Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the Present Simple or the Present
Continuous
Example We don’t watch TV very often. (not watch)
1. How do you make this soup? It _________________________ wonderful. (taste)
2. Anna can’t come to the phone because she ________________________ her hair. (wash)
3. We usually ______________________ abroad in the summer. (go)
4. _______you_________ for your exams at the moment? (study)
5. Can you be quiet, please? I _______________________to the radio.(listen)
Circle the correct form in the following sentences.
Example I had enjoyed / enjoyed the film even though I had seen / saw it before.
1. I got up late this morning so when I arrived /had arrived at the station, the train already
left/had already left.
2. I couldn’t speak to them because when I had phoned / phoned, they went/had gone out.
3. He was very nervous when he drove / had driven across France last month because he didn’t
drive / hadn’t driven on the right before.
4. We realized that we had met / met before as soon as we saw / had seen each other.
5. She had spent / spent a lot of hours studying for her exam because she had already failed /
already failed it twice.

Answer 1

1. I got up late this morning so when I arrived  at the station, the train already
had already left.
2. I couldn’t speak to them because when I phoned, they had gone out.
3. He was very nervous when he drove  across France last month because he  hadn’t driven on the right before.
4. We realized that we had met  before as soon as we saw each other.
5. She  spent a lot of hours studying for her exam because she had already failed /
already failed it twice.
1. How do you make this soup? It ___tastes______________________ wonderful. (taste)
2. Anna can’t come to the phone because she _____is washing___________________ her hair. (wash)
3. We usually ____go__________________ abroad in the summer. (go)
4. __are_____you____studying_____ for your exams at the moment? (study)
5. Can you be quiet, please? I ___am listening____________________to the radio.(listen)