1st Batx revision unit 4 (verbal tenses and rephrase)

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with the correct verbal tenses

1. A: Excuse me, I need to talk to someone about our hotel room. B: That man at the service counter (help)………………………..you.
2. Last week at the café, the waiter …………………… (bring) a drink that I ……………………..(not / order).
3. As we want to get better marks in English, we ……………………. (study) harder in the future.
4. Let’s go, we ……………………….. (wait) for 20 minutes, that’s enough.
5. How often ……………………………. (she/ take) the dog for a walk?
6. I haven't made up my mind yet. But I think I …………………………….. (enjoy) the summer in Croatia.
7. Hurry up! The film (begin)…………………………………..in 20 minutes.
8. How long …………………………. (live) in this house?
9. This is my last day here. I (go)…………………………..back to England tomorrow.
10. Yesterday morning, the children…………………….. (collect) the oranges that ……………………………  (fall) from the tree the previous day.
11. This time last month, we …………………………… (fly) to Vienna.
12. Since we got married, we ……………………………. (be) to Italy three times.
13. Sam …………………………….. (be) a famous actor one day.
14. By the end of June I ……………………………………………….. (live) in this flat for thirteen years.
15.  While mum ………………………………………. (cook) I …………………………………….. (wash) the car outside in the garden.
16. When ……………………………………… (she/ paint) her bedroom?
17. We ………………………………………… (sleep) in our tents when we ……………………………… (hear) a strange noise in the forest.

Exercise 2

Rephrase the sentence with the words in brackets:

The film starts at 7 and finishes at 9. (At 8)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Tom finished the washing up. Then, he took the dog for a walk. (after)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

The last time I saw Brian was three months ago. (for)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

What are his plans this evening? (do)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

The plane lands at 7.30. (by 7.30)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 Some links:

Future perfect or continuous

Future perfect or continuous? 

Answers

Exercise 1

1.    Will help

2.   Brought/ hadn’t ordered

3.   Are going to study

4.   Have waited/have been waiting

5.   Does she take

6.   Will enjoy

7.   Begins

8.   Have you lived

9.   Am going

10.  Collected/had fallen

11.   Were flying

12.  Have been

13.  Will be

14.  Will have lived

15.  Was cooking/ was washing

16.  Did she paint

17.  Were sleeping/ heard

 

Exercise 2

At 8, I will be watching a film/ I will be watching a film at 8

After Tom had finished the washing up, he took the dog for a walk.

I haven’t seen Brian for three months.

What are you doing this evening? / what are you going to do this evening?

By 7.30, the plane will have landed.

1st Batx Verbal tenses, vocabulary and translation. Revision units 1&2

Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below.

Hesitate/ relief/ breathe/ warn/ survive/ cheer up/ poison/ seriously injured

1.       He was…………………………………………… so he couldn’t move.

2.       Juliet drank the …………………………….. and died.

3.       I can’t …………………………………! The room is full of smoke.

4.       Try and ……………………………….. It’s not that bad.

5.       Don’t ………………………………. to call if you need any help.

6.       They were lucky to ………………………………the crash.

7.       We tried to …………………………………………then about the dangerous conditions but they didn’t listen to us.

8.       What a …………………………………… I thought something terrible has happened to you.

Exercise 2

Complete the sentences by adding ed/ing to the verbs in brackets

1.       Everyone was ……………………………..(surprise) to hear that John won first prize.

2.       It was a …………………………….(relax) evening which we all enjoyed.

3.       He is ………………………………..(disappoint) with his marks.

4.       Being a firefighter is a ……………………………..(satisfy) career because I can help people.

5.       I’m ……………………………(confuse). I don’t understand what you are telling me.

Exercise 3

Translate the following sentences.

1.       N’Andy feia net el cotxe del seu pare mentre xerrava per telèfon.

2.       M’entregaran el paquet demà.

3.       Era difícil respirar a s’habitació, molta gent estava fumant i el fum és molt nociu per la nostra salut.

4.       Ahir me vaig comprar un smartphone, són molt útils.

5.       Quan vam arribar a la sala de professors, me’n vaig adonar que m’havia deixat la jaqueta a la classe.

Exercise 4

Fill in the blanks with the present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous and past perfect.

1. What ………………………………………..(you/do) yesterday at 7? I ………………………………….(jog) in the park.
2. What ……………………………………..(she/have) for dinner tonight?
3. British people ………………………………….(often /eat) fish and chips for dinner.
4. When Julie…………………………..(get) home yesterday , the flat was a mess because John……………………………………. (have) a party the day before.
5. Yesterday I ……………………………(open) my bag to find that someone ……………………………….. (steal) my wallet.
6. A: ……………………………………(you/ listen ) to me?

B: Yes, but ,I …………………………………………(not understand) the exercise.

7. Sam …………………………………….(play) with the sand on the beach when he …………………………….(find) an old coin.
8. Yesterday I…………………………………….. (go) to the Post Office, …………………………………(buy) some eggs at the supermarket and ………………………………..(read) a book in the park.
9. Next week, a lot of scientists …………………………………….(meet) to talk about the Greenhouse Effect.
10. After arriving home, I realised I ……………………………………………(not buy) any milk.

Answers

Exercise 1

1.       Seriously injured

2.       Poison

3.       Breathe

4.       Cheer up

5.       Hesitate

6.       Survive

7.       Warn

8.       Relief

Exercise 2

1.       Surprised

2.       Relaxing

3.       Disappointed

4.       Satisfying

5.       Confused.

Exercise 3

1.       Andy was washing his father’s car while he was talking on the phone.

2.       They will deliver the parcel tomorrow.

3.       It was difficult to breathe in the room, a lot of people were smoking and the smoke is very harmful for our health.

4.       Yesterday I bought a smartphone, they are vey useful.

5.       When I got to the teachers’ room, I realised I had left my jacket in the class.

Exercise 4

1. Were you doing/was jogging
2. Is she having
3. Often eat
4. Got/had had
5. Opened/had stolen
6. Are you listening/don’t understand
7. Was playing/ found
8. Went/bought/read
9. Are meeting
10. Hadn’t bought