English Grammar in Use

ADDITIONAL EXERCISES
This section of exercises is divided into the following sections:
Present and past (Units 1-6): Exercise 1
Present and past (Units 1-14): Exercise 2-4
Present and past (Units 1-17): Exercise 5-8
Past continuous and used to (Units 6, 18): Exercise 9
The future (Units 19-25): Exercise 10-13
Modal verbs (Units 26-40): Exercise 14-15
Conditionals (Units 25, 37-39): Exercise 16-18
Wish (Units 38-40): Exercise 19
Passive (Units 41-44): Exercise 20-22
~ing and the infinitive (Units 52-65): Exercise 23-25
Articles (Units 68-77): Exercise 26
Conjunctions (Units 25, 37, 111-115): Exercise 27
Prepositions (time) (Units 12, 118-121): Exercise 28
Prepositions (place etc.) (Units 122-127): Exercise 29
Noun/adjective + preposition (Units 128-130): Exercise 30
Verb + preposition (Units 131-135): Exercise 31
Present and past
Units 1-6, Appendix 2
1. Put the verb into the correct form, present simple (I do), present continuous (I am doing), past simple (I did) or past continuous (I was doing).
1. We can go out now. It _isn't raining_ (not/rain) any more.
2. Ann _was waiting_ (wait) for me when I _arrived_ (arrive).
3. I --- (get) hungry. Let's go and have something to eat.
4. What --- (you/do) in your spare time? Have you got any hobbles?
5. What speed --- (the car/do) at the time of the accident?
6. Mary usually --- (phone) me on Fridays but she (not/phone) last Friday.
7. A: When I last saw you, you --- (think) of moving to a new flat.
B: That's right, but in the end I --- (decide) to stay where I was.
8. What's that noise? What --- (happen)?
9. It's usually dry here at this time of the year. It --- (not/rain) much.
10. Yesterday evening the phone --- (ring) three times while we --- (have) dinner.
11. Linda was busy when we --- (go) to see her yesterday. She (study) for an exam. We --- (not/want) to disturb her, so we --- (not/stay) very long.
12. When I first --- (tell) Tom the news, he --- (not/believe) me. He --- (think) that I --- (joke).