Exercises

Present Simple or Present Continuous?

1. You ____________________(not/like) chocolate.
2. She ____________________(not/study) at the moment.
3. We often ____________________ (go) to the cinema.
4. He usually ____________________ (not/do) his homework.
5. They ____________________ (not/eat) rice every day.
6. We ____________________ (not/study) every night.
7. ____________________ (you/like) spicy food?
8. ____________________ (she/go) to Scotland often?
9. ____________________ (he/eat) now?
10. We ____________________(go) to the cinema this weekend.
Past Simple or Past Continuous?
1. What ____________________ (do) when I ____________________ (call) you last
night?
2. I ____________________ (sit) in a cafe when you ____________________ (call).
3. When you ____________________ (arrive) at the party, who ____________________
(be) there?
4. Susie ____________________

(watch) a

film

when

she ____________________

(hear) the noise.

5. Yesterday I ____________________ (go) to the library, next I ____________________
(have) a swim, later I ____________________ (meet) Julie for coffee.
6. We ____________________ (play) tennis when John ____________________ (hurt) his
ankle.
7. What ____________________ (they/do) at 10pm last night - it was really noisy?
8. He ____________________

(take) a

telephone ____________________ (ring).

shower

when

the

9. He ____________________

(be) in

the

shower

when

the

telephone ____________________ (ring).

10. When

I ____________________

(walk) into

the

room,

everyone ____________________ (work).

Comparative or Superlative Adjectives

1.

Jeremy is 10 years old. Julie is 8 years old. Jeremy is (old)__________________Julie.

2.

The Alps are very high. They are (high) ____________________ mountains in Europe.

3.

A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money.

A Twingo costs less money. A Rolls Royce is

(expensive) ________________________ a Twingo.

4.

John's results were bad. Fred's results were very poor. Fred's results were (bad)
_______________ John's.

5.

This exercise is not difficult. It's (easy) _____________________ I expected.

6.

The weather is not good today - it's raining.

I hope the weather will be (good)

_______________ next week.

7.

People are not friendly in big cities. They are usually (friendly) ____________________ in
small towns.

8.

In the government of a country, the President is (important) _____________________

person.

9.

People say that Chinese is (difficult) ____________________to learn than English.

10.

An ocean is (large) _____________________ a sea.

as as or not as as :

1) The blue car is______________________the red car. (fast)

2) Peter is______________________Fred. (not/tall)
3) The violin is ______________________the cello. (not/low)
4) This copy is______________________ the other one. (bad)
5) Oliver is______________________ Peter. (optimistic)
6) Today it's______________________ yesterday. (not/windy)