1.

Put the verbs in brackets into the

correct tense (present simple or
present continuous). • ______________(he) that I am suitable for

Ginny is a swimmer. She ___________ (go) the job?

swimming four or five days a week. She usually

• Things are really great. Our business
__________ (get up) early and ___________
_______________.
(practice) before school.
• Arthur must be really tired. Look! He
At weekend she often __________ (swim) in
___________ like a baby on the sofa.
competitions. Her dad ____________ (take) her in
the car, and she _________ (not get) home until • I _____________ very well with my new
late. boss.

Today it’s Saturday, But Ginny _____________ • HP company _____________ a new type of
(not swim). She’s at a party. Her friends printer. It will be better than the last one.
____________ (laugh). They ___________ (eat)
3. Fill in the blanks with the missing verbs in the Past
sandwiches at the table. But Ginny _________
Simple.
(not sit) with her friends. She ___________
(dance) with a new boy. It’s a good party. • Last night ___________(be) windy.
• Last Tuesday we ________ (have) an exam.
2. Choose one of these verbs from the box • In 1990 we ___________ (spend) our holidaysys
to complete each sentence. Use the in Brazil.
present simple or the present • Yesterday I ___________ (sleep) till almost 11
continuous. o`clock.
• Last year I __________ (buy) this coat.
• Ann _________ (write) me a postcard.
• The rabbits _________(grow) fast.
Wear sleep make study develop
4. Write the past Simple of the verbs.
watch think write boom not get on
• Be ____________
• My children ______________ very hard • Build _________
• Bring _________
because they have an exam at school
• Buy ___________
tomorrow. • Choose ________
• Eat ___________
• Look at that skirt that Lizzie ____________. • Draw _________
• Drink _________
Isn’t it beautiful?
• Drive _________
• Eat ___________
• Give __________
• Grow _________
• ________________ (you) in the notebooks • Have _________
• Hear _________
during the class?
• Make ________
• Pay __________
• Read _________
• Run __________
• Swim _________

• Don’t disturb John. He_______________ a 5. WORD ORDER.

big football game on TV. a) Rewrite these sentences
including the word in brackets
1. My brother speaks to me (never)
• IBM is an American Company. They
__________ computers. 2. Susan is polite. (always)
3. Do you finish work at 5 o’clock? (usually)

4. I go to bed before midnight. (rarely)

5. The bus isn’t late. (usually)