REVISING ACTIVITIES - 1

PRESENT SIMPLE
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the present simple tense of the verbs in
brackets.

I _____ to Boston every summer. (travel)

You always _____ me what to do! (tell)

Many people _____ New York each year. (visit)

The cat _____ for most of the day. (sleep)

He and I _____ the same train. (not ride)

I _____ breakfast for my family every morning. (make)

Corrine _____ dinner with her parents on the weekend. (eat)

Mariam _____Curious George after her nap. (watch)

I always _____ my silk blouse by hand. (wash)

Indra and you _____the same language. (no speak)

Susan is an author. She _____ novels. (write)

Cindy _____ eight glasses of water every day. (no drink)

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

The children ___________ (love) the flowers in the garden.

We ___________ (not arrive) at school at 8.00 o clock.

Mrs. Potts ___________ (buy) a sandwich and ___________ (drink) a coffee.

Tim ___________ (eat) a doughnut and then he ___________(play) a computer game.

She ___________ (not get) to work late every day.

Choose the correct verb for each sentence and then put in in the present simple.
love - buy - play - eat - come - arrive - live - drink - hate

The children ___________ birthday parties.

Before each party Laura ___________ some juice, bread and cakes at the supermarket. (NEGATIVE
FORM)

Her friends bring presents. First they ___________ games and then they ___________ the food and
___________ the juice.

Sonia, who ___________ in St, Peters Street, ___________ later because she ___________ by train.
(NEGATIVE FORM)

Laura ___________ it when the children have to go home.

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Write the ing form of these verbs.
1 try

__________

4 run __________

2 sleep _______________

3 write ___________

5 slip ______________

6. Know ___________

Write affirmative or negative sentences with the verbs in the toolbox.

He _is studying_ at university.

The boys _______________ basketball.

I _______________ for the bus to come.

Dad _______________ breakfast for us.

The teacher _______________ a poem.

You _______________ our homework!

Write questions in the Present continuous. Then give the required short answer.

___________________ (teacher/wear) a skirt today? _____________________________________

___________________ (you/phone) a friend at the moment? ______________________________

___________________ (your mates/do) an English test now? ______________________________

___________________ (your cat/sleep) at the moment? __________________________________

___________________ (I/sit) in a classroom? ___________________________________________

Fill in with present continuous form!

He __is not sitting___ (not sit) at the desk.

They ___________ (play) football in the park.

She ____________ (have dinner) with her brother.

You ____________ (read) a novel.

The cat _____________ (sleep) behind my house.

I ___________ (not swim) in the lake.

Tony ___________ (not do) his homework now.

The birds __________ (sing) together.

Correct the mistakes.

We looking for a new flat.__________________________________________________________

I am play tennis now. ____________________________________________________________

George and Mary is watching TV.____________________________________________________

What are you do?_________________________________________________________________

You isnt listening to the teacher. ____________________________________________________

He reading a magazine.____________________________________________________________

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PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS?
Choose the correct verb form, present simple or continuous.

Wheres John? He reads/is reading a book in the garden.

Its very hot so the children play/are playing in the pool.

We usually wear/are wearing jeans at the weekend.

Jane loves/is loving photography.

My grandparents live/are living in the countryside.

Whats that noise? Joshua practices/is practicing the piano.

Change the verb in brackets to the correct form, present simple or continuous.

My uncle (stay) at the moment.

_________________

I (not like) cheese.

__________________

John always (travel) by bus.

__________________

Mary (need) a new jacket.

__________________

Pete (play) tennis now.

__________________

I (not understand) the question.

__________________

Write the questions in the correct order.

name your is what?

___________________________________________________

does the take long tube how?

___________________________________________________

shoes are whose these?

___________________________________________________

waiting you are why?

___________________________________________________

want to speak who do you to?

___________________________________________________

station they going are which to?

___________________________________________________

that much how is book?

___________________________________________________

singer favourite who your is?

___________________________________________________

is Jacob where?

___________________________________________________

birthday is when your?

___________________________________________________

sort of do what you music like?

___________________________________________________

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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
Complete using the Present Perfect.

How long ___________ you ___________ (work) in this department?

o

I___________ (work) here since last month.

Our boss, Mr Smith, ___________ (be) the CEO for the last three years.

___________ you ___________ (have) that computer for a long time?

o

How long ___________you ___________ (know) your boyfriend?

o

Yes, I ___________ (have) that computer for two years now.

I ___________ (know) him since high school.

How long ___________ he ___________ (live) in this country?

o

He ___________ (live) here since 2008.

Correct the sentences.

I work here for a long time. __________________________________________________________

He is my teacher for three years. ______________________________________________________

I have my car for seven month. _______________________________________________________

I dont know him for a long time. We met last week. ______________________________________

Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense.

He_______________ (live) in London for two years.

My brother_______________ (write) several plays. Hes a good writer.

I_______________ (not see) him for three years, I wonder where he is.

He_______________ (eat) 5 bars of chocolate so far. He needs to control himself.

I_______________ (neg. do) my homework yet.

She________________ (go) to The U.S. already. I hope she comes back soon.

Answer or make the questions:

1. A: Have you ever traveled to New York?
B:______________________________________________________________
2. A: Have you eaten Japanese food this month?
B:______________________________________________________________
3. A: Has your best friend ever made a chocolate cake for you?
B:______________________________________________________________
4. A:_____________________________________________________________?
B: Yes, I have. Ive watched it many times.
5. A:____________________________________________________________?
B: No, she hasnt done it yet. She has just arrived home.
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PAST SIMPLE
Complete with the verb to be in past simple.

I ________ in Cyprus last spring. I ________ there for 3 months.

The kids ________ at school last Friday.

I dont know why Tina didnt answer the phone. She ________ at home all day yesterday.

He ________ really happy when he found out about your promotion.

Robert and Stan ________ Garry's friends at school.

I didnt mention it, because you ________ very busy on Friday.

They ________ in front of the shop and I ________ waiting round the corner.

The kids ________ in the natural history museum for hours. They ________ fascinated by the
stuffed animals.

She ________ in South Africa last month and said it ________ an incredible experience

Jessica and Kimberly ________ late for school again and their teacher ________ quite upset.

Write the correct form of the verb, for each sentence.

I _____ my mother in Texas every summer. (visit)

Jane _____ a blue pen for tests. (use)

My teacher _____ us when there will be a test. (tell)

Most people _____ three meals a day. (eat)

My children _____ at 8 o'clock. (sleep)

I _____ to school with my dad. (ride)

My mother _____ pancakes for dinner on Sundays. (make)

I _____ where Fred went! (wonder)

Karen _____ French with her mother. (speak)

I _____ in my diary every evening. (write)

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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR PAST SIMPLE?
Complete with the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

We _________ (live) in our present house for many years. In fact, we _________(move) here in 1996.

She _________ (not/have) her IPhone long. I think she _________ (buy) it last week.

Thomas _________(be) divorced for some time now; he _________(get) divorced two years ago

Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect or in the Past Simple.

They ____________ (just/ finish) the game.

_________________ (you / ever / play) beach volleyball?

Mary ____________ (not go) to the match last Saturday.

I'd like to see sumo wrestling but I ____________ ( never / be) interested in sports.

They ____________ (just / phone ) me: their car ____________ ( break down) on the way to the
stadium.

Of course I can ride a bike although I ____________ (not ride) one for years.

____________ ( Mark / finished) his project work before the game?

____________ (football players / score) a goal in the last ten minutes?

Put the verbs between brackets in Present perfect or in Past tense

This is my house. How long you ___________ (live) here?

We __________ (live) in London for two years and then ____________ (go) to Edinburgh.

You __________ (wear) your hair long when you were in school? Yes, my mother __________
(insist) on it.

But when I ____________ (leave) school I ___________ (cut) may hair and _____________ (wear)
it short since then.

Shakespeare ____________ (write) a lot of plays.

My brother _____________ (write) several plays. He just ___________ (finish) his first tragedy.

I _____________ (fly) over Loch Ness last week. You ______________ (see) the Loch Ness monster?

I ______________ (not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is.

He _______________ (not smoke) for two weeks. He is trying to give up.

You ______________ (lock) the door before you left the house?

I cant go out because I ________________ (not finish) my homework.

I ___________ (read) his books when I was at school. I _____________ (enjoy) them very much.

I never ______________ (drink) whisky.

I ____________ (write) the letter, but I cant find a stamp.

The play just __________ (begin). You are a little late.

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PAST CONTINUOUS
Complete with the Past continuous of the verbs in brackets.

The teacher __________ (not talk) when grant arrived.

The pupils ___________ (play) when the bell rang.

Lucy ________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the door.

A member of the school board _________ (walk) across the football field when a pupil broke an
arm.

Grants parents ________ (write) him a letter when they heard a crash.

Lucy _______ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang.

_______ one of the students _______ (cheat) when the teacher looked at her?

Read the following dialogue between a family about doing the dishes and fill in the blanks.

Mother Sarah, why didnt you do the dishes?

Sarah I was _______________ (to do) my homework all night! Why didnt John do the dishes?

John I was _______________ (to practice) piano until nine oclock and then I went to bed because
I _______________ (to be) tired. Dad _______________ (to not do) anything all day, why didnt he
do the dishes?

Father I _______________ (to fix) your bike all day! I couldnt do the dishes either.

Complete the sentences with the past continuous of the verbs in brackets.

The Maths teacher _________ (explain) an exercise.

Tom _________ (not do) the exercise.

Mary _________(pay) attention.

Two pupils _________ (talk).

Lucy _________ (study) History.

Luce and Jim _________(not look) at the board.

Complete the sentences in the negative. Follow the example.

He was working. (rest). He was working. He wasnt resting.

She was awake. (sleep). _______________________________________________________

They were studying. (play). ____________________________________________________

He was cooking.(eat) _________________________________________________________

We were at home. (travel). ____________________________________________________

I was driving. (walk) _________________________________________________________

The actors were resting. (act). __________________________________________________

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Make questions by putting the words in order.
a)

eat/you/a/were/hamburger

_________________________________________________?
b)

they / yesterday/doing/what/were

_________________________________________________?
c)

Vera/plants/was/the/watering

_________________________________________________?
d)

to/boys/talking/who/the/were

_________________________________________________?
e)

correctly/exercise/she/the/doing/was

_________________________________________________?
f)

they/news/were/the/watching

_________________________________________________?
Ask questions for the information in bold.
a)

________________________________________________?

Last night my father was working.

b)

________________________________________________?

John was waiting for Robert.

c)

________________________________________________?

She was reading the newspaper.

d)

________________________________________________?

They were playing in the playground.

e)

________________________________________________?

He was feeling very sad.

f)

________________________________________________?

They were playing cards.

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PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS?
Choose the correct verb form (past simple or continuous) to complete the story of Liams grandparents.

Harriet completed her training as a doctor in 1998. She went/was going to school in
New York. She studied/was studying medicine at Kings College, Boston between 1990
and 1996. While she lived/was living in Boston, she met/was meeting her husband
John.
John studied/was studying medicine at the same college at that moment. They left the
USA in 2004 when both got jobs in Cork, Ireland.

Correct the following sentences:

When I arrived home the baby cried.

At midnight, I drove to England.

Bill watched T.V. when Ann called him.

It was a nice evening, so she was walking home from work.

While I wrote a letter the telephone was ringing.

When I went out, it rained.

When we was asking, the were saying No

Complete the following sentences with Past Simple or Past continuous:

I _________ (drive) my car when I _________ (have) the accident.

They _______ (have) so much fun at the party, they __________ (decide) to stay.

What ________ (you/do) when he _________ (arrive).

Why _________ (You/run) when I ________ (see) you yesterday?

When the teacher ________ (arrive) they _______ (play) in the back of the classroom.

I ________ (read) a book while my mother ________ (cook)

I ________ (paint) the wall when I _______ (fall).

We ________ (walk) when we _______ (ear) a scream.

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Put in the verbs in brackets in Simple Past or Past Continuous into the gaps.

While I_____________ , the school bus_______________. (to text) (to arrive)

Cindy __________________ her leg while she ______________ . (to break) (to snowboard)

He ________________ to the radio while he ________________ breakfast. (to listen) (to prepare)

My father ________________ at 70 km/h when a policeman ____________ him. (to drive) (to stop)

The girl _______________ that the boy _________________ her. (to notice) (to watch)

My dad ________________ the ladder while he _______________ the carport. (to fall off) (to paint)

While we ______________________ , we ________________ crossword puzzles. (to wait) (to do)

Nick ____________________ sick while he _________________ in Texas. (to become) (to travel)

What _________________ when you ______________________ about 9/11? (to do) (to hear)

She said that she _________________ happy, so I ______________ to her. (not/to feel) (to talk)

Fill in the spaces with the simple past or past continuous form of the verb in brackets.

I ______________ (work) when she called me.

She was cooking when we _____________ (arrive).

Gregory _____________ (swim) when it started to rain.

The children ________________ (play) outside when it started to snow.

Heather was listening to music when the power _______________ (go) out.

The dogs _______________ (be) born in 2004.

My laptop ________________ (stop) when the battery ran out.

She _______________ (sing) after the music started.

Dina and Lisa ______________ (talk) while the movie was playing.

The telephone was ringing when she _______________ (begin) to speak.

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