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PRESENT SIMPLE
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the present simple tense of the verbs in
brackets.
I _____ to Boston every summer. (travel) You always _____ me what to do! (tell)
Many people _____ New York each year. (visit)
The cat _____ for most of the day. (sleep)
He and I _____ the same train. (not ride)
I _____ breakfast for my family every morning. (make)
Corrine _____ dinner with her parents on the weekend. (eat)
Mariam _____Curious George after her nap. (watch)
I always _____ my silk blouse by hand. (wash)
Indra and you _____the same language. (no speak)
Susan is an author. She _____ novels. (write)
Cindy _____ eight glasses of water every day. (no drink)
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
The children ___________ (love) the flowers in the garden.
We ___________ (not arrive) at school at 8.00 o clock.
Mrs. Potts ___________ (buy) a sandwich and ___________ (drink) a coffee.
Tim ___________ (eat) a doughnut and then he ___________(play) a computer game.
She ___________ (not get) to work late every day.
Choose the correct verb for each sentence and then put in in the present simple.
love - buy - play - eat - come - arrive - live - drink - hate
The children ___________ birthday parties.
Before each party Laura ___________ some juice, bread and cakes at the supermarket. (NEGATIVE
FORM)
Her friends bring presents. First they ___________ games and then they ___________ the food and
___________ the juice.
Sonia, who ___________ in St, PetersStreet, ___________ later because she ___________ by train.
(NEGATIVE FORM)
Laura ___________ it when the children have to go home.
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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Write the ing form of these verbs.
1 try __________ 2 sleep _______________ 3 write ___________
4 run __________ 5 slip ______________ 6. Know ___________
Write affirmative or negative sentences with the verbs in the toolbox.
He _is studying_ at university.
The boys _______________ basketball.
I _______________ for the bus to come.
Dad _______________ breakfast for us.
The teacher _______________ a poem.
You _______________ our homework!
Write questions in the Present continuous. Then give the required short answer.
___________________ (teacher/wear) a skirt today? _____________________________________
___________________ (you/phone) a friend at the moment? ______________________________
___________________ (your mates/do) an English test now? ______________________________
___________________ (your cat/sleep) at the moment? __________________________________
___________________ (I/sit) in a classroom? ___________________________________________
Fill in with present continuous form
He __is not sitting___ (not sit) at the desk.
They ___________ (play) football in the park.
She ____________ (have dinner) with her brother.
You ____________ (read) a novel.
The cat _____________ (sleep) behind my house.
I ___________ (not swim) in the lake.
Tony ___________ (not do) his homework now.
The birds __________ (sing) together.
Correct the mistakes.
We looking for a new flat.__________________________________________________________
I am play tennis now. ____________________________________________________________
George and Mary is watching TV.____________________________________________________
What are you do?_________________________________________________________________
You isnt listening to the teacher.____________________________________________________
He reading a magazine.____________________________________________________________
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PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS?
Choose the correct verb form, present simple or continuous.
Wheres John? He reads/is readinga book in the garden.
Its very hot so the children play/are playingin the pool. We usually wear/are wearingjeans at the weekend.
Jane loves/is lovingphotography.
My grandparents live/are livingin the countryside.
Whats that noise? Joshua practices/is practicingthe piano.
Change the verb in brackets to the correct form, present simple or continuous.
Write the questions in the correct order.
name your is what? ___________________________________________________
does the take long tube how? ___________________________________________________
shoes are whose these? ___________________________________________________
waiting you are why? ___________________________________________________
want to speak who do you to? ___________________________________________________
station they going are which to? ___________________________________________________
that much how is book? ___________________________________________________
singer favourite who your is? ___________________________________________________
is Jacob where? ___________________________________________________
birthday is when your? ___________________________________________________
sort of do what you music like? ___________________________________________________
My uncle (stay) at the moment. _________________
I (not like) cheese. __________________
John always (travel) by bus. __________________
Mary (need) a new jacket. __________________
Pete (play) tennis now. __________________
I (not understand) the question. __________________
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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
Complete using the Present Perfect.
How long ___________ you ___________ (work) in this department?
o
I___________ (work) here since last month.
Our boss, Mr Smith, ___________ (be) the CEO for the last three years.
___________ you ___________ (have) that computer for a long time?
o Yes, I ___________ (have) that computer for two years now.
How long ___________you ___________(know) your boyfriend?
o I ___________(know) him since high school.
How long ___________ he ___________(live) in this country?
o He ___________ (live) here since 2008.
Correct the sentences.
I work here for a long time. __________________________________________________________
He is my teacher for three years. ______________________________________________________
I have my car for seven month. _______________________________________________________
I dont know him for a long time.We met last week. ______________________________________
Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense.
He_______________ (live) in London for two years.
My brother_______________ (write) several plays. Hes a good writer.
I_______________ (not see) him for three years, I wonder where he is.
He_______________ (eat) 5 bars of chocolate so far. He needs to control himself.
I_______________ (neg. do) my homework yet.
She________________ (go) to The U.S. already. I hope she comes back soon.
Answer or make the questions:
1.
A: Have you ever traveled to New York?
B:______________________________________________________________
2.
A: Have you eaten Japanese food this month?
B:______________________________________________________________
3. A: Has your best friend ever made a chocolate cake for you?
B:______________________________________________________________
4. A:_____________________________________________________________?
B: Yes, I have. Ive watched it many times.
5.
A:____________________________________________________________?
B: No, she hasnt done it yet. She has just arrived home.
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PAST SIMPLE
Complete with the verb to be in past simple.
I ________ in Cyprus last spring. I ________ there for 3 months.
The kids ________ at school last Friday. I dont know why Tina didnt answer the phone. She ________ at home all day yesterday.
He ________ really happy when he found out about your promotion.
Robert and Stan ________ Garry's friends at school.
I didnt mention it, because you ________ very busy on Friday.
They ________ in front of the shop and I ________ waiting round the corner.
The kids ________ in the natural history museum for hours. They ________ fascinated by the
stuffed animals.
She ________ in South Africa last month and said it ________ an incredible experience
Jessica and Kimberly ________ late for school again and their teacher ________ quite upset.
Write the correct form of the verb, for each sentence.
I _____ my mother in Texas every summer. (visit)
Jane _____ a blue pen for tests. (use)
My teacher _____ us when there will be a test. (tell)
Most people _____ three meals a day. (eat)
My children _____ at 8 o'clock. (sleep)
I _____ to school with my dad. (ride)
My mother _____ pancakes for dinner on Sundays. (make)
I _____ where Fred went! (wonder)
Karen _____ French with her mother. (speak)
I _____ in my diary every evening. (write)
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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR PAST SIMPLE?
Complete with the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.
We _________ (live) in our present house for many years. In fact, we _________(move) here in 1996.
She _________ (not/have) her IPhone long. I think she _________ (buy) it last week.
Thomas _________(be) divorced for some time now; he _________(get) divorced two years ago
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect or in the Past Simple.
They ____________ (just/ finish) the game.
_________________ (you / ever / play) beach volleyball?
Mary ____________ (not go) to the match last Saturday.
I'd like to see sumo wrestling but I ____________ ( never / be) interested in sports.
They ____________ (just / phone ) me: their car ____________ ( break down) on the way to the
stadium.
Of course I can ride a bike although I ____________ (not ride) one for years.
____________ ( Mark / finished) his project work before the game?
____________ (football players / score) a goal in the last ten minutes?
Put the verbs between brackets in Present perfect or in Past tense
This is my house. How long you ___________ (live) here?
We __________ (live) in London for two years and then ____________ (go) to Edinburgh.
You __________ (wear) your hair long when you were in school? Yes, my mother __________
(insist) on it.
But when I ____________ (leave) school I ___________ (cut) may hair and _____________ (wear)
it short since then.
Shakespeare ____________ (write) a lot of plays.
My brother _____________ (write) several plays. He just ___________ (finish) his first tragedy.
I _____________ (fly) over Loch Ness last week. You ______________ (see) the Loch Ness monster?
I ______________ (not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is.
He _______________ (not smoke) for two weeks. He is trying to give up.
You ______________ (lock) the door before you left the house?
I cant go out because I________________ (not finish) my homework.
I ___________ (read) his books when I was at school. I _____________ (enjoy) them very much.
I never ______________ (drink) whisky.
I ____________ (write) the letter, but I cant find a stamp.
The play just __________ (begin). You are a little late.
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Complete with the Past continuous of the verbs in brackets.
The teacher __________ (not talk) when grant arrived.
The pupils ___________ (play) when the bell rang. Lucy ________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the door.
A member of the school board _________ (walk) across the football field when a pupil broke an
arm.
Grants parents ________ (write) him a letter when they heard a crash.
Lucy _______ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang.
_______ one of the students _______ (cheat) when the teacher looked at her?
Read the following dialogue between a family about doing the dishes and fill in the blanks.
MotherSarah, why didnt you do the dishes?
SarahI was _______________ (to do) my homework all night! Why didnt John do the dishes?
JohnI was _______________ (to practice) piano until nine oclock and then I went to bed because
I _______________ (to be) tired. Dad _______________ (to not do) anything all day, why didnt he
do the dishes?
FatherI _______________ (to fix) your bike all day! I couldnt do the dishes either.
Complete the sentences with the past continuous of the verbs in brackets.
The Maths teacher _________ (explain) an exercise.
Tom _________ (not do) the exercise.
Mary _________(pay) attention.
Two pupils _________ (talk).
Lucy _________ (study) History.
Luce and Jim _________(not look) at the board.
Complete the sentences in the negative. Follow the example.
He was working. (rest). He was working. He wasnt resting.
She was awake. (sleep). _______________________________________________________
They were studying. (play). ____________________________________________________
He was cooking.(eat) _________________________________________________________
We were at home. (travel). ____________________________________________________
I was driving. (walk) _________________________________________________________
The actors were resting. (act). __________________________________________________
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Make questions by putting the words in order.
a) eat/you/a/were/hamburger
_________________________________________________?
b) they / yesterday/doing/what/were
_________________________________________________?
c) Vera/plants/was/the/watering
_________________________________________________?
d) to/boys/talking/who/the/were
_________________________________________________?
e) correctly/exercise/she/the/doing/was
_________________________________________________?
f) they/news/were/the/watching
_________________________________________________?
Ask questions for the information in bold.
a) ________________________________________________?
Last night my father was working.
b) ________________________________________________?
John was waiting for Robert.
c) ________________________________________________?
She was reading the newspaper.
d) ________________________________________________?
They were playing in the playground.
e) ________________________________________________?
He was feeling very sad.
f) ________________________________________________?
They were playing cards.
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PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS?
Choose the correct verb form past simple or continuous) to complete the story of Liams grandparents.
Correct the following sentences:
When I arrived home the baby cried.
At midnight, I drove to England.
Bill watched T.V. when Ann called him. It was a nice evening, so she was walking home from work.
While I wrote a letter the telephone was ringing.
When I went out, it rained.
When we was asking, the were saying No
Complete the following sentences with Past Simple or Past continuous:
I _________ (drive) my car when I _________ (have) the accident.
They _______ (have) so much fun at the party, they __________ (decide) to stay.
What ________ (you/do) when he _________ (arrive).
Why _________ (You/run) when I ________ (see) you yesterday?
When the teacher ________ (arrive) they _______ (play) in the back of the classroom.
I ________ (read) a book while my mother ________ (cook)
I ________ (paint) the wall when I _______ (fall).
We ________ (walk) when we _______ (ear) a scream.
Harriet completed her training as a doctor in 1998. Shewent/was goingto school in
New York. She studied/was studyingmedicine at Kings College, Boston between 1990
and 1996. While she lived/was living in Boston, she met/was meetingher husband
John.
John studied/was studyingmedicine at the same college at that moment. They left the
USA in 2004 when both got jobs in Cork, Ireland.
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Put in the verbs in brackets in Simple Past or Past Continuous into the gaps.
While I_____________ , the school bus_______________. (to text) (to arrive)
Cindy __________________ her leg while she ______________ . (to break) (to snowboard)
He ________________ to the radio while he ________________ breakfast. (to listen) (to prepare)
My father ________________ at 70 km/h when a policeman ____________ him. (to drive) (to stop)
The girl _______________ that the boy _________________ her. (to notice) (to watch)
My dad ________________ the ladder while he _______________ the carport. (to fall off) (to paint)
While we ______________________ , we ________________ crossword puzzles. (to wait) (to do)
Nick ____________________ sick while he _________________ in Texas. (to become) (to travel)
What _________________ when you ______________________ about 9/11? (to do) (to hear)
She said that she _________________ happy, so I ______________ to her. (not/to feel) (to talk)
Fill in the spaces with the simple past or past continuous form of the verb in brackets.
I ______________ (work) when she called me.
She was cooking when we _____________ (arrive).
Gregory _____________ (swim) when it started to rain.
The children ________________ (play) outside when it started to snow.
Heather was listening to music when the power _______________ (go) out.
The dogs _______________ (be) born in 2004.
My laptop ________________ (stop) when the battery ran out.
She _______________ (sing) after the music started.
Dina and Lisa ______________ (talk) while the movie was playing.
The telephone was ringing when she _______________ (begin) to speak.