A. Complete with the verbs in brackets.

Use the present continuous or present simple

form.

Sara: Hi Joe. I (a) _______________(do) a survey. Can I ask you some

questions? What time (b) _________ you _________ (get / usually) to
school in the morning?
Joe: I (c) _____________ (arrive / always) at half past eight. But my sister
Ruth (d) ___________ (not / get) here until five to nine!
Sara: Really? (e) ___________ your sister _________(take) the bus to
school?
Joe: Yes, she (f) _______. But I (g)_________. I (h) _______ (walk / always)
to school.
Sara: What (i) __________ you and your sister usually _______ (eat)
for lunch?
Joe: We (j) __________(have) sandwiches.
Sara: So, (k) ____________ you __________ (have) sandwiches for lunch today?
Joe: No, we (l) ____________. In fact, I (m) ___________ (wait) for
Ruth now. She (n) _________(buy) salad for our lunch!

B. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the past continuous or past
simple form.
1. I ___________________(work) in a café when I ________(meet) Melissa for the
first time.
2. While Mandy ____________(study) French at university, she ________(write) a lot
of essays.
3. A: ‘What _____________ you ___________ (do) at eleven o’clock yesterday
morning?
4. B: ‘Oh, I ____________(play) football with Tom.’
5. Jenny ____________ (not watch) TV when I _________(phone) her.
6. Karen ______________(not be) at home when we _________(go) to her house.

C. Past Simple
Write the questions and complete the answers with the words in brackets.

1. Where / you / go / last Friday?

_______________________________________________?
I __________ (go) shopping and I _________ (buy) a new T-shirt.

2. Which film / she / see / last night?

_____________________________________________?
She ________ (see) Dark Knight, but she ___________ (not / like) it very much.

3. Who / you / meet / at the café?

_______________________________________________?
 I ___________ (meet) my friends and we__________(have) dinner together.

4. What / your friends / drink / there?

____________________________________________?
Paul ________ (drink) orange juice, but Diana ____________ (not / have) a
drink.

D. Complete the sentences with verbs using the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1 Where ______________ you yesterday? I waited for you!

2 What time ______________ you ______________ breakfast this morning?
3 I ______________ a lot of e-mails yesterday. It was good to hear from my friends in
Australia.
4 While I ______________ home, it started to rain.
5 I was watching television when my friends ______________ .

E. Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple and Past Continuous

Complete the story with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Paula Raven (a) ______________(not / usually / do ) anything at the weekend. But last
weekend (b) ____________ (be) different. Paula (c) ______________ (go) to a rock
concert.
There (d) _______________ (be) some great bands there. Unfortunately, while she (e)
________________ (watch) her favourite band, somebody (f) ______________ (steal)
her bag and her mobile phone. She (g) ______________ (not see) the thief.
This weekend she (h) _____________ (not want) to go anywhere. At the moment, she
(i) _____________ (watch) TV in her bedroom with her best friend.