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Present Simple, Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous

This document provides examples of verbs in brackets that need to be conjugated into the present simple or present continuous tense. It also provides sentences using past simple and past continuous verbs that need to be conjugated correctly. The document aims to practice verb tenses and conjugations.

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Present Simple, Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous

This document provides examples of verbs in brackets that need to be conjugated into the present simple or present continuous tense. It also provides sentences using past simple and past continuous verbs that need to be conjugated correctly. The document aims to practice verb tenses and conjugations.

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1. Put the verbs in brackets in Present Simple or Present Continuous Tense.

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive) _________________her kids to football practice.


2. Usually, I (work) _________________ as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study) __________________
French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.
3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) ________________________.
4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It _____________________(rain)
5. I hate living in Seattle because it _____________________ (rain, always)
6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say) ___________________because everybody (talk) _____________ so loudly.
7. Justin (write, currently) ___________________a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good
publisher when he is finished.
8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) ______________. to a
movie tonight with some friends.
9. The business cards (be, normally ) ____________________ printed by a company in New York. Their prices (be)
_________________ inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.
10. This delicious chocolate (be) _______________ made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.
2. Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
1. A: What (you, do) _______________________ when the accident occurred?
B: I (try) ____________________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
2. After I (find) ___________________ the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately) _________________________
to the police and (turn)___________________ it in.
3. The doctor (say) _____________________ that Tom (be)__________________ too sick to go to work and that
he (need) _____________________ to stay at home for a couple of days.
4. Sebastian (arrive)_____________________ at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but she (be, not)
____________________ there. She (study, at the library) for her final examination in French.
5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she______________________ (watch,
also) television. That's all she ever does!
6. A: I (call) _________________ you last night after dinner, but you (be, not) there. Where were you?
B: I (work) __________________ out at the fitness center.
7. When I (walk)__________________ into the busy office, the secretary (talk) ________________ on the phone
with a customer, several clerks (work, busily) ________________________ at their desks, and two managers
(discuss, quietly) ________________________ methods to improve customer service.
8. I (watch) _________________________a mystery movie on TV when the electricity went out. Now I am never
going to find out how the movie ends.
9. Sharon (be) ______________________ in the room when John told me what happened, but she didn't hear
anything because she ______________________ (listen, not)
10. It's strange that you (call) because I (think, just) __________________about you.
11. The Titanic (cross) the Atlantic when it (strike) _______________________an iceberg.
12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants (bargain, busily) ______________________ and (try)
_________________ to sell their goods to naive tourists who (hunt)__________________ for souvenirs. Some
young boys (lead) _________________ their donkeys through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of
men ______________________(argue) over the price of a leather belt. I (walk) ___________________over to a
man who (sell) fruit and (buy)____________________ a banana.
13. The firemen (rescue)_____________________ the old woman who (be) ______________trapped on the third
floor of the burning building.
14. She was so annoying! She (leave, always) _____________________her dirty dishes in the sink. I think she
(expect, actually)_______________________ me to do them for her.
15. Samantha (live) _____________________ in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live)
____________________ there when the Berlin Wall came down.

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