Verb Tenses 1st Review Exercises

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Present simple or present continuous?

1. Who is that man? What _____________ he _____________ (want)?


2. Who is that man? Why _____________ he _____________ (look) at us?
3. _____________ you _________ (believe) in God?
4. Gilbert says he is 80, but nobody _____________ (believe) him.
5. Every Monday Maite _____________ (drive) her kids to football practice. 6. Be quiet.
Arturo _____________ (sleep).
7. Don´t forget to take your umbrella. It _____________ (rain).
8. I don´t like living in England. It always _____________ (rain).
9. Look!. It _____________ (snow). We are going to have a white Christmas.
10. Maila _____________ (watch) TV every morning.
11. I have to go now. It _____________ (get) dark
12. Right now I _____________ (spend) time with my father.
13.We usually _____________ (go) to the gym on Mondays.

Past simple or past continuous?

1. It ______________________ (rain) when we __________________ (come) out of the


shopping centre.
2. It _________________(happen) very quickly. The car ______________________ (come)
out of the side road and then the van ______________________ (drive) into the back of it.
3. I ______________________ (be) ill last week.
4. He ______________________ (break)his leg when he ______________________ (ski) .
5. I ______________________ (look)out of the window and saw that people
__________________ (walk) in the park.
6. Emma ______________________ (pass) her exam a few weeks ago.
7. When we ______________________ (see) the spaceship we ___________________(stop)
the car.
8. When ______________________ (you buy) the car? – I ______________________ (buy)
it a few years ago.
9. He ______________________ (sit) in the garden when a wasp
______________________(sting) him in the nose.
10. Claire ______________________ (go) to Egypt last month.

Past simple or present perfect simple?

1. John ........................... (not call) me recently.


2. They ........................... (buy) a new car last month.
3. The teacher ........................... (not return) the tests yet.
4. How long ........................... she ........................... (know) about this problem?
5. ........................... you ever ........................... (hear) such an unbelievable story?
6. When I was a child, I ........................... (live) in England for two years.
7. He ........................... (buy) me a beautiful gift for my birthday.
8. I am so excited to have a dog. I ......................................... (always / want) one

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