1. 3 Underline the correct option
1 I’ve working / worked in London for many years.
2 Have you had / have many interviews today?
3 She hasn’t been learning / learned French for a long time.
4 Have they already gone / went home? It’s only 5pm.
5 We have studied / been studying so much over the past week,
the exam is very soon!

2. 6 I’ve been having / had this phone for a year already.
7 Has she driven / been driving all this way just for a short interview?
8 Excuse me, do you know how many people have waited / been waiting
to see the supervisor?
9 They’ve gone / been to the bank, I don’t know when they will return.
10 Has he always had / been having such a nice TV?

3. 3 past simple, past continuous or past perfect .
When I (go) to my first live concert I (be) 14.
I (see) concerts before on TV but I (never go) to a live concert.
My father 5 (take) me and a three friends of mine.
Thousands of people (already gather)
around the stadium and as soon as the gates (open) they 8
(start) pushing to get in.
WENT
WAS
HAD SEEN
HAD NEVER BEEN /
GONE
TOOK
HAD ALREADY GATHERED
OPENED
STARTED

4. As we 9 (look for) our seats, the lights 10 (fade).
The band (come) on stage and thousands of cell phone
screens (light up) in the dark.
They (not play) all of their songs
but they (play) all of my favorites and we 15
(sing) along. Awesome!
WERE LOOKING FOR
FADED
CAME
LIT UP
DIDN’T PLAY
PLAYED
SANG

5. as soon as the plane landed.
3 Match the sentence halves so that they make sense.
There is one extra half you do not need.
1 Don’t worry:
2 They called her
3 She was already there
4 It was so small
5 He was able to drive home safely
6 You shouldn’t be
we’ll get it sorted.
as soon as the plane landed.
when they arrived.
I couldn’t even see it.
despite the snow
too hard on yourself.

6. 4 Join the two sentences with
which, when, who, whose, where or no pronoun where possible
1 The girl was very nice. She helped me.
2 These are the people. I met them at the beach.
3 The restaurant was excellent. We ate there last night.
The girl who helped me was very nice.
These are the people I met at the beach.
The restaurant where we ate last night was excellent

7. 4 I thanked the guy. I borrowed his bike.
is the year. The French Revolution took place then.
6 This is the town. I was born here.
7 Here’s the video game. You wanted to play with it.
I thanked the guy whose bike I borrowed.
1789 is the year when /(-) the French Revolution took place.
This is the town where I was born.
Here’s the video game you wanted to play with.

8. 7 Tick the correct option.
1 August is peak season. I’ll go on vacation at a time it’s cheap.
A which B when C where
2 Is this the place .....?
A you told me about B where you told me C about you told me?
3 I in England for five years before I moved to Germany.
A have lived B lived C was living
4 They kept interrupting her as she .....
A was talking B had talked C has talked
5 How long law before you enrolled in medicine?
A have you studied B were you studying C did you study

9. 6 ..... he got in the car, it started raining.
A Already B By the time C As soon as
7 When she left, she didn’t realise she her keys.
A hasn’t taken B didn’t take C hadn’t taken
8 That summer we on vacation.
A haven’t been B didn’t go C haven’t gone
9 This store be open also at weekends.
A would B used to C could
10 Once I got lost when I was a little kid but I get back home all by myself.
A was able to B could C managed