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Verb. Present Simple or Present Continuous?
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Verb. Present Simple or Present Continuous?
4. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. This workshop ________ (take place) in the Art Gallery every Wednesday from 10 am-12 pm. 2. The whole team ________ (perform) well at the moment. I believe they will win. 3. In the UK, students ________ (enter) law undergraduate degree programs immediately after high school. 4. Natural gas prices ________ (fall) as a result of relatively warm weather in much of the U. S. 5. Green plants ________ (consume) carbon dioxide and ________ (release) oxygen under the influence of light. 6. What ________ (you / do)? I ________ (try) to write an essay. 7. Please be quiet! I ________ (want) to watch the game. 8. The company ________ (operate) a wide range of cultural sightseeing every year. 9. My parents ________ (sail) around western Italy this summer, and probably won't be back until late September. 10. Paula is busy right now. She ________ (talk) on the phone with her dad.
Verb. Past Simple
5. Complete the passage filling in the gaps with the correct verbs from the list.
be, enjoy, mean, travel, worry, feel, suffer, take, spend, have
The pace of life in today’s society is much faster than in the past, because of changes in people’s habits and in the world of work. In the past, there were both advantages and disadvantages to living a slower paced-life. There ________ (1) a number of benefits of people’s lifestyle in the past. Firstly, people probably ________ (2) less from stress because they were not often in a hurry. Secondly, they ________ (3) more time with friends and family, especially at mealtimes and on traditional holidays. People ________ (4) less about being the best in their job or about earning a lot of money. They probably ________ (5) happier. However, in my view, the slower pace of life also ________ (6) several important disadvantages. People ________ (7) much less, either for work or holidays, so their lives were more limited. Basic tasks such as carrying objects, cleaning and washing ________ (8) up a lot of their time. As a result, they ________ (9) their free time less than people today. The slower pace of life also ________ (10) that it was more difficult for people to change or improve their situation by studying of finding a better job.
Verb. Past Simple, Present Perfect Simple
6. Read the text describing a chart and fill in the gaps with the past simple or present perfect simple of the verbs in brackets to make true sentences.
1. The chart shows the percentage of American students who ________ (use) illicit drugs since 2000. 2. The proportion of female students who have ever used illicit drugs ________ (increase) by more than 50% since 2000. 3. In 2010, the percentage of American male students reported to be using drugs ________ (rise) to 50%. 4. From the graph we can see that illicit drug use among American female students ________ (rise) each year. 5. The percentage of male students who used illicit drugs ________ (be) greater than the percentage of female students from 2000 to 2010. 6. However, American female students ________ (overtake) male students in drug usage since 2010. 7. The overall drug-use rate among American students ________ (grow) each year and the most significant rise ________ (occur) between 2000 and 2005.
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Verb. Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous
7*. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Carlos ________ (call) six times this morning, so you’d better ring him. 2. We ________ (receive)only three pages of your six-page fax. Could you send the last two pages again please? 3. I apologize for the delay in responding but Dr. Elly ________ (leave) our institute. 4. I ________ (try) your Skype number several times, but I ________ (have) no success. 5. Sorry but we ________ (have) emailing problems. 6. They ________ (know) each other since they were at college together. 7. I hear you ________ (have) problems uploading your manuscript. I ________ (speak) to the systems manager and she ________ (assure) me that she will contact you by midday today. 8. I ________ (try) to ring you all morning, where are you? I just wanted to tell you that I ________ (start) working on the new project. In fact, we ________ (work) on it for three months and we ________ (achieve) some great results.
Verb. Present Simple, Will
8. Choose the correct option.
1. One area of future study is / will be to represent these relationships more explicitly. 2. Phase 1 (of a project proposal): During this phase, we make / will make a preliminary description of the problem. 3. When I graduate / will graduate, I plan / will plan to find a job in industry. 4. Future work involves / will involve the application of the proposed algorithm to medical data. 5. Of great concern for the next decade is that energy consumption rises / will rise, and the country becomes / will become more dependent on imported petroleum. 6. In this section we analyze / will analyze Hartlett’s basic assumptions. 7. How do / will social robots help us to understand autism? 8. Abstract: In this paper, we discuss / will discuss the consequences of the monoculture that is spreading rapidly across the Anglo world and how this soon impacts / will soon impact on the perception of the Anglo world in the Middle East. 9. These aspects are / will be discussed further in the following subsections. 10. If this happens / will happen, then it has / will have serious consequences for world oil production.
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