PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Write these verbs with -s or -es or leave them as they are. Example: - She loves (love) - we work (work)

- She reads (read) - it flies (fly) - he watches (watch)- They walk (walk) - she dances (dance) - it finishes (finish)- We study (study) - hepasses (pass) - she goes (go)

2. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box.boil close cost cost like like meetopen speak teach wash

a) Martha speaks five languages.

b) The shops in the shopping mall usually open .at 9 o’clock in the morning.

c) The shops in the shopping mall close at 10 o’clock in the evening.

d) Nina is a teacher. She teaches maths to 5th grade.

e) His job is very interesting. He meets a lot of people.

f) Paul’s car is always dirty. He never washes it.

g) Seafood is expensive. It costs a lot of money.

h) Clothes are expensive. They cost a lot of money.

i) Water boils at 100º C.

j) Lisa and I are good friends. I like her and she likes me.

3. Write sentences from these words. Use the right form of the verb (get or gets, etc.)

a) always / early / Jane / get / home Jane always gets home early. b) to the movies / never / I / go I never go to the movies.c) work / Killie / hard / always Killie always works hard.

d) like / chocolate / children / usually Children usually like chocolate.e) Jenn / parties / enjoy / sometimes Jenn sometimes enjoys parties.f) often / people’s names / I / forget I often forget people’s names.g) TV / Sally / never / watch Sally never watches TV.

4. Write sentences about yourself. Use always / never / often / usually / sometimes.Example: I usually watch TV in the evening.a) (read in bed) I always read in bed.b) (get up before 7 o’clock) I usually get up before 7 o’clock.c) (go to school by bus/car) I sometimes go to school by car.d) (drink milk in the morning) I never drink milk in the morning.e) (play with my friends) I often play with my friends.

5. Write the negative.a) I play the guitar very well. I don’t play the guitar very well. b) Lillian plays the flute. Lillian doesn’t play the flute. c) They know your phone number. They don’t know your phone number. d) Students work very hard. Students don’t work very hard.e) She has piano lessons every day. She doesn’t have piano lessons

every day.f) You do the same thing every day. You don’t do the same thing every

day.

6. Complete the sentences. All of them are negative. Use don’t / doesn’t + these verbs.cost go know rain see use wear

a) The weather here is usually nice. It doesn’t rain much.b) Larry has a car, but he doesn’t use it very often.

c) Charles and his friends like movies, but they don’t go to the cinema very often.

d) Elisabeth is married, but she doesn’t wear a ring.e) The Playa Hotel isn’t expensive. It doesn’t cost much to stay there.f) Dan lives very near us, but we don’t see him very often.

7. Write questions with Do …. ? and Does ……?a) I like mangoes. How about you? Do you like mangoes ? b) I do pilates. How about you) Do you do pilates ? c) You live near the school. How about Lee? Does Lee live near the school?d) Tony plays football. How about his friends? Do Tony’s friends play football?e) You speak English. How about your parents? Do your parents speak

English?f) I do yoga every morning. How about you? Do you do yoga every

morning?g) Susan goes away a lot. How about Peter? Does Peter go away a

lot?h) I work very hard. How about Allan? Does Allan work very hard?

8. Make questions from these words + do / does. Put the words in the right order.a) where / live / your parents Where do your parents live? b) he / early / always / get up Does he always get up early?

c) how often / cinema / you / go How often do you go to the cinema?d) you / want / what / for lunch What do you want for lunch?e) she / like / basketball Does she like basketball?f) your sister / study / where Where does your sister study?g) breakfast / always / you / have Do you always have breakfast?h) what / mean / this word What does this word mean?i) in winter / snow / it / in Madrid Does it snow in Madrid in winter?

9. Complete the questions. Use these verbs.do do enjoy go like start teach work

What do you do? I work in a chocolate store.

Do you enjoy it? It’s OK.What time do you start in the morning? At 10 o’clock.Do you work on Saturdays? Sometimes.How do you go to work? Usually by car.And your husband. What does he do? He’s a teacher.What does he teach? Science.Does he like his job? Yes, he loves it.

10. Complete the sentences with am / is / are or do / don’t / does / doesn’t.a) Excuse me, do you speak Spanish?b) “Where’s Kim?” “I don’t know.”c) What’s funny? Why are you laughing?d) “What does your sister do?” “She’s an engineer.”e) It is raining. I don’t want to go out in the rain.f) “Where do you come from?” “France.”g) How much does it cost to stay at this hotel? Is it expensive?h) Bernard is a good tennis player, but he doesn’t play very often.

11. Put the verb in the present continuous or the present simple.

a) “Where’s Betty?” “She’s having a shower.” (she/have)b) I don’t watch TV very often. (I/not/watch)c) Listen! Somebody is shouting (shout).d) Hannah is tired. She wants (she/want) to go home now.e) How often do you do (you/do) sport? Every day?f) “Excuse me, but you are sitting (you/sit) in my seat.” “Oh, I’m sorry.”

g) I’m sorry, I don’t understand (I/not/understand). Can you speak more slowly?

h) It’s late. I’m going (I/go) home now. i) “Where’s mum?” “In the kitchen. She’s cooking (she/cook) something.”j) Matt doesn’t usually drive (not/usually/drive) to work, but today he is

driving ( drive) because he’s late. k) Sandra doesn’t like (not/like) coffee. She prefers (she/prefer) tea.

12. Write am/is/are (present) or was/were (past).

a) Last year she was 9, so she is 10 now.b) Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it was very cold.c) I am hungry. Can I have something to eat?d) I feel fine this morning, but I was very tired last night.e) Where were you last Friday? You didn’t come to school.f) Don’t buy those shoes. They are very expensive.g) I like your new jacket. Was it expensive?h) This time last year I was in London.i) “Where are Sam and Luke?” “I don’t know. They were here a few minutes

ago.”

13. Write was/were or wasn’t/weren’t. a) We weren’t happy with our room. It was very small and it wasn’t clean.b) Sue wasn’t at work last week because she was ill. She’s better now.c) Yesterday was a public holiday, so the schools were closed. They’re open

today.d) “Were Kate and Ben at the party?” “Kate was there, but Ben wasn’t.”e) Where are my keys? They were on the table, but they’re not there now.f) You weren’t at home last night. Where were you?

14. Write questions from these words + was / were. Put the words in the right order.a) (late/you/this morning/why?) Why were you late this morning?b) (difficult /your exam ?) Was your exam difficult?c) (last week /where / Bill and Kim ?) Where were Bill and Kim last week?d) (your new laptop / how much ?) How much was your new laptop?e) (angry / you / yesterday / why ?) Why were you angry yesterday?f) (nice / the weather / yesterday ?) Was the weather nice yesterday?

15. Complete the sentences. Use a verb from the box.clean die enjoy finish happen close rainstart stay want

a) I cleaned my bedroom yesterday.b) It was cold in the room, so I closed the window.c) The film was very long. It started at 5.00 and finished at 8.00.d) When I was a child, I wanted to be a dancer.e) The accident happened last Sunday afternoon.f) It isn’t raining now, but yesterday it rained all day.g) We enjoyed our holiday last summer. We stayed at a very nice hotel.

16. Write the past simple of these verbs.a) Get got d) pay paid g) go went j) know knew b) See saw e) visit visited h) think thought k) put put c) Play played f) buy bought i) copy copied l) speak spoke

17. Read about Linda’s journey to London. Put the verbs in the correct form.

Last Thursday Linda flew from Malaga to London. She got up fly, getat 7 o’clock in the morning and had a cup of coffee. At 7.30 haveshe left home and drove to the airport. When leave, drive

she got there, she parked the car, walked get,park,walkto the airport building, and checked in. Then she had check, havebreakfast at a café and waited for her flight. The plane departed wait, departon time and arrived. in London two hours later. Finally she took arrive, takea taxi from the airport to her hotel in the centre of London.

18. Write sentences about the past (yesterday / last week, etc)a) Jim always goes to work by bus. Yesterday he went to work by bus.b) Rose often loses her phone. She lost her phone last week. c) Kate meets her friends every evening. She met her friends yesterday evening. d) He buys a newspaper every day. Yesterday he bought a newspaper

yesterday.e) They often go to the theatre at weekends. Last Saturday they went to the

theatre.f) She drinks an orange juice every morning. Yesterday she drank an orange

juice.g) Mary always has a shower in the evening. Last evening she had a shower.h) Tom often comes to visit us. He came to visit us last weekend. i) I usually get up early. This morning I got up at 9 o’clock.

19. Complete the sentences with the verb in the negative.a) I saw Betty, but I didn’t see Sue.b) They worked on Monday, but they didn’t work on Tuesday.c) We went to the post office, but we didn’t go to the bank.d) She had a pencil, but she didn’t have any paper.e) Jim did German at school, but he didn’t do French.

20. Write questions with Did….?

a) I watched TV last night. How about you? Did you watch TV last night?b) She enjoyed the party. How about you? Did you enjoy the party?c) I had a good weekend. How about you? Did you have a good

weekend?d) They finished work early. How about you? Did you finish work early?e) He slept well last night. How about you? Did you sleep well last

night?

21. What did you do yesterday? Write positive or negative sentences.a) (watch TV) I watched TV or I didn’t watch TV.b) (get up before 7.00) I didn’t get up before 7.00.c) (have a shower) I had a shower.d) (buy sweets) I bought sweets.e) (eat pizza) I ate pizza.f) (go to bed before 11.00) I didn’t go to bed before 11.00.g) (do my homework) I didn’t do my homework.h) (study maths) I studied maths.i) (write an email) I wrote an email.j) (tidy my room) I tidied my room.

22. Write B’s questions. Use the verbs in the box.arrive cost go go to bed late happen have a nice timestay win

A: We went to Edinburgh last summer.B: Where did you stay?A: With some friends.

A: We came home by train.B: How much did it cost?A: Thirty pounds.

A: I was late for school.B: What time did you arrive?A: Half past nine.

A: I’m tired this morning.B: Did you go to bed late?A: No, but I didn’t sleep a wink.

A: I played football this afternoon.B: Did you win?A: No, I lost.

A: We went to Sierra Nevada yesterday.B: Did you have a nice time?A: Yes, it was great.

A: I had a nice long weekend.B: Brilliant. Where did you go?A: To Granada.

A: The door is broken.B: How did it happen?A: I don’t know.

23. Put the verb in the correct form – positive, negative or question.a) We went to the cinema, but the film wasn’t very good. We didn’t enjoy it.

(enjoy)b) Tony bought some new clothes yesterday – a T-shirt, a jersey and a coat.

(buy)c) We were tired, so we didn’t stay long at the party. (stay)d) It was very warm in the room, so I opened a window. (open)e) “Did you phone Sally this morning?” “No, I didn’t have time.” (have)f) “I cut my hand this morning.” “How did you do that?” (do)g) “Why weren’t you at the party yesterday?” “I didn’t know about it.” (know)

24. Look at the pictures. Where were these people at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon? And what were they doing? Write two sentences for each picture.

Betty Kate John Kim Paul and Sarah at home at home in his car at the station in the park watch TV study drive wait for a ride their bike

traina) Betty was at home. She was watching TV.b) Kate was at home . She was studying. c) John was in his car . He was driving . d) Kim was at the station . She was waiting for a train .

e) Paul and Sarah were in the park . They were riding their bike . f) And you? I was at home . I was playing cards with my sister .

25. Gina did a lot of things yesterday. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.7.10–7.30 breakfast 7.45-8.15 newspaper 8.30-9.00 drive to work

9.00-17.00 work 18.00-19.00 do yoga 20.00-20.30 cook dinner

a) At 7.15 she was having breakfast.b) At 8.00 she was reading a newspaper.c) At 8.45 she was driving to work.d) At 18.15 she was doing yoga.e) At 20.20 she was cooking dinner.

26. Complete the questions. Use was / were -ing. Use what / where / why if necessary.

a) (you/live) Where were you living in 2012? In New York.b) (you/do) …Where were you at 11.30 pm? I was asleep.c) (it/rain) Was it raining when you got up? No, it was snowing.d) (Jane/drive) Why was Jane driving so fast? Because she was late.e) (Tom/wear) Was Tom wearing a suit yesterday? No, a T-shirt and

jeans.

27. Look at the picture. You saw Cindy in the street yesterday afternoon. What was she doing? Write positive or negative sentences.

Cindya) (wear / skirt) She wasn’t wearing a skirt.b) (carry / bags) She was carrying bags..c) (go / to the doctor) She wasn’t going to the doctor.d) (drink / coffee) She was drinking coffee.e) (wear / sunglasses) She was wearing sunglasses.f) (drive / her car) She wasn’t driving her car.

28. Put the verbs in the correct form, past continuous or past simple.

a) Lucy broke (break) her arm last week. It happened (happen) when she was painting

(paint) her living-room. She fell (fall) off the ladder.

b) The train arrived (arrive) at the station and Mary got (get) off. Two friends of hers, Paul and Mary were waiting (wait) to meet her.

Hi! I’m going shopping.

c) Yesterday Susan was walking (walk) along the road when she met (meet) Jim. He was going (go) to the station to catch a train and he was carrying (carry) a bag. They stopped (stop) to talk for a few minutes.

29. Put the verb into past continuous or simple.

a) What was the weather like when you got (get) up this morning?It was raining (rain).

b) Was Jane busy when you went to see her?Yes, she was studying (study).

c) Did John call (John/call) you this morning?Yes, he called (call) while I was having (have) breakfast.

d) Was Tony at work today?No, he didn’t go (not/go) to work. He was ill.

e) Did your team win (your team/win) the football match yesterday?The weather was very bad, so we didn’t play (not/play).

f) How did you break (you/break) the window?We were playing (play) football. I kicked (kick) the ball and it hit (hit) the window.

g) Did you see (you/see) Jenny last night?Yes, she was wearing (wear) a beautiful dress.

h) I lost (lose) my key yesterday.How did you get (you/get) into your house?I climbed (climb) in through a window.

30. Complete the sentences with question tags.

a) She is working, isn’t she?b) Matt isn’t at home, is he?c) Charles wants to play football, doesn’t he?d) Sarah is reading a book, isn’t she?e) They love playing basket, don’t they?f) You are listening to music, aren’t you?g) We aren’t waiting for him, are we?h) She wants to go out, doesn’t she?i) Sue went to bed early, didn’t she?j) He saw Tom a few days ago, didn’t he?k) Angela needs some money, doesn’t she?l) You did the shopping, didn’t you?m)They didn’t get up early, did they?

31. Make the questions for the question tags.a) She didn’t play tennis , did she? (she/play tennis)b) They are watching TV , aren’t they? (they/watch TV)c) He isn’t studying now , is he? (he/study now)d) We are learning English , aren’t we? (we/learn English)e) You don’t like , do you? (you/like broccoli)