A Complete the sentences with the Present Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Stan and I ...................... (meet) our friends at football practice twice a week.
2 That jacket ...................... (look) great.
3 Brian ....................... (watch) television every evening.
4 We usually ...................... (do) our homework together.
5 Tom and Mark ...................... (not want) to go to the museum.
6 ...................... Peter ...................... (wash) the car on Sundays?
B Complete the sentences with the Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 They ...................................... (not work) on their computer at the moment.
2 ...................... Brenda ...................... (take) her sister to the park now?
3 Jill ...................................... (not write) an e-mail right now.
4 ...................... you ...................... (sit) in the classroom now?
5 Don’t make a noise! The teacher ...................................... (speak) now.
6 Mary ...................................... (travel) home at the moment.
C Choose the correct time expression.
1 Christmas is in December every year / now.
2 I am playing soccer every Thursday / tonight.
3 Does Mike visit his grandmother every week / this week?
4 I always walk to school to school today / on Tuesdays.
5 We are learning about the Internet every day / today.
6 That band is playing my favourite song at the moment / on Sundays.
D Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the verbs
in brackets.
1 Jane and her team ...................................... (want) to win the gym competition today.
2 ...................... you usually ...................... (work) on Saturdays?
3 Bill ...................................... (write) a book report at the moment.
4 Robert often ...................................... (study) in the evening.
5 ...................... you ...................... (look) for information on the Internet now?
6 I ...................................... (not know) anything about the theatre.
meet
want
aren’t working
Present Simple / Present Continuous – Answers
A 1 meet 4 do
2 looks 5 don’t want
3 watches 6 Does … wash
B 1 aren’t working 4 Are … sitting
2 Is … taking 5 is speaking
3 isn’t writing 6 is travelling
C 1 every year 4 on Tuesdays
2 tonight 5 today
3 every week 6 at the moment
D 1 want 4 studies
2 Do … work 5 Are … looking
3 is writing 6 don’t know
Past Simple / Past Continuous, used to
A Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Peter ...................... (ride) his bicycle to school yesterday.
2 Mum ...................... (play) tennis yesterday.
3 I ...................... (forget) to do my homework last night.
4 Gina ...................................... (not clean) her room last week.
5 My grandparents ...................... (not travel) to London a month ago.
6 What ...................... you ...................... (drink) after the game?
B Complete the sentences with the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 The reporter ...................................... (write) an article while the photographers
...................................... (take) pictures.
2 The pupils ...................................... (not study) for a test. They ...................................... (make) a
poster.
3 ......................you ...................... (ride) your horse at 4 o’clock yesterday?
4 We ...................................... (sit) at our desks when the bell rang.
5 My brother ...................................... (not wash) the dishes when Mum came home.
He ...................................... (sleep)!
6 ...................... it ...................... (snow) when you left the house?
C Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.
1 I ...................................... (write) an e-mail to Tom when the postman ......................................
(deliver) his letter!
2 When I ...................................... (leave) home yesterday, some dogs ...................................... (sit)
near the front gate.
3 John ...................................... (not swim) at four o’clock. He ...................................... (play) football.
4 Bob ...................................... (lie) in the garden when it ...................................... (start) to rain.
5 As I ...................................... (put) the baby to bed, the phone ...................................... (ring).
6 What .................. you .................. (do) when Dan ...................................... (fall)?
D Complete the sentences with used to and the verbs in brackets.
1 When Grandma was a girl, she ...................................... (wear) long dresses.
2 Ron ...................................... (not like) swimming, but now he swims every day.
3 Before Steven’s accident, he ...................................... (work) in a factory.
4 Where ...................... you ...................... (go) to school when you were young?
5 What music ...................... teenagers ...................... (listen) to in the 1950s?
6 A hundred years ago, people ...................................... (not travel) in aeroplanes.
Past Simple / Past Continuous, used to – Answers
A 1 rode 4 didn’t clean
2 played 5 didn’t travel
3 forgot 6 did … drink
B 1 was writing, were taking
2 weren’t studying, were making
3 Were … riding
4 were sitting
5 wasn’t washing, was sleeping
6 Was … snowing
C 1 was writing, delivered
2 left, were sitting
3 wasn’t swimming, was playing
4 was lying, started
5 was putting, rang
6 were … doing, fell
D 1 used to wear 4 did … use to go
2 didn’t use to like 5 did … use to listen
3 used to work 6 didn’t use to travel
EXTENSION
Present
simple and present continuous
Present
simple
|
We use the present simple
to talk about:
·
regular habits and routines.
We usually go rollerblading at the weekend.
·
permanent situations.
David lives in Manchester.
·
scientific facts.
Water boils at 100˚C.
·
states, not actions, e.g. like, believe, know.
She doesn’t
like chorizo.
|
Present
continuous
|
We use the present
continuous to talk about:
·
something that is happening now or
‘around now’.
They’re playing tennis at the moment.
·
temporary situations.
He’s visiting his grandparents in Ibiza.
·
changing or developing situations.
The number of car
accidents every year
is
increasing.
·
future arrangements.
She’s going to the cinema this evening.
|
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the present simple
or present continuous.
Kim usually visits (visit) her cousins at
the
weekend.
At the moment Linda is working
(work) as a motorcycle courier.
1 Tom ……………… often ………………
(not
go) to the Cyber café.
2 Excuse me. ……………… you
………………
(know) how to get to
Church
Street?
3 What ……………… you ………………
(listen
to)?
4 Juan ……………… (work) for the Iberia airline.
He’s a pilot.
5 In the summer, the sun ……………… (rise) at five
o’clock in the morning.
6 I ……………… (not like) my gym. I
………………
(not get) fit fast enough!
7 Tom and I ……………… (go) to the beach this
weekend.
2 Complete the text. Use the correct form of the present simple or
present continuous.
It’s the year 2100. Ben 1………………
(be) a
computer programmer and he 2………………
(live) on the moon. Every day at 18.00 he
3……………… (finish)
work at the space station
and 4……………… (go) to the Matrix
café.
It’s 18.30 and
Ben 5……………… (look out)
of the café window at the space cars flying
by.
Every day he 6………………
(watch) the
same space cars, but today is different. Ben
7……………… (not sit)
alone. There
8……………… (be) a
girl at his table. She
9……………… (read) a
digital magazine. The
girl is very beautiful. She 10………………
(have got) short, orange hair and yellow
eyes.
She 11……………… (wear) a green space
suit.
‘12………………
I ……………… (know)
you?’ she asks.
‘I 13……………… (not
think) so,’ says Ben.
‘I’m Ben. What’s your name?’
3 Write the questions. Use the present simple or present continuous.
Then answer them.
1 What
/ you / do / next weekend?
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
2 How
often / you / go / to the cinema?
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
3 What
time / you / usually / get up?
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
4 What
/ you / wear / today?
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
Past
simple and past continuous
Past
simple
|
We use the past
simple to talk about a finished action in the past.
Mark went
to the cinema last night.
|
Past
continuous
|
We use the past
continuous to talk about:
• an action which was
in progress at a particular time in the past.
They were watching TV at
nine o’clock
last night.
• an action in the
past that is interrupted by another action
I was
walking along the street when someone stole my bag.
|
1 Choose the correct tenses.
It was one o’clock in the
morning and I
1 was lying / lay awake in bed. The
wind
2 was blowing / blew outside and it 3
rained / was raining. Suddenly I 4
heard / was hearing a loud crash.
It 5 came / was coming
from downstairs. I 6 got up
/ was getting up and 7 switched
on / was
switching
on the light. Everything was quiet and still. Only the clock in the
hallway 8 was ticking /
ticked. I 9 walked /
was walking down the stairs when I 10 noticed / was noticing something strange. The front door was wide
open.
|
2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the past simple or
past continuous.
Peter was driving (drive) home when he saw
(see)
the accident.
1 I ……………… (watch) TV when the phone
………………
(ring).
2 He ……………… (wear) sunglasses when I
………………
(meet) him.
3 She ……………… (fall) asleep while she
………………
(do) her homework.
4 The pop star ……………… (sing) when the
lights
……………… (go out).
5 It ……………… (start) to rain while we
………………
(walk) on the beach.
3 Complete the text. Use the correct form of the past simple or past continuous.
At midnight last night
rescue teams
1……………… (search)
for victims after a
giant tornado 2……………… (hit)
Oklahoma
and Kansas. The storm flattened more than
5,000 homes and 3……………… (injure)
more than 700 people.
Robert Hensley 4………………
(hide) in
his cellar when the tornado 5………………
(destroy) his home. ‘I 6………………
(not come out) until two hours later,’ he said,
‘My house was gone and I 7………………
(not recognize) the street.’
Mary Richardson 8………………
(have) a
bath when she 9……………… (hear) the
tornado. She quickly 10……………… (put
on)
a coat and 11……………… (escape) to
the
local high school. ‘I 12………………
(run) to
the school when the tornado 13………………
(strike) my house,’ she said. ‘It
14……………… (be) a
very frightening
experience.’
4 Write the questions. Use the past simple or past continuous.
1 What / the rescue teams / do at midnight?
………………………………………………
2 How many / homes / the storm / destroy?
………………………………………………
3 Where / Robert Hensley / hide / when the
tornado hit his home?
………………………………………………
4 When / he / come out?
………………………………………………
5 Who / have a bath / when the
tornado
arrived?
………………………………………………
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