EXERCISE 1
1. His _________________
for music has stayed strong, throughout his 23 years in radio. (enthusiast)
2. He showed unswerving _________________ to his friends. (loyal)
3. We all have great _________________
for the victims of the flood. (sympathize)
4. __________________ is very important because uncertain people
cannot have a lifelong friendship. (constant)
5. It was very __________________
of him to offer us his room. (selfish)
6. The wine had made him __________________ of thinking clearly. (capable)
7. Playing a game with the children is a good
way of getting them ________________. (acquaint)
8. Inform the police immediately if you see
anything ________________. (suspicion)
9. ______________ need time to develop. (friend)
10. He loved Mona for her honesty, her modesty
and her ______________ (selfish)
11. She tried her best to overcome her ______________ and started a conversation with the
girl next door. (shy)
12. The soldiers swore their ________________ to the king. (loyal)
13. Don't be ______________
by whispers, rumors or gossips. Trust your friends. (influence)
14. He doesn’t know much about the subject, but
he is ________________. (enthusiast)
15. She
found it difficult to get ________________ with
new friends. (acquaint)
16. If you want to get a good result
in every work, you should have a ______________ (constant)
17. I've got lots of __________________,
but only a few are really good friends. (acquaint)
18. Business leaders gave an ________________ welcome to the proposal. (enthusiast)
19. They were extremely ________________
to my plight. (sympathy)
20. The task needs the skills of a suitably ________________ engineer. (experience)
21. She smiled to hide her slight ________________. (embarrass)
22. The romantic evening cruise will be a ______________ experience. (memory)
23. I haven't got a picture of this so you'll
just have to use your ______________. (imagine)
24. I believe that everyone has had ______________ experiences in their life. (memory)
25. The wedding anniversary mark a happy and
lasting ______________ between the married
couple. (relate)
EXERCISE 2
1. I’ve never fallen in such a(n) _________________
situation before. (embarrass)
2. The novel is based on his __________________ in the war. (experience)
3. This ______________
girl was disliked by the rest of the class. (SNEAK)
4. I felt my face burning with ________________. (embarrass)
5. My most _________________
experience happened a few years ago. (embarrass)
6. I was _________________
excited and decided to go to the shop at once. (extreme)
7. I was busy _________________
how I would look in the hat. (imagine)
8. I was sure that the boy was a ________________. (thieve)
9. The girl felt _________________
after she realized she had asked a silly question. (embarrass)
10. She complains ________________
about anything she doesn’t like. She is the type of person who is always making
a fuss. (noisy)
11. She was in a very ________________
situation. She felt so stupid and didn’t know what to say. (embarrass)
12. They organized a party in _________________ of the year's successes. (celebrate)
13. After they got _________________,
she never remarried. (divorce)
14. The lighting in the room is functional as
well as ______________.(decorate)
15. The _________________ postponed the
race because of heavy snow. (organize)
16. We're having a small family ______________ to mark our wedding anniversary. (gather)
17. I have no _________________
of changing jobs. (intend)
18. The food was good but the ______________ was very slow. (serve)
19. Nobody in the office had received an ______________ to the party. (invite)
20. Have you ______________
your Christmas tree yet? (decorate)
21. She ________________
a camera as a twenty-fifth birthday present. (receive)
22. By the time we got to the party, the pasta
had ______________. (serve)
23. The first floor of the hotel has been
cleaned up for their wedding ______________ (celebrate)
24. The climax of the New Year ________________ was a firework display. (celebrate)
25. Fifty years ago, Lisa and Luis got ________________. (marry)
GIVE THE CORRECT TENSES
EXERCISE
1
1. Up to now, the teacher ( give
). . . . . . . . .. . . . our class 5 tests.
2. David ( be ) . . . . . .
. . .. . . . born after his father ( die ). . . . . . . . .. . . .
3. When I ( be ) . . . . . .
. . .. . . . a child, I ( want ). . . . . . . . .. . . . to be a doctor
4. She ( ask ) . . . . . . .
. .. . . . me to tell about him several times
5. Mr Jackson ( paint ) . .
. . . . . . .. . . . his house since last month
6. When I came in, they all ( sit
) . . . . . . . . .. . . . round the fire. Mr Pike ( do ) . . . . .
. . . .. . . . crossword puzzle.
7. Yesterday thieves broke into
the house and ( steal ) . . . . . . . . .. . . . a lot of fur coats while
the guests ( dance ) . . . . . . . . .. . . .
8. He ( do ) . . . . . . . .
.. . . . his homework before he went to the cinema
9. What did you do after you ( go
) . . . . . . . . .. . . . home yesterday?
10. Trees ( plant ) . . . . .
. . . .. . . . since it ( stop ) . . . . . . . . .. . . . raining
11. Someone ( cut ) . . . . .
. . . .. . . . down all the trees in the garden
12. Mr Pike ( live ) . . . .
. . . . .. . . . here since last October
13. John ( watch ) . . . . .
. . . .. . . . TV at 8 last evening
14. Why didn’t you listen while I (
speak ) . . . . . . . . .. . . . to you?
15. We ( not receive ) . . .
. . . . . .. . . . any letters from him since he ( leave ) . . . . . . .
. .. . . . four
16. Dick ( start ) . . . . .
. . . .. . . . school before he ( be ) . . . . . . . . .. . . .
seven
17. It ( rain ) . . . . . . .
. .. . . . when we arrived
18. We ( not see ) . . . . .
. . . .. . . . them for a long time
19. He felt asleep while he ( do )
. . . . . . . . .. . . . his homework
20. Up to then I (never, see
) . . . . . . . . .. . . . such a fat man.
EXERCISE
2
1. John ( drive ) . . . . .
. . . .. . . . that car ever since I ( know ) . . . . . . . . .. . . .
him.
2. Last month I ( be ) . . .
. . . . . .. . . . in the hospital for 10 days.
3. The Browns ( live ) . . .
. . . . . .. . . . in Paris for 7 years when the second World War
( break ) . . . . . . . .
.. . . . out.
4. Yesterday the police ( report )
. . . . . . . . .. . . . that they ( capture ) . . . . . . . . .. .
. . the thief.
5. When the teacher came in, the
pupils ( play ) . . . . . . . . .. . . . games
6. He ( leave ) . . . . . .
. . .. . . . home 2 weeks ago and we ( not hear ) . . . . . . . . .. . .
. from him since then.
7. Tom ( study ) . . . . . .
. . .. . . . chemistry for 3 years and then he gave it up.
8. My brother ( join ) . . .
. . . . . .. . . . the army when he ( be ) . . . . . . . . .. . . . young
9. You ( receive ) . . . . .
. . . .. . . . any letters from your parents yet?
10. My teacher wasn’t at home when
I ( arrive ) . . . . . . . . .. . . He ( just go ) . . . . . . . .
.. . . . out.
11. I ( work ) . . . . . . .
. .. . . . for him for 10 years and he never once ( say ) . . . . . . . .
.. . . . “good morning” to me.
12. I ( teach ) . . . . . . .
. .. . . . hundreds of students but I never ( meet ) . . . . . . . . .. .
. . such a hopeless.
13. He ( lose ) . . . . . . .
. .. . . . his job last month and since then he ( be ) . . . . . . . . ..
. . . out of work.
14. I ( see ) . . . . . . . .
.. . . . a car accident while I ( wait ) . . . . . . . . .. . . . for you
on this corner yesterday.
15. We ( not live ) . . . . .
. . . .. . . . in England for 2 years now.
16. Geoge ( work ) . . . . .
. . . .. . . . at the university so far.
17. He tells us that he ( be
) . . . . . . . . .. . . . to the mountains before.
18. The student who answered the
question ( be ) . . . . . . . . .. . . . John.
19. Mary ( have ) . . . . . .
. . .. . . . dinner when her friend called.
20. The film ( end ) . . . .
. . . . .. . . . by the time we ( get ) . . . . . . . . .. . . . there.
EXERCISE 3
1. I felt very tired when I got home, so I
______________ (go) straight to bed.
2. Two days ago I met an old friend who I
_______________ (not see) for years.
3. The weather generally (get) ________quiet
hot in summer.
4. He tells us that he
(be) _____________ the mountains
before.
5. Tom (wait) ________________for her since
noon.
6. He
said that he already (see) _________ me.
7. By the time you come here, we (finish)
________________ dinner.
8. When the teacher came in, the children ( play ) _________________ games
9. At last he announced his decision. He _____________
(make) up her mind.
10. I (see)
__________ that film several times because I like it.
