EXERCÍCIOS

1) Choose “used to”, “be used to” or “get used to” for each sentence:

a) European drivers find it difficult to ………….. (drive) on the left when they visit Britain.

b) See that building there? I…………..(go) to school there, but now it's a factory.

c) I………………..(drink) a cup of tea before going to sleep.

d) Whenever we came to Coventry we always ……….. (stay) in the Central Hotel. We loved it.

Gabarito: get used to driving; used to go; am used to drinking; used to staying

2) Complete the sentences using to be used, used to or get used to:

a) He used to……………………. but now he's thin (be)

b) How did you get used to…………….. in the middle of this mess (work)

c) My mother didn't ……………………..drink much coffee. But now she has become addicted to it

d) There……………………...a lot of trees in this courtyard. They have all been cut down. (be)

Gabarito: be; working; use to; used to be

3) Use the correct continuous tense to complete the blanks:

a) Now, the boy ……………………………….a new T-shirt (try)

b) At 3 am, I hope Steve……………………….(sleep)

c) Last night, children………………………..(watch) TV.

d) The team………………………(not/train) soccer today.

Gabarito: is trying; will be sleeping; were watching; aren’t training

4) Write the sentences below in past and future continuous:

a) I am watching a horror movie.

b) He is writing a letter for his daughter.

c) They aren’t playing chess

d) Brian is listening to the radio.

e) Gina is cooking her dinner.

Gabarito: I was watching a horror movie, Was I watching a horror movie; He was writing a letter for his daughter, He will be writing a letter for his daughter; They were playing chess, They will be playing chess; Brian was listening to the radio, Brian will be listening to the radio; Was Gina cooking her dinner?, Will Gina be cooking her dinner?

5) Put the verbs into the correct form using going to:

a) It (rain)).....................................

b) I (wear).....................................black shoes tonight

c) .....................................(Steve/cook)?

d) Wendy).....................................(not/drive) home

e) (leave/we)).....................................the house?

Gabarito: It is going to rain; I am going to wear black shoes tonight; Is Steve going to cook?; Wendy isn’t going to drive home; Are we leaving the house?

6) Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps and form sentences using going to.

a) Derek ………………………...his girlfriend (phone)

b) Vincent  ………………………his girlfriend tonight (propose)

c) ………………………to India on summer? (Sophie/travel)

d) The band………………………their next two concerts anymore (not/cancel)

Gabarito: is going to phone; is going to propose; Is Sophia going to travel; is not going to cancel

7) Complete the sentences using the correct perfect tense:

a) ---- (you / see) the news? You won't believe your eyes.

b) I ---- (work) for big companies like this before. I know how they operate.

c) They ---- (live) in New York for 3 years before they ---- (move) to Seattle three months ago.

d) Debi ---- (study) for four hours when her father arrives.

e) By this time next year, I ---- (finish) the course and I ---- (start) to speak perfect English.

f) Sam ---- (drive) for six hours when he arrived in the village. He ---- (drive) more than 300 miles.

g) They ---- (work) for two hours by the time the manager arrives at six today.

h) By the time you received this letter yesterday, Dina ---- (leave) for Algeria.

i) When we meet again next week, I ---- (practice) tennis for at least a month .

j)  She ---- (recover) from her surgery by the time we visit her next Saturday.

Gabarito: Have you seen; have worked; had lived; moved; will have been studying; will have finished; will have started; had been driving; had driven; will have been working; had left; will have been practicing; will have recovered