State or action? Choose the right variant.

1. I see/am seeing Becky on Monday.

2. She weighs/is weighing 100 kilos. She eats too much.

3. Don't disturb me. I listen/am listening to music.

4. You look/are looking great.

5. I think/am thinking he can drive a car.

6. Laura has/is having two cars.

7. I come/is coming from Spain.

8. She tastes/is tasting vanilla ice cream. It's delicious.

9. He is/is being a very polite person.

10. Why do you smell/are you smelling these cakes?

Change the words in brackets.

There is a traffic jam in the street. Most of the people 1____ (try) to get to work. They all 2______ (work) in the city but few of them 3____ (live) there. They 4______ (feel) very angry and frustrated at the moment because the traffic 5__________ (hardly move).Traffic jams like this 6_________ (happen) every day. The problem 7 ________(get) worse all the time.

Tick the correct sentence.

1. a Donald walks along Buckingham Road every day 8.nd crosses it on his way to school.

b Donald is walking along Buckingham Road every day and crossing it on his way to school.

2. a Professor Brown believes that most of our cities die.

b Professor Brown believes that most of our cities are dying.

3. a He often suffers from headaches.

b He is often suffering from headaches.

4. a "Where are you going?", Lorna asked.

b “Where do you go?”, Lorna asked.

5. a I am not wanting to eat. I am not hungry.

b I do not want to eat. I am not hungry.

6. aShe is wearing a pink dress.

b She wears a pink dress.

7. a He is buying a new car every year.

b He buys a new car every year.

8. aThe dress belongs to my sister.

b The dress is belonging to my sister.

9. a“I'm still having breakfast,” she says.

b “I still have breakfast,” she says.

10. a Are you always getting up so late?

b. Do you always get up so late?

Correct the mistakes.

1. I'm busy at the moment. I talk over the phone.

2. I'm not knowing where he is.

3. I look at the pictures at the moment.

4. What do you read, Freddy? I don't read. I write.

5. They are picking the apples in September.

6. Tom is looking well.

7. They have dinner now.

8. The train is arriving at 7.30.

9. He is drinking coffee in the morning.

10. Our English friends come to our place on Monday

TEST № 2

Simple Past and Present Perfect

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

TAXI

Captain Ben Fawcett 0 has bought (buy) an unusual taxi and 1______ (begin)a new service. The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter’. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. Captain's Fawcett's first passenger 2 ________(be) a doctor who 3 _________(fly)from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett 4 ______(fly) passengers to many unusual places. Once he 5 __________(land) on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he 6_________ (land)in a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett 7________ (just/ refuse) a strange request from a businessman. The man 8 ________(want) to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett 9 _________(not/take) him because the trip 10 _____ (be) too dangerous.

Choose the correct verb form.

1. Betty wrote/has written her test yesterday.

2. She was/has been to London four times.

3. I don't know this man. I never met/have met.

4. We travel/have travelled to lots of countries.

5. Mrs Green worked/has worked in the office for 25 years. And she is still

working.

6. I met/have met in Oxford Street two days before.

7. She rang/has rung her boss yesterday.

8. Sheila went/has gone to the market at 8 o'clock in the morning.

9. David saw/has seen this play before.

10. Lorna read/has read the letter already.

Tick the correct sentence.

1. a John has lived here since 1990.

b John lived here since 1990.

2. a Hi! I didn't see you for ages.

b Hi! I haven't seen you for ages.

3. a This is the first time I was to New York.

b This is the first time I've been to New York.

4. a John has been looking for a job since he finished university.

b John looked for a job since he finished university.

5. a Were you busy this morning?

b Have you been busy this morning?

6. a Have you heard from Ben recently?

b Did you hear from Ben recently?

7. a Where is mother? She has gone to the shops.

b Where is mother? She went to the shops.

8. a Have you been at home on Friday?

b Were you at home on Friday?

9. a Your mother phoned a few minutes ago.

b Your mother has phoned a few minutes ago.

10. a Victoria has been 8 great queen.

b Victoria was a great queen.

4. Match the ·two parts of the sentences.

1. When my father retired ...

2. You were very busy …

3. I'm glad to see you …

4. I didn't see her ...

5. Helen gave me her new book but ...

6. He nodded ...

7. She has not been out since ...

8. We saw them ...

9. I can't go to the pictures because ...

10. I haven't been to Moscow since...

a . ... she bought the VCR.

b. ... I've heard much about you.

c. ... I haven't done my homework yet.

d. ... when I was in London.

e. ... at Mariinski Theatre on Sunday.

f . ... we went to live in a little town.

g. ... I haven't had a chance to read it.

h. ... and went upstairs.

i. ... we came to St Petersburg.

j. ... when I saw you two days ago.