PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Look at the picture and write sentences about the people on the plane.
1.- Tom is reading a book 2.-Kate ______
3.- Sarah and John ______4.-Paul ______
5.- Kevin and Kim ______
6.-What are you doing now? ______
PRESENT SIMPLE
Complete the sentences using one of the following verbs:
causeclosedrinkliveopenspeaktake place
1.- Ann ______German very well.4.- Bad driving ______many accidents.
2.- The swimming pool ______at 95.- My parents ______in a very
o’clock and ______at 18.30 small flat.
every day.6.- The Olympic Games ______
3.- I never ______coffee. every four years.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS and PRESENT SIMPLE
1 Look at the following sentences and complete them with the correct form of the verb.
1.- I ______( not go) swimming on Saturdays.
2.- What ______(you do) now?
3.- What ______(your father do)?
4.- John ______(not understand) much Spanish.
5.- We usually ______(have) supper at 10 o’clock.
6.- Pablo sometimes ______(play) football on Saturdays.
7.- Look, I can’t talk now – we ______(have) lunch.
8.- They ______(go) to Benidorm every year.
9.- Where ______(you live)?
10.- Peter’s in his bedroom. He ______(listen) to music.
11.- Let’s go out. It ______(not / rain) now.
12.- We usually ______(grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we ______(not / grow) any.
2. Put the verbs in the present simple or the present continuous.
______you ______God exist? (think)
I ______hungry. Is there anything to eat? (feel)
Let’s go out! It ______(not rain)
We ______your help today. (not need)
Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) ______.
Water ______at 100 degrees Celsius. (boil)
I must go now. It ______late (get)
The water ______. Can you turn it off? (boil)
It ______very much in summer. (rain)
What ______Pam ______? She’s a student. (do)
Susan always ______in that hotel when she is in USA. (stay)
I'm sorry I ______(not hear) you because everybody (talk) ______so loudly.
Usually, I (work) ______as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study) ______French at a language school in Paris.
4. Correcting the mistakes. Each sentence has a mistake. Find it and correct it.
1.- Where your sister work?
2.- How much you earn in your job?
3.- I’m go to the cinema tonight.
4.- What you doing after school today?
5.- We no going to school today because it’s a holiday.
6.- Peter’s a businessman. He’s work all over the world.
7.- At the moment Peter’s work in Russia.
5.- Complete the sentences about the picture. Use the present continuous or the present simple form of the verbs in the box.
beat play look feel sit want not watch not win not like
Peter and his two sisters are sitting at the table. He and Helen ______a game of chess. Peter is older than Helen and he usually ______her at chess. But today he ______and Helen ______good.
Rebecca ______their game. She ______chess. She’s much more interested in her magazine. She ______to join the Photography Club at school and she ______for information about the best digital cameras for sale.
PAST SIMPLE
1.- Make the positive verbs negative. Make the negative verbs positive.
She drove to work. She didn’t drive to work.
I didn’t know the answer. I knew the answer.
My aunt gave me a birthday present. ______
It didn’t rain a lot during our holiday. ______
I didn’t drink the coffee, but I ate the sandwich. ______
She didn’t bring a bottle of wine. ______
She wasn’t tired, so she didn’t go to bed. ______
He forgot his passport and he lost his plane ticket. ______
It didn’t cost a lot of money. ______
I didn’t have a lot of time, so I didn’t do the shopping. ______
2.- Rewrite the sentences using ago.
- I saw him last June. I saw him three months ago.
- I has breakfast at eight o’clock. ______
- They got married in 1980. ______
- We saw John the day before yesterday. ______
- We met in 1965. ______
3.- Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then write true answers.
1school / did / when / start / you / ?
When did you start school?When I was six. In 1985.
2morning / you / time / get / up / what / this / did / ?
______
3dinner / night / have / what / you / last / for /did / ?
______
4did / train / last / you / by / when / travel / ?
______
5do / shat / Sunday / you / last / did ?______
HAD / DID, WAS / WEREComplete the conversation.
AIt ______my birthday yesterday. I’m twenty-five!
BReally? What ______you do?
A Well, I ______dinner with friends in an Italian restaurant.
BWhat ______you eat?
AWe all ______pizzas. They ______very good.
B______you enjoy your birthday, then?
AMmm. It ______excellent! When’s your birthday?
BToday.
AOh, no! Happy birthday!
PAST CONTINUOUS
1.PAST CONTINUOUS. Choose the correct verb for these sentences.
PAST SIMPLPAST SIMPLE or CONTINUOUS.
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past continuous).
1.- When I (do) ______the washing-up, I (break) ______a plate.
2.- While Tom (play) ______the piano, his mother (do) ______the washing-up.
3.- He (drink) ______some juice and then he (eat) ______a few chips.
4.- I (have) ______dinner when I suddenly (hear) ______a loud bang.
5.- When my father (work) ______in the garden, an old friend (pass) ______by to see him.
6.- She (go) ______to school, (take) ______out her textbook and (begin) ______to learn.
7.- When it (start) ______to rain, our dog (want) ______to come inside.
8.- When Jane (do) ______a language course in Ireland, she (visit) ______BlarneyCastle.
9.- When I (be) ______on my way home, I (see) ______an accident.
10. I (not / understand) ______what they (talk) ______about.
Fill in past simple or past continuous.
1. When Mrs. Golan ______(open) the door, her children ______(do) their homework and her husband ______(read) the newspaper.
2. What ______you ______(do) yesterday at half past eight in the morning? I ______(study) at school.
3. ______he ______(arrive) to the meeting last time?
4. ______they ______(paint) the walls when your mother ______(come) in?
5. While Dan ______(mend) the chairs his sister, Ronda, ______(work) in the garden.
6. I (sleep) when the ghost (come).
7. We (do) our homework when we (hear) the news.
8. He (watch) TV when the dog (eat) his shoe.
9. What ______(you / do) when the phone ______(ring) ?
10. Jenny ______(fall asleep) while she ______(read) an interesting book.
Now, do the same with the following test.
One evening my uncle John ______ (hear) a noise when he (watch) television. He ____ (go) out and he (see) a big man who ______(try) to break a window. My uncle shouted and the man ______(start) to run away. But the man (can) not see well so he ______(not see) where he (go). He (fall) into the swimming pool and (break) his leg.
Translate the previous test.
VERBS + PREPOSITION.
Put in the correct preposition. If no preposition is necessary, leave the space empty.
I like listening ______the radio in the morning.
I thanked ______John ______all his help.
Everybody will laugh ______me with this haircut.
I’m a bit lonely. I need somebody to talk ______.
Please don’t shout ______me! Try to calm down.
I’m waiting ______the rain to stop.
John was complaining ______a pain in his head.
Phone ______mother as soon as you arrive home.
The nanny must look ______the children tonight.
Police are searching ______a dangerous man.
The thief threw a stone ______the window.
Why don’t you apply ______that job?
I’ll think ______your idea.
The customer complained ______the food.
I stopped a man to ask ______directions.
Can you help me to look ______my keys?