1.

Present continuous or present perfect continuous

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense forms (present continuous / present perfect / present perfect
continuous
tense) of the verb. Choose your answers from the given options.
1. It …………… continuously since the morning.
is raining
has been raining
was raining
2. I ………………… him only once.
have met
have been meeting
am meeting
3. I ……………….. him for a long time.
did not see
have not seen
does not see
4. The children are hungry. They ……………… in the garden.
are playing
have played
have been playing
5. We ……………… each other since our school days.
know
have been knowing
have known
6. ………………… you ………………… the job?
Have, completed
Are, completed
Have, been completing
7. Her health …………….. considerably since she returned from the hills.
has improved
is improving
has been improved
8. We …………………. to find our way home.
have managed
managed
have been managing
9. Those who ……………. their work are free to go home. finished
have finished
have been finishing
10. This is the fifth time you …………………… that question.
asked
have asked
have been asking

2.Put the verbs into the correct tense (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect
Progressive).

1. A: I (call) for you for half an hour. Where (be) ? And why are
your clothes so dirty?

2. B: I (tidy) up the shed in the garden.

3. A: (you / find) a box with old photos there? I (look) for it for
ages.

4. B: I (discover / not) it yet, but I (work / not) for a long time

yet. I (come / just) in to eat something.

5. A: I (cook / not) anything yet because I (talk) to our

neighbour.

3.Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).
1. Tom: Hi Ana. I (try) to ring you several times today. Where (you /
be) ?

2. Ana: I (be) at home all the time. But I (clean) the house all day,
so maybe I didn't hear the phone ring.

3. Tom: (you / clean) everything now?

4. Ana: No, not yet. I (tidy / not) up the kitchen yet. But why are you here?

5. Tom: Don't you remember? Jane (invited) us to her birthday party and
we (buy / not) a present for her yet.

6. Ana: Oh, that's right. (you / find out / already) what she wants?

7. Tom: Well, she (learn) Spanish for a year and wants to spend her next
holiday in Mexico. Maybe we could get her a guide book.
8. Ana: That's a good idea. There is a good bookshop in the big shopping centre.
I (see) some nice books about Mexico there recently

4.Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).

1. How much money (Jack / spend) in the casino?

2. How long (she / sit) there?

3. How many short messages (send / you) this month?

4. (you / empty) the bin yet?

5. Lucy, (you / bathe) your dolls? The bathroom floor is absolutely wet.

5.Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).

1. Daughter: Mum, Jane (phone / just) to ask if I will go to the cinema with
her. May I?

2. Mother: (you / do) your homework yet?

3. Daughter: Well, I (do) it for about 2 hours now, but I (finish /

not) it yet.

4. Mother: If you (complete / not) your homework, you cannot go. School
comes first. Remember, you (promise) me to study harder this year.

5. Daughter: But mum, I (work) really hard this year and I (improve /
already) in Maths and Chemistry.

6. Mother: But that's only because I (push / always) you to do something.

7. Daughter: But I also need a break some time. Look, I (be / not) to the
cinema for two months. May I go? Just this once

6. USED TO OR WOULD
a.

1. On Sundays, after his football match, Bob often come home exhausted.

2. You like him... Yes, but now I hate him !

3. She live in London before the war, then she moved to New York.

4. I remember we go fishing every morning when I was a child. It was great. Now, I am
an accountant and I don't have any free time.

5. The children often help me to make a cake. They still do sometimes.

6. He be a very good tennis player, until he broke his ankle.

7. My grandfather swim in this river. Unfortunately, now it's forbidden.

b. 1. John Mac Enroe be one of the best tennis players in the world.

2. Jim have so much fun with his friends but they gradually moved away and they lost
touch.

3. She loved jumble sales and she travel miles to go to one.

4. He never sack people himself, he always got someone else to do it for him.

5. He think watching soccer on T.V. was rather boring but he quite enjoys it now.

6. At night, she sometimes go to the hotel bar and chat with other customers.

7. Whenever Dennis saved some money, he buy some new C.D.'s.

8. There be a bank in the street.

7. "'to be used to' and ' used to'"

1. It's difficult a new car.

2. She play the piano, now she plays the violin.

3. I swim every day when I lived in Brighton.

4. He travelling, he's been to Asia several times.

5. I hope he will living in China.

6. She be fat but she followed a balanced diet.

7. I a ten-mile-walk every Sunday morning.

8. They like classical music but now they do.

9. He moving house every two years.

10. They a dinner out on Saturday evenings.

8. "Used to - Be used to - Get used to"

1. Caroline _______________ (have) a walkman, now she has an ipod.

2. We haven't seen Bob very often since he got a promotion. He's very busy. He
_____________________(not be) so busy.
 3. I've just got my first job. It's exciting but I'll have _______________________(work)
regular hours.

4. It is difficult for Tom to drive in England. He ____________________ (drive) on the left-

hand side of the road.

5. When Peter was young, he ________________ (ride) a bicycle to school.

6. People from India usually find our food tasteless. They ________________________
(eat) spicy food.

7. Computers ________________ (be) very expensive. Now the prices are more
reasonable.

8. English has become international. Businessmen ________________________ (speak)

English at international meetings.

9. During my childhood, I ________________ (spend) a lot of time with my grandparents.

9. Maria _________________ (think) that she would never ________________________ (live) in

New York.
Choose the correct answer for each question.
A.
1. After the holidays it takes me a week __________ up early again.

A. ? to be used to getting
B. ? to get used to getting
C. ? to be used to get
D. ? to get used to get
2. I _______ to play football when I was young. I'm too old and fat to play now.
A. ? got used to
B. ? was used to
C. ? used
D. ? use
3. At first it was difficult for her to speak in French all the time but she _________ to it now.
A. ? gets used
B. ? was used
C. ? 's used
D. ? uses
4. Do you mind if I ______ your phone?
A. ? used
B. ? get used to
C. ? am using
D. ? use
5. I've been getting up early every day for years but I ________ to it.
A. ? use
B. ? 'm still not used
C. ? 'm already used
D. ? used
6. The queue in the baker's ___________ to be so bad but now it's terrible. It must be that new
bread they bake.
A. ? use
B. ? was used
C. ? didn't used
D. ? didn't use
7. People ________ Internet yet but in a few years time everybody will be surfing around like
crazy.
A. ? are used to using
 B. ? isn't used to using
C. ? don't use
D. ? aren't used to using
8. Jim doesn't have a girlfriend now but he __________ have.
A. ? used to
B. ? was using to
C. ? didn't use to
D. ? got used to
9. If you go to live in Britain, you __________ on the left.
A. ? 'll have to get used to drive
B. ? 'd have had to get used to
C. ? 'll have to get used to driving
D. ? 'd have to get used to
10. Juan was in London for a year. He liked England but he ______________ the miserable
weather.
A. ? couldn't ever get used to
B. ? could ever get used to
C. ? could never get used to
D. ? wasn't used to
B.
Q1 - I like it now, but I ____.
didn't use to
didn't used to
Q2 - I find it hard _____ to the dark evenings in winter.
used
get used
to get used
Q3 - It took me a while to get used to ____ on a continental keyboard.
type
typing
Q4 - I _____ to being spoken to like that!
am not used
don't get used
used
Q5 - I ____ play football on Saturdays when I was at school.
was used to
used to
Q6 - Before I started cycling, I _____ go to work by bus.
used to
got used to
Q7 - I haven't studied for ages and I'm finding it hard to get used to _____ every day.
study
studied
studying
Q8 - I couldn't _____ used to the food.
because
get
Q9 - He never _____ behave like that.
used
used to
Q10 - It's taking me a long time to ____ speaking Norwegian.
used to
get used to