1. Complete with the Correct Form of the Verbs in Brackets (Present Simple/Continuous
1. Complete with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present simple/continuous, past simple).
-Let’s go out. It ...1... (not / rain) now.
-...2... (you / listen) to the radio every day? No, just ocasionally.
-Can you drive? I ...3... (learn). My father ...4... (teach) me.
-The film wasn’t very good. I ...5... (not / enjoy) it very much.
-What ...6... (your father / do)? He’s an architect, but he ...7... (not / work) at the moment.
-It was a funny situation but nobody ...8... (laugh).
-Ann ...9... (spend) a lot of money yesterday. She ...10... (buy) a dress which ...11... (cost) 200 E.
-The train is never late. It ...12... (always / leave) on time.
-Who is that man? Why ...13... (he / look) at us?
-She ...14... (visit) her grandfather tomorrow morning.
-Who ...15... (write) that book? Byron did.
-It was hard work carrying the bags. They ...16... (be) very heavy.
-The sun ...17... (shine). Why don’t you go for a walk?
-...18... (you / usually / spend) a lot of money on clothes?
-How ...19... (you / travel). I travelled by train.
-Who ...20... (you / see)? I saw Michael and Tom.
- She never ...21.. (finish) work before eleven so she always ...22...(arrive) home when her children are in bed.
-He ...23... (teach) in a language school, although he ...24... (work) in a factory at the moment because the school is on holiday.
2. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present simple/continuous, past simple/continuous).
Sarah is a police officer. She usually (1) …...... (work) in an office at the police station, but at the moment she (2) …...... (interview) a suspect about an attempted robbery this morning. She (3) …...... (not enjoy) this part of her job because the criminals often (4)…...... (tell) lies and they (5) …...... (not confess) to their crimes. In this case a passer-by (6) …...... (walk) down the street when he (7) …...... (see) the suspect in front of a neighbour’s house. He (8) …...... (try) to open the window. The suspect says that he (9) …...... (not try) to break into the house – he (10) …...... (clean) the window because he’s their window cleaner!
3. Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present simple/continuous, past simple/continuous).
I ...1... (not/visit) my parents very often.
I ...2... (live) in Paris right now, but I ...3... (come) from Belgium.
He ...4... (talk) on the phone when I ...5... (arrive), but when he ...6... (see) me, he ...7... (finish) the call. Perhaps he ...8...(think) that I ...9...(listen) to his conversation.
“...10... (you/be) in South America last year?”
“Yes, I ...11...(be) in Bolivia on business and then my wife and I ...12... (travel) to Brazil for a holiday”.
“...13... (your mother/usually/help) you with your homework?”
“Yes, we ...14... (always/do) it together after school”.
I nearly ...15... (have) an accident yesterday. A car ...16... (come) towards me, but I ...17... (move) quickly out of the way and fortunately nothing ...18...(happen).
“...19...(he/watch) TV?”
“No, he ...20... (read) a book at this moment”.
4. Complete with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present simple/continuous, past simple/continuous)
-A lot of people ...1... (hate) the cold English weather.
-She ...2... (get) ready to go out at the moment.
-While Martin ...3... (go) to the airport, someone stole his passport.
-When I looked out of the window, we ...4... (fly) over the ocean.
-“I ...5... (phone) you yesterday morning but you ...6... (not/answer). Were you out?” “Yes, I ...7... (be) at the sports centre”
“What ...8... (you/do)?”
“I ...9... (play) ice hockey.
-Tina is a teacher. She ...10... (teach) Mathematics to young children.
-My brother ...11... (suffer) from allergies when the season ...12... (change).
-The baby ...13... (sleep) right now, but I’m sure he’ll wake up soon for his feed.
-“...14... (he/usually/take) milk and sugar in his coffee?” “Well, he ...15... (always/take) milk but he ...16... (not/take) sugar.
-“How often ...17... (he/change) his car?” “He ...18... (change) it every five years, but that ...19... (depend) on the condition of the car”
-At half past eight last night I ...20... (not/read), I ...21... (write) a letter.
-I ...22... (not/be) very well last week, that’s why I ...23... (not/come) to school.
-Vicky ...24... (have) a beautiful dream last night when the alarm clock ...25... (ring).
-Something very strange ...26... (happen) to me on my way home from work yesterday afternoon. I ...27... (drive) my car when suddenly I ...28... (see) my mother in the seat beside me! But it was impossible because she ...29... (die) three years ago!
-My friend is finding life in Paris very difficult because she ...30... (not/speak) French.
5. Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present simple/continuous, past simple/continuous).
-When I ...1... (come) into the room, they ...2... (stop) talking about clothes and they ...3... (tell) me that they ...4... (study) really hard.
-“What ...5... (you / do) when I called you last night?” “I ...6... (try) to solve the maths problem”
-Yesterday I ...7... (drive) from Santiago to Vigo and back. At night I ...8... (be) really exhausted.
-When I went into the office, everybody ...9... (work). Pat ...10... (write) a letter, Sam ...11... (phone) a customer and the accountants ...12... (complete) some documents.
-Prince Felipe ...13... (marry) a journalist, Letizia Ortiz, in 2004.
-I ...14... (not send) you a Christmas card because I ...15... (not / know) your address.
-Why ...16... (those people / look) at me? Perhaps they have never seen such an unusual coat.
-I asked for permission to go to that concert buy my parents ...17... (not / agree). They ...18... (say) that it ...19... (start) too late.
-John ...20... (tidy) his room every weekend.
-The fast train ...21... (not / stop) at this station.
-It’s a nice party. ...22... (you / enjoy) it? Yes, it’s great!
-We ...23... (meet) Tom’s friends tomorrow evening.
-She...24... (usually / work) in an office but at the moment she ...25... (interview) a suspect.
-You ...26... (not / wear) your usual glasses. Are they new?
-She often ...27... (read) novels and magazines, but now she ...28... (read) a biography.
-The suspects ...29... (try) to escape when they ...30... (have) the accident.
Key
1.
- isn’t raining
- Do you listen
- am learning
- is teaching
- didn’t enjoy
- does your father do
- isn’t working
- laughed
- spent
- bought
- cost
- always leaves
- is he looking
- is visiting
- wrote
- were
- is shining
- Do you usually spend
- did you travel
- did you see
- finishes
- arrives
- teaches
- is working
2.
- works
- is interviewing
- doesn’t enjoy
- tell
- don’t confess
- was walking
- saw
- was trying
- wasn’t trying
- was cleaning
3.
- don’t visit
- am living
- come
- was talking
- arrived
- saw
- finished
- thought
- was listening
- Were you
- was
- travelled
- Does your mother usually help
- always do
- had
- was coming
- moved
- happened
- Is he watching
- is reading
4.
- hate
- is getting
- was going
- were flying
- phoned
- didn’t answer
- was
- were you doing
- was playing
- teaches
- suffers
- changes
- is sleeping
- does he usually take
- always takes
- doesn’t take
- does he change
- changes
- depends
- wasn’t reading
- was writing
- wasn’t
- didn’t come
- was having
- rang
- happened
- was driving
- saw
- died
- doesn’t speak
5.
- came
- stopped
- told
- were studying
- were you doing
- was trying
- drove
- was
- was working
- was writing
- was phoning
- were completing
- married
- didn’t send
- didn’t know
- are those people looking
- didn’t agree
- said
- started
- tidies
- doesn’t stop
- Are you enjoying
- are meeting
- usually works
- is interviewing
- aren’t wearing
- reads
- is reading
- were trying
- had