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Additional exercises

Present and past; simple and perfect tenses UNITS 1-5 & 9

Fill the gaps with an appropriate verb using one of the following tenses: present simple, present
perfect, past simple, past perfect. Give alternative tenses where they can be used. Sometimes
various verbs are possible.
A A French engineer m an urban car that (2> only on compressed air. The
latest version of the ZP car - ZP (3) for 'Zero Pollution'- (4) a small family
saloon. It (5) a top speed of about 100 kmh and (6) for 10 hours. That
(7) a better performance than any electric car currently in production.
B 'Cockroach' m the name given to one of the most successful of all animal groups.
Fossils (2) that they (3) little in appearance in 320 million years, and today
about 25 species (4) world-wide distribution.
C For many years now, Carmen m a card to me on my birthday. However, this year
I (2> one from her, so I (3) her in Brazil to check that she was okay. It
(4) out that she <5) her address book.

D We (i) (only just) breakfast when Derek (2) to take us to the airport. He
really (3) to be late. In fact, last week he (4) to the dentist over an hour
before the time of his appointment.
E Before they d) in the match last Saturday, Redfern Town (2) every cup final
they (3> (ever) in.

F In the hockey championships in Melbourne, Shahbaz Ahmad, the Pakistan captain,
ID a dazzling second-half performance to ensure a 2-1 victory over Australia after
the home team m 1-0 at half time.

The future UNITS 11-15

3 Study these sentences and say which of the alternatives given is correct or more likely,
and why.
1 'Can I speak to Mrs Lillie, please?' 'I'm sorry, she's not at her desk at the moment.' 'Okay,
I'll I I'm going to call back later.' (on the telephone)
2 The Taylors are going to go I are going on a cruise around the Mediterranean to celebrate
their 50th wedding anniversary.
3 The directors are working hard to save the company from bankruptcy, but it seems unlikely
that their efforts will succeed I succeed.
4 If you're sitting comfortably, then I'm going to I I'll begin the story.
5 Don't forget to unplug the television before you will go /go to bed.
6 You won't believe this, but Lucy will be having I is having a baby.
7 There are being I are going to be ten pages of sports news in 'The Globe', the new daily
newspaper planned by Newsco.
8 Scientists are predicting that the disease will I is to affect over half a million people over the
next ten years.
9 You can borrow the car provided that you will bring I bring it back before 9 o'clock.
10 Tomorrow, ABC television is devoting I is going to devote almost the entire day to
270 programmes first broadcast in the 1950s.