7 Form Present Continuous Tense

1. Make the present continuous, positive or negative

1) (he / walk to school now)

2) (I / study at the moment)

3) (I / not / sleep)

4) (you / play badminton tonight)

5) (we / watch TV)

6) (she / not / work in Spain)

7) (he / not / wait for the bus)

8) (they / read)

9) (we / not / go to the cinema tonight)

10) (you / not / read the newspaper)

2. Make the present continuous - 'yes / no' or 'wh' questions

1) (what time / you / go to the cinema)?

2) (why / you / study)?

3) (when / you / leave)?

4) (you / smoke)?

5) (he / play / tennis later)?

6) (you / go / shopping at the weekend)?

7) (you / drink / wine)?

8) (what / you / drink now)?

9) (what / you / think)?

10) (she / work / in an office at the moment)?

3. Make the present continuous - positive, negative or question

1) (she / go home now)

2) (I / read a great book)

3) (she / not / wash her hair)

4) (the cat / chase mice)?

5) (she / cry)?

6) (he / not / study Latin)

7) (we / drive to London)?

8) (they / watch TV)?

9) (where / she / go now)?

10) (I / not / leave now)

4. Choose the present simple or the present continuous - it could be positive, negative or question

1) (you/come) tonight?

2) (he/eat) rice every day?

3) I (work) at the moment.

4) (he/come) to London often?

5) He (play) tennis now.

6) (you/come) to the cinema later?

7) They (not/come) to the party tomorrow.

8) He (not/play) golf now.

9) (play) tennis this Sunday?

10) They (go) to a restaurant every Saturday.

5. Choose the present simple or the present continuous. Watch out for stative verbs.

1) Julie (read) in the garden.

2) What (have) for dinner tonight?

3) She (have) two daughters.

4) I (stay) in Spain for two weeks this summer.

5) He often (come) over for dinner.

6) The class (begin) at nine every day.

7) What (you/eat) at the moment?

8) What (Susie/do) tomorrow?

9) I (not/work) on Sundays.

10) She (not/study) now, she (watch) TV

8 Form Past Simple Tense

1. Make the past simple with 'be'

1) It (be) cold yesterday.

2) She (be) hungry.

3) We (be) late for the meeting.

4) I (be) tired last night.

5) The exam (be) difficult.

6) They (be) in Berlin.

7) You (be) in the library when I called you.

8) The holiday (be) fun.

9) He (be) early for the interview.

10) The people we met last night (be) French.

2. Past Simple 'Be' Questions

1) (you / be / tired yesterday)?

2) (the weather / be / good)?

3) (we / be / too noisy)?

4) (he / be / a doctor when he was young)?

5) (they / be / in the class last week)?

6) (she / be / a good student)?

7) (I / be / on time)?

8) (Julie and Lucy / be / at the meeting)?

9) (we / be / in Paris)?

10) (where / you / be)?

3. Change the verb into the past simple

1) She (bring) some chocolates to the party.

2) I (hear) a new song on the radio.

3) I (read) three books last week.

4) They (speak) French to the waitress.

5) He (understand) during the class, but now he doesn't understand.

6) I (forget) to buy some milk.

7) She (have) a baby in June.

8) You (lose) your keys last week.

9) They (swim) 500m.

10) I (give) my mother a CD for Christmas.