Present and Past Tenses

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PRESENT AND PAST TENSES

1. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the correct Present/Past Simple or
Present/Past Continuous form of the verb in brackets.
1. I…………………....(not/like) getting up in the morning.
2. My brother and I ……… (have) to get up quite early to get to school on time.
3. Our father ………………....(sometimes/drive) us, but on other days we…………..
(get) the school bus.
4. We………………...(not/go) to school next Monday because it is a holiday.
5. She ……….……(always/talk) in class which …….….(drive) all the teachers crazy.
6. Bill ……………(paint) his front door when the telephone …………….(start)
ringing. He ………….(answer) the phone and …………(speak) to his friend.
7. …………………(Tony/ring) you last night? Yes. He………(tell) me about his plans
for the weekend.
8. Your hair………(look) different last night. I know – I ………(want) to dye it red but I
………….(not/pay) attention when I ………..(buy) the dye.
9. Last Friday I …………….(walk) to work when I …………(see) an old friend.
10. Ann …………….(fly) to Barcelona tonight. She………(pack) her suitcase yesterday.
11. Ann and Sally……..…(be) flat mates. They sometimes………….…..(argue) because
Sally…………………(always/make) a mess in the kitchen.
12. What a great match! Johnson …….……(pass) the ball to Green, who ……..….(shoot)
and ………….… (score).
13. What on earth……………….…. (you/do) now? You should be in bed now!
14. The soup is delicious. It ……..(taste) wonderful.
15. How……….……. (you/like) his new car? I…………….(think) it ……....(be)a real
state of the art.
16. Why………………………. (Tom/be) so impolite today?
17. They………………….(see) their doctor today that is why they cannot come.
18. Why…………………….(she/smell) the food? Has it gone off?
19. The sun …………….……(rise) in the east.
20. What time………………………..…(the train/leave)?

2. Write questions to the answers, use a correct tense.


1. What time…………………………………….? I go to work at 7 00 every day.
2. Why……………………………………? Because I didn’t feel well yesterday.
3. What…………………………….at the party yesterday? She was wearing a black
dress.
4. How much………………………….? It costs 2000 $
5. Where…………………. last night? I was in the cinema.

3. Write the missing irregular verb.

become
cut
grow
fought
hear
known

read
wrote
have
ate
wake
run
left

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