V Fill in the blanks with present simple or present continuous:1) She ____________(have) a bath every evening. 2) My husband ____________ (always/taste) the food while I'm cooking! It's

very annoying. 3) Luke____________ (see) the doctor now. 4) He____________ (have) a party next weekend. 5) This coffee ____________ (not/taste) right. 6) We ____________ (see) John and Susie next month. 7) What ____________(you/think) about the war ? 8) She ____________(have) a headache. 9) It____________ (be) cold today. 10) They ____________ (not/have) a car. 11) I ____________ (not/see) anything, I can't work the telescope? . 12) The waiter ____________ (taste) the wine now. 13) She ____________ (not/be) a doctor. 14) ____________ (you/want) a sandwich? 15) I____________ (have) fun today. 16) I ____________ (think) too much about my ex-boyfriend. 17) They often ____________ (see) a film on Fridays. 18) This cake ____________ (taste) funny. 19) ____________ (have) a good time at the moment?20) The chef always ____________ (taste) the food before he serves it.

II Underline the correct verb form:1. These flowers are smelling/ smell nice.2. I don’t know / am not knowing where he keeps the keys.3. Anna is Italian. She is coming / comes from Rome.4. What are you thinking / do you think about the new sports centre?5. I’m afraid I am not remembering / don’t remember where we met.

III Choose the correct form: past simple or past continuous, to fill the gaps:a) John Blake _______ (be) born in London in 1969. He _________ (go) to work in France when

he was nineteen. While he ____________ (work) in a restaurant in Paris, he _______________ (meet) Luisa, an Italian student. He ___________ (ask) her to marry him, but she wouldn’t. Heartbroken, he ________ (return) to England. Three years later, John ___________ (walk) along the street, when he _________ (see) Luisa. She ___________ (come) to London with a friend called Mary. When John and Mary met, they _______ (fall) in love at first sight, and got married the following year.

b) I had a terrible time last Saturday. It was rather cold, but quite sunny, so after lunch I walked into town. I __________ (want) to buy a jacket. I __________ (look) at the window of a clothes shop when someone___________ (steal) my wallet. While I ________(go) home, it ________ (start) to rain and I arrived home cold and miserable. I __________ (decide) to have a hot bath. I ___________ (get) ready to have my bath when the doorbell ___________ (ring) . It was a salesman and it took me several minutes to get rid of him. Unfortunately, all the time he ____________ (talk) to me the water ________ (run). You can imagine the state of the bathroom!

V Fill in the gaps with used to or didn’t use to:1. He __________ be fat, but now he’s much thinner.2. When I was at school I was very lazy. I _________ do my homework and the

teachers were angry.3. They _________ be happy together, but they are not now.4. When I had a car, I __________ drive everywhere, but now I am much fitter because

I always walk or cycle.5. I ___________ to eat cheese, but now I like it very much.