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Read the following sentence and put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple,
Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect
Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous.
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He …………………………….. (work) at a hotel. He is a waiter.
He …………………………….. (work) at a hotel while he is on holiday.
He …………………………….. (work) at a hotel when he …………………………….. (meet)
his first love.
He …………………………….. (work) at a hotel this time last week.
He …………………………….. (work) at a hotel for twenty years.
He …………………………….. (work) at a hotel since he …………………………….. (be) 19.
He …………………………….. (work) at a hotel for twenty years by the time he
…………………………….. (retire).
Tom was the only employee to work at the hotel that long. He ……………………………..
(work) at a hotel for twenty years by the time he …………………………….. (retire).
Peter is dirty. He …………………………….. (play) football.
The basket is full of apples. Andy …………………………….. (pick up) a lot of apples.
Sarah …………………………….. (pick up) apples for two hours.
They …………………………….. (be) friends for fifteen years.
(It is morning now.) She …………………………….. (receive) three faxes this morning.
(It is afternoon now.) She …………………………….. (receive) three faxes this morning.
He …………………………….. (break) his arm.
He …………………………….. (break) his arm yesterday.
Hill …………………………….. (walk) when he …………………………….. (slip) on a banana
skin.
He …………………………….. (learn) the poem for two hours before he
…………………………….. (recite) it.
He …………………………….. (learn) the poem by 3 a.m. yesterday.
Marry …………………………….. (always\phone) her grandmother at weekends.
Marry …………………………….. (always\phone) her grandmother. She is a real chatterbox.
More and more forests …………………………….. (disappear) because of fires.
Hill …………………………….. (kick) the ball and …………………………….. (pass) it to
Dawson.
Merilyn Monroe …………………………….. (star) in a number of successful films.
Julia Roberts …………………………….. (star) in a number of successful films.
She …………………………….. (cook) the dinner while the child ……………………………..
(play) with her toys.
You …………………………….. (look) very pretty today. ……………………………..
(you\change) your hairdo?
What …………………………….. (you\look) at?
She …………………………….. (be) upset because she …………………………….. (loose)
her umbrella yesterday.
He …………………………….. (study) all night and …………………………….. (be)
exhausted.
Emily …………………………….. (never\watch) horror films.
You …………………………….. (always\forget) to pay the bills.
Do you hear that noise? The people next door …………………………….. (have) a party.
The ceiling …………………………….. (be) white now. Sarah ……………………………..
(paint) the ceiling.
Sarah …………………………….. (be) very tired. She …………………………….. (paint) the
ceiling.
She…………………………….. (not\buy) a new coat for three years.
It …………………………….. (rain) for hours! I wish it would stop.
They …………………………….. (play) badminton when it …………………………….. (begin)
to rain.
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Listen to the recordings 5.16 Never shower in a thunderstorm and do the listening
tasks about surprising facts and misleading myths.
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Now listen to the recording 5.17 Never shower in a thunderstorm and do the task
given below.