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01 Elementary Verb Tense Review

01. I.................. on holiday three weeks ago.

A. am going B. went C. go D. am gone
02. He................ for ten minutes.
A. spoke B. spoked C. speak D. speaking
03. I was in the bath when the telephone...................
A. ring B. rung C. rang D. ringed
04. I................... at that hotel when they had a fire.
A. stayed B. was staying C. stay D. have stayed
05. He met me as I..................... through the door.
A. come B. was coming C. had come D. will come
06. He often..................... golf.
A. plays B. is playing C. do play D. play
07. Where................... to when you overtook me yesterday?
A. was you driving B. were you driving

C. was you drive D. was driving you

08. She is here,................. she?
A. wasn't B. weren't C. isn't D. aren't
09. You are going,................ you?
A. isn't B. wasn't C. weren't D. aren't
10. They live here,............... they?
A. aren't B. don't C. doesn't D. isn't
11. I was taking it easy when the boss................... in
A. was walking B. walked C. walking D. walks
12. He was driving when the car..................
A. was crashing B. crash C. crashes D. crashed
13. We................ while you were living in Italy.
A. meet B. met C. were met D. was meeting
14. He................. the report while he was flying to Amsterdam.
A. reading B. were reading C. read D. reads

02 Elementary Verb Tense Review

01. An author...................... books.

A. write B. writes C. is writing D. do write
02. He..................... the letter now.
A. is typing B. types C. type D. do type
03. He is a car salesman. He..................... cars.
A. sell B. is selling C. sells D. do sell
04. What were you doing at the bank? I................... my traveller's cheques.
A. changing B. am changing C. was changing D. change
05. .................. to the cinema.
A. Go we B. Let's C. Let's to go D. Let's go
06. Were you working yesterday? Yes, I.................. all day.
A. am working B. was working C. have worked D. had been working
07. ...................... English?
A. Can you B. Can you speak C. Are you able to D. Will you
08. If it..................., I shall read a book.
A. rain B. will rain C. shall rain D. rains
09. If I....................... a bigger car, police would not catch me.
A. would have B. could C. had D. was having

Conjunctio
Function Example
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He lives in Victoria, and he studies at

and joins two similar ideas together
UVic.
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but joins two contrasting ideas John is Canadian, but Sally is English.

I could cook some supper, or we could

or joins two alternative ideas
order a pizza.

shows that the second idea is the She was sick, so she went to the
so
result of the first doctor.

and but or so

1. Jaewon was cold,………he put on a coat.

2. Maria tried to read a novel in French, ………it was too difficult.
3. To get from Vancouver to Victoria, you can fly, ………you can ride the ferry.
4. I bought a bottle of wine, ………we drank it together.
5. The waiter was not very nice, ………the food was delicious.
6. I went to buy a Rolling Stones CD, ………the shop didn't have it.
7. Anna needed some money, ………she took a part-time job.
8. There's so much rain lately! Maybe it's because of El Nino, ………maybe it's just
coincidence.
9. Julie has a guitar, ………she plays it really well.
10. The concert was cancelled, ………we went to a nightclub instead.