since the morning.
1 He stays at home in rainy and stormy weather. (Present Continuous)
2 He played backgammon with a clever skinny cat yesterday. (Past Continuous)
3 kudjo will read a book about up-bringing tomorrow. (Future Continuous)
4 Kudjo had had a surgery by the age of one. (Past Perfect Continuous)
5 Kudjo had eaten two packs of food by lunchtime. (Past Perfect Continuous)
6 Kudjo has drunk two litres of water today. (Present Perfect Continuous)
7 He went fishing with his friends and came back home hungry and wet. (Past Continuous)
8 Kudjo and I will go to a dog-show next time. (Future Continuous)
9 We play a lot of different games in a lift. (Present Continuous)
10 Kudjo has just cooked delicious roast turkey. (Present Perfect Continuous)
EXERCISE 7
Fill the gaps in the story with missing words:
Do you ***** in ghosts? I have started doing it recently. Ok. I’ll tell you how it happened.
One day Kudjo ***** up in a terrible mood because he ***** a nightmare about a ghost dog, which ***** him wherever he went. The nightmare was ***** and Kudjo couldn’t stop thinking about ghosts even after breakfast. But the sun *****. There were a lot of dogs and ***** walking outside. There was no sign of any ***** and Kudjo calmed down and even started jumping and kidding around. The weather was ***** and we decided to drive somewhere to have a *****. We ***** rather long when Kudjo suddenly spotted a nice ***** and we stopped there.There used to be an old ***** many years ago, but now we could see only abandoned ***** and playgrounds.The place looked ***** even though it was picturesque. We had made a ***** and started preparing ***** before we heard a strange howling sound. And one more. Kudjo and Luna didn’t want to give up grilled ***** and told me to ignore those *****.
By the way, I’ll never listen to them again!
Anyway, we went there to investigate the nature of the sounds. They were coming from the ***** house with a big ***** in the roof…
(to be continued)
EXERCISE 8
Finish the sentences using the tense in brackets:
1 By the time we came back, Kudjo …. (Past Perfect Continuous)
2 Look! What a mess. Kudjo … (Present Perfect)
3 While we were talking, Kudjo … (Past Continuous)
4 This time tomorrow Kudjo … (Future Continuous)
5 Since we moved to the country, Kudjo … (Present Perfect Continuous)
6 I guess Kudjo … (Future Simple)
7 Do you hear? What is the sound? Kudjo … (Present Continuous)
8 Before I could say anything, Kudjo … (Past Perfect)
9 When Kudjo was younger and more emotional, he … (Past Simple)
10 Sometimes Kudjo … (Present Simple)
EXERCISE 9
Find and correct mistakes in 9 sentences:
1 We had wandering for an hour when suddenly we met a strange creature.
2 This time next year we’ll sailing a yacht in the Dogatlantic.
3 This little stupid puppy has teared all the pages out of my book!
4 How long has your paw bled?
5 He had been fighting with aggressive village dogs since we came to the country.
6 While the dogs listened to a story, they were eating carrot sticks.
7 Kudjo woke up, looked around, sighed and falled asleep again.
8 I’ll be go shopping after lunch. Do you want me to buy something yummy for you?
9 Shall I help you with your bowl?
10 It is such thick fog that Kudjo is going cautiously as he isn’t seeing his way well.
EXERCISE 10
Kudjo is texting a message to Chilly. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past, present and future tenses :
1 How are you doing? What /happen/ in your life since the last message?
2 I bet you /not have/ so many adventures as us recently.
3 Do you remember that abandoned camp we /see/ once while we /drive/ to the country last summer?
4 We just /be/ there and we still /tremble/ with fear.
5 My mum /take/ us (Luna and me) there for a picnic today.
6 The grilled lamb /look/ tempting and /smell/ tasty and we /look/ forward to lunch when suddenly we /hear/ hair-rising sounds.
7 The girls /get/ scared stiff, of course, but I /decide/ to find out who /howl/ and /go/ bravely towards the deserted camp.
8 The howls /come/ out of a squalid blind house.
9 I never /hear/ such a yowl before then…
10 Sorry, I’ve got to go. By the way, you /visit/ us this summer?
EXERCISE 11
Choose the correct option:
1 This time tomorrow Kudjo and his friends ***** in a race.
a will compete
b will be competing
c were competing
