WORKSHEET 1

SUBJECT: Present Simple, Present Continuous

A) Read the paragraph and answer the questions:

Brian is a doctor. He looks after sick people. He usually gets up at 6.00 o’clock. Today he is late,
it is 6.30 and he is still in bed. He usually goes to work by train but today he is driving to work.
He arrives at work at 6.30 every morning but it is 7.30 now and he is still driving. It’s 12.00 o’clock
now. He always has his lunch at 12.00 but today he isn’t having lunch at 12.00, he is looking after
his sick patients. It is half past seven now, Brian is watching TV. He usually watches TV at half
past seven because his favorite programme starts at half past seven. Brian has his dinner at 8.30
every day and he is having dinner now. It is 24.00 now Brian is going to bed. He always goes to
bed at 24.00.
1. What does Brian do? 6. When does he always have his lunch?

2. What time does he usually get up? 7. What is he doing at 12.00 today?

3. How does he usually go to work? 8. Why does he usually watch TV at 7.30?

4. Why is he driving to work today? 9. What time does he go to bed?

5. What time does he arrive at work every day? 10. What time is he going to bed now?

B) Fill in the blanks with PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE PRESENT:

1. The children ………………………….. (play) outside now.
2. She usually ………………………. (read) the newspaper in the morning.
3. I …………………………… (do) my homework now.
4. I ………………………… (eat) my dinner now.
5. ……………………………. (you / want) a pizza?
6. They …………………………….. (watch) TV now.
7. I ……………………………. (not / like) spaghetti.
8. The baby …………………………. (sleep) now.
9. My mother usually …………………. (cook) dinner in the evening.
10. He …………………….. (write) a letter to his pen friend every month.
11. She ………………………. (not / like) football.
12. Mary ………………………….. (listen) to music now.
13. Tom usually ……………………(drink) coffee, but he …………………. (drink) tea now.
14. We ………………………. (go) to the disco tonight.
15. ………………………… (he / go) to work by bus every day.

C) Fill in the chart for yourself. Then look at the example. Choose and write TEN sentences
from the chart:

Example: Tom always drinks fizzy drinks.

1. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
Now ask questions about the CHART:
Example: How often does Tom buy fast food? He usually buys fast food.
Does Tom play tennis? No, he doesn’t play tennis.
1. …………………………………………….? He always watches TV.
2. …………………………………………….? He sometimes plays tennis.
3. …………………………………………….? No, he doesn’t save money.
4. …………………………………………….? Yes, he usually listens to cassettes.
5. …………………………………………….? He often plays computer games.
6. …………………………………………….? Yes, he always drinks fizzy drinks.
7. …………………………………………….? He usually eats sweets.

D) Complete the sentences with SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

1. Susan usually ………………. (go) to school by bus, but now she …………………….. (go) to
school by train.
2. Mary often ………………. (read) in bed, but today she is very tired and she
………………………. (not / read).
3. The boys usually ………………… (ride) their bikes to school. They …………….
………………… (like / ride) their bikes. They ……………… (be) very naughty boys. They
always …………………… (go) to school late. Today their teacher …………………. (be) very
angry, because they ………………… (be) late again.
4. Mary ……………………….. (like / eat) sweets. Every morning she ……………. (have) coffee
with a lot of sweets and chocolate. For lunch she and her friends often ……………….. (eat) sweets
or ice-cream. She ……………………… (not / like / eat) fruit or vegetables. She
……………………… (eat / never) eggs or cheese. Today she ………………….. (be) sick. She
…………………… (sleep) in her room now.

E) Ask questions for the underlined words:

1. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
George often has a bath.
2. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
Mike eats cornflakes for breakfast every morning.
3. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
The teacher is writing some examples on the board.
4. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
Tom is watching a film now.
5. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
My parents never smoke cigarettes.
6. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
Peter and Rob go to school by service bus.
7. …………………………………………………………………………………….?
Sam is doing his homework in his room.
8. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
I read two books every month.
9. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
I can’t understand Hans because I don’t know German.
10. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
No, Sally isn’t writing a letter now.

F) Use the CORRECT TENSE:

1. Look! Jane ………………………… (sing) again. She often …………………….. (sing) this
song.
2. My father ………………………………(have) a lot of work to do every weekend.
3. The girls …………………………………….. (not / talk) now. All of them
………………………… (watch) a film.
4. …………………… you …………………….. (like) watching TV?
5. He …………………………………….. (usually / go) at 9:00 o’clock, but this morning he
………………………………….. (leave) home late.
6. I ……………………………………. (visit) my grandparents every Friday. My sister
………………………………………. (often / visit) them.
7. The boys …………………………………….. (swim) in the pool now but they
………………………………………… (usually / swim) in the sea.
8. She ……………………………….(write) a letter to her pen-friend at the moment.
9. They …………………………………….. (sometimes / have) lunch at work, but today they
…………………………………. (have) at a restaurant.
10. She can’t talk to you. She ………………………………………. (have) a shower.
11. “Where …………………………… Alex ……………………… (live)? “In France.”
12. Tom ………………………………………… (like / ride) a horse in his free times.
13. The children ………………………… (play) the piano and ……………………… (sing)
a song at the moment.
14. My mother ………………………………………. (always / cook) in the morning.
15. What …………………………………………… (you / usually / do) at weekends?
16. Jane ………………………………………… (give) a party today because it
………………………… (be) her birthday.
17. The lesson …………………………… (start) at 9 o’clock every morning.
18. Adam is in his room now. He …………………………………. (write) a letter to his pen
friend. He …………………………………….. (always / write) him a letter.

G) Fill in with PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

Father: Alice, what are you doing (you / do)?
Alice: I ……………………… (clean) the house. I usually …………………… (do) my
homework, but today I ………………………….. (not / go) to school.
Father: Where’s your mum?
Alice: She …………………… (make) a cake. She usually …………………….. (go) to the
market, but today my friends …………………………. (come).

H) Fill in with PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

1) Sarah Star is a singer. She ……sings……(sing) and ………………... (dance) on TV. She
…………………… (drive) a red Mercedes. At the moment she is with Nick Pear. They
…………………………… (eat) in a restaurant. Sarah ……………………………. (drink) a
cocktail and Nick ……………………………. (talk) to the waiter.
2) Ann is a doctor. She ………………….. (work) in a hospital, but today she
…………………………… (stay) at home. Now she ……………………………. (cook) dinner.
Her friends …………………………… (visit) her today. It …………………. (be) her birthday.
 WORKSHEET 2
SUBJECT: Past Simple, Past Continuous

A) Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:
Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We ………(see) lots
of things. My father …………………. (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We
……………………. (eat) the popcorn and ………………………… (drink) the orange juice. We
…………………….. (laugh) at the funny clowns. There …………………. (be) a lion-tamer. The
lions …………………… (do) tricks; they ………………………… (jump) through hoops. A girl
………………………. (ride) an elephant around the ring. We all ………………… (have) a
wonderful time.

B) Write what Jean and Julia DID or DIDN’T do yesterday:

Julia - go shopping ( - ) ………… Julia didn’t go shopping yesterday. …………….

Jean - clean the house ( + ) ………………………………………………………………
Jean and Julia - feed the cat ( + ) .……………………………………………………………...
Julia - telephone Mary ( - ) ………………………………………………………………
Jean - watch a film on TV ( - ) ………………………………………………………………
Jean and Julia - visit her grandparents ( + ) ………………………………………………………..
Julia - bake a cake ( + ) ………………………………………………………………

C) Write the answer in complete sentences.

1. How did Alice hurt herself? (play soccer)

………………. She hurt herself while she was playing soccer. ………………………….
2. How did Martin burn himself? (iron his clothes)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. What did Helen cut? (slice onions)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. What did Jennifer’s husband do? (fix a flat tire)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Where did Marvin go Skating? (in the mountains)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
Built up the question for the underlined words.

6. I rode my bicycle in the town yesterday.

………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. They swam at the beach last week.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. Bob fought with his brother and broke his nose.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. Our grandparents went to the church every Sunday.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. Martha yawned. Because she was hungry.
………………………………………………………………………………………………

D) Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:

Benjamin Franklin …… was born ….. (be born) in Boston in 1706. He ………………… (be) the
fifteenth of the seventeen children of a poor candlemaker. He …………………(go ) to school only
one year. He …………………………… (begin) to work when he was twelve. At the age of
fourteen he …………………………… (decide) to be a writer. He …………………. (copy) the
great stories of famous writers and later he …………………………… (become) the best-known
writer in his time. When he ………………….. (be) seventeen, he ………………………… (leave)
Boston and …………………………… (arrive) in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his
pocket. He ……………………… (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and
……………………. (retire) from business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he
………………………. (spend) the next forty years for his government. He ……………………….
(play) an important role in the founding of the USA. Franklin ……………… (be) also an important
scientist and inventor. He ……………. (draw) electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He
……………………… (write) one of the first textbooks on electricity. He ………………………
(invent) a simple lightning rod and many other practical tools. He ……………………… (make)
a study of water and ………………………. (discover) many principles of hydrodynamics. He
even ………………………… (invent) bifocal glasses when he was seventy-eight and
……………………… (need) them himself. Franklin ……………… (do) all these things and
many more because he …………….……… (believe) he ………………………… (can).

E) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. Alice hurt herself while she ……………………………………………. (skate).

2. I met my neighbor while I ………………………………………. (walk) home from work.
3. Sally saw a friend while she …………………………….. (ride) her bicycle along Park St.
4. Peter fell asleep while he …………………………………… (study).
5. Bob stepped on Jane’s feet while they ………………………………….. (dance) together.
6. I cut myself while I ……………………………………. (shave).
7. Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they …………………………... (bake) cookies.
8. Tommy had a nightmare while he …………………………….. (sleep) at a friend’s house.

F) What’s the matter?

Make dialogues as in the example:

Example:
You : Hi, Tina! What’s the matter with your foot?
Tina : I broke it.
You : How did it happen?
Tina : I fell on the ice while I was ice-skating.
1. You : ………………………………………………………………………………?
Jack : ……………………………………………………………………………….
You : ………………………………………………………………………………?
Jack : ………………………………………………………………………………

2. You : ……………………………………………………………………………...?
Bob : ………………………………………………………………………………
You : ……………………………………………………………………………...?
Bob : ………………………………………………………………………………

3. You : …………………………………………………………………………….. ?
Ann : ………………………………………………………………………………
You : …………………………………………………………………………….. ?
Ann : ………………………………………………………………………………

4. You : …………………………………………………………………………….. ?
Alice : ………………………………………………………………………………
You : …………………………………………………………………………….. ?
Alice : ………………………………………………………………………………

G) Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. He ………………………………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.

2. They ………………………………… (study) two hours last night.
3. Jane …………………………………. (sleep) when the telephone rang.
4. As I …………………………………. (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
5. We ………………………………….. (watch) TV last night.
6. The customer ………………………… (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.
7. The barber …………………………………. (cut) my hair yesterday.
8. She ………………………………. (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It …………………………………. (rain) hard when I got up.
10. It …………………………………. (rain) hard last night.

H) Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or
the PAST PROGRESSIVE:

1. Sally …………………………… (eat) dinner last night when someone …………………..

(knock) on the door.
2. I began to study at seven last night. Fred …………………………… (come) at seven thirty. I
……………………………… (study) when Fred ……………………….. (come).
3. While I ………………………………. (study) last night, Fred …………………………… (drop
by) to visit me.
4. My roommate’s parents …………………………………. (call) him last night while we
…………………………………….. (watch) TV.
5. My mother called me around five. My husband came home a little after five. When he
……………………………….. (come) home, I ………………………………….. (talk) to
my mother on the phone.
6. Yesterday Tom and Janice ……………………… (go) to the zoo around one. They
………………………… (see) many kinds of animals. They stayed at the zoo for two hours. While
they …………………………… (walk) home, it …………….…….. (begin) to rain, so they
…………………………….. (stop) at a small café and …………………… (have) a cup of coffee.
7. Yesterday afternoon I ………………………… (go) to visit the Parker family. When I
…………………….. (get) there around two o’clock, Mrs. Parker ………………….. (be) in the
yard. She ………………………………… (plant) flowers in her garden. Mr. Parker
……………………….. (be) in the garage. He ……………………………….. (work) on their car.
He …………………………….. (change) the oil