PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Look! Jenny (go) to school.

2. She (wear) a raincoat and she (carry) an umbrella.
3. Jenny usually (cycle) to school, but today she (take) the bus
because it (rain) .
. !he bus (lea"e) at #.3$ and (arri"e) at Jenny%s school at #.$.
$. !he &irst lesson (begin) at ' o%clock.
(. James (li"e) in a little "illage.
#. )e (be) in his last year at school.
'. *&ter school, James (want) to become a banker.
+. So this week, he (do) a ,ractical course in a bank.
1-. !here (be) a bank in a nearby town, but James (ha"e) to take the
bus to get there.
11. !he bus (lea"e) at $.3- in the morning and (return) at '.1$ in the
e"ening.
12. James (not . like) to s,end so much time in town be&ore and a&ter work, waiting &or
the bus.
13. !here&ore, this week he (stay) with his aunt, who (li"e) in town.
1. James usually (wear) /eans and t0shirts, but while he (work) &or the
bank now, he (wear) a suit and a tie.
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PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS
1. !wo days ago, a murder (ha,,en) in 4arket Street at about se"en ,m.
2. 5esterday, Sherlock )olmes (arri"e) at the crime scene to in"estigate.
3. )e (ask) one o& the tenants in the house.
. 67hat (do . you) yesterday at se"en38
$. 69 (watch) a &ootball match on !:.8
(. ; (be) you alone3 <
#. ; 5es, 9 (be) . <
'. ; (hear . you) anything sus,icious3 <
+. 65es, about se"en o%clock, two ,eo,le (argue) in the hallway. =ut the &ootball
match (be) so interesting. So 9 /ust (turn) u, the telly and then (hear .
not) anything anymore.8
1-. >obert (&all) o&& the ladder when he (,ick) cherries.
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PRESENT PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE
1) I my keys, so I can't open that door. (to lose)
2) Columbus in the New World in 142. (to arrive)
!) Nina her le". #he is still in hospital. (to break)
4) $e here all his li%e. (to live)
&) Colin %or 'ra(il this mornin". (to leave)
)) *ast winter +obin with his %ather in the ,lps %or three days. (to stay)
-) .llen with her le%t hand. (always/to write)
/) #he a lan"ua"e course in 0aris last summer. (to do)
) anyone yet1 (to phone)
12) I 0aul today, but I him last #unday. (not/to see - to see)
1. 4y &riends ("isit) the ?rand @anyon Aational Bark last year.
2. 9 (be . ne"er) to the ?rand @anyon Aational Bark.
3. =ut 9 (see) lots o& wonder&ul ,ictures.
. *nd yesterday 9 (buy) a book about the ?rand @anyon.
$. 9 (read) 3- ,ages already. 9t%s really interesting.
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Answer the following questions; provide at least three sentences for each answer:
a) hat are !ou doing right now"
#) hat do !ou usuall! do on wee$-ends"
c) hat did !ou do this summer holida!s"
d) hat have !ou achieved in !our life so far"