QUINTO DÍA DE CLASE (Ejercicios)

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS:

1. Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the Present Perfect Progressive/Continuous. Watch the punctuation and form sentences or questions.

Example: ___ she __________ tennis for half an hour now? (to play)

Answer: Has she been playing tennis for half an hour now?

1) Andrew in the country. (not/to live)

2) How long your grandparents this car? (to drive)

3) They . (not/to cycle)

4) Tony this book, but Mary has. (not/to read)

5) How long he for her? (to wait)

6) Andy on the blue car? (to work)

7) My brother hard enough. (not/to study)

8) How long they for a flat? (to look)

9) I my homework. (not/to do)

10) you the whole morning? (to sleep)

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS:

1. Fill in the gaps with the past perfect continuous of the verbs bellow, as in the example:

play                      work                          talk                             wait                try

Example: Louise was quite tired. She had been gardening all afternoon.

1. Kevin was stressed. He …………………………. To do an exercise for over an hour.
2. Bruce had a headache. He ……………………… on his computer since nine o’clock in the morning.
3. Frank was annoyed. He …………….. on the phone since lunchtime.
4. The children were happy. They ……………………….. with the leaves in the garden for hours.
5. Mike was fed up. He ………………………. For a mechanic for two hours.

USED TO, WOULD, BE USED TO, GET USED TO.

1. Complete the sentences with USED TO or WOULD and the verbs in brackets. There may be more than one possible answer.

1. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez …………….. (BE) a couple.
2. We ………………… (GOSSIP) a lot when we were younger.
3. …….. you ………….. (WATCH) a lot of TV when you were a child?
4. People ……………… (VIEW) gossip as negative.
5. ……… she ………….. (HAVE) long hair last year?
6. My friends and I ………………… (PRETEND) we were famous actors.

2. Complete the sentences using BE USED TO or GET USED TO, affirmative or negative.

1. Sheila comes from a large family, so she …………….. being alone.
2. Over the last four months, Trevor ………….. the cold weather, but he still doesn’t like it.
3. Could you ………………. Living without a TV?
4. My friend talks a lot, but I don’t mind. I’ve known her for so long that I …………………. it.
5. I don’t think my dog will ever …………………. our new cat.

3. Complete the passage with the correct form of USED TO, WOULD, BE USED TO or GET USED TO. There may be more than one correct answer:

THE NEW RACHEL

These days, Rachel is in great shape, but she ………………. be fit at all. In the past, she ………….. spend all her free time sitting around and reading gossip magazines. Then she read that her favourite film star was an exercise fanatic, and she began to go to a gym every day. It took her a few months to …………….. her new routine, and at first she ………………… complain a lot. However, now she ………………….. the benefits of regular exercise. In the past, she ……………. get tired easily, but now she has got lots of energy. Her muscles ……………. be quite weak, but now they are strong and firm. She has less free time than before, but she ……………… going to the gym every day and she feels great.