
be break X2 come see steal
become choose freeze speak
Exercise 2.

Sports Stars

Last week, Venus and Serena Williams played each other in the final of a tennis tournament. Venus is
now fourth in the world, and her younger sister Serena is really happy because she has moved up to third.
The two sisters have already come a long way from the poor area in California where they were born. It
was full of violence and drugs, and the girls’ father, Richard, wanted to move to a safer place. They
moved in 1991 and they have never looked back.

Richard started to train Venus when she was four, and says: “The first time I took Venus to the tennis
court, I told my wife: ‘We have a champion’.” She played in her first big tournament in 1996. She hasn’t
won Wmbledon yet, but she has already reached important finals such as the US Open. Serena has
continued to improve and she has made fantastic progress. In 1999, she won the US Open, but she hasn’t
won the singles yet.

Has tennis ever caused problems between sisters? “We’ve played each other before and it hasn’t worried
us-yet!”, says Venus. “If she wins,” Serena jokes, “Mama says she has to do the dishes!”
 Questions:
1. Why are the sister unusual?
2. What kind of bacground are they from?
3. Who helped the to succeed?
4. How do the two sisters get on at home?

Exercise 3.

What happened? What has happened?

Study these sentences. Pay close attention to the words in italics.
What happened? What has happened?
I wrote to him last month. The train has just left the station.
I bought this car last year. I’ve already seen that film.
He came to see me this morning. He has been abroad for six years.
I saw him ten minutes ago. Have you ever met him before?
I have never met him before.
I have not finished work yet.
There have been a great number of accidents lately.

Exercise 4.
Underline all the verbs in the passage which tell us what happened and what has/hasn’t happened. Read them out.
Exercise 5.
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2 3 4

5 6

7 8 9

10

11

12 13

14 15 16

17 18

19

20 21 22
 23 24

25 26

27

Across
3. past of to bring
5. past of to stick
8. past of to sing
10. past of to eat
11. past of to feed
12. past participle of to shake
16. past participle of to sell
17. past participle of to read
18. past of to leave
20. past of to meet
21. past of to draw
24. past of to drink
25. past of to fly
26. past participle of to stand
27. past participle of to make

Down:
1. past of to hurt
2. past of to choose
3. past participle of to be
4. past participle of to take
6. past of to understand
7. past of to sit
9. past participle of to go
13. past of to hear
14. past participle of to swim
15. past participle of to write
19. past of to go
22. past of to pay
23. past of to win
Exercise 6.

Find the regular verb in each line and write it into the gap.

Example: say, lose, dance, sing - _____

Answer: say, lose, dance, sing - dance

1. read, feel, play, see -

2. listen, do, go, make -
3. know, help, say, think -
4. like, write, forget, eat -
5. take, bring, cut, clean -
6. watch, be, have, meet -
7. put, buy, cook, teach -
8. catch, find, answer, lose -

Exercise 7.

Fill in the missing forms of the phrases. Use the long form of the auxiliary only.

Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle

1 I played
2 she has listened
3 you work
4 Andrew cleaned
5 we count
6 I have helped
7 the brothers live
8 he has watched
9 they started
10 Susan looks

Exercise 8.
In each sentence choose the correct form of verb.

1 Joji ________ in Tokyo for five years, but he left in 1993.

<a> lived
<b> have lived
2 The Titanic ________ in 1912.
<a> sank
<b> has sunk
3 Somebody ________ my bicycle! Now I'll have to walk home.
<a> stole
<b> has stolen
4 Gerry ________ off his bike three times this month.
<a> fell
<b> has fallen
5 Chika ________ from university last July.
<a> graduated
<b> has graduated
6 I ________ the movie Titanic three times. I'm going to see it again tonight.
<a> saw
<b> have seen
7 I ________ to work every day for the last six weeks!
<a> walked
 <b> have walked
8 When Young Hee was a child, she ________ in Seoul.
<a> lived
<b> has lived
9 Ouch! ________ my finger!
<a> I cut
<b> I've cut
10 I ________ my key yesterday, so I couldn't get into the house. Eventually, I found it in my jacket pocket.
<a> lost
<b> have lost
Exercise 9.
Choose teh correct answer.

1 1. I ____________________ in 1960.
was born
have been born
were born
2 I ____________________ in this city for many years, and I still enjoy the place.
has lived
lived
have lived
3 I ______________to high school here, and now I am a full time teacher.
has gone
went
have gone
4 Freddy and Ivan ______________ in this university since 1980, and next year they plan to study abroad.
have worked
has worked
worked
5 I ____________ this morning at 8 o'clock.
waken up
woken up
have waken up
 woke up
6 Our friends _____________ for almost 2 years. They are going to celebrate their anniversary in three weeks.
was married
is married
be married
have been married
7 Last night, I ______ TV for an hour, and now I don't have time to do my homework.
have watched
watched
has watched
watches
8 She ____________ my best friend for two years. We talk on the phone everyday.
is
was
were
has been
9 Monica _____________ her first baby a month ago.
has had
have
has
had
10 My wife and I ______________ Paris last summer. This year we want to go again.
visited
visits
have visited
has been there
Exercise 10.

1. Where's your wallet? I don't know. I LOSE it.

2. I BE in London two years ago and I HAVE a great time.

3. Look! Someone DAMAGE the bus stop. It looks terrible!

4. How YOU/BREAK your arm? By accident?

5. My parents are a happy couple. They BE MARRIED for ten years.

6. YOU/SEE Mary yesterday? I couldn't find her anywhere.

7. Jane plays the piano. She PLAY it for two years and she's brilliant.

8. Ann isn't here. She LEAVE the house but she should be back in an hour.

9. My grandfather DIE in 1989 and my grandmother LIVE alone since then.

10. Her brother is a writer. He WRITE many books and they're really good.

11. What time YOU/GO to bed? Around 11 p.m or even later?

12. Where YOU/BE last night? YOU/GO to Mary's party?

13. My room is clean. JUST/CLEAN it and it looks better now.

14. Oh, they are here! When THEY/ARRIVE ?

15. Shakespeare WRITE many plays and they're all famous.

16. I NOT/DRINK anything today so I'm very thirsty. Can I ask you for some water, please?

17. Is Monica here? No, she NOT/COME yet. She must be on her way.

18. I WORK at school for two years and then I left it because I was fed up with teaching.

19. The days BE very windy recently and some trees have even been destroyed.

What YOU/SAY ? Could you repeat it, please?

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