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Present Simple, Present Continuous and Past Simple Exercises

This document provides examples of sentences using the present simple, present continuous, and past simple tenses in English. There are 25 sentences in the present simple using common daily activities like cleaning, sweeping, washing, helping, raking, walking, taking out trash. Another 14 sentences practice changing verbs between the three tenses, with examples like meeting someone last Tuesday, facing something unexpected now, telling results yesterday but not usually, and leaving things everywhere in the past. The document is a reference for learners of English tenses.

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Present Simple, Present Continuous and Past Simple Exercises

This document provides examples of sentences using the present simple, present continuous, and past simple tenses in English. There are 25 sentences in the present simple using common daily activities like cleaning, sweeping, washing, helping, raking, walking, taking out trash. Another 14 sentences practice changing verbs between the three tenses, with examples like meeting someone last Tuesday, facing something unexpected now, telling results yesterday but not usually, and leaving things everywhere in the past. The document is a reference for learners of English tenses.

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PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE

1.

Every day Mary _________ (clean) her room.

2.

At the moment Mary ____________ (sweep) the floor.

3.

Yesterday Mary ___________ (wash) the dishes.

4.

Peter and Ann usually ___________ (help) their mother.

5.

The children ___________ (rake) all the leaves last year.

6.

Right now they ____________ (walk) the dog.

7.

We ____________ (take) out the trash every week.

8.

They ____________(wash) the windows today.

9.

Look! Nina __________(iron) the laundry.

10.

My parents always ____________(clean) up the closet.

11.

Listen! Mark ____________ (do) the dishes!

12.

Sonya ____________ (fold) the laundry three weeks ago.

13.

Every winter we _____________ (decorate) the house.

14.

At the moment she ______________ (work) in the garden.

15.

Last Christmas they ____________ (cook) a tasty cake.

16. She ____________ (work) in the garden every spring.


17.My sister ____________ (sweep) the floor now.
18. We _____________ (study) at school.
19..

Parents ____________ (love) their children.

20.

My granny _____________ (make) a surprise for my last birthday.

21.

My granny ______________ (make) a surprise for my birthday every

year.
22.

Right now they _______________ (eat) soup.

23.

Look! the child ____________ (dust) the furniture!

24.

Mother ___________ (mop) the floor on Tuesdays.

25.

We _____________ (water) the grass two years ago.

2. Complete with Present Simple / Present Continuous / Past


Simple.
a) Mary ___________(go) to the cinema, when she ____________ (meet)
Stacy last Tuesday.
b)

He

always

______________ (plan)

everything,

but

now

he

_______________ (face) something unexpected.


c) The teachers

_______________(tell) us the results of the tests

yesterday, but usually they ________________(not/say) a word about


it.
d) I never _________________ (know) your friends, but at least today
you ___________________(introduce) me to some of them.

e)

We

often

yesterday we

__________________(eat)

at

this

restaurant,

but

______________(decide) not to go there and we

at

home.
f)

___________________(you/come)

here

every

week?

_________________(see) you here last week.


g)

Yesterday,

_________________(be)

______________ (lose)

my

keys.

at

always

the

station

and

________________ (leave)

things everywhere.
h)

Sarah

_________________ (study)

right

now.

Yesterday

she

_______________(do) it.
i)

____________________(Mike/wait) for us outside now? No, he

________________(shop)

at

______________ (leave) us waiting.

the

moment.

He

always

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