16th October 2025
sunny, warm
Thursday
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
Tom Wilson 1) .... is.... (be) an explorer. He 2) …has been……….(be) to nearly every country in the world, but the most exciting time he 3) ………has ever had…………………. (ever/have) was when he 4) …………went………… (go) to the Congo jungle. A magazine 5)……has asked…………….. (ask) him to retrace the route of a famous explorer who 6) …disappeared………………. (disappear) in the 1920's. As he 7) … was following…………….(follow) a small river he got separated from his guides. He 8) ………went on…………………. (go on) alone, hoping he 9) …would find……………….. (find) them, but instead he 10) encountered………………… (encounter) a group of natives. He 11) …..stayed............. (stay) with them for several days and 12) ……………found out……….. (find out) that a very old woman 13) …………had actually met…………(actually/meet) the famous explorer. She 14) ……knew……… (know) how he 15) …………had died ………………….(die). Tom 16) ………became………………….(become) very friendly with the natives and now he 17) ………is planning…………………… (plan) to go back and see them again. He is sure they 18) …………………will welcome ………………..(welcome) him back.
2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
When Francis Lee was a boy he 1)
.........wanted.................... (want) to
be an astronaut. He 2)
…was watching…........…….(watch) TV one day in 1969 when he 3) ……saw………………. (see) Neil Armstrong walk on the
moon. Since then he 4) ……has always dreamt……….......……… (always/dream)
of doing the same. Every night when there is a full moon, he 5)………stares….………..
(stare) up at it for hours and 6) …………imagines…..........……. (imagine) himself walking around on it. At
the moment, however, he 7) …is working/ works…………….(work)
as a night-watchman at a meat factory. He 8) ………has done/ has been doing…………………. (do) the same job
since he left school fifteen years ago, but he still hopes that one day his
dream 9) ………will come.............………….. (come) true. He 10) ………has heard………… (hear) that in the
21st century they 11)
…....will sell............... (sell) tickets to fly to the moon. For this reason
he 12) ………has been saving…….............(save) half of his wages every month for the past two
years.
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
Sue Thomas is a fashion designer. She 1) ... has been
making.... (make) clothes ever since she
2) ……was…….(be) a young girl. She 3) ……………got……………. (get) her first job in a clothes
factory when she was sixteen. She 4) …was sewing …………………
(sew) buttons onto a shirt one day when she 5)……had…………….. (have) a brilliant idea for a design. After
she 6) ………had spoken …………. (speak) to her bank
manager, she got a loan and she 7)
………opened …....…….(open) her own little workshop. Now she 8) ……………makes……………. (make)
lots of money. Next year she 9) ………is opening/is going to open………….. (open) a shop which will sell all her
own designs. She 10) ………is selling / has been selling………… (sell) clothes to a lot of famous people,
including film stars and singers, and she 11)
…......thinks................ (think) she will be very rich soon.
4. Put the verbs
in brackets into the correct tense:
Kevin Adams 1).....loves...............(love) trains. He first 2).......saw.................(see) one when he was four years old and he 3) .....................thought.........(think) it was great. He 4).........goes................(go) to a different railway station every week and 5)............writes down.............(write down) the engine number of every train he sees. He 6)...........has been doing.................(do) this since he was eight. By the time he was fifteen he 7)............had collected.................(collect) over 10.000 different engine numbers in various counties. Once, while he 8)............was standing.................(stand) in a station in Cheshire he saw something very unusual. He 9)........had waited....................(wait) for over an hour for a train to go by when suddenly he 10)...................saw...........(see) a very old steam train coming down the track. It 11)...........didn't stop..................(not/stop) at the station and, as it was passing, Kevin noticed that all the passengers 12).............were wearing.................(wear) old-fashioned clothes. When he told the station guard about this, the poor man turned pale. He said that no steam train 13).............had passed..............(pass) through that station for years, and that the last one 14).................had crashed..........(crash), killing everyone on board.
5. Put the verbs
in brackets into the correct tense:
Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, scientists, politicians and theologians 1) ........have been discussing .................................. (discuss) the question of whether or not the cloning of human beings 2) ..........should be allowed ................................(should/allow). If cloning does become a reality one day, it 3) ...........will raise .......................(raise) many questions. Many scientists want cloning 4).........to be...................(be) legalised. They believe that if it 5) .............is........................(be) legal to clone human beings, it 6) ...........will be.........................(be) possible to create a superior race. Many childless couples also wish the government 7).....will allow..................................(allow) cloning. If this 8) .......is........................(be) the only way for you to have a child, you might agree with them, too.
6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
Sammy Milton 1) .... is not....
(not/be) very clever. He 2)
………….(walk) along the beach one day when he 3) …………………………. (trip) over something and 4)
…………………… (fall) on the sand. He
5)………………….. (not/look) where he was
going. “What 6) …………………. (be) this?” he
said, picking up the object he 7) ……………….(trip) over. “I 8) ………………………….
(never/see) anything like it before.” It was, in fact, a very old oil lamp, and
as he 9) ………………….. (rub) it, a genie suddenly 10) ………………… (fly) out of it. “You
11) …............... (just/release) me
from the lamp!”, said the genie. “Now
you may have three wishes.” “Great said Sammy who12) …………………….. (feel) very
thirsty. “I 13) ……………………(want) a bottle of lemonade that never 14) ……………(run
out).” “No problem,” said the genie, and 15) …………………………….(produce) one
instantly. Sammy picked up the bottle and16)……………………….(drink) all the
lemonade in one go. Magically, the bottle 17) …………………………… (fill) itself up
again. Sammy drank all that, and exactly the same thing 18)
…………………………………..(happen) again. “That’s amazing!” he said. “Thanks very much!”
“You still 19) ................................ (have) two more wishes young
man.” “That’s easy, “said Sammy. “I 20)
.....................................(have) two more of these bottles of
lemonade!”.
7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
One day a little Indian boy 1) .... was sitting.... (sit) outside his wigwam. He 2) ………….(wonder) how the Indians 3) …………………………. (choose) their children’s names.
He 4) …………………… (decide) to go and ask
the Indian Chief. “Well,” 5)…………………..
(explain) the Chief, “we 6) ………………….
(love) nature and when a new baby 7)
……………….(be) born, we 8) …………………………. (look) around and we 9) ………………….. (choose) a name from what we10)
………………… (see), like Flowing Waterfall, Bright Star, Running Bull and so on.
11) …............... (you/understand)?”
“Yes, chief”, the little Indian boy said. “Why 12) …………………….. (you/be) so
interested in this, Two Dogs Fighting?”, the Chief asked.
8. Fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
One afternoon, while I
1).................................................(walk) in town, I
2).......................... (see) a poster for a liquor promotion at a club I
3) .......................................(used to, go) to. They 4)
................................(advertise) a “vodka disco”. Later that week,
my friend and I 5).................................(decide) to go to this club
to find out what 6) ..............................(go on). It was a
“drink-as-much-vodka-as-you-can” evening, with music and prizes for the best
dancers. After we 7)...............................(enter) the club, a man 8)
.............................. (give) each of us a T-shirt and a badge in the
shape of a vodka bottle. To my surprise , all the drinks 9)..................................(be)
free.
We 10) ........................................ (not drink) very much at all –one vodka each- but other young people 11)............................. (ddrink) heavily all evening. Some of the dancers 12) ................................(look) quite drunk.
We all know that companies 13) .....................................(try)
to sell us their products and they 14) .................................(use)
almost any means possible to encourage us to spend our money. 15)
............................................. (this, mean) they can convince us
to buy anything? Even things that are
bad for us?
Think about it! The last time you 16)
......................................(buy) an alcoholic drink,
17)...................................(it, be) because you really wanted it, or
because an ad persuaded you to do so?
