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Test at English Tenses

The document contains two grammar exercises asking the reader to fill in blanks with verbs in either the present simple or past simple tense. The first exercise asks the reader to fill in blanks in a dialogue between Alice and her father with the present continuous or simple tense. Alice says she is cleaning the house and her mother is making a cake. The second exercise asks the reader to fill in blanks describing a trip to the circus last Saturday in the simple past tense, including actions like seeing the show, eating popcorn, and having a wonderful time.

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Test at English Tenses

The document contains two grammar exercises asking the reader to fill in blanks with verbs in either the present simple or past simple tense. The first exercise asks the reader to fill in blanks in a dialogue between Alice and her father with the present continuous or simple tense. Alice says she is cleaning the house and her mother is making a cake. The second exercise asks the reader to fill in blanks describing a trip to the circus last Saturday in the simple past tense, including actions like seeing the show, eating popcorn, and having a wonderful time.

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1 Fill in with PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS: Father: Alice, what are you doing (you / do)?

Alice: I ……………………… (clean) the house. I usually …………………… (do) my homework but today I
………………………….. (not / go) to school. Father: Where’s your mum? Alice: She ……………………
(make) a cake. She usually …………………….. (go) to the market but today my friends
…………………………. (come).
2 Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:
Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We ………(see) lots of things. My
father …………………. (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We ……………………. (eat) the popcorn
and ………………………… (drink) the orange juice. We …………………….. (laugh) at the funny clowns.
There …………………. (be) a lion-tamer. The lions …………………… (do) tricks; they
………………………… (jump) through hoops. A girl ………………………. (ride) an elephant around the
ring. We all ………………… (have) a wonderful time.

1 Fill in with PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS: Father: Alice, what are you doing (you / do)?
Alice: I ……………………… (clean) the house. I usually …………………… (do) my homework but today I
………………………….. (not / go) to school. Father: Where’s your mum? Alice: She ……………………
(make) a cake. She usually …………………….. (go) to the market but today my friends
…………………………. (come).
2 Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:
Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We ………(see) lots of things. My
father …………………. (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We ……………………. (eat) the popcorn
and ………………………… (drink) the orange juice. We …………………….. (laugh) at the funny clowns.
There …………………. (be) a lion-tamer. The lions …………………… (do) tricks; they
………………………… (jump) through hoops. A girl ………………………. (ride) an elephant around the
ring. We all ………………… (have) a wonderful time.

1 Fill in with PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS: Father: Alice, what are you doing (you / do)?
Alice: I ……………………… (clean) the house. I usually …………………… (do) my homework but today I
………………………….. (not / go) to school. Father: Where’s your mum? Alice: She ……………………
(make) a cake. She usually …………………….. (go) to the market but today my friends
…………………………. (come).
2 Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:
Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We ………(see) lots of things. My
father …………………. (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We ……………………. (eat) the popcorn
and ………………………… (drink) the orange juice. We …………………….. (laugh) at the funny clowns.
There …………………. (be) a lion-tamer. The lions …………………… (do) tricks; they
………………………… (jump) through hoops. A girl ………………………. (ride) an elephant around the
ring. We all ………………… (have) a wonderful time.

1 Fill in with PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS: Father: Alice, what are you doing (you / do)?
Alice: I ……………………… (clean) the house. I usually …………………… (do) my homework but today I
………………………….. (not / go) to school. Father: Where’s your mum? Alice: She ……………………
(make) a cake. She usually …………………….. (go) to the market but today my friends
…………………………. (come).
2 Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:
Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We ………(see) lots of things. My
father …………………. (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We ……………………. (eat) the popcorn
and ………………………… (drink) the orange juice. We …………………….. (laugh) at the funny clowns.
There …………………. (be) a lion-tamer. The lions …………………… (do) tricks; they
………………………… (jump) through hoops. A girl ………………………. (ride) an elephant around the
ring. We all ………………… (have) a wonderful time.

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