Present Simple&continuous/pastsimple&continuous Exercises

REVISION EXERCISES A. Put the verbs in brackets into ‘Present Simple’ or ‘Present Continuous’ 1. Sally _________________ (often/spend) a lot of time surfing online. 2. I ___________________ (take) my car to the garage on Wednesday. 3. How ___________________ ( your parents/earn) a living? 4. What ______________________ (you/usually/wear)to work? 5. It __________________ (snow) outside! 6. Nurses ____________________ (take care) of sick people. 7. My best friend ______________________ (have) a party next weekend. 8. My brother _____________________ (study) in England this year. B. Put the adverbs of frequency in brackets in the correct place in the sentence. 1. He doesn’t watch TV. ( often) _________________________________________________________ 2. They can’t go out late at night. (always) _________________________________________________________ 3. Do you walk to school? (ever) _________________________________________________________ 4. The bus leaves at 10pm. (never) _________________________________________________________ C. Put the verbs in brackets into ‘Past simple’ or ‘Past continuous’. 1. I _______________ (try) to fix the car when I ________________ (get) a terrible headache. 2. We ________________ (prepare) dinner while they __________________ (drive) home. 3. _________________ (she/leave) school early yesterday? 4. She ___________________ (not/have) a lesson at 5o’clock yesterday afternoon. 5. He __________________(walk) in the street when it _________________(start) to rain. 6. We ___________________ (leave) the theatre when we ___________________ (see) John. 7. They __________________(not/want) to go to the party last night. 8. Everyone ______________ (dance) when the lights ________________(go) out.

D. Fill in the missing words. Infinitive 1.Begin 2. 3. 4. 5.Hold 6.Pay 7. 8.

Past

Past Participle

Caught Eaten Stolen Swam Thrown

E. Put the verbs in brackets into ‘Past Simple’ or ‘Present Perfect’. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

__________________ (you/ever/eat) meat with honey? They _________________ (not/call) me last night. We _________________ ( already/finish) our lunch. Mum __________________ ( buy) a new dress. She ___________________(not/forget) my birthday yet. We ___________________ (not/be) at the party yesterday. __________________ (you/watch) thrillers when you were younger? 8. I __________________ (be) in Limnos since I was born. 9. They _________________ (catch) a big fish two days ago. 10. He ___________________ (not/sleep) for 3 nights.