1. Complete the text with
the verbs in the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
Adults
always 1 (complain)
that young people 2 (spend) too much time in front of a computer. But, they really 3 (understand) what interesting
things you can do online? For example, I 4 (live) in a little village about 20 kilometres from
the nearest town. I 5 (not drive) and there aren’t any
clubs or cinemas around. So, everyday I spend about two hours online doing all
sorts of fascinating things. I 6 (belong) to an online book club:
at the moment we 7 (read) a great vampire story and
everyone really 8 (enjoy) it. I also participate in
a forum about the environment and it 9 (get) very exciting now because
we 10 (organise) a national
conference!
2. Complete the text with the verbs in the Present Perfect Simple or the
Present Perfect Continuous.
TK McKay is a techno-musician, composer and DJ. She ________1 (compose) and ________ 2 (perform) thousands of amazing
songs and ________ 3 (work) as a DJ for many years now.
But she _______ 4 (not make) many albums; only
demonstration CDs which she ________ 5 (send) to numerous record
companies for the last two months.
TK _______ 6 (develop) some original and
interesting sounds and techniques. And lately _______ 7 (mix) traditional African sounds
with computer generated rhythms very successfully. Following a radio interview
last month she ___ since __________ 8 (appear) on TV on numerous
occasions, and ____ recently ______ 9 (start) a new musical project
with young people from all over the world. They __________ 10 (work) hard over the past few
days and hope to produce an album before the summer.
3. Complete the sentences with the verb in the Past Simple or Past
Continuous.
1 I _______ dinner when the fire alarm ________ off. (eat / go)
2 As they ________ to school they ________ a terrible accident. (walk / see)
3 While they _________ the film, they _________ a loud noise. (watch / hear)
4 The fire __________ when they ________ chips. (start / cook)
5 The baby _________ because she ________ some food. (cry / want)
6 I _________ some toffee when my tooth _______ out. (chew / fall)
4. Complete the text with the verbs in the correct tense.
One sunny morning two summers ago I ________ 1 (decide) to go for a walk. The birds _______ 2 (sing) and people
________ 3 (sit) on terraces having
breakfast. I _______ 4 (stop) to talk to some friends I ________ 5 (not see) for ages. They ________ 6 (be) to Jamaica on holiday and they told me how
beautiful but dangerous Jamaica
________ 7 (be) and how much violence they ________ 8(witness) there. When we ________ 9(exchange) all our news, I happily
_________ 10 (say) goodbye. But as I________ 11 (walk) down to the village
square, I saw a huge crowd of people and lots of police. It was a strange sight
because our village ____ always ______ 12 (be) a very peaceful place. But
when I ________13 (get) closer I _________ 14 (can) see a body and lots of
blood: there ________ 15 (be) a murder!
5. Circle the correct
option.
1 I’m
not sure where Jane is. She could / must be at the office.
2 Sally
has to / doesn’t have to pass all her exams because she wants to
go to university.
3 You
ought to / can check you have all the ingredients before you
start making the cake.
4 The
letter should / couldn’t arrive tomorrow. It was sent by express
delivery.
5 You
mustn’t / have to book the tickets soon, otherwise they’ll be
sold out!
6 You
don’t have to / mustn’t smoke at a petrol station. You can’t /
could cause an explosion.
7 That
painting is obviously a forgery. It mustn’t / can’t be by Van
Gogh.
8 That doesn’t have to / can’t be right! The answers must
/ can be wrong.
6. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning of the original
sentences. Use the modal perfect.
1. The plane probably crashed over the jungle. (must)
The plane……………………………
2. There is no possibility that Mark was involved in the crime. (couldn't)
Mark……………………………………………….
3. Maybe Janet invited him here tonight. (might)
Janet ………………………………………………………
4. We expected him to pass his exams, but he didn't.
He . .......................................................
5. It was a bad idea to ask him to do it. (been)
He …………………………………………
6. It was wrong to stay out all night without phoning me.
You ………………………………………………………
7. She isn't in the office. Perhaps she went home. (may)
She .................................................
8. I'm sure she was quite angry when she said it. (must)
She..............................................
9. Perhaps she learned English as a child. (may)
She………………………………………………….
7. Translate the sentences.
1. She must have been terribly tired because she slept right through the concert.
2. Who could have given them this phone number?
3. We will never know why, but she may have changed her will after the accident.
4. I apologise. I should never have said those words.
5. She could have finished the project by now, but she didn't feel like it.
6. Should we have phoned you earlier about the trip?
