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You must compulsory hand in the exercises the day of the September exam. You can print this document .

1. PUT THE VERBS INTO PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT COTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, PRESENT PERFECT, PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT.
1. I closed the door quietly because he ........................................ to sleep. (try)
2. How many times................................... since he came to New York? (he call)
3. I ............................................. about this for some time now.(know)
4. I wanted to be the first to tell her the news, but I was too late. Someone ............................. her (tell)
5. The children are filthy. Where ........................................ ? (they be)
6. I’m going to bed. I........................................... for hours and I’m tired. (work)
7. I think she’s the nicest person I ................................................... (meet)
8. Mary was cleaning the windscreen when she ........................... a crack in the glass. (notice)
9. I couldn’t open the office door because someone ......................................... it. (lock)
10. We.................................. for three-and-a-half hours when John finally arrived. (wait)
11. When I shouted, they .................................. (jump) off the roof and .............................. away. (run)
12. Don’t phone her just now. She ...................................... to her boss. (talk)
13. I ...................................... military service for eighteen months.This is my last month. (do)
14. We .......................................... for about four hours when I realized that something was wrong with one of the tyres. (travel)
15. We .............................. in the café until the rain stopped, and then we went home (stay)
16. ................................................ here before? (you be)
17. He had been working in thegarden, but he ........................... when he saw us. (stop)
18. I couldn’t drive to work because Mary ......................................... the car (use)
19. Peter and Jane ................................: I could hear them from my room (argue)
20. I........................................... him since he started working here (never trust)
21. I’m worried.Why...................................... yet? (they not arrive)
22. They’re very angry. They ........................... to see you for the last two or three hours. (try)
23. I wanted to help with the washing-up, but they .............................. it (already do)
24. It’s the most comfortable car I ..................................... (ever drive)
25. Peter was cleaning the flat and John.................................. the dinner. (make)
26. I had a pleasant surprise when I got to my room: someone ........................ some flowers there for me. (put)
27. They couldn’t leave the studio when I called because they ................................ (film)
28. I ..................................... the machine for some time when I realized that there was no ink init (use)
29. When he warned them about the police, they ............................... the country. (leave)
30. We ..................................... in the sunshine for about twenty-five minutes when I suddenly fell sick. (sit)

2. Put the verbs in brackets in the appropriate tense.
1. Tom was leaning against the wall, out of breath. He …………………(run)
1. He is afraid of……………….. (meet) someone who might ……………… (recognise) him.
1. The ground was very soft. But for that, my horse ……………….. (win).
1. Jim always goes to bed at 11. Tom is going to visit him al 11.30 this evening. When Tom arrives, Jim ……………….. (go) to bed
1. I wish you ........................................................ (be) here. I missed you very much.
1. One night there...