PRVA LEKCIJA – THE ENGLISH VERB SYSTEM

EXERCISE 1: past simple and past participle forms

Write down the past simple and past participle forms for each verb.

EXERCISE 2: ENGLISH TENSES

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs. (Include a range of tenses – simple, continuous, perfect – exclude future)

1. By the time we arrived, they __________ (finish) their dinner.

He __________ (work) on his project all night.

They __________ (live) in Paris for three years before moving to London.

She __________ (read) that book several times.

I __________ (write) an email when the phone rang.

He __________ (play) tennis every weekend.

We __________ (not/see) each other for ages.

She __________ (cook) dinner when the guests arrived.

EXERCISE 3: TIME EXPRESSIONS

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate time expression: SINCE, FOR, IN, AGO, WHILE, YET, JUST, ALREADY, SOMETIMES, AT PRESENT

I have been living here __________ five years.

She has __________ finished her homework.

He went to the store an hour __________.

They haven't arrived __________.

__________ studying, he listened to music.

She has lived here __________ 2010.

He is working on a project __________.

I __________ go to the gym before work.

EXERCISE 4: VERB FORMS

Choose the verb form that fits best in each example.

When I arrived, they __________ dinner.

She __________ a letter at the moment.

He __________ here for ten years.

By the time she arrived, we __________.

They __________ dinner when the phone rang.

I __________ this movie before.

He __________ when I called.

She __________ to the store every Saturday.

EXERCISE 5: PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE?

Put the verbs in brackets in one of the two tenses, taking into account the overall meaning of the given sentence.

I __________ (see) that movie three times this year.

She __________ (move) to Paris in 2010.

They __________ (finish) their homework before dinner last night.

He __________ (live) in London since he was a child.

We __________ (visit) the new museum last weekend.

She __________ (work) for this company for five years.

I __________ (read) that book when I was in high school.

They __________ (travel) to Japan twice so far.