Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs. ( Passive or Active )

TRX1 Car of the Future

TRX1 is a concept car which _____________1(design) by Engin Deniz in 2007. Mr.Deniz __________(2be) from Turkey and he ___________3(be) a mechanical engineer. He ___________4(design) all kind of vehicles but mainly cars. TRX1 is one of the best cars he has ever designed. It __________5(weigh) 500 kilos which is very light for a car. It has got  4 seats. Inside of the car is also impressive. GPS Navigation system ___________6(install) on the board. Moreover, there is a DVD player for the travellers to watch. The bluetooth technology __________7(make) it practical to speak on the phone while driving. It __________8(manufacture) next year unless there are no problems.

Last week TRX1 ___________9(demonstrate) in Istanbul Auto Show. People ,who visited the fair, ___________10(impress) by the car’s appearance. We don’t know the exact price of the car but it ___________11(sell) to special customers because only 20 cars __________12(manufacture) next year. Some rich people ____________13(already-start) queuing for this magnificient concept model. They ___________14(look forward to) driving it.

KEY: 1. was designed  2. is  3. is  4. designs  5. weighs  6. is installed  7. makes  8. will be manufactured  9. was demonstrated 10. were impressed  11. will be sold  12. will be manufactured 13. have already started  14. are looking forward to

EXERCISE. Put the verbs in brakets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous

1. The beautiful lady __________(get) on the bus, __________(sit) down and then the bus _______(start) to move.

2. Murat _________(walk) towards her car when he __________(remember) that he had left his wallet at home.

3. Ronaldinho __________(phone) Roberto Carlos at 11:00 p.m last night, but he _________(not can) speak to him because he __________(water) the flowers in his garden at the time.

4. Two years ago, Mehmet __________(join) the Army because he __________(have) financial problems at that time.

5. The little boy _________(play) a computer game while his sister ________(draw) a picture.

6. Mr.Koch __________(transfer) a new striker because the former had broken his leg.

7. As Orkun ____________(wait) in the queue to buy a ticket for the match, he _________(run into) his old high school flame.

KEY: 1. got / sat / started  2. was walking / remebered 3. phoned / couldn’t / was watering 4. joined / was having 5. was playing / was drawing 6. transferred 7. was waiting / ran into

SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXERCISE 1. Fill in the blanks. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous Tense

1. A: Where’s Nuray?     B: She’s in her room. She _______________ ( play ) a computer game.

2. This room ______________ ( feel ) hot. Would you mind opening the window please?

3. Shhh! Listen! Someone _______________ ( make ) noise in the garden.

4. I normally _____________( play)  tennis at the weekends but this weekend I _____________ ( play ) squash with Berk.

5. I ____________ ( taste ) the milk at the moment. Ohh! It’s very hot.

6. Because it’s really hot, Melek ___________ ( want ) to eat some ice-cream.

7. Cenk _____________ ( not understand ) how Murat’s found the correct answer.

8. She ____________ ( fly ) to Athens on Monday.

9. Our toys shop _____________ ( open ) at 9 a.m. and ____________ ( close ) at 8 p.m.

10. Look at the boy. He ______________ ( walk ) fast.

EXERCISE 2. Complete the story by using Simple Present or Present Cont.

Dear Nihat

As you ____________ 1( know ), I ____________ 2( work ) for the TMRC company. Our company __________ 3( produce ) spare parts for all vehicles. It’s a big company and it ____________ 4( have ) four factories in different parts of the world. The main factory _____________ 5( be ) in Turkey. It mainly __________ 6( focus ) on the heavy industrial vehicles. 3500 workers ____________ 7( work ) there. They ___________ 8( have ) 3 shifts; morning, afternoon and night.

At the moment I ____________ 9( work ) on the night shift. I and the other engineers ___________ 10( check ) the new parts carefully and we ____________ 11( take ) notes. As it is a night shift, it ____________ 12( be ) very cold outside. All the workers ____________ 13( wear ) warm clothes in order not to feel the cold. All the machines ___________ 14( run ) so I _____________ 15( hardly / hear ) the other workers. Generally the manager ____________ 16( visit ) the factory when we are on the night shift but this week he _____________ 17( visit ) the second factory in Brazil. Therefore, we _____________ 18( not feel ) ourselves under pressure. I ___________ 19( need ) to go now.  I ___________ 20( look forward ) to seeing you next month.

                                                                                                                                     Best wishes…

                                                                                                                                     Osman

KEY

EXERCISE 1. 1. is playing  2. feels  3. is making 4. play / am playing  5. am tasting  6. wants  7. doesn’t understand 8. is flying  9. opens / closes 10. is walking

EXERCISE 2. 1. know 2. work 3. produces 4. has 5. is 6. focuses 7. work 8. have 9. am working 10. are checking 11. are taking 12. is 13. are wearing 14. are running 15. hardly hear 16.visits 17. is visiting 18. don’t feel 19. need 20. am looking forward

GRAMMAR TEST 1 (test your grammar)

PART A. Underline the correct form of the tenses.

1. My father thought / is thinking of setting up a new business but he hasn’t decided yet.

2. Since I’m having my house redecorated, I am staying / stay at a cheap hotel this month.

3. Air transportation has become / is becoming cheaper and cheaper nowadays.

4. Whether Güiza play against Arsenal on Tuesday is depending / depends on his condition.

5. My dog’s only bad habit is that it is barking / barks too much at night.

PART B. Choose the correct form of the verbs.

6. This time last summer Tarkan _______________ for the concert in Antalya.

a. has prepared  b. was preparing  c. has been preparing  d. was prepare

7. By the time Merve called, Ozan __________ the house, so she had no reply.

a. has left  b. was leaving  c. had left  d. left

8. When the earthquake hit my hometown, I __________ to the USA for business.

a. flied  b. had flown  c. was flying  d. have flown.

9. After three hours of questioning she admitted that she __________ the money from the manager’s office.

a. had stolen  b. has stolen  c. was stealing  d. had stole

10. When Fenerbahçe transferred Roberto Carlos in 2007, Alex ___________ for Fenerbahçe for 3 years.

a. has been playing  b. played  c. was playing  d. had been playing

PART C. Choose the correct word.

11. I’ve ___________ eaten two hamburgers and I don’t want to eat anyhing.

a. still  b. yet  c. before  d. already

12. __________ I was having holiday in Cunda, Ayvalik, I ran into my ex girlfriend.

a. Until  b. While  c. Since  d. Before

13. My hometown Karsiyaka has changed a lot __________ I moved to Istanbul.

a. after  b. during  c. since  d. for

14. I really had a serious accident three years _______ and I couldn’t drive _______ five weeks.

a. before / for  b. later / since  c. ago / yet  d. ago / for

15. She has been going out with Demir __________ three months and she is very happy at the moment.

a. since  b. ago  c. until  d. for

***Answers will be in the next post in the ANSWER KEY section.

Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

A) Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous

Thomas _______________ ( collect ) napkins for five years. She ______________ 128 napkins so far.

I ______________ ( work ) on this new model for three weeks but I ____________ ( finish ) it yet.

How many invitation cards ___________ ( write ) so far?

How long  ____________ ( Tolga / teach ) French?

Cenk _______________ ( print ) the documents for nearly forty minutes.

Roberto Carlos and Alex de Souza ________________ ( just / sign ) a new contract with Fenerbahçe.

I don’t believe it. It is the cheapest car I _______________ ( ever / see ).

A: Why are your eyes red?       B: Oh! I _______________ ( cry ).

B) Underline the correct alternative

Edu and Lugano are friends. They know / have known each other since 2005.

Ebru is exhausted because she has been working / is working hard all day.

Dr.Giray is examining / has been examining Taner at the moment.

I haven’t visited / wasn’t visiting my granparents for two weeks.

Vedat didn’t do / has never done yoga in his life.

KEY:

Part A) 1. has been collecting / has collected  2. have been working / haven’t finished  3. have you written  4. has Tolga been teaching  5. has been printing  6. have just signed  7. have ever seen 8. have been crying

Part B) 1. have known  2. has been working  3. is examining  4. haven’t visited  5. has never done