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TENSE REVISION

1In these texts, use one of the following tenses for the verb inbrackets: present simple, present continuous, past simple,past continuous. Where alternatives are possible, think aboutany difference in meaning or emphasis.

1AA: John (1) . (not looking) well these

days. Is he okay?B: Apparently, he (2) . (not sleep) well

just now, although he usually (3) .(sleep) really soundly.

A: Sounds like something (4) . (worry)him.

B: Well, that's part of the problem. You (5). (know) that he (6). (work) for Tardown, the engineers,don't you?

A: Yes, ever since he (7) . (leave)university.

B: That's right. Well, at the moment he (8). (work) on a major road-buildingscheme in Liverpool, so he (9) .(drive) up there every day, which (10). (take) a couple of hours each way.And on top of that, he (11) . (suffer)from a cold and (12). (have) difficultybreathing.

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Concern (1) . (mount) for the safety oftwo British climbers who (2) . (miss) inthe Andes. Their three companions, all French, (3). (raise) the alarm when the climbers (4). (fail) to arrive back at their base camptwo days ago. It (5) . (now become) clearthat a number of avalanches (6) . (hit) thearea last week, and local experts (7).(blame) these on the very warm weather conditions for thetime of year.

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Alex (1) . (work) in the accountsdepartment when I (2) . (become)advertising manager at the firm. At first I (3). (find) him to be very efficient, but aftera while his work (4). (start) to deteriorate.He (5) . (forever lose) importantdocuments and (6). (make) excuses whenthere were delays. The final straw was when he (7). (spend) three weeks on a piece of workthat should have taken only a day or so. By the time he (8). (finish), I (9) . (feel)pretty annoyed and (10) . (complain) tothe managing director.

1DI (1) . (buy) a new alarm clock the otherday in Taylor's the jewellers, when I actually (2)

. (see)somebody shoplifting. I'd justfinished paying for my clock andas I (3). (turn)round, an elderly woman (4). (slowly put)a silver plate into a bag that she(5) . (carry).Then she (6) .

(walk) over to another part of theshop and, when she (7). (think) thatnobody (8) .(look), she (9). (put) anexpensive-looking watch into thebag. Before I (10). (have) achance to tell the staff in theshop, she (11). (notice) thatI (12) .(watch) her and (13). (hurry) out.Unfortunately for her, two policeofficers (14) .(walk) past just at that momentand she (15).(run) straight into them.

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Fill the gaps with anappropriate verb using one ofthe following tenses: presentsimple, present perfect, pastsimple, past perfect. Givealternative tenses where they

can be used. Sometimesvarious verbs are possible.

2AA French engineer (1). an urbancar that (2). only oncompressed air. The latestversion of the ZP car - ZP (3). for 'Zero

Pollution'- (4). a smallfamily saloon. It (5). a topspeed of about 100 kmh and(6) . for 10hours. That (7). a betterperformance than any electriccar currently in production.

2B'Cockroach' (1). the namegiven to one of the mostsuccessful of all animalgroups. Fossils (2). that they(3) . littlein appearance in 320 millionyears, and today about 25species (4). world-

wide distribution.

2CFor many years now, Carmen(1) .. a card tome on my birthday. However,this year I (2).one from her, so I (3). her inBrazil to check that she wasokay. It (4)

. out thatshe (5).her address book.

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2DWe (1) . (only just) breakfast whenDerek (2) . to take us to the airport.He really (3) . to be late. In fact, lastweek he (4) . to the dentist over anhour before the time of his appointment.

2EBefore they (1) . in the match lastSaturday, Redfern Town (2) . everycup final they (3) .. (ever) in.

2FIn the hockey championships in Melbourne, ShahbazAhmad, the Pakistan captain, (1) . adazzling second-half performance to ensure a 2 - 1victory over Australia after the home team (2). 1-0 at half time.

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