1. Complete the sentences. Use Present Simple.

1. She __________ (think) Manuel is crazy.

2. They ______________ (not know) what to say.
3. _________________ (feel/she) ok?
4. He ________ (not be) a relative of mine.
5. I ______________ (not know) who she ________ (be).
6. She __________ (wash) her car every week.
7. Paul __________ (sleep) seven hours a day.
8. Mary and John ________ (be) my cousins.
9. She always ________ (win).
10. James ________ (cry) very easily.
11. She ________ (pray) in church every Sunday.
12. Sarah ________________ (not like) pop music.
13. __________________ (play) football everyday?
14. _________ (be) she a friend of yours? 15. _________ (be) they in love?
16. _____________________ (believe/ Mary) in God?
17. Who ________ (be) your favourite football player?
2. Choose the correct adverb to make these sentences meaningful: (Elige el
adverbio correcto para que las frases tengan significado)
1. I ___________ [usually/on Monday/every day/] do my homework after school.
2. Sarah is ________ [every day/in the morning/never] late to school.
3. Andrew goes to to the supermarket _______________ [once a week/sometimes/always] .
4. Good students ________ [once a year/always/never] copy on exams.
5. George is __________ [every night/always/once a week] happy to help me.
6. Mary walks the dog __________________ [never/in the evening/usually/] .
7. They travel around the country ______________ [always/seldom/every year] .
8. Alice phones her mother ______________ [once a day/sometimes/usually/] .
9. She __________ [once a week/every year/always] look so elegant.
10. Donald __________ [on Monday/once a week/seldom/] goes to bed before midnight.
3. Complete the sentences using the present continuous:
1. I ______________ (write) a poem now.
2. She ______________ (leave) tomorrow morning.
3. We ________________ (build) a house.
4. Paul and Jennifer ________________ (study) French at university.
5. Peter ______________ (leave) outside.
6. Tom _______________ (teach) English at that high school.
7. You______________ (make) a great effort.
8. They _______________ (tell) Mary what happened yesterday.
9. I _______________ (watch) TV right now.
10. She ______________ (play) volleyball this afternoon.
11. My sister ______________ (play) on the beach.
12. Her mum and sister _______________ (cycle) to the shops.
13. I _________________ (sunbathe) on the beach.
14. She ___________________ (not watch) TV.
15. They ____________________ (not swim) in the sea.
16. George _____________________ (not travel) in Japan.
17. Sarah __________________ (not stay) at home today.
4. Choose the correct temporal expression in each one of the sentences below:
1. We go to school ____________ [now/everyday/] .
2. Tom is watching television _________________ [at the moment/every evening/] .
3. I am baking a cake right ________ [every Sunday/now] .
4. They play tennis __________________ [now/every Saturday] .
5. She does her homework ___________________ [at the moment/every afternoon/] .
6. The girls are cleaning their room _________________ [every day/at the moment] .
7. Mrs White bakes a cake ___________________ [now/every Wednesday/] .
8. I brush my teeth _____________________ [three times a day/at the moment] .
5. Completa las oraciones con presente simple o continuo:
1. - What is that noise? Somebody ______________ (play) the piano.
2. - We _____________ (go)to the cinema this Friday.
3. - We ________ (go)on holiday every winter.
4. - The days ________ (be) longer in summer.
5. - She often ________ (talk) to herself.
6. - She _____________ (have) a shower at the moment.
7. - Right now, she ______________ (run) down the hill.
8. - Oak trees ________ (grow) very slowly.
9. - My dog _______________ (not eat) vegetables.
10. - My brother ________________ (not like) animals.
11. - Most people ______________ (not like) to visit a doctor.
12. - In his job he usually __________ (stand) .
13. - I’m looking at the woman, she ______________ (wear) a nice hat.
14. - I never ________ (go) out in the evening.
15. - He usually ________ (work) with paints and brushes.
16. - Do you know anyone who __________ (speak) Italian?
17. - At work, he usually ________ (sit) all day.
18. - Where is Kate? She _______________ (watch) TV in the living room.
19. - _________________ (you/go) to the party next Saturday?
20. - ____________________ (you/work) at the weekend?
21. - Why ___________________] (you/ drive) so fast today?
22. - The water ______________ (boil) now. Shall I switch it off?
23. - The duck __________ (smell) delicious. Shall I take it out of the oven?
24. - Sometimes, Tom ________ (do) his homework after lunch.
6. Complete the following sentences using the past simple in English:
1. My father ________ (go) to work by car yesterday.
2. This morning I ________ (have) a shower.
3. My sister ________________ (not clean) her room on Saturday.
4. The birds ________ (fly) over our heads.
5. Last week my family __________ (buy) a new table for the dinning room.
6. The other day, I ________ (lose) my math’s book.
7. I ________ (tell) my mother a lie.
8. We ________ (hear) a terrible sound outside last night.
9. _______________ (you / see) the football match on Tuesday night?
10. Paul ________ (drink) a litre of coke for lunch yesterday.
11. Susan __________ [teach] English at university last year.
12. John _______________ [not like] studying English.
13. My sister ________ [break] my computer.
14. Sarah ________ [write] the best poem.
15. ________________ [you / know] the answer to the question?
16. She ________ [be] my favourite singer when I was younger.
17. George __________ [not be] my best friend.
18. Henry VIII ________ [have] five wives.
19. I ___________ [study] French two years ago.
20. My daughter ________ (draw) a nice brown cat.
7. Complete the following sentences using the past continuous in English:
1. The children (play) ……………….. football during the week.
2. It (rain) ……………….. hard during the soccer game.
3. I (study) ………………. English for five years in London.
4. Mary (be) ……………….. always (borrow) ……………….. my books.
5. Peter (practise) ………………. the guitar before the competition.
6. Susan (drive) ………………. when the accident happened.
7. My friends (fight) ………………… during the whole night at the club.
8. Daniela (teach) ……………….. language for ten hours.
9. I (try) ………………. to get a new job.
10. Jane (plan) ……………….. to go to the cinema with her parents.
11. My son (play) ……………….. tennis when he broke his leg.
12. Michael (climb) ……………….. the mountain for three days.
13. It (snow) ……………….. a lot in the top of the mountain.
14. John (sleep) ……………….. when the thieve broke the window.
15. My mother (prepare) ……………….. the dinner when Charles got home.
16. Sarah (send) ……………….. a message to me when I saw her.
17. The tourists (travel) ……………….. to London when the plane crashed.
18. Sally (sing) ……………….. beautifully during the concert.
19. Tom (work) ……………….. very hard in the weekend.
20. Sam (have) ……………….. lunch when my roommate met him.
8. Complete the sentences using past simple or continuous
1. She _______________ (sit)on a chair and watching TV.
2. We waved at him, but he __________________(not look).
3. When I was Young I __________ (want) to be a pilot.
4. What ____________ (happen) after that?
5. _______________ (you / see) Jane last night?
6. She _______________ (wear) her new jacket when I saw her.
7. I ________ (see) you walking in the park this morning.
8. I got up at seven and then I ________ (have) a big breakfast.
9. ______________ (you/go) to the restaurant yesterday?
10. I left the cinema before the film ended. I ___________________ (not enjoy) it.
11. When _________________ (she / start) learning English? – Five years ago.
12. Mr. Brown ______________ (have) a shower when I knocked his door.
13. I turned the radio off. Nobody _________________ (listen) to it.
14. She was a beautiful woman. She always _____________ (attract) a lot of men.
9. Complete the following sentences with present perfect simple:
1. She ________________________ (already/finish) her English exercises.
2. Paul __________________ (just/eat). He doesn't want to eat any more.
3. ______________________ (you/ever/be) in London?
4. Kate __________________ (never/go) to Australia.
5. __________________ (you/hear) the news yet?
6. Mary ______________ (buy) a new house.
7. Paul and Mary ______________ (find) a job in Switzerland.
8. Tom has ______________ (celebrate) her birthday this morning.
9. ______________________ (you/ever/see) a Kangaroo? I saw one last year.
10. ____________________ (she/paint) her grandmother’s house yet?
11. The plumber _____________ (fix) the tap.
12. The carpenter ____________ (make) a round table.
13. She ____________ (feel) really down when you _____________ (tell) the story.
14. ________ she ever __________ (work) as a teacher?
15. She ___________________ (never / love) me.
10. Complete the sentences using past perfect simple:
1. Steve _______________ (write) a poem.
2. They ______________ (teach) us how to speak English better.
3. John ____________ (go) to London two weeks before.
4. Sarah _______________ (think) your idea was great.
5. The police ________________ (arrest) the thief the day before.
6. She _________________ (denounce) the security forces.
7. She _______________ (decide) not to do it.
8. She ________________ (finish) breastfeeding her baby.
9. She ________ always ________ (feel) completely happy.
10. She ______________ (call) to shelters around the city but no one had a room for her.
11. She _______________ (visit) the police station.
12. She ____________ (tell) her parents she wanted to get divorced from her husband.
13. If I _____________ (Know) English I could have taken my business further.
11. Complete the following senteces with past simple or past perfect.
1. When the police ___________ (arrive) the thieves ______________ (steal) everything.
2. We ___________ (arrive) at 11 o'clock in the morning but Sue __________ (not be) at home
because she ____________________ (already / leave).
3. Steve ________ (tell) us Mary _________________ (not buy) that car the month before.
4. Alice __________ (not be) hungry because she __________________ (just / eat).
5. When we ___________ (arrive) at the bus station, the bus ____________________ (leave /
already).
6. I _____________ (live) with my wife for five years when we ________ (get) married.
7. They ________ (go) to the cinema after they ________________ (finish) their music lesson.
8. John and I _____________ (live) in England before we ________ (move) to Greece.
9. I ________ (see) Titanic for the first time yesterday. I __________________ (see) it before.
12. Complete the following exercise using past perfect or past simple:
1. Last week John ________ [go] to catch the 10 a.m. train, but he ___________ [had
arrived/arrived] at 10.5 a.m. John __________ [miss] the train becuase he _______________
[arrive] late and the train ____________ [go] .
2. Yesterday ________ [be] Vanessa's birthday. Tom ________ [give] her a blue dress, her
sister ________ [give] her a blue dress and Aunt Sarah ________ [give] her a blue dress. Tom,
her sister and Aunt Sarah _____________ [give] her three blue dresses.
3. Steve's car ___________ [stop] suddenly in High Street yesterday. A policewoman
__________ [help] him to push the car to the side of the road. Steve ________ [be] very
embarrassed when he ________ [find] the petrol tank was empty. He _________________
[forget] to fill the tank. He ______________ [not put] any petrol in the tank.
13. Complete the sentences with the affirmative, negative or interrogative form of
‘used to’ using the verb in parentheses:
1. Sarah_____________good at dancing. (be)
2. When I was Young, I_________fish but now I eat it all the time. (note at)
3. I ____________piano lessons. (have)
4. Where ________ they___________to school? (go)
14. Complete the sentences with affirmative, negative or interrogative form of ‘would’
using the verb in parentheses:
1.When I was learning to play the piano, I _____________every evening. (practise)
2. At university, Michael_____________until late at night. (study)
3. They___________spicy food when they were young. (note at)
4. Before you bought a car, how_________you________to work? (travel)
15. Complete the sentences with ‘used to’ or ‘ would’ using the verb in parentheses:
1.He_________always________vegetables at the market. (buy)
2. Sarah never___________ (Smoke)
3. They ___________always__________English. (speak)
4. Did they ever________________to the library? (go)
5. We____________breakfast in the same café every morning. (have)
6. I___________always__________the bus to school. (take)
7. They__________always_________on time. (not finish)
8. He_____________Mexican food but he loves it now. (not like)
9. He_____________in the bank. (work)