SUBJECT: Present Simple, Present Continuous

1. Complete the following sentences using simple present or present continuous.

a) She usually __________________ as a teacher in Germany, but this summer she

____________________ as a language assistant in Rome. ( work)
b) Hey! What ____________________ you ____________________ there? ( do)
c) John often ____________________ sugar in his coffee. ( take)
d) I ____________ (not / work) on Sundays.

2. Read the paragraph and answer the questions:

Brian is a doctor. He looks after sick people. He usually gets up at 6.00 o’clock. Today he is late,
it is 6.30 and he is still in bed. He usually goes to work by train but today he is driving to work.
He arrives at work at 6.30 every morning but it is 7.30 now and he is still driving.It’s 12.00
o’clock now. He always has his lunch at 12.00 but today he isn’t having lunch at 12.00, he is
looking after his sick patients. It is half past seven now, Brian is watching TV. He usually
watches TV at half past seven because his favorite programme starts at half past seven. Brian
has his dinner at 8.30 everyday and he is having dinner now.

It is 24.00 now Brian is going to bed. He always goes to bed at 24.00.

1. What does Brian do? 6. When does he always have his lunch?
2. What time does he usually get up? 7. What is he doing at 12.00 today?
3. How does he usually go to work? 8. Why does he usually watch TV at 7.30?
4. Why is he driving to work today? 9. What time does he go to bed?
5. What time does he arrive at work everyday? 10. What time is he going to bed now?

3) Fill in the blanks with PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE PRESENT:

a. The children ………………………….. (play) outside now.

b. She usually ………………………. (read) the newspaper in the morning.
c. I …………………………… (do) my homework now.
d. I ………………………… (eat) my dinner now.
e. ……………………………. (you / want) a pizza?
f. They …………………………….. (watch) TV now.
g. I ……………………………. (not / like) spaghetti.
h. My mother usually …………………. (cook) dinner in the evening.
i. She ………………………. (not / like) football.
4.- Complete the sentences with SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

1. Susan usually ………………. (go) to school by bus, but now she

…………………….. (go) to school by train.

2. Mary often ……………….. (read) in bed, but today she is very tired and she

………………………. (not / read).

3. The boys usually ………………… (ride) their bikes to school. They …………….

………………… (like / ride) their bikes. They ……………… (be) very naughty boys. They always
…………………… (go) to school late. Today their teacher
…………………. (be) very angry, because they ………………… (be) late again.

4. Mary ……………………….. (like / eat) sweets. Every morning she …………….

(have) coffee with a lot of sweets and chocolate. For lunch she and her friends often
……………….. (eat) sweets or ice-cream. She ……………………… (not / like / eat) fruit or vegetables.
She ……………………… (eat / never) eggs or cheese. Today she ………………….. (be) sick. She
…………………… (sleep) in her room now.

D) Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

Right now I am looking at a picture of Barbara. She is not at home in the picture. She is at the
park. She is sitting on a bench. She is eating her lunch. Some boys and girls are running on a
patch in the park. A squirrel is sitting on the ground in front of Barbara. The squirrel is eating a
nut. Barbara is watching the squirrel. She always watches squirrels when she eats her lunch in
the park. Some ducks are swimming in the pond in the picture, and some birds are flying in the
sky. A policeman is riding a horse. He rides a horse in the park every day. Near Barbara, a
family is having a picnic. They go on a picnic every week.

a. Where is Barbara in the picture?

b. What is she doing?

c. What is the squirrel doing in the picture?

d. What does Barbara always do when she has lunch in the park?

e. What are the ducks doing?

f. How often does the policeman ride his horse?

g. How often does the family have a picnic at the park?

E) Read the paragraphs and answer the questions:

Hello! My name is Douglas Hunter. I’m a pilot for British Airlines. I fly planes. I am not working
today. I am playing golf. It is my favorite sport.

1. What is his name?

2. What does he do?

3. What is he doing now?

4. What is his favorite sport.

He is Gordon Lester. He is a champion jockey. He rides racehorses, but he isn’t riding a

racehorse now. He is dancing with his wife.

1. What is his name?

2. What does he do?

3. Is he a good jockey?

4. Where is he now?

5. What is he doing?

6. Who is he with?

They are Bob and Michael. They teach English in a school. They aren’t teaching now.
They are in the pub. They’re talking and laughing.

1. Who are they?

2. Do they teach?

3. What do they teach?

4. Where are they now?

5. What are they doing now?

She is Rosalind Graham. She is a ballet dancer. She dances for Royal Ballet. She isn’t dancing
now. She is having a bath.

1. What is her name?

2. What does she do?

3. Is she dancing now?

4. What is she doing?

G) Write DON’T, DOESN’T, ISN’T, AREN’T or AM NOT in the blank space in each sentence:

a. He isn’t listening to the radio right now.

b. He doesn’t listen to the radio every evening.
c. We …………………. watching a television program now.
d. We …………………. watch television every day.
e. They …………………. study their lessons after class.
f. They …………………. studying their lessons right now.
g. It ………………….. raining very hard right at the moment.
h. It ……………………rain very much during the summer.
i. Mr. Johnson ………………… eating his lunch now.
j. Mr. Johnson ………………… always eat at that place.
k. I ……………………. see any students in that room.
l. I ……………………. hear anyone in the hall now.
 WORKSHEET 2

SUBJECT : Present Simple, Present Continuous, Simple Past

A) Complete these sentences in the PAST TENSE, using the correct verb:

* play
* stop

* enjoy
* walk

* watch
* travel

* listen
* like

* talk
* stay

* phone

I watched the late film on TV last night.

1. We really ………………….. the concert last night. It was great!

2. She ………………… with friends in Brighton last summer.
3. Italy ………………… very well in the last World Cup.
4. Her parents ………………….. by train from Shanghai to Moscow.
5. I ………………….. you four times last night but you were out.
6. We …………………. along the beach yesterday. It was lovely.
7. She …………………. the film but she didn’t like the music.
8. The men ………………….. work at exactly one o’clock.
9. I ……………………. to the new Sting album yesterday. It’s great.
10. They ………………… to us about their trip to Madagaskar. It was very interesting.
B) Complete the conversation with WAS / WASN’T / WERE / WEREN’T.

A: Where were you last night? I phoned you but you …………… at home.
B: I …………..out with friends. We ……………. at the Bluenote Café.
A: …………… Julia there?
B: No, she …………… . Why?
A: Oh, I just wondered.
B: She ………….out with Nick. They ……………at the Oasis. I think.
A: No, they …………… .

B: How do you know?

A: Because I …………….. there!

C) Complete the man’s statement with the PAST SIMPLE form of the verbs in brackets:

Last night I ……………… (go) to my favorite restaurant in West Street. I ……………..

(leave) the restaurant at about 11 o’clock. It …………….. (be) a warm evening and I
……………….. (decide) to walk along the beach.

Suddenly, I ………………… (hear) a noise. I ……………….. (turn) and ………………

(see) three boys aged about eighteen. One boy ……………… (come) up to me and
……………….. (ask) me the time. When I ………………. (look) down at my watch,
he ……………… (hit) me and I ……………… (fall) to the ground. Another boy
………………. (take) my wallet. I ……………….. (shout) for help. Then they
………………(run) away.

D) Make negative sentences (x) or questions (?) using the PAST TENSE:

Example: he / stay (x) in a hotel

He didn’t stay in a hotel.

you / learn (?) speak Italian when you were in Italy.

Did you learn to speak Italian when you were in Italy?

1. she / like (x) the film

2. I / use / (x) the school computer yesterday

3. they / arrive (?) home late yesterday

4. you / ask (?) her for Caroline’s address

5. he / enjoy (x) the concert in the park

6. we / talk (x) about school at all

E) Read the text. Write the questions below about Tamsin’s holiday:

Last September Tamsin went to Bali. She went by plane and stayed in a big hotel. It was very
hot, so she swam every day. In the evenings she went to different restaurants, the food was
very good. She met some nice people and every night she danced with them at the disco. She
was happy because she wasn’t alone.

1. Where did she go? ………………………………………………. Bali.

2. …………………………………………………………………… Last September.
3. …………………………………………………………………… By plane.
4. …………………………………………………………………… In a big hotel.
5. …………………………………………………………………… It was very hot.
6. …………………………………………………………………… She swam.
7. …………………………………………………………………… It was very good.
8. …………………………………………………………………… Some nice people.

F) Match the questions with the answers:

1. When did you learn to drive a car? a. By bus.

2. What did you watch on television b. The news.
last night? c. 6th September.
3. What did you do last weekend?
4. Who were you with at 4pm today? d. On Saturday I played
tennis and on Sunday I
slept.
5. When was the beginning of term? e. January.
6. How did you come to class? f. Three years ago.
7. What did you eat for breakfast this g. John.
morning?
8. What was the month before last? h. Toast and coffee.

G) Read about Lucian and Estelle and write the questions:

Lucian and Estelle are from London, but they live in Madrid. They work for Opel, the car
factory. Lucian and Estelle like swimming and cooking. They don’t have a car. They don’t like
driving!

1. live / they / do / London? Do they live in London? ………………

2. Madrid / do / live / they? …………………………………………
3. Ferrari / they / work / do? …………………………………………
4. work / Renault / do / they? …………………………………………
5. swimming / like / cooking / they / do? …………………………………………
6. swimming / they / like / traveling / do? …………………………………………
7. like / do / driving / they ? …………………………………………
 WORKSHEET 3

SUBJECT : Simple Past Tense

A) Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST:

break swim have make sit write

spend buy drink lose wash

1. She ………………….. a cake an hour ago.

2. She ………………….. a hat last week.
3. The boy ………………….. a letter yesterday.
4. They ……………………. in the sea for an hour.
5. They ………………….. a lot of Coke last night.
6. She ………………… her arm last week.
7. He ……………………. all his money last week.
8. She …………………… a bath two minutes ago.
9. He ……………………. his wallet last night.
10. She ………………….. on the old chair a minute ago.
11. She ………………….. the clothes yesterday.

B) 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.

D) Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:

Benjamin Franklin …… was born ….. (be born) in Boston in 1706. He ………………… (be)

the fifteenth of the seventeen children of a poor candlemaker. He …………………(go ) to

school only one year. He …………………………… (begin) to work when he was twelve. At

the age of fourteen he …………………………… (decide) to be a writer. He ………………….

(copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he …………………………… (become) the

best known writer in his time.

When he ………………….. (be) seventeen, he ………………………… (leave) Boston and

…………………………… (arrive) in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his pocket. He

……………………… (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and ……………………. (retire)

from business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he ………………………. (spend) the next

forty years for his government. He ………………………. (play) an important role in the

founding of the USA.

Franklin ……………… (be) also an important scientist and inventor. He ……………. (draw)

electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He ……………………… (write) one of the first text

books on electricity. He ……………………… (invent) a simple lightning rod and many other

practical tools. He ……………………… (make) a study of water and ……………………….

(discover) many principles of hydrodynamics.

E) Read the following story:

Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship.

One summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s
house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when
he comes back. Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port.

Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot
speaks three languages. When Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The
letter says, “Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”

a) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:

Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

b) Answer the questions about the story:

1. What was Bob?

He was a young sailor.

2. What change did he find when he was back home?

………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. How was their daughter?

………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. How did Bob feel about the girl?

………………………………………………………………………………………..

5. What did Bob tell the girl?

………………………………………………………………………………………..

6. What did Bob send the girl from Capetown?

……………………………………………………………………………………….

7. Where is Capetown?

……………………………………………………………………………………….

8. How many languages did the parrot speak?

…………………………………………………………………………………………

9. What did the girl do with the parrot?

…………………………………………………………………………………………

D) Rewrite the sentences using the word and signs in parenthesis:

1. We ate lunch at the cafeteria last night.

(he) (-) 2. He didn’t eat lunch at the cafeteria last night.

(yesterday) (?) 3. …………………………………………………
(study in the library) (-?) 4. …………………………………………………
(we) (-) 5. …………………………………………………
(play tennis) (+) 6. ………………………………………………….
(I) (-) 7. …………………………………………………
(get a present) (+) 8. …………………………………………………
(you) (-?) 9. …………………………………………………
(go shopping) (?) 10. ………………………………………………..
(last week) (-) 11. ………………………………………………..
(she) (+) 12. ………………………………………………..
(stay home) (?) 13. ………………………………………………….
(last night) (-?) 14. …………………………………………………
(they) (-) 15. …………………………………………………
(get into trouble) (+) 16. …………………………………………………
(you) (?) 17. …………………………………………………
(see him) (-?) 18. …………………………………………………