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ENGLISH III - INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH: PART A’ Revision/Grammar - Selected Exercises A. Tenses Tenses: Present Simple vs. Present Continuous 1. Put the verb into the correct tense form: 1. Julia is very good at languages. She (speak) 4 languages fluently. 2. Hurry up! Everybody (wait) for you. 3. a. (you/listen) to the radio? b. No, you can turn it off. 4. a. (you/listen) to the radio everyday? b. No, just occasionally. 5. The River Nile (flow) into the Mediterranean. 6. a. How’s your English? b. Not bad. It (improve) slowly. 7. a. Can you drive? b. I (learn). My father (teach) me. 8. My parents (live) in Bristol. Where (your parents / live)? 9. Sonia (look) for a place to live. She (stay) with her sister until she finds a flat. 10. Usually I (enjoy) parties, but I (not/enjoy) this one very much. 11. I must go now. It (get) late. 12. Can you hear those people? What (they/talk) about? 2. Put the verb into the correct tense form: 1. Are you hungry? (you/want) something to eat? 2. Jill is interested in politics but she (not/belong) to a political party. 3. Don’t put the dictionary away. I (use) it. 4. Don’t put the dictionary away. I (need) it 5. Who’s that man? What (he/want)? 6. Who’s that man? Why (he/look) at us? 7. George says he is 45 years old but nobody (believe) him. 8. She told me her name but I (not/remember) it now. 9. I (think) of selling my car. (you/want) to buy it ? 10. I think you should sell your car. You (not/use) it very often. 11. I used to drink a lot of coffee but these days I (prefer) tea. 12. Air (consist) mainly of nitrogen and oxygen. Tenses: Present Perfect vs. Simple Past 3. Put the verb into the correct tense form: 1. a. Where’s your key? b. I don’t know. I (lose) it. 2. I did German at school but I (forget) most of it. 3. I meant to phone Diane last night but I (forget) it. 4. I (have) a headache earlier but I feel fine now. 5. Look, there’s an ambulance over there. There