Present/Past Simple
Don’t worry – you won’t take the exam until your
teacher ___ (say) you’re ready.
says
Haven’t you done your report____? Hurry up then!
yet
I got a ______ when I finished the summer course.
certificate
I need to think up/speak up a good reason for being late.
think up
In the past, we didn’t usually use computers in class.
We ____________ use computers in class. (USE)
didn't use to
Last year I _____ (go) to Germany and I really ____ (enjoy) myself a lot.
We _____ (not / be) in Germany long when I _____
(realise) my spoken German wasn’t as good as I____
(think) it was.
hadn't been, realised, thought
You usually have to study for three or four years to get a _____ at university.
degree
We took a wrong turn and ended up/dug up in completely the wrong place.
ended up
I thought I’d get the geography prize but I actually got the biology prize.
I thought I’d get the geography prize but I actually
______ the biology prize. (UP)
ended up with
Correct:
Until recently, we did our homework in a notebook, so I’m still getting used to do it all on a tablet
still getting used to doing
I’ve won three swimming trophies ___ far, and I’m hoping to get another one this year.
so
I need to ____ all weekend because I have four big exams next week.
revise
If we don’t _____ up, we’ll be late.
hurry
They started the aerobics club in the school gym.
The aerobics club _________ in the school gym. (UP)
was set up
Archeologists used ____ believe that before humans first started farming, people did ____ have enough spare time or energy to build temples and other religious sites as they ___ too busy hunting and gathering food.
to, not, were
You _____ almost certainly heard of Albert Einstein,
but do you know why he was so important?
have
My dad’s a primary school teacher with 32 four-year-old _____ in his class.
pupils
If you work hard, you’ll soon ____ ____ ____ the rest of the class.
catch up with
It took me about two years to become comfortable with speaking French in public.
It took me about two years to _____ French in public. (USED)
get used to speaking
So when ____ our ancestors build Göbekli Tepe? The evidence suggests that it ____ more than 11,000 years ago.
did, was
It wasn’t the first time I ____(read) some instructions and not understood them.
had read
She’s still an _________ but she’ll finish her final year at university next summer.
undergraduate
Have you ____ __ all the paper we had in the printer?
used up
I don’t know how he managed to remember so many numbers.
I don’t know how he________ so many numbers. (SUCCEEDED)
succeeded in remembering