Grammar and Use of English (Focus 5 Unit 1)

Complete the sentences with the correct continuous, perfect or perfect continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

1 I’m going through a hard time and right now I ___________________________ (find) it difficult to communicate with people.

Complete the sentences with the correct continuous, perfect or perfect continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

2 My friend and I met when we __________ (take part) in a holiday art course.

Complete the sentences with the correct continuous, perfect or perfect continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

3 This time tomorrow I ___________________________ (get) ready to go out to a party that I’m really looking forward to.

Complete the sentences with the correct continuous, perfect or perfect continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

4 She ____________ (prepare) for the dance competition for a long time, and then at the last moment she had to give it up.

Complete the sentences with the correct continuous, perfect or perfect continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

5 I hope by the time I’m thirty I ____________ (discover) what I want to do in life.

Complete the sentences with the correct continuous, perfect or perfect continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

6 At the end of this month I ____________(play) with the band for a whole year.

Complete the sentences with the correct continuous, perfect or perfect continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

7 I don’t know what’s happened to Claire; she used to be very easy-going, but now she ____________(become) so stubborn and difficult that it’s not easy working with her.

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.

1 My brother started training for an adventure race five months ago.

My brother ______________________ for an adventure race for five months.

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.

2 My parents bought my granddad a dog and then he started walking a lot more.

My granddad started walking a lot more after my parents ____________________________ him a dog.

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.

3 I got to know my best friend when we were both five years old.

My best friend and I __________________________ each other since we were both five years old.