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Exercise 1: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past simple
1. We _went____ (go) to the beach last weekend.
2. My cousins ___don’t visit__ (not/ visit) us every weekend.
3. ___Did your mum make________ (your mum/ make) a chocolate yesterday?
4. I __sent_____ (send) Jessica an email yesterday afternoon
5. The children always __did__ (do) their homework yesterday afternoon.
6. Last year, I _____travelled______ (travel) to Japan.
7. ______Did_____ you ______have_____ (have) dinner last night?
8. He ___arrived________ (arrive) from the airport at 8:00, _____checked______
(check) into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
9. I ____received_______ (receive) three messages two minutes ago.
10. She ______works_____ (work) at the movie theater after school.
11. Yesterday she _____went______ (go) to the cinema and ____watched_______
(watch) a horror movie.
12. Carlos always _____eats______ (eat) spaghetti but two days ago he _____ate______
(eat) soup.
13. We seldom ____drink_______ (drink) alcohol during the forenoon.
14. Somebody _____took______ (take) the flowers from the graves in the morning
15. When ______does_____ your grandpa ____come_______ (come) home after war?
16. Some girls ____didn’t read_______ (not/ read) the book yesterday
17. When _____were______ (be) they in London the last time? - I think in 2002
18. Why ______do_____ you ______help_____ (help) your brother with the homework?
- Because he ____is_______ (be) rather lazy all the time
19. My dog sometimes _____catches______ (catch) a mouse and ____brings_______
(bring) it to the front door
Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer
1. Dad didn’t buy a new car.
2. I didn’t watch TV last night.
3. Do you like chips?
4. Mary left for Italy last month.
5. Did John come to the party?
Exercise 3: Put the verbs in the present simple or the past simple
1.A: __Did you go_________ (you/ go) to work yesterday?
B: No, I ____didn’t________. I _never work____ (never/ work) on Saturdays.
2.A: ____Did you see___________ (you/ see) Charles yesterday?
B: Yes. We ___had_____ (have) lunch together.
3.A: ____Does Colin work_____ (Colin/ work) at a bank?
B: No, he ___doesn’t______. He ____works_____ (work) at a post office
4.A: __Did you do____ (you/ do) anything exciting last Sunday?
B: No, not really. I _____watched______ (watch) TV and _______read________ (read)
a book. It was a boring weekend.
5.A: What ___do you do_____ (you/do) at weekends?
B: We usually ____go_______(go) to the beach
Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the time expressions from the list
at the moment always yesterday last night every week last summer
1.We watched a really good film at the cinema ___last night_______.
2.He is upset because he failed his driving test ___yesterday_______.
3.She ___always_________ brushes her teeth before she goes to bed at night.
4.I am working ____at the moment_________ I can’t come with you.
5.My mother does the shopping __every week_____________.
6.I went to a beautiful exotic island _____last summer______. The weather was very hot.
Exercise 5: Choose the correct item
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. B
Exercise 6: Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the past simple
Tommy Brown ____likes____ (like) making up stories. No one ___believes___ (believe)
what he __says____ (say) because he always __tells___ (tell) lies. He ____lives____
(live) in a small village and ___works____ (work) on a farm just outside the village. One
night last week, Tommy ___finished___ (finish) work late. It ____was_____ (be) dark
and cold. Suddenly, he ___heard____ (hear) a strange noise, so he ____looked_____
(look) up. It _____was_____ (be) a UFO bright flashing lights. The UFO ___came
down_____ (come down) towards him and he ____saw____ (see) two green men looking
him from outside. He _____screamed______ (scream), _____dropped______ (drop) his
bag and ______ran away________ (run away). When he _______arrived_______
(arrive) in the village, he ______ran________ (run) into some villagers and
______started________(start) telling them about the aliens but they all
______laughed________ (laugh) at him. No one _______believed_______ (believe)
Tommy.
Exercise 7: Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the past simple
Ling: Hi Amy. _____Were you______ (1. you/ be) at home last weekend?
Amy: No, I _____wasn’t______ (2. not/ be). My family and I ___went________ (3. go)
to the beach. We often ____go_______ (4. go) to the beach at weekends.
Ling: You’re lucky. ____Did you have_______ (5. you/ have) a nice time?
Amy: Oh, yes! I ____had_____ (6. have) a great time!
Ling: Where ____did you stay_______ (7. you/ stay)?
Amy: We ____stayed_______ (8. stay) at my grandparents’ house
Ling: Oh. ___Do they live________ (9. they/ live) near the beach?
Amy: Yes, they do. Their house _____is______(10. be) right by the beach.
Ling: Wow! That’s cool. And what did you do there?
Amy: We ____walked_______ (11. walk) along the beach and ____swam_______ (12.
swim) in the sea.
Ling: That sounds like a lot of fun.
Exercise 8: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past simple
1. “Romeo and Juliet” _______was written_______ (write) by Shakespeare
2. These pictures ______were took__________ (take) during our last Christmas
3. All the reports _________are typed_______ (type) by secretary
4. The garbage ________is collected________ (collect) every day.
5. The email _______was sent_________ (send) to you two hours ago.
6. When ________does________ your mother ______get up__________ (get up) in the
morning?
7. I _______don’t know_________ (not/ know) how to drive a car
Exercise 9: Fill the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Put them in the correct tense
I don’t usually ______go______ (go) to the cinema but yesterday I ____went________
(go) to see a film. It _______was_____ (be) fantastic. I ______cried______ (cry) a little
because the film _____was_______ (be) very romantic.
Mellisa ______was______ (be) with me. She never ______cries______ (cry) at the
cinema so she _______didn’t cry_____ (not cry) yesterday but she also
______enjoyed______ (enjoy) the film very much.
Now I ____am writing________ (write) to my friend Peter to tell him about it. Peter
usually _____lives_______ (live) here in London, like me but this week he
______lives______ (live) in Bristol with her aunt because his parents ______are______
(be) in Italy. They ______went______ (go) there last week on business. Peter is one of
my best friends. He _____is_______ (be) fourteen years old and we go to the same
school.
Last summer Melissa, Peter and I _____went_______ (go) to Amsterdam on holiday for
a week. We really ______had______ (have) a nice time there. We _______visited_____
(visit) lots of interesting places. We ________didn’t stay____ (not stay) in a hotel. We
_____stayed_______ (stay) at my uncle’s house. His name is George. He
______is______ (be) an engineer. He is always very busy but that week he
______is______(be) on holidays and he _____takes_______ (take) good care of us. He
______shown______ (show) us the city and we ___liked_________(like) it very much. I
must study now. I _____learnt_______ (learn) French this year as I would like to
______visit______ (visit) Paris next summer.
