Student´s Name : ......
PRESENT SIMPLE
1. Unjumble the sentences
a) at/ the morning/ he/ seven o’clock/ in/ gets up
…………………………………………………………
b) car/ often/ Bob/ the/ washes
…………………………………………………………
c) born/ 1964/ was/ in/ Jane
…………………………………………………………
d) lunch/ we/ noon/ have/ seldom/ at
…………………………………………………………
e) leave/ what/ you/ work/ time/ do/ for?
…………………………………………………………
f) never/ bed/ John/ early/ goes/ to
…………………………………………………………
g) clean/ do/ room/ often/ you/ how/ your?
…………………………………………………………
h) friends/ I/ go out/ sometimes/ Saturdays/ with/ my/ on
………………………………………………………….
i) to/ he/ swimming pool/ goes/ a week/ the/ twice
………………………………………………………….
j) always/ for/ we/ a walk/ on/ afternoons/ go/ Sunday
………………………………………………………….
2. Make questions and negatives
a) He works at a hospital.
......
b) They watch TV in the evenings......
......
c) Jane goes to school every day......
......
d) You like playing with your computer......
......
e) Their father is a firefighter.
3. Write the correct sentences using adverbs of frequency:
a) Jim/ play tennis/ after school. (never) ......
b) Mary/ meet/ her friends/ at a cafe. (often) ......
c) I/ be/ late/ for school. (never) ......
d) They/ make/ their beds in the morning. (sometimes) ......
e) Carla/ cook/ dinner/ on Sundays. (rarely)
4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct Present Simple form:
Her name is Mandy Taylor. She (work) ………………….. at the Sip Café. Mandy (go) ………………….. to the café every morning at six o’clock. She (open) ………………………… the café and (set) …………………….. the tables. The other waiters (arrive) ………………………… at seven o’clock and they (tidy) ………………………. the kitchen. The first customers (come) ……………………… in at about 7:30. Mandy (take) ………………………… a break at 10 o’clock. She (finish) ……………………… work at 2 o’clock and sometimes she (meet) …………………….. friends for lunch.
5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct Present Simple form:
This is Michael. He ...... (be) 10 years old. He ...... (have got) short, dark hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion. Michael ...... (live) in New York City with his family. His father is a teacher and his mother is a lawyer. Michael ...... (not have) any brothers or sisters. He ...... (love) basketball and ...... (want) to be a professional basketball player. He ...... (like) school a lot. He ...... (go) every day from 9am till 3:30pm. In his free time, Michael ...... (love) playing computer games and he ...... (enjoy) watching TV.
6. Fill in – do, does, don’t, doesn’t
a)I …………do my homework in the morning – always in the evening
b)She ………….. spend her free time with her friends. She prefers reading books.
c)……….. you often do the shopping?
d)…………..her mother work in the bank?
e)We……….play tennis after school.
f)My parents………….live in a flat. They have a house.
g)……….your teacher speak German?
h)He …………do karate.
i)Susan……………learn Spanish at school.
j)They…………eat apples. They don’t like them.
7. Present Simple Affirmative
1 They______(talk) about stickers.
2 Mary ______(collect) cassettes.
3 Tom and Sue (buy)______two comics.
4 We ______(hide) behind a tree.
5 Uncle George ______(go) to the doctor's.
6 Our friends______(play) football in the park.
7 My mother ______(go) shopping.
8 He ______(call) my name.
9 They ______(say) good bye.
11 She ______(help) Tom with the homework.
12 My sister ______(live) in a big house.
13 The children ______(eat) hamburgers.
14 Bill ______(have) got nine posters.
15 I ______(be) at home.
8. Present Tense Negation
1 We have some milk. We______any milk.
2 Mother sews Jenny’s jeans. Mother______Jenny's jeans.
3 I hate Maths lessons. I ______Maths lessons.
6 Children like ice cream. Some children______ice cream.
7 The monkey wants some bananas. The monkey ______some bananas.
8 They are hungry. They ______hungry.
9 Every Sunday we get up early. Every Sunday we ______up early.
10 Sometimes Peter is very tired. Sometimes Peter______very tired.
11 I am a good pupil. I ______a good pupil.
9. Present Tense Questions
Example: I am hungry. - Are you hungry?
1. They can dance.
2. I like reading books.
3. We live in a big city.
4. I can play the guitar.
5. They are cool.
6. We are pen friends.
7. The parrot eats apples.
8. They are Austrian.
9. Brad listens to the radio.
10. Elephants eat grass.
11. I am good at school.
12. They go to school by bus.
13. Henry does his homework.
14. Simon reads comics.
10. Present Progressive or Continuous.
play - work - sit - read - play - listen - clean - read
Debbie and her friends ______in Debbie’s garden. They______football. Mrs Baker______a book. Mr Baker______in the garden. Nick______to his favourite CD. The cats ______on Mrs Baker's chair. Bill______his bike. Bill: "Debbie, help me, please." But Debbie has got no time: "I______- a book for school. Ask your friend."
play - listen - ride - read - act - work - clean
Sally and her friends______- in the garden. They ______for a video. Her mother ______a book. Her father______in the garden. Dave______to a CD. Her brothers, Ben and Frank,______their bikes. Ben‘s friend ______his bike.
11. PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT PROGRESSIVE?
1. Listen! The ______baby . (cry)
2. Sue sometimes ______an egg for breakfast. (have)
3. We always______to school but today we______the bus. (walk / take)
4. What are you doing? I ______the dishes. (clean)
5. I never______beer. (drink)
6. Who______in the garden now? (play)
7. Look! I ______a picture. (paint)
8. English children ______-French in their school. (learn)
9. Can you help me? No, sorry, I ______for the test. (learn)
10. Joe often______- to school with me. (go)
11. It's nine o'clock and we______lunch now. (eat)
12. My sister never ______table - tennis. (play)
13. I always ______breakfast at 7 o'clock. (eat)
14. Susan ______TV now. (watch)
15. We ______a book at this moment. (read)
PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS
1. Choose the present simple or present continuous (these verbs are sometimes stative):
1. She ______(have) a bath every evening.
2. My husband ______(always / taste) the food while I’m cooking! It’s
very annoying.
3. A: Where’s Luke?
B: He ______(see) the doctor now.
4. I ______(not / think) that’s a good idea.
5. He ______(have) a party at the weekend.
6. This coffee ______(not / taste) right.
7. We ______(see) John and Susie next weekend.
8. What ______(you / think) about the war in Iraq?
9. She ______(have) a headache.
10. It ______(be) cold today.
11. They ______(not / have) a car.
12. I ______(not / see) anything, I can’t work the telescope.
13. The waiter ______(taste) the wine now.
14. She ______(not / be) a doctor.
15. A: What ______(that child / do)?
B: He ______(be) silly.
16. ______(you / be) hungry? ______(you / want) a sandwich?
17. A: What ______(you / do)?
B: I ______(think) about my ex-boyfriend.
18. I ______(have) fun today!
19. I ______(see) Julie every Tuesday.
20. I ______(have) an idea!
21. A: Achoo!
B: Bless you! ______(you / have) a cold?
22. They often ______(see) a film on Fridays.
23. A: How’s the cake?
B: It ______(taste) funny.
24. ______(you / have) a good time at the moment?
25. The chef always ______(taste) the food before he serves it.
26. A: Julie has been offered a new job.
B: Is she going to take it?
A: She ______(not / know). She ______(think) about it.
2. Choose the present simple or the present continuous. Watch out for stative verbs.
1. Julie ______(read) in the garden.
2. What ______(we / have) for dinner tonight?
3. She ______(have) two daughters.
4. I ______(stay) in Spain for two weeks this summer.
5. He often ______(come) over for dinner.
6. The class ______(begin) at nine every day.
7. What ______(you / eat) at the moment?
8. What ______(Susie / do) tomorrow?
9. I ______(not / work) on Sundays.
10. She ______(not / study) now, she ______(watch) TV.
11. How often ______(you / go) to restaurants?
12. I ______(not / go) on holiday this summer.
13. I'm sorry, I ______(not / understand).
14. She ______(work) as a waitress for a month.
15. She ______(take) a salsa dancing class every Tuesday.
16. It ______(be) cold here in winter.
17. Take your umbrella, it ______(rain).
18. This cake ______(taste) delicious.
19. The bag ______(belong) to Jack.
20. When ______(you / arrive) tonight?
3. Put the verbs into the correct tense (present simple OR present continuous):
1.The train always ______(1: leave) on time.
2."What's the matter? Why ______(2: cry/you)?"
3.That's strange. They______(3: not to watch) TV.
4.He______(4: not to speak) very good English.
5.Please be quiet! I______(5: do) my homework.
6.Where______(6: live/they)?
7.Listen! John ______music! (7: play)
8.I never ______(8: go) to the swimming pool.
9.Harold Black's a famous pianist. He______(9: give) two or three concerts every week. He
______(10: travel) a lot and this week he's in New York. He______(11: stay) at an
expensive hotel. He's at his hotel now. He______(12: have) his breakfast in the dining−room.
He______(13: drink) a cup of coffee and he______(14: read) a newspaper. Harold'salways very busy. He______(15: play) the piano regularly. He______(16: practise) forfour hours every day. He______(17: go) to bed late and he always ______(18: get up)early. But he sometimes______(19: get) dressed too quickly, and he______(20: wear) one blue sock and one red one!
Simple Past
1. Irregular Past Participles - Part 1
Make the past participle of the verb:
1. Julie wasn’t at home, she had ______(go) to the shops.
2. We’ve already ______(have) lunch.
3. This was the first time she had ______(do) her homework
4. They have ______(begin) painting the living room.
5. We have ______(keep) this secret for three years.
6. He has never ______(drive) a motorbike before.
7. I have ______(be) sick all week.
8. By the time we arrived, the children had ______(eat) all
the chocolate.
9. The books had ______(fall) off the table, and were all over
the floor.
10. “Are you okay?” “ I’ve ______(feel) better.”
11. I ‘d ______(lend) my umbrella to John, so I got wet.
12. I've been looking for ages, but I haven't ______(find) my
keys yet.
13. The birds have ______(fly) south for the winter.
14. She has finally ______(come).
15. Don't worry, we haven't ______(forget) about the meeting.
16. It had ______(become) very cold, so we went inside.
17. You have ______(buy) a lot of new clothes recently.
18. I'd ______(get) a lovely new bike for my birthday, so I was
keen to try it.
19. She'd ______(bring) a cake to the party, but we didn't eat it.
20. Have you ______(choose) your university yet?
21. Have you ever ______(drink) Turkish coffee?
22. I've ______(given) some money to Julia.
23. Had you ______(hear) of this band before you came to the
USA?
24. She has ______(know) about the problem for three months.
25. Why has John ______(leave) already?
2.Fill in: was, wasn’t, were, weren’t:
A ) There ...... any department stores here twenty years ago.
b) ...... there a park back then? – No, there ......
c) What ...... your favourite toys when you ...... a child?
d) There ...... any cars here twenty years ago.
e) Is Julia ill? She ...... at school today.
f) There ...... a lot of people at the party last night.
g) Where ...... you yesterday?
h) I called David but he ...... at home.
3.Choose the correct answer:
1. Jack, Kate and I ...... in this competition.
a. taked part b. took part c. did took part
2. She...... in my company in 1989.
a. worked b. is worked c. workd
3. My parents...... me money for a new computer
a. don't gave b. didn't gave c. didn't give
4...... supper yesterday evening?
a.did you eat b. ate you c. did you ate
5. I...... Spanish when I ...... ten
a. understood, beb. understood, was c. understood, were
6. My teacher...... me a lot.
a.like b. didn't liked c. didn't like
7.Yesterday we all ...... to the cinema to watch a nice comedy
a. went b.goed c. did go
8. As a child he...... polite, so she punished him a lot.
a. didn't be b. weren'tc. wasn't
9. Last year we...... to Italy and ...... many famous places.
a. go, visit b. goed, visited c. went, visited
10...... she ...... this beautiful dress in London?
a. does...... buy b. did....buy c. did.....bought
4. Fill in the gaps with the verbs from the box using Past Simple Tense:
be, break, come, hurt, knock, open see, strike, walk, wake
a) I ...... him over with one blow.
b) I ...... a suspicious-looking individual in the hall.
c) Mother ...... absolutely furious: Doctor Smith ...... to have a look at father and I ...... his leg and ...... his arm.
d) I ...... to the door and ...... it quietly.
e) The clock ...... twelve when I ...... up
5. Correct mistakes:
a)My son clean his room yesterday......
b)She didn’t got the prize......
c)I be late for the meeting yesterday......
d)Did you went fishing last week? ......
e)We taken our dog for a walk some time ago......
f)When I was five I can’t drive a car......
g)Jason repairing that old fridge last Sunday......
h)In 1890 I leaved Paris......
i)Two months ago my father selled his old car......
j)He hased a very good job as a manager......
6.Put the verbs in brackets into the correct Past Simple forms:
a) Picasso’s family (move) ...... to Barcelona in 1895.
b) (you/ go) ...... to the Picasso museum when you (be) ...... in Barcelona last month?
c) We (eat) ...... seafood in a great restaurant in the Olympic Port.
d) Mary (want) ...... to see all the sights so she (take) ...... the tourist bus around the city.
e) They (buy) ...... a lot of souvenirs when they (go) ...... shopping in the Ramblas.
f) Unfortunately, James (not/ have) ...... time to visit Parc Guell when he (be) ...... in Barcelona.
6. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the verbs in the box in the simple past tense. There are two extra verbs in each box.
1. Television
A Scotsman, John Logie Baird, ...... the first television picture on 25th October, 1925. The first person on TV ...... a boy who ...... in the office next to Baird’s workroom in London. In 1927 Baird ...... pictures from London to Glasgow and in 1928, to New York. He also ...... the first colour TV pictures.
2. Jeans
Jeans are everywhere! Everybody wears them! But before the 1960s, jeans ...... only working clothes. They ...... over a hundred years ago as trousers for the gold miners in California. Thousands of men ...... their homes and families and ...... West to find gold. This was called “the Gold Rush”. These men ...... strong trousers, so Levi Strauss ...... jeans for them. He ...... the cloth from their tents and wagons to sew the first pairs. The word ‘jeans’ comes from ‘Gênes’, the French name for Genoa, a town in Italy, where the cloth first ...... from. Some decades later, jeans ...... fashionable and everybody ...... wearing them.
PAST CONTINUOUS & SIMPLE PAST
1. USE:
- We use Past Simple to talk about actions started and finished in the past.
- We use Past Continuous to talk about an action which starts and finishes in the past, but during a time. (We don’t know exactly when).
2. Complete the following sentences with the correct form (Past Simple or Past
Continuous).
1. A: What (you, do) ______when you heard that noise?
B: I (try) ______to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
2. After I (find) ______the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately)
______to the police and (turn) ______it in.
3. The doctor (say) ______that Brian (be) ______too
weak to go to work and that he (need) ______to stay at home for a
couple of days.
4. My best friend (arrive) ______at my house a little before 9:00 pm,
but I (be, not) ______there. I (study) ______at the
library for my final examination in Italian.
5. John is in the living room working on his computer. At this time yesterday, he (work,
also) ______on his computer. That's all he ever does!
6. A: I (call) ______you last night after dinner, but you (be, not)
______there. Where were you?
B: I (work) ______out at the gym.
7. When I (walk) ______into the busy office, the secretaries (talk)
______on the phone with customers, a clerk (work, busily)
______at his desk, and two managers (discuss, quietly)
______methods to improve customer service.
8. I (watch) ______a thriller on T.V. when the electricity went
out. Now I am never going to find out how the film ends.
9. Samantha (be) ______in the room when Bob (tell)
______me what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she
(listen, not) ______.
10. It's strange that you (call) ______because I (think, just)
______about you.
11. The Titanic (cross) ______the Atlantic when it (strike)
______an iceberg.
12. When I entered the store, a couple of merchants (bargain, noisily)
______and (try) ______to sell their goods to naive
tourists who (hunt) ______for souvenirs. Some young boys (lead)
______their donkeys through the narrow streets on their way home. A
couple of men (argue) ______over the price of a leather belt. I (walk)
______over to a man who (sell) ______fruit and (buy)
______a banana.
13. The firemen (rescue) ______the old woman who (be)
______trapped on the third floor of the burning building.
14. I was very upset! He (leave, always) ______his dirty dishes
in the sink. I think he (expect) ______me to do them up for him.
15. Samantha (live) ______in Cambridge for more than two years. In fact,
she (live) ______there when I was a student.
3. Choose the past simple or past continuous:
1. What ______(you / do) when I
______(call) you last night?
2. I ______(sit) in a café when you
______(call).
3. When you ______(arrive) at the party, who
______(be) there?
4. Susie ______(watch) a film when she
______(hear) the noise.
5. Yesterday I ______(go) to the library, next I
______(have) a swim, later I
______(meet) Julie for a coffee.
6. We ______(play) tennis when John
______(hurt) his ankle.
7. What ______(they / do) at 10pm last night? It
______(be) really noisy.
8. He ______(take) a shower when the telephone
______(ring).
9. He ______(be) in the shower when the telephone
______(ring).
10. When I ______(walk) into the room, everyone
______(work).
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11. It ______(be) a day last September. The sun
______(shine), the birds ______
(sing). I ______(walk) along the street when I
______(meet) an old friend.
12. He ______(live) in Russia when the Revolution
______(start).
13. When her train ______(get) to the station, we
______(wait) on the platform.
14. He ______(be) so annoying! He
______(always / leave) his things everywhere.
15. On holiday we ______(visit) Rome,
______(see) the Vatican, and
______(spend) a few days at the beach.
16. Why ______(you / stand) on a chair when I
______(come) into the room?
17. They ______(live) in Germany when they
______(be) young.
18. At 7pm yesterday, we ______(listen) to music.
19. When I ______(leave) the house, it
______(snow).
20. He ______(work) in a bank when he
______(meet) his wife.
3. Choose the past simple or past continuous:
1. He ______(sleep) when the doorbell
______(ring).
2. We ______(eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started
eating at 7:30).
3. Yesterday I ______(go) to the post office,
______(buy) some fruit at the supermarket and
______(read) a book in the park in the afternoon.
4. We ______(watch) TV when we
______(hear) a loud noise.
5. Julie ______(be) in the garden when Laurence
______(arrive).
6. A: What ______(you / do) at 3pm yesterday?
B: I ______(clean) my house.
7. Last year I ______(visit) Paris and Rome.
8. They ______(have) dinner when the police
______(come) to the door.
9. He ______(work) in the garden when he
______(find) the money.
10. Laura ______(study) at 11pm last night.
11. I ______(walk) along the road when I
______(meet) an old friend.
12. It ______(be) a day in December. Snow
______(fall), children ______
(sing) carols and people ______(do) their Christmas
shopping.
13. My ex-boyfriend ______(be) so annoying! He
______(always / miss) the bus and
______(arrive) late.
14. When I ______(call) Julie, she
______(work).