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Present Simple - Cont - Past Simple

The document contains exercises for practicing the Present Simple, Present Continuous, and Past Simple tenses in English. It includes fill-in-the-blank sentences and prompts for verb conjugation in various contexts. The exercises aim to enhance understanding and application of verb tenses in everyday situations.

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Present Simple - Cont - Past Simple

The document contains exercises for practicing the Present Simple, Present Continuous, and Past Simple tenses in English. It includes fill-in-the-blank sentences and prompts for verb conjugation in various contexts. The exercises aim to enhance understanding and application of verb tenses in everyday situations.

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1.

Complete the following sentences with Present Simple or Present Continuous:


a) I ________________ (not/ study) French now.
b) We always ________________ (play) cards during break time.
c) Where __________ your granny ___________ (live)?
d) Peter ________________ (not/ take) the children to school in the morning.
e) What ________ your brother _________ (do) every morning?
f) You ________________ (talk) a lot!!!
g) What _________ John _________ (write) now?
h) What’s that noise? Peter ________________ (play) the guitar.
i) We ________________ (usually/ travel) to England in summer.
j) This kind of animal ________________ (eat) meat.
k) Look! She ________________ (speak) to a stranger.
l) Look that girl. She ________________ (wear) a beautiful skirt.
m) I ________________ (never/ drink) wine at night.
n) What languages _________ you ____________ (speak)?

4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
a. We usually ______________ (go) to Spain on holiday, but this year we ______________
(go) to Florida.
b. A: Why ______________ you ______________ (buy) so much food?
B: Because we ______________ (have) a party tonight.
c. My dad ______________ (live) in a house near the sea because he ______________ (like)
sailing.
d. ______________ you ______________ (watch) the television Can I turn it off?
e. A: How often ______________ you ______________ (go) swimming?
B: About once a week.
f. What newspaper ______________ you usually ______________ (read)?
g. A: Listen!! The telephone ______________ (ring)!!
B: OK, I’ll answer it. Hello? No, Sally isn’t here at the moment. She ______________ (play)
tennis. Can I take the message? OK. Bye!

5. Present Simple / Continuous


Susan is making a video about a typical day in her life. Put the verbs in brackets into the
Present Simple or Continuous.
Hi, my name’s Susan Smith and this is my family. As you can see we .......................................
(have) it at this time. Look, everyone .................................(smile) and happy. That is because
I.............................(film) them - usually we :.......................(not talk) to each other in the morning
This is where I ...........................(catch) the bus to school every day. It’s the number 13, and
it ..............................(arrive) now. These two girls are my friends. Tina and Becky. We all ...........................
(go) to the same school. Tina .................................. (wear) a skirt today, which is unusual. She hardly
ever ..........................(wear) skirts.
I ............................ (sit) on the bus now. It usually .......................(arrive) at school at about a
quarter to nine. The bus driver ............................... (shout) at the children at the back of the bus at the
moment. He ...................................(tell) them to sit down. The kids on the bus usually .........................
(behave) very well. I ................................... (not know) what’s wrong with them today.
This is my classroom. I always ..............................(sit) at this desk, next to my friend Becky. Our
teacher usually .......................(come) in at five pst nine. She won’t be very happy today because
everyone ............................... (make) a lot of noise. Oh, here she is! I ...............................(have to ) turn off
the camera now. See you later!

6. Put the verbs in brackets in the “ Past Simple”

My friend Cathy ............................ (have) a horse. It.............................(be) a beautiful animal with


big eyes and a long tall. Its name is Bella and it ............................ (love) people. It ........................ (not bite)
or kick and it is always friendly, It ...................... (eat) apples and hay but it ......................................(not eat)
meat. Horses ........................... (not like) meat. Cathy usually ............................... (ride) her horse every day
after school. She ................................. (not go ) into the town because there is too much traffic.
There ...................... (not be ) many cars in the country so she ....................... (take) Bella there. It
often ....................... (rain) in England so at night Bella and the other horses ............................ (sleep).

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