REVISION PRESENT SIMPLE/PRESENT CONTINUOUS/PAST

CONTINUOUS/FUTURE CONTINUOUS
1. Put the verbs in brackets into PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT SIMPLE:
It . is .. winter and the snow .. (fall).
It usually (snow) in January here.
Betty and James (play) in the garden.
They (build) a snowman and they

(throw) snowballs. They (like) the snow very much! Their

mother and father (not / like) it. They always
.. (stay) in the house when it is cold. Mother usually
.. (watch) TV and Father (listen) to
the radio or (read) a book. At the moment they
.. (sit) in the living-room. Mother
. (write) a letter and Father
(read) a book.

2. Complete the sentences. Use the words in parentheses. Use SIMPLE PRESENT,
PRESENT CONTINUOUS, or SIMPLE PAST.
1. I .. (get) up at eight oclock yesterday morning.
2. Mark .. (talk) to John on the phone last night.
3. Mark .. (talk) to John on the phone right now.
4. Mark .. (talk) to John on the phone every day.
5. Jim and I . (eat) lunch at the cafeteria two hours ago.
6. We . (eat) lunch at the cafeteria every day.
7. I . (go) to bed early last night.
8. My roommate .. (study) Spanish last year.
9. Sue .. (write) a letter to her parents yesterday.
10. Sue .. (write) a letter to her parents every
week.

3. Match the sentences using WHILE and PAST CONTINUOUS / PAST SIMPLE:
_______A________
1. I (burn) my finger.
2. I (break) a cup.
3. My car (break down).

________B__________
I (drive) to work.
I (eat) a nut.
I (cook) the dinner.

4. I (see) a shark.
5. My clothes (get) dirty.
6. I (break) a tooth.

I (do) the washing up.

I (swim) in the sea.
I (clean) my room.

1. .I burnt my finger while I was cooking the dinner. .

2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .
4. Put the words in brackets into the Past Continuous or Past Simple tense.
(was doing vs. did)
Example: I was watching TV when the phone (ring) _____. It was John. (key =
rang)

1.

(be it) difficult to find a new job?

2.

At 5 o'clock I (do) my homework.

3.

Her parents (dance) at the ball when the burglar broke into their house.

4.

I (cook) while Carol was doing the washing up.

5.

I (find) my camera this morning.

6.

I (finish) my work at 7 yesterday.

7.

I (have) a shower when my sister arrived.

8.

I (lose) my glasses on the way home.

9.

I (not have) time to see my parents last week.

10.

I (see) Lucy in the morning.

11.

I (watch) TV when the phone rang.

12.

Jane (not be) at home yesterday evening.

13.

My brother (go) to the theatre three times last month.

14.

My father (be) angry because I'd failed my exams.

15.

She (drink) two glasses of mineral water.

16.

The weather (be) bad so we did not go out.

17.

We (not be) on holiday last week.

18.

We (swim) in the river when it started to rain.

19.

What (be) the flight like?

20.

When she first (meet) him he was studying law.

5. SUBJECT : Future Continous

A) Make sentences with WILL BE ING:
1. Im going to watch television from 9 until 10 oclock this evening.
So at 9.30 I ..
2. Tomorrow afternoon Im going to play tennis from 3 oclock until 4.30.
So at 4 oclock tomorrow I ..
3. Jim is going to study from 7 oclock until 10 oclock this evening.
So at 8.30 this evening he
4. We are going to clean the flat tomorrow. It will take from 9 until 11 oclock.
So at 10 oclock tomorrow morning
5. Tom is a football fan and there is a football match on television this evening. The
match
begins at 7.30 and ends at 9.15.
So at 8.30 this evening

Written Exercise/Speaking exercises.

Write an outline of an important day in your life. Include the most important
events that occurred during that day in the past simple. Once you have written
the important events using the past simple, try to include a description of what
was happening at some of the specific moments when those events occurred.