I.

Present Simple exercises

1. Fill in the gaps with a suitable verb

a, She plays tennis every day.

b, My daughter ………………….. French and Spanish.

c, His father’s a pilot. He ……………….. all over the world.

d, Flight attendants ………………………… in hotels a lot.

e, Ben …………………. to work by bus.

f, He ……………………… television every evening.

g, I ………………. from Hungary.

2. Write negative sentences

a, I/not like skiing. I don’t like skiing.

b, They/not live/Scotland. …………………………………………………………………………………………

c, He/not write letters every day. ………………………………………………………………………………………………

d, We/not have/car. …………………………………………………………………………………………………

e, John and Kate/not like getting up. …………………………………………………………………………………………….

f, Rachel/not smoke. …………………………………………………………………………………………………

g, It/not cost 50p. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. Write questions for the answers

a, Where does he work?

He works in a school.

b, ………………………………………………………………………………..

They get up at 6.30.

c, …………………………………………………………………………………

She speaks French and Italian.

I live in Manchester.

e, ………………………………………………………………………………………

We finish school at 2:00 pm.

f, ………………………………………………………………………………………..

I work in a bank.

g, ……………………………………………………………………………………….

She has coffee and toast.

II. Present Continuous exercises

1. Put the verbs is brackets into the Present Continuous

a, We can’t go climbing. It’s raining. (rain)

b, Why ………… you ………………….for your holiday photographs? (look)

c, Oh no! The TV ……………………………………………. (not work)

d, How …………… she ……………………………? (feel)

e, We ……………………………………… today, we’re tired. (not swim)

f, What ……………………. you ……………………………… at? (laugh)

g, OK, wait a minute. I ……………………………………………….. now. (get up)

2. Find the mistakes and correct them

a, What you doing? What are you doing?

b, Sally has breakfast at the moment. ……………………………………………………………………………………………..

c, They no coming to the party this evening. ……………………………………………………….................................

d, I’m not understanding what you mean. …………………………………………………………………………………………..

e, What do you do this weekend? ………………………………………………………………………………………………..

f, He’ s driving to work every day. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

III. Past Simple exercises

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple

a, I started (start) school when I was five.

b, I …………………… (work) until 8.00, and then I ……………………. (meet) some friends.

c, She ………………………… (sell) her old car and …………………….. (buy) a new one.

d, I ………………… (play) tennis in the morning, but it ……………….. (rain) in the afternoon.

e, Last week we ………………….. (drive) to Edinburgh and …………………. (visit) our cousins.

f, I …………………. (lose) my umbrella - I ………………… (leave) it in the bank.

g, He ……………………… (retire) and ………………………. (move) to the country.

2. Put the words in the correct order to make questions

a, you/school/when/leave/did?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..?

b, you/were/where/born?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..?

c, morning/at/you/were/10:00/yesterday/where?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..?

d, time/bed/did/to/last/go/night/what/you?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….?

e, in/when/you/country/last/did/walk/the?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………?

f, many/month/did/last/see/films/you/how?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….?

g, last/a/restaurant/week/did/eat/you/in?
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………?

IV. Past Continuous exercises

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

a, (you/live) Where were you living in 1990? In London.

b, (you/do) …………………………………………………………………………………… at 2 am? I was asleep.

c, (it/rain) …………………………………………………………………when you got up? No, it was sunny.

d, (Ann/drive) ………………………………………………………. so fast? Because she was in a hurry.

e, (Tim/wear) …………………………………………………….. a suit yesterday? No, a T-shirt and jeans.

2. Put the verb into the Past Continuous or Past Simple

a, What …………………………………………………. (you/do) when the phone ………………………………. (ring)?

I ……………………………………………….. (watch) television.

b, Was Jane busy when you went to see her?

Yes, she ……………………………………………. (study).

c, What time …………………………………………………(the post/arrive) this morning?

It …………………………………. (come) while I ……………………………………… (have) breakfast.

d, How ………………………………………………….. (you/break) the window?

We ………………………………………….. (play) football. I …………………….. (kick) the ball and it …………… (hit)
the window.

e, Was Jim at work today? No, he ……………………………………… (not go) to work. He was ill.

f, How fast ………………………………………………………….. (you/drive) when the police stopped you?

g, ……………………………………………………….. (you/see) Jenny last night?

Yes, she …………………………………………………… (wear) a very nice jacket.

V. Will/ Going to exercise

Which is right?
a, We’ll/We’re going to the theatre tonight. We’ve got tickets.

b, What will you do/are you going to do tomorrow evening?

c, They’ll go/They’re going away tomorrow morning Their train is at 8:40.

d, I’m sure she’ll lend/she’s going to lend us some money. She’s very rich.

e, Why are you putting on your coat? I’ll go/I’m going out.

f, Do you think Claire will phone/is going to phone us tonight?

g, Steve can’t meet us on Saturday. He’ll work/He is going to work.

h, What will you/are you going to wear to the party tonight?