Unit 1

Lesson 1: TENSE (Part 1)
I. PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Exercise1. Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.
1. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. _______

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2. The water boils. Can you turn it off? _______

is boiling
3. Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. _______
is trying
4. Can you hear those people? What do they talk? _______

are they talking
5. The moon goes round the earth. _______

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6. I must go now. It gets late. _______

is getting
7. I usually go to work by car. _______

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am coming
8. “Hurry up! It’s time to leave”. “I come”. _______
9. I hear you’ve got a new job. How do you get on? _______
are you getting
10. Pau is never late. He’s always getting to work on time. _______
He always gets
Exercise2. Put the verbs into the correct form, present continuous or present simple.
1. Are you hungry? _____________(you/want)

Do you want something to eat?
2. Don’t put the dictionary away. _______________
I am using (I/use) it.
3. Don’t put the dictionary away._______________
I needs (I/need) it.
4. Who is that man? What_________________
does he want (he/want)?
5. Who is that man? Why__________________
he is looking (he/ look) at us?
6. Alan says he’s 80 years old, but nobody_________________
believes (believe) him.
7. She told me her name, but __________________
I do not remember (I/not/remember) it now.
8. _________________
I am thinking (I/think) of selling my car. Would you be interested in
buying it?
9. _________________
I think (I/think) you should sell your car. ____________________
You do not use
(you/not/use) it very often.
10. Air __________________
consists (consist) mainly nitrogen and oxygen.
II. PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE
I. Put in BEEN or GONE.
1. James is on holiday. He’s__________
gone to Italy.
2. Hello! I’ve just _____________
been to the shops. I’ve bought lots of things.
3. Alice isn’t here at the moment. She’s____________
gone to the shop to get a
newspaper.
4. Tom has_____________
been out. He’ll come back in about an hour.
5. “Are you going to the bank?” “No, I’ve already ____________
gone to the
bank”.
II. Complete the sentences using the following verbs in the correct form.
buy catch cost fall hurt sell spend teach throw write
1. Mozart _____________more
wrote than 600 pieces of music.
2. “How did you learn to drive?” “My father ____________me.”
taught
3. We couldn’t afford to keep our car, do we _____________it.
sold
4. Dave_____________
fall down the stairs this morning and __________
hurt his
leg.
5. Joe_____________
throw the ball to Sue, who ____________
caught it.
6. Ann _____________ a lot of money yesterday. She _______________
spent
bought a
dress which ____________
cost $100.
III. Use the following verbs in the present perfect or past simple.
1. He (write) _____________
has written several books since last year.
2. I (read) ____________
have read the novel written by Jack London several times
before.
3. Someone (steal) _________________my
has stole handbag on the bus.
4. My father (not smoke) _________________
hasn't smoken for 5 years.
5. ________You
Have (receive) ____________
received any letter from your parents yet?
6. He (leave)__________
left home two weeks ago and we (not hear)_______ haven't heard
from him since then.
7. A: _________You
Have (teach) ________
taught English before?
B: Yes. I (teach)____________
taught English for three years in Hong Kong
and when I (come)_____________ back, I (start)______________
came have started
teaching at the Kensington school of English and I
(teach)_____________ there since then .
have taught
8. A: I (see) _______________
saw Jack last night.
B: Oh really? I (not see) _____________________
haven't seen him for three
months. How is he?
9. A: ___________you
Have (ever/win) _______________
ever won a competition?
B: Yes, I (win) _______________
won a photographic competition in 2001.
10. I (watch) ____________
have watch Star Wars four times.
IV. Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning.
1. We haven’t been to a concert for over a year.
⇨ The last time _______________________________________
we were to the concert was over a year ago
2. It’s nearly 20 years since my father saw his younger brother.
hasn't seen his ..... for nearly 20 years
⇨ My father __________________________________________
3. Tom went to Scotland last Friday and is still there.
⇨ Tom has ___________________________________________
gone to....since last Friday.
4. When did you last ride a bike?
⇨ How long is it ______________________________________
since you ride...
5. The last time I wrote a poem was when I was in France.
⇨ I haven’t____________________________________________
written a poem since I was in France
6. You haven’t tidied up this room for weeks.
⇨ It’s ________________________________________________
weeks since you tidied..
7. I haven’t eaten this kind of food before.

⇨ This is ____________________________________________
the first time I have eaten this kind ...
8. The last time she taught me how to cook Vietnamese food was 7 months
ago.
⇨ She hasn’t __________________________________________
taught me how to cook ...for a 7 months
9. He last shaved the day before yesterday.
⇨ He hasn’t ___________________________________________
shaved since the day before yesterday
10. I last drank champagne at my brother’s wedding.

⇨ I haven’t __________________________________________
frunk champagne since my .....

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Lesson 1: TENSE (Part 1)

I. PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. _______

2. The water boils. Can you turn it off? _______

4. Can you hear those people? What do they talk? _______

5. The moon goes round the earth. _______

6. I must go now. It gets late. _______

7. I usually go to work by car. _______

1. Are you hungry? _____________(you/want)

7. I haven’t eaten this kind of food before.

10. I last drank champagne at my brother’s wedding.

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