1ST BACHILLER REVIEW

USE A SUITABLE PRESENT TENSE

Interviewer : How long have you been a wildlife photographer, Karen?

Karen : Since I left college three years ago.
Interviewer: (1)……………………..( you like) your work? Karen Yes! I’m lucky to
have such an interesting job. I (2) ( travel ) ……………….all over the world.
Interviewer: How many different countries (3) (visit) ……………….. this year?
Karen :I worked in Kenya in May, then New Zealand. And now I (4)(work)
…………………….. here in Brazil. I (5)(be)………………….. here for three weeks.
Interviewer: What exactly (6)( you / do)……………………. in Brazil?
Karen :I (7) ( take) ……………………….photos of wildlife in the Amazon rainforest.
Interviewer :(8) ( you / see ) ……………………..many animals?
Karen :Oh, yes. I (9)(see)……………………... something new every day. I (10)
(take)……………………….. thousands of photos already. Today, I saw a snake.
Interviewer :A snake! Oh dear! Was it a dangerous one?
Karen :Yes, it was extremely dangerous. (11) (you/ want)
………………………………...to see a photo of it? Look!
Interviewer: Aaagh! It (12) (look)…………………………...like a piece of wood.

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

1.- It _____________ (snow) when I _________ (leave) home this morning.

2.- It was a sunny afternoon and people __________ (sit) on the grass in the park.
Then suddenly it __________ (start) to rain.
3.- A: I tried to explain my problem to her.
B: ____________________ (she/listen)?
4.- My brother ______________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he
____________ (see) me, he ___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that
I ____________ (listen) to his conversation.
5.- I nearly had an accident today. A car ____________ (come) towards me, but I
moved quickly out of the way and fortunately nothing ____________ (happen).
6.- A: Which hotel ______________ (you/stay) in when you lost your passport?
B: I don’t remember. I ____________ (visit) many places during my European tour
and I ____________ (stay) in many different hotels.
7.- I ____________ (move) to Hastings in 1999. I ____________ (live) there when I
met them.
8.- ________________(many people / wait) for the 9:15 bus last night?
9.- I ______________ (dance) with my girlfriend when the disc jockey played our
favourite song.
10.- I ____________ (study) grammar when I ___________ (fall) asleep.

Complete the text with the correct form of the bold verbs. Use the past
simple, past continuous or past perfect.

At half term, I went (go) camping by the sea with Tania. We (1)……………………..
(not be) camping before, so it was quite an adventure. We (2)…………….. (not
have) our own tent, so we (3) …………………(borrow) one. We (4)
……………………….. (arrive) at the camp site quite late. Neither of us (5)
……………………………. (put up) a tent before and it was more difficult than we (6)
………………………. (expect). In the middle of the night, I (7) ……………………...
(wake up) because water (8)………………………(come) into the tent. Outside, it (9)
…………………………………….(rain). Tania (10)…………………. (sleep),so I went
out and tried to fix the tent on my own. While I (11)………………….. (do) this, I fell
on top of the tent and it (12)…………………….. (collapse). We (13)
………………….. (spend) the rest of the night in the camp site showers!

Complete the dialogue with the words in the list.

Used didn’t would walk use use to used to

did we would used to be would help

Molly :I used to live in this village when I was a child.

Sam: Is your house still here?
Molly :Yes. It (1)…………………………... be number seventeen in this street, but
it’s a shop now.
Sam: Did you (2)…………………………………. go to the local school?
Molly :Yes. There (3)……………………………….. a school here, but it closed in
2002. Now, children have to get the bus into town every day.
Sam (4) …………………………….you use to cycle to school?
Molly: No, I didn’t need to because it wasn’t far from my house. I (5)
…………………………...there every morning with my brother. My mum (6)
……………………………...us to cross the road and (7)
………………………………...walk down the street and across a field. In those days,
there (8)………………………... use to be many cars, so it was quite safe.
Sam :Did a lot of people (9)………………………….. to live in the village in those
days?
Molly: Yes. Over 500, but now there are only 250 inhabitants.

Write sentences. Use the correct form of used to or would.

we / be / in the same class (used to) We used to be in the same class

1 Toby / not like / tennis, but he does now (used to)

2 my parents / listen / to the radio a lot (would)

3 Elena / play / the guitar in a band (used to)

4 I / spend / every summer at the seaside when I was a kid (would)

5 where / she / live / before she moved to Cardiff? (used to)

6 you / walk to school? (used to)

7 Rebecca / be / very happy here (used to)
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect simple).

1.It(be)…………………………..a cold and rainy Sunday, so I(decide)

………………………...to finish the essay that I(start)……………………...writing a
few days before.
2.I(switch)……………………...on the computer and(open)……………….the
document.
3.Then I (begin)………………………looking for my notes that I (handwrite)
………………………….on a sheet of paper.
4.But the notes (be)………………..not on my desk and I (can / not)
…………………………..remember where I (put) ………………..…………..them.
5.I (turn)……………………..the whole house upside down.
6.And where (find / I)……………………….my notes?
7.I (leave)…………………………….them in the sitting room, under a huge staple of
papers and magazines.
8.Now that I (find)………………………………...my notes, I (want)
…………………………...to continue writing my essay.
9.First I (know / not)…………………………………….what to write but then I (have)
……………………………………..lots of ideas.
10.I (complete / almost)………………………….my essay when my computer
suddenly (crash)………………….and I(notice)……………….that I(forget)
……………………..to save the document.
11.After I(reboot)………………….my computer, I(see)…...………...that at least 5 of
the pages I(type)………...(be)………...…….missing.
12.So I(have)…………………………………………….to start all over again.
PAST SIMPLE VS PRESENT PERFECT
1 Our visitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (arrive). They’re
sitting in the garden. 2 There’s still a problem with the television.
Someone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repair) it, but then it
broke down again. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I / lose)
my bank card. I can’t find it anywhere. 4 The match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(start). United are playing well.
5 My sister . . . . . . . . . . . . . (run) away from home. But she came back two days
later.
6 Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (earn) some money last week. But I’m afraid
he’s already spent it all.
7 . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . (we / plant) an apple tree in the garden. Unfortunately it died.
8 Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (go) up. Everything is more expensive this year.
9 Someone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (turn) on the hi-fi. What’s that song called?
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I / phone) the office at eleven to speak to the
manager, but he isn’t there today. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I / make)
a cake. Would you like a piece?
12 The runner Amos Temila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (break) the
world record for the 1500 metres in Frankfurt. Then two days later in Helsinki, Lee
Williams ran it in an even faster time.
Fill the gaps with the adjectives in brackets.
1 He's such a monotonous speaker. I was so ................................. . (bored / boring)
2 Most sequels are ................................. . (disappointed / disappointing)
3 I had such a ................................. day I went straight to bed. (tired / tiring)
4 Everyone's very ................................. about the news. (excited / exciting)
5 That lamp produces a very ................................. effect. (pleased / pleasing)
6 The whole school was ................................. by the tragic event. (saddened /
saddening)
7 I don't like watching ................................. films on my own. (depressed /
depressing)
8 I was ................................. when she told me she'd got divorced. (amazed /
amazing)
9 He's such a ................................. guy. He only ever talks about himself. (bored /
boring)
10 I'm very ................................. in films and theatre. (interested / interesting)
11 No one knew what would happen next. We were all ..........................…
(intrigued / intriguing)
12 It was a very ................................. situation. (interested / interesting)
13 There's been some very ................................. news. (surprised / surprising)
14 His mother was ................................. by what she found under his bed.
(disgusted / disgusting)
15 Their hamburgers are .................................. (disgusted / disgusting)
16 Dad always arrives home from work completely .................................. .
(exhausted / exhausting)
17 He's always showing off. It's really .................................. . (annoyed / annoying)
18 I think Alex is one of the most ................................. people I've ever met. He
can't keep still for a second. (annoyed / annoying)
19 I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He
seemed really .................................. . (embarrassed / embarrassing)
20 She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night. It was
rather .................................. . (embarrassed / embarrassing)
1. hadn´t been 2. didn´t have 3. had borrowed 4. arrived 5. had put up 6. (had)
expected 7. woke up 8. was coming 9. was raining 10. was sleeping 11. was
doing 12 collapsed 13 spent

13.1.- was snowing / left 2.- were sitting / started 3.- was she listening? 4.- was
talking on the phone / saw / finished 5.- was coming / moved / happened 6.- were
you staying 7.- moved / was living 8.- Were many people waiting 9.- was dancing
10.- was studying / fell asleep
Use a suitable tense.
1. Do you like / enjoy 2. travel 3. have you visited / been to 4. ´m working 5. ´ve
been 6. are you doing 7 ´m taking 8. Have you seen / photographed 9. ´ve seen
10. ´ve taken 11. Do you want 12 looks

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or pas perfect simple).

1.It was a cold and rainy Sunday, so I decided to finish the essay that I had started
 writing a few days before.

2.I switched on the computer and opened  the document.

3.Then I began looking for my notes that I had handwritten  on a sheet of paper.

4.But the notes were not on my desk and I could not remember where I had put  

them.
5.I turned  the whole house upside down.

6.And where did I find  my notes?

7.I had left  them in the sitting room, under a huge staple of papers and

magazines.
8.Now that I had found my notes, I wanted  to continue writing my essay.

9.First I did not know what to write but then I had  lots of ideas.

10.I had almost completed my essay when my computer suddenly crashed and

I noticed that I had forgotten  to save the document.
11.After I had rebooted my computer, I saw that at least 5 of the pages I had
typed were  missing.

12.So I had  to start all over again.