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Example: I - in The Lake. (To Swim) Answer: I Swim in The Lake

The document provides a series of exercises for students to practice verb tenses in English, including the present continuous, simple present, simple past, and past continuous tenses. The exercises include filling in verbs in sentences, forming questions, changing sentences between affirmative and negative, and rewriting a story in the simple past tense. The document aims to help students reinforce their understanding of verb conjugations and usage across different tenses through a variety of activity types.

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Example: I - in The Lake. (To Swim) Answer: I Swim in The Lake

The document provides a series of exercises for students to practice verb tenses in English, including the present continuous, simple present, simple past, and past continuous tenses. The exercises include filling in verbs in sentences, forming questions, changing sentences between affirmative and negative, and rewriting a story in the simple past tense. The document aims to help students reinforce their understanding of verb conjugations and usage across different tenses through a variety of activity types.

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A.

Exercise: Put the verb in brackets in the correct form to make


different form of the Present Continuous Tense.

1. John ____________ (read) a book now.


2. What _____________ (you do) tonight?
3. Jack and Peter ________________ (work) late today.
4. Silvia _______________ (not listen) to music.
5. Maria _____________ (sit) next to Paul.
6. How many other students ________________(you study) with?
7. The phone ________________(not ring).

B. Put in order to make different sentences in the Present


Continuous Tense - positive; negative; yes/no and information
questions.

1. Looking for I´m glasses. my


_________________________________
2. Reading? kind you of what are book
_________________________________
3. why Pamela crying? Is
_________________________________
4. everyone laughing? Why is
_________________________________
5. me? waiting for you Are
_________________________________
6. When are leaving? you
_________________________________
7. for you? working same as the Is Jennifer company
_________________________________

C. Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use the Simple
Present in the statements.
Example: I _____ in the lake. (to swim)
Answer: I swim in the lake.

1. He ____________the laptop. (to repair)


2. Emma __________in the lessons. (to dream)
3. They __________at birds. (to look)
4. John ___________home from school. (to come)
5. The cat ______________under the tree. (to sit)
D. Negate the following phrases and write the negative forms into the
gaps. You can use long forms or short/contracted forms.
Example: we run - we _________
Answer: we run - we do not run or we don't run

1. I sit. ______________
2. they go ______________
3. you watch ______________
4. he tries ______________
5. he tries ______________
6. it rains ______________

E. Put in the correct verb forms into the gaps. Use Simple Present.
Example: ___ they ______ their friends? (to phone)
Answer: Do they phone their friends?

1. _________you ________mineral water? (to drink)


2. _________your teacher ________your homework? (to check)
3. _________Nina __________computer games? (to play)
4. ________your parents _________TV in the afternoon? (to watch)
5. ________your grandmother _____________the phone? (to answer)

F. Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use the Simple
Past in the statements.
Example: She ______ her mother in the kitchen. (to help)
Answer: She helped her mother in the kitchen.

1. Last summer I ______to England. (to go)


2. Paul __________nothing to me. (to say)
3. The weather _________really nice. (to be)
4. He __________to 10. (to count)
5. Our cat __________a big mouse. (to catch)
G. Put in the correct verb forms and the nouns into the gaps. Use
Simple Past.
Example: ____________ their friends? (they/to meet)
Answer: Did they meet their friends?

1. ______________________ after the cat? (the dog/to run)


2. _______________ photos when you were on holiday? (you/to take)
3. ________________to music yesterday evening? (Steven/to listen)
4. ______________text messages during the lesson? (Nancy/to send)
5. _____________hello to people in the street? (your brother/to say)
6. ________________breakfast last morning? (your mother/to make)

H. Put in was or were into the gaps.

1. I ______ in Japan last spring.


2. Robert and Stan _____Garry's friends.
3. We _____ at school last Saturday.
4. Jessica and Kimberly _____ late for school.
5. She ______in South Africa last month.
6. They _____in front of the supermarket.
7. I _____in the museum.

I. Put in was not or were not into the gaps.

1. They _________ ill.


2. Betty and Florence _________ at school this morning.
3. You ________tired.
4. I _________happy when I heard about the accident.
5. There _________a good film on TV yesterday.
6. Max _________in Helsinki last week.

J. Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the Past
Continuous /Present Continuous. Watch the punctuation and form
sentences or questions.

1. She ______________the lunch basket. (to pack)


2. I _________________. (not/to whisper)
3. ___________he ____________to help? (to try)
4. The men ________________ at the street corner. (not/to fight)
5. The guest _______________the whole evening. (to dance)
K. Find the correct tenses and write it on the line.
Example: I´m playing soccer Answer: Present Continuous

1. We are watching a film.  ____________________________


2. He often reads books. 
3. I was listening to the radio yesterday evening. ____________________
4. Last week he had an accident.  ____________________________
5. Tom is asking a question.  ____________________________
6. He helped his mum last Sunday. ____________________________
7. Jessica lives with her mother.  ____________________________
8. I didn't see Helen yesterday ____________________________
9. Sarah doesn't drink milk.   ____________________________
10. The cat is sitting on the wall. 
____________________________

L. The story should have been written in the Simple Past. Underline the
wrong words and write correctly on the lines.

Mandy gets up at 7o'clock. She goes into the bathroom, washes, dresses and then
goes into the kitchen. She has breakfast at 7.30. Mandy leaves the house at 7.45
and drives to work in her car. She works from 8.30 till 12. Then she rushes to the
snackbar where she has lunch. From 1 o'clock till 4.30 she has to work on the
computer. Mandy does the shopping after leaving her office. She arrives at her flat
at 7 o'clock in the evening.

_____________ ___________________ __________________

_____________ ___________________ __________________

_____________ ___________________ __________________

_____________ ___________________ __________________

_____________ ___________________ __________________

_____________ ___________________ __________________


M. Write a passage about something important in your life, dream travel,
dream job or future plans. No less than 150 words.

-In order to be someone, you must first be yourself.-


-Adults are just kids with money.-

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