PRESENT SIMPLE

1. Write the HE/SHE/IT forms

catch read come run
cook smoke drink stand
fetch start fix touch
live watch miss wish
rush write buy carry
copy enjoy fry marry
play study try
2. Write the verb in the right form
1. Children ................................ (ask) a lot of questions.
2. She .................................. (go) to college on her bike.
3. A lot of birds .............................. (fly) south in the winter.
4. She ..................................... (study) very hard at the weekends.
5. My father .............................. (watch) television most evenings.
6. He ................................... (understand) Arabic.
7. He ........................................ (fight) with his brother.
8. Big dogs............................ (like) a lot of exercise.
9. Hes very naughty he ............................ (push) other children.
10. Lessons ................................. (start) at 8.35 every morning.
3. Choose one verb to make each sentence negative
e.g. It doesnt snow very often in San Francisco (snow, sing, play)
1. I like football, but I ............................................ cricket at all. (think, like, remember)
2. She lives in Japan, but she ...................................... a word of Japanese (sing, work, speak)
3. Im sorry I ................................. your name. (eat, remember, work)
4. He works in New York, but I .................................... what he does. (know, use, come)
5. Marys really tired, but she ...................................... to go to bed. (help, want, walk)
6. We .......................................... a big flat just one bedroom. (work, play, want)
7. Phil ..................................... very hard, but he makes a lot of money. (work, stand, stop)
8. Anns parents ................................... Im the right man for their daughter. (write, read, think)
4. a) Make questions
1. How / you pronounce / this word?
2. How / you spell / that?
3. What / this word / mean?
4. How much / they cost?
5. Where / you live?
 6. What / you do?
7. How / you do?
8. What time / the plane / leave?
9. What time/ the class / start?
10. What time / the train / arrive?

b) Make questions. Write the short answer ( + and -)

1. She / live / with her parents?
2. You / like / your new job?
3. I /speak / good Italian?
4. They /work / hard / at university?
5. We /usually give/ her a birthday present?
6. Your sister / help / you / very much?
7. Alan /smoke?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. Write the ING FORM of these verbs.
Break clean wash live
Come die enjoy go
Make play sing jump
Write start get feel
Begin put hit rain
Rob shop dream sleep
Shout sit stand talk
Turn open visit forget
2. Fill in the blanks with the verbs in the present continuous tense
1. John and I ...................................... (stay) in a beautiful hotel.
2. Kevin .......................................... (work) at home today.
3. I ...................................... (wait) for a very important letter.
4. You ...................................... (walk) too fast.
5. We ........................................... (plan) our next holiday.
6. The girls ............................................ (visit) their grandmother today.
7. She ....................................... (read) in her bedroom at the moment.
8. The baby ...................................... (learn) how to walk.
3. Rewrite the sentences in the negative. Use the present continuous
1. They .......................................... (buy) a new car.
2. He ............................................... (learn) to read.
3. I .................................................. ( look) for your keys.
4. We ............................................... (sell) the house.
5. They ........................................ (drink) tea.
6. You ....................................... (work) very hard.
7. Jack and Jill ....................................... (run) downhill.
8. I ....................................... (go) home now.
4. A) Write the questions. Use the present continuous
1. What /Jessica / do?
2. Why / John and Patrick / laugh?
3. What book / you / read?
4. What / we / watch?
5. Where / they / stay?
6. Why / we / sit in the dark?
7. Where / they / wait?
8. What / you / sell?
b) Make questions. Write the short answer ( + and -)
1. It / rain?
2. You / learn / French / at school?
3. I /speak / clearly?
4. Angela and Fred / dance / together?
5. The plane / land/ now?
6. The Smiths / plan / a party?
7. The children / study / in their bedroon?
8. Chris / wave/ at us?

PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINOUS

3. Put the verbs in the PRESENT SIMPLE or the PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Vegetarians are people who .................................................. (not / eat ) meat.
2. Look out! My father ........................................... (come)
3. Some people still ................................... (think) the sun ............................. (go) round the
earth.
 4. I .................................. (play) tennis every weekend.
5. Who .................................... (sit) in my chair?
6. What ........................................... (happen) in golf if you ............................. (lose) the ball?
7. Look! She ............................................ (wear) the same shoes as me.
8. a: What ................................................ (you/look) at? B: A strange bird!
9. I ........................................ (stay) with John for a few weeks until my flat is ready.
10. We ....................................................... (usually/stay) with Peggy when we go to Chicago.
11. What time .................................................. (you/go) to bed on Saturdays?
12. Why ............................................. (you/wait) outside the door.
13. Dont ask Tim. He ...................................... (not/know) the answer.
14. I .................................. (have) lunch at the moment.
15. When ......................................... (he / leave) the house?
16. I ............................................... (not/understand). What ...................................... (happen)?
17. Excuse me, ............................................ (you/know) the time?
18. This is a great party. I .................................... (have) a lovely time.
19. We cant use the lift because it ................................... (not/work)
20. a:What ......................................... (you/do) here? B: Nothing.
21. a: ......................................... (Penny/like) cheese sandwiches? No, ...................................
22. a: What time ............................................ (the sun/rise)? B: It ............................... (rise) at
7.30.
23. We ......................................... (not/watch) videos at school.
24. Look out of the window! It ................................. (snow).
25. a: ...................................................... (you/wear) a uniform at your school? B: Yes,
........................

3. Make QUESTIONS for the following answers

1. Mark and George are engineers.
2. Pam starts school at nine o clock.
3. Bob is writing a letter.
4. John hates football.
5. Yes, I do. ( You like hip hop)
6. No, she isnt (Reggie is listening to the teacher)
7. It is half-past seven.
8. No, I havent (got any brothers or sisters)
9. Yes, she does. (Paula walks to school every morning)
PAST SIMPLE

a) Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in brackets into past simple:

1. We ________ on holidays. (be)

2. The weather __________ very cold. ( be)
3. It __________. (snow)
4. We ___________ sledging. (go)

b) Make the sentences negative:

1. ________________________
2. ________________________
3. ________________________
4. ________________________

Choose words from the boxes. Complete the question. You can use the words more than once.
1.

You it were did was

- Where _____________ yesterday?

- I was on a school trip.
- ___________________ good?
- It was OK.

Went buy did go you bought

2.

- Where _______________ on Saturday?

- I went shopping.
- ____________________ anything?
- Yes, I bought a new coat.
REGULAR VERBS

a) Write the past simple of these verbs:

1. Walk _____________
2. live ______________
3. carry ____________
4. stop _____________

b) Complete the rules.

1. To make the past simple of most irregular verbs we add _____________

2. When verbs end in e, we add _________________________________
3. When verbs end in y, we remove the _________________________________
4. When a verb has a short vowel and a consonant, we double the ___________
and add __________________________

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

a) Write the past form of the verbs.

b) Tick the irregular verbs.

1. work _________ 11. drop ___________

2. take _________ 12. come __________
3. study ________ 13. fall ____________
4. wear ________ 14. travel __________
5. wear ________ 15. sit _____________
6. know ________ 16. see ___________
7. change _______ 17. hurry __________
8. think _________ 18. do ____________
9. play _________ 19.put ____________
10. find _________ 20. die ____________
PAST CONTINUOUS

Change the following sentences to past continuous tense. Add past time expressions like at 9 o'clock,
at 5 o'clock, last night, etc, (optional)

Example: He is sleeping. He was sleeping at 5 o'clock.

She is running. She was running at 8 o'clock this morning.
1. She is cooking. ______________________________
2. They are studying. ______________________________
3. The policeman is directing the traffic. __________________________
4. I am reading a story. ______________________________
5. We are drinking tea. ______________________________
6. He is answering some questions. ______________________________
7. The postman is delivering the letters. ___________________________
8. The typist is typing something. ______________________________
9. The teacher is writing a sentence on the board.
_______________________________________________
10.They are carrying the suitcases. ______________________________

Rewrite the following sentences by using past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

Example: She (cook) ___________when the man came.

She was cooking when the man came.
I (have) ___________breakfast at 7.30.
I was having breakfast at 7.30.
1. He (sleep) ___________when we arrived.
2. When you came in, I (write) ___________a report.
3. The car (do) ___________90 when the accident happened.
4. When the lights went out, I (shave) ___________.
5. I (cross) ___________the street when the car hit me.
6. My father (read) ___________the newspaper while we (watch) ___________TV.
7. While Selma (study) ___________, Mehmet (play) ___________.
8. He still (sleep) ___________at 9 o'clock.
9. I (have) ___________breakfast when the telephone rang.
10.They (play) ___________tennis when the rain started.
Use the words below to form questions in the past continuous tense. Don't forget to put a question mark
at the end of each question.
For example: they / shop / for clothes

Were they shopping for clothes?

he / drive / a sports car

Brent and George / smoke
she / speak / English
we / go / to go there yesterday
they / read / a book
Ben / write / a letter to his mother or friend
the old lady / walk / with a stick
you / wait / at the bus-stop
he / take / the dog for a walk
Jenny / fill / the bucket with water

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

Fill the gaps with the past simple or the past continuous
1. I (cook) dinner when my cat ......(throw) up.
2. I . .(clean) up the mess when the telephone ... (ring).
3. While I (talk) on the phone, Lisa ... (watch) TV.
4. Ken (walk) to the store when he ...(see) the accident.
5. When the ambulance ..(arrive), Ted .. (call) 911.
6. I (not/hear) Ken's story because I .. (sleep).
7. Leslie .(tell) me the story while I ... (make) breakfast.
8. While Tim . (read), Amelia .(watch) a documentary on TV.
9.Marvin (come) home, (switch) on the computer and .(check) his emails.
10.The thief .(sneak) into the house, (steal) the jewels.
11.Nobody.. (listen) while the teacher .(explain) the tenses.
12.While we ..(do) a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) on the beach.
13.He (wake) up and ..(look) at his watch.
Fill in the gaps with the past simpler or the past continuous

It was evening and I . (watch) TV with my parents. The TV news ...

(give) constant flood warnings as Hurricane Flayed . (approach). We were worried but
we .. (decide) to stay in our house. Later that night, at 2 a.m., a policeman
.. (knock) on our door and . (tell) us that the water levels
.. (rise). He also . (tell) we should move our valuables to safety. I barely
.. (sleep) that night I was so frightened.

In the morning I . (look) out of the window. It was a beautiful day and the sun
(shine). People (walk) by my house up to their knees in
water. I (go) downstairs to the kitchen and it was flooded and damaged. We quickly
. (pack) a few things and (leave).

As we .. (drive) to a shelter, I . (look) back at our house

and (cry). All of my things were there.

QUANTIFIERS
Complete the sentences.. Use much, many, a lot of or lots.

Example: They eat a lot of apples.

1. We have. oranges.

2. We don't havebananas, and we don't have.. fruit juice.

3. Do you have any cereal? Sure, there's.in the kitchen.

4. How..is this? It's ten dollars.

5. How.do you want? Six, please.

6. He's very busy, he haswork.

7. David has.rice, but Tyler doesn't have..

8. London hasbeautiful buildings.

Choose the correct answer!

1.There (is/are) a lot of paper on my desk

.2.There are (much/many) children in the playgro und.
3.There (is/are) some coff ee in the thermos.
4.There is (a few/a litt le) rice left in the rice cooker.
5.There (is/isnt) any homework to do.
6.(Is/Are) there any juice in the refrigerator?
7.(Is/Are) there any apples in the refrige rator?
 8.There (isnt/arent) any fruits to eat.
9.She sti ll has (much/many) ti me to ti dy up her room.
10.There (isnt/arent) a bookcase in his bedroom.
11.There (isnt/arent) a lot of maps in the cupboard.
12.There (are/arent) some cupboards in my house.
13.I only know (a few/a little) people here.
14.There are no (child/children).in the park.
15.There (is/are) no water in the bottle anymore.
16.There (is/are) no cookies in the jar anymore

Prepositions of time and place.

Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with the prepositions - in, on, at or to.

Janet was born ___________Rochester. _________December 22nd _________ 3 o'clock _________ the
morning. Rochester is _________the state of New York _________ the United States. Now, she goes
_________classes _________the university. She usually arrives _________the morning _________ 8
o'clock. _________ weekends, she likes driving _________ her friend's house _________ Canada. Her
friend lives _________ Toronto. She usually arrives _________ 9 _________ the evening and leaves
_________ Sunday morning. _________ Saturday, they often meet friends _________ a restaurant.
_________ night, they sometimes go _________a disco. _________ summer, _________July, for
example, they often go _________ the countryside.

INFINITVE OR GERUND

Choose the correct form (infinitive with or without to or gerund).

1. I hope _________ you again soon.

2. We enjoy _________.
3. He dreamt about _________an astronaut.
4. I'd love _________ another holiday in Spain.
5. Why not _________ to the cinema tonight?
6. His jokes made us _________.
7. They practised _________ the guitar.
8. I told him _________ up.
9. She was busy _________ for her exams.
10. There is no reason for _________.
 Choose the correct form (infinitive with or without to or gerund).

On 17th February 2003, a congestion charge for Choose the correct form (infinitive with or without to
or gerund).

1. On 17th February 2003, a congestion charge for _________ in central London was introduced.
2. The aim was _________the number of vehicles in London's City.
3. People now have the choice between _________ the charge and not _________ into the City.
4. The charge has proven very successful in _________away traffic from the City.
5. As the traffic has been reduced by about 20 percent, journey times in the City tend _________.
6. According to an opinion poll, more than 50 percent of Londoners say that it is okay _________
people for _________ into the City.
7. They are relieved _________ the traffic _________ more easily.
8. Before _________ the charge, average speed in the City was about 10 mph.
9. Now, people who decide _________ the charge can _________ at a higher speed, approximately
20 mph.
10. Many Londoners, however, have chosen _________ by bus as delays to buses are now down by
half.
11. London's buses have seen passenger numbers _________ by 14 percent.