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Additional exercises

These exercises are divided into the following sections:
Present and past (Units 1–6) Exercise 1
Present and past (Units 1–14) Exercises 2–4
Present and past (Units 1–17) Exercises 5–8
Past continuous and used to (Units 6, 18) Exercise 9
The future (Units 19–25) Exercises 10–13
Past, present and future (Units 1–25) Exercises 14–15
Modal verbs (can/must/would etc.) (Units 26–36) Exercises 16–18
if (conditional) (Units 25, 38–40) Exercises 19–21
Passive (Units 42–45) Exercises 22–24
Reported speech (Units 47–48, 50) Exercise 25
-ing and to … (Units 53–66) Exercises 26–28
a/an and the (Units 69–78) Exercise 29
Pronouns and determiners (Units 82–91) Exercise 30
Adjectives and adverbs (Units 98–108) Exercise 31
Conjunctions (Units 25, 38, 112–118) Exercise 32
Prepositions (time) (Units 12, 119–122) Exercise 33
Prepositions (position etc.) (Units 123–128) Exercise 34
Noun/adjective + preposition (Units 129–131) Exercise 35
Verb + preposition (Units 132–136) Exercise 36
Phrasal verbs (Units 137–145) Exercises 37–41

Present and past Units 1–6, Appendix 2

1 Put the verb into the correct form: present simple (I do), present continuous (I am doing),
past simple (I did) or past continuous (I was doing).
1 We can go out now. It isn’t raining (it / not / rain) any more.
2 Katherine was waiting (wait) for me when I arrived (I / arrive).
3 (I / get) hungry. Let’s go and have something to eat.
4 What (you / do) in your spare time? Do you have any hobbies?
5 The weather was horrible when (we / arrive). It was cold and
(it / rain) hard.
6 Louise usually (phone) me on Fridays, but
(she / not / phone) last Friday.
7 a: When I last saw you, (you / think) of moving to a new flat.
b: That’s right, but in the end (I / decide) to stay where I was.
8 Why (you / look) at me like that? What’s the matter?
9 It’s usually dry here at this time of the year. (it / not / rain) much.
10 I waved to Ben, but he didn’t see me. (he / not / look) in my
direction.
11 Lisa was busy when (we / go) to see her yesterday. She had an
exam today and (she / prepare) for it.
(we / not / want) to disturb her, so
(we / not / stay) very long.
12 When I first (tell) Tom what happened,
(he / not / believe) me. (he / think) that
(I / joke).

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