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TIMESAVER VISUAL GRAMMAR Review: present simple / continuous / perfect, past simple / continuous, present / past passive
Pre-intermediate tense review
1 Match the pictures of High-flying Flora (1–7) with the sentences (a–g).
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7
b
2
a) We’re flying over the Andes at
the moment.
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b) As an air hostess, I fly all over
the world.
c) Last Tuesday I flew to New York.
d) In the old days, planes were
usually flown by their inventors.
e) While we were flying to Sydney,
a passenger asked me to marry
him.
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f) I’ve never flown in a hot air
balloon.
g) Our planes are flown by very
experienced pilots.
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2
Complete the conversation between High-flying Flora and one of her passengers.
Passenger
How long have you been
(1) ...................................................................................................
an air hostess?
High-flying Flora
I’ve been an air hostess for five years.
Passenger
(2) .................................................................................................................... ?
High-flying Flora
I fly all over the world.
Passenger
(3) ......................................................................................................... flying?
High-flying Flora
Yes, I love it. In fact, I go paragliding in my spare time.
Passenger
(4) ................................................................................................................................ ?
High-flying Flora
No, I’ve never flown in a hot air balloon. I’d like to try it one day.
But planes are my favourite way of travelling. Lots of funny things happen if you work on
planes. The funniest thing happened last year.
Passenger
(5) ............................................................................................................................................................................................... ?
High-flying Flora
A passenger proposed to me in the middle of the plane, in front of everyone!
Passenger
(6) ............................................................................................................................................................................................... ?
High-flying Flora
I said I was really sorry, but I was already married!
Passenger
(7) .................................................................................................................................................. when that happened?
High-flying Flora
We were flying to Sydney.
Passenger
And (8) .................................................................................................................................................... at the moment?
High-flying Flora
Look out of the window! We’re flying over the Andes.
Passenger
I don’t like looking out of plane windows. I get worried that the plane will crash, especially
when I’m in an old plane. (9) ....................................................................................................................................... ?
High-flying Flora
This plane was built last year. It’s very new, and very safe.
Passenger
(10) ...................................................................................................................................................................................... for?
High-flying Flora
Our planes are flown for ten years. After that we buy new ones.
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Look back at the conversation in exercise 2. Find examples of these tenses.
1 present simple
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5 present perfect
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2 present continuous
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6 present passive
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3 past simple
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4 past continuous
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7 past passive
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