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Present Simple or Present Progressive
Exercise:
Use the correct form of the verb "to have" (present simple or present progressive) to fill in the gaps.
1.) I ___________ two sons and a daughter.
2.) We ___________ some friends over tonight.
3.) I´m afraid she __________ lunch right now.
4.) ______ you _______ any brothers?
5.) Suddenly I __________ doubts about his statement.
6.) We __________ the office professionally redecorated.
Past Progressive and Simple Past
Exercise:
Lisa met a lot of people in the shopping centre last week. What was happening each time? Fill in the blanks.
1.) Lisa ___________ (listen) to the radio when Remco ___________ (arrive).
2.) When Svenja ____________ (get) there, Lisa ______________ (talk) to Remco.
3.) When Jessica _____________ (meet) them, Svenja and Lisa ______________ (look) at Remco´s new CD.
4.) When Antonia and Jessica _____________ (see) Lisa, she _____________ (buy) some new shoes.
5.) Lisa __________ (sit) in the restaurant when Daniel __________ (find) her.
6.) When her mum and dad (meet) ____________ her, Lisa ____________ (eat) a big ice-cream with Daniel and Remco.
Present Perfect Progressive
Fill in the verbs in the present perfect progressive. Then put in "for" or "since".
1. Susan: This weather! It ______________ (snow) without a break ________ (for/since) lunch time. Let´s hope it will stop this evening.
2. Tom: This is hopeless! We ________________ (look) for a place to park the car ______ (for/since) half an hour.
3. Richard: The path is so steep here! I would like to go home now. We ________________ (climb) ________ (for/since) nearly three hours.
4. Emily: This meal was good! But let´s go back to work now. We ______________ (sit) here ________ (since/for) twelve o´clock.
5. Steven: Yes, I agree, we should go now. I ________________(watch) the weather _______ (for/since) a while now, and I think, it´s getting worse.
6. Kelly: Let´s hurry then. Those clouds over there ________ (get) darker ______ (for/since) some time now.
Passive form
Put the verbs in the correct passive form.
Hi, I´m Susan. I´ve been to Phantasialand four times. The first time was four years ago. I ____________ (to take) there by my parents. It was a birthday present, and I loved it. So I ____________ (to take) there for all my birthdays since then. And this year I went there with my tennis team. We ____________________ (to drive) there by coach. It was awesome. Did you know that the park _______________ (to change) a bit every year? Sometimes rides _______________ (to improve). And two years ago a new one _________________ (to build). I´m sure another one _______________ (to add) soon.
Reported and Indirect Speech
There are different possibilities to express the content of statements and questions without quoting them.
Important:
a) If the reporting verb like "say", "tell" is in present tense, you don´t need to change the the tense.
p.e.: "Go home!" My boss tells me to go home.
b) If the reporting verb is in past tense, you need to change the tense.
| Tense | Direct Speech | Reported Speech |
| present simple | I´m hunry. | She told me that she was hungry. |
| present continuous | I am living in Paris. | He said to me that he was living in Paris. |
| past simple | I fell asleep. | Mom said that she had fallen asleep. |
| past continuous | I was living in Berlin. | He said that he had been living in Berlin. |
| present perfect | I haven´t talked to Anna. | She told me that she hadn´t talked to Anna. |
| past perfect | I had taken French lessons before. | He said that he had taken French lessons before. |
| will-future | I will see you later | He told me that he would see me later. |
c) You also need to change the time expressions
| now | then/at that time |
| tomorrow | the following day |
| today | that day |
| yesterday | the day before |
| last night | the night before |
| last week | the week before/previous week |