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52 Choose the correct alternative.
A pete: Whereabouts in Brighton (1) do you live / did you live / have you lived when
(2) you were / you’ve been / you were being a child?
patrick: The part called Kemp Town. (3) Do you know / Did you know / Have you known it?
pete: Oh, yes. (4) I was eating / I used to eat / I’ve eaten there most weekends when
(5) I was doing / I’ve been doing / I’ve done my degree at the university.
B helen: When (6) are you hearing / did you hear / have you heard the result of your law exam?
clara: When (7) I phoned / I’ve phoned / I’d phoned my boss. (8) She’s checking / She’s been
checking / She was checking the results when (9) I’d rung / I rang / I was ringing, so
(10) she’s told / she was telling / she told me then.
helen: (11) Do you expect / Have you expected / Had you been expecting to do so well?
clara: Not really, to be honest!
helen: (12) Are you telling / Do you tell / Have you told your husband yet?
clara: Not yet.
helen: Go on! (13) He waited / He’s waited / He’s been waiting to hear from you all day.

53 Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past
continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous or past perfect simple.
1 Tom has started training regularly since he joined (join) the gym.
2 How often (you / visit) your brother’s family when
(you / be) in Singapore last year?
3 I (not top up) my smart card yet. How much
(you / think) I need for a month?
4 The filling station manager called the police when he (realise)
that someone (drive) off without paying for their petrol.
5 Sharon’s health (seem) much better these days than it
used to be. Perhaps she (take) more exercise as the doctor
(advise).
6 Eddie (set) fire to his kitchen last week when he
(fry) sausages. He
(sort out) the mess ever since, as you can imagine.
7 My grandmother was a wonderful woman. She (spend)
most of her life teaching adults who (miss) the
opportunity to learn to read when they (be) children.
8 I (always / want) to visit Japan. Now that I finally
(have) the chance, I
(decide) to take it.
9 We (arrive) at the music festival on Friday afternoon, but a
lot of people (get) there in the morning and the queue at
the entry gates (be) already long.
10 My sister’s in Vietnam at the moment. She (have) such a
great time she (want) to stay another six months.

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