1. Present Simple or Present Continuous1. Tim usually _______________ (get up) late on Saturdays.2. Look! The baby __________________ (sleep).3. Where ___________________ (you/live)? I __________________ (live) in Boston.4. Billy often ________________ (dream) that he _____________________ (fly).5. Peter ___________________(not like) going to the cinema. He ________________ (prefer) staying at home and watch TV.

2. Past Simple or Past Continuous1. They ________________________ (watch) a video when we __________________ (arrive) at their home.2. The doorbell ______________________ (ring) while I _____________________ (have) a shower.3. What _____________________ (you/do) when the teacher ____________________ (see) you? I _______________________ (talking) with my partner.4. Alexander Fleming ___________________ (discover) penicillin by accident while he ________________(work) at St Mary hospital in London.5. Tom ___________________ (break) his arm while he _______________________ (snowboard).

3. Past Simple or Past Perfect1. When I ____________ (arrive) to school, I ______________ (notice) that I _______________ (leave) my books at home.2. The teacher ___________ angry because we ________________ (not do) our homework.3. I had to explain the ticket inspector that I __________________ (lose) my ticket.4. We ______________ (go) to the cinema yesterday. When we _______________ (arrive) at the cinema, the film _________________ (already/begin).5. She couldn’t sleep because she _______________ (drunk) a lot of coffee.

4. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous or “used to”:1. Peter _________________ (go) to the cinema last night.2. We didn’t want to leave the party because we _____________ (have) so much fun.3. I _________________ (have) a dog when I was a child.4. My father ________________ (read) the newspaper every day.5. Be quiet! I __________________ (watch) a film.6. _____________________ (your friends/wait) for you when you arrived?7. Sally ____________________ (meet) Tom while they were studying at university.

8. Complete the sentences with “to be used to”, “to get used to” or “used to”:1. I _________________ (not get up) early in the mornings.2. She has moved to Sweden. Now she has to ________________ bad weather.3. My father __________________ (have) long hair when he was young.4. This is the first time he works as a babysitter. He (not) _________________ (look)after children.5. Helen moved from Argentina to Galicia. She had problems of adaptation at the beginning because she (not) _______________ rainy weather.6. Women __________________ (not wear) trousers in the past.7. My parents prefer staying at home. They (not) _________________ (go out).8. My mother is on holiday and now we have to __________________ (do) all the housework.

10. Gerund or infinitive:1. _________________ (travel) alone can be dangerous.

2. She apologised for _____________ (be) late.3. I hate _______________ (wait).4. Do you remember _______________ (read) that book before.5. Lisa forgot ________________ (phone) me on my birthday.6. Stop _____________ (make) noise. I’m trying _________________ (do) my homework.7. If you feel lonely, try ______________ (phone) your friends.8. They stopped at the petrol station ________________ (buy) an ice cream.

11. Complete the sentences with a suitable preposition:1. My mother is afraid _________ spiders.2. I am very proud __________ my sister.3. We are very excited __________ the trip.4. Dan loves languages. He’s very good ________ English and French.5. I felt insulted __________ what you told me last night.6. Stop talking! I’m tired _________ listening to you.7. I’m very different ___________ my brother.8. Our teacher is very pleased _________ the results of the exam.

12. Complete the sentences with a phrasal verb:look for _____________ look back on ________________look into _____________ look up ____________________look out _____________ look after __________________look forward to _____________ look on ____________________

1. They looked ____________ their missing dog but they couldn’t find it.2. Many people were looking ___________ the match.3. Please look _________ when you are in London.4. Elizabeth is looking __________ her little brother tonight.5. Look _______! This street is very dangerous.6. I feel very happy when I ___________ my childhood.

13. Complete the sentences with “but”, “because”, “and” or “so”:1. She enjoys her work _________ is successful.2. Susan wanted to be a singer ___________ she didn’t have a good voice.3. John is ill. ________, he isn’t at school today.4. The other students used to tease her ____________ she was different from them.