Choose the correct verbs. / Izaberi ispravne glagole.

1. Where do you usually go/goes on holiday?

2. What time do/does school start in your country?

3. Both of my parents teach/teaches history.

4. John and Ann play/plays the violin very well.

5. My dog Spot always chase/chases our neighbours’ cat.

6. We don’t/doesn’t like hamburgers.

7. She spend/spends one week skiing every winter.

8. In my family we all love/loves ice cream except for my father – he don’t/doesn’t like

anything sweet.

9. Mum isn’t going / doesn’t go shopping today.

10. What do you usually eat / are you usually eating for breakfast?

11. My best friend doesn’t like / isn’t liking meat. She’s a vegetarian.

12. I don’t believe / ‘m not believing his story. He often makes things up.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use Present Simple

or Present Continuous. / Dopuni rečenice točnim oblikom glagola u zagradama. Upotrijebi

Present Simple ili Present Continuous.

1. I never get up early on Sunday mornings. (get up)

2. Why __________you____________ so loud? I’m right here. (talk)

3. She _____________________two kilometres to school every morning. (walk)

4. It __________________so we _____________________ to the park. (rain, not go)

5. ____________________you ________________________ swimming in cold water? (like)

6. Why _________________you ________________ ? Why don’t you use the dishwasher? (wash up)

7. A: Where’s Lilly?

B: Oh, you ______________________ she’s never on time. (know)

8. My English ________________________better with every exercise I_________________ . (get, do)

complete with past simple or past continuous
1. What she (wear) when you (see) her? Her favourite

top, I think.

2. They (get) up early that morning so they (go) for a swim.

3. We (find) the keys we (look) for yesterday.

4. The car (crash) against the wall and a lot of people (come) round.

5. it (rain) when you left for school? Yes, it , quite heavily.

6. It (be) a quiet morning: the birds (sing) in the trees and the

cows .(eat) We (walk) happily when a terrible storm (start)

100 ms away from us. The wind (blow)a big tree down and a black

cloud (appear) in the sky.

7. We (can) hear you because we (sing) in the music classroom.

8. The police (discover) that a criminal gang (buy) luxury cars with

stolen credit cards and (organize) an incredible operation to stop them.

Past Simple Past Continuous exercises. Write the words in brackets in Past Simple or Past
Continuous Tense.
1. I (watch) TV when she (call) me.

2. He (jump) into the river and (rescue) the drowning man.

3. I (see) my first baseball match while I (live) in New York.

4. We (ring) the police because the neighbours (play) the music very loud.

5. He (write) the whole homework during the lunch break.

6. We (play) in the garden when it (start) to rain.

7. He (meet) his girlfriend when he (live) in London.

8. While I (work) in the hospital I (decide) to give up smoking.

9. It (rain) the whole day so we (decide) to stay at home.

10. The sun (shine) so we (decide) to go for a walk.

Choose Past Simple or Present Perfect 1

Change the verb into the correct form of the past simple or present
perfect
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1) Last night I (lose) my keys – I had to call my flatmate to let
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2) I (lose) my keys - can you help me look for them?.
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3) I (visit) Paris three times..
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4) Last year I (visit) Paris..
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5) I (know) my great grandmother for a few years - she died
when I was eight... Show Answ er

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6) I (know) Julie for three years - we still meet once a month...
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7) I (play) Hockey since I was a child - I'm pretty good!..

8) She (play) hockey at school but she didn't like it..

9) Sorry, I (miss) the bus - I'm going to be late..

10) I (miss) the bus and then I (miss) the aeroplane as well!...

11) Last month I (go) to Scotland..

12) I'm sorry, John isn't here now. He (go) to the shops..

13) We (finish) this room last week..

14) I (finish) my exams finally - I'm so happy!..

15) Yesterday, I (see) all of my friends. It was great..

16) I (see) Julie three times this week

17) She (live) in London since 1994..

18) She (live) in London when she was a child..

19) I (drink) three cups of coffee today..

20) I (drink) three cups of coffee yesterday.

After he (arrive) home, he (unpack) and (go) to bed early.

My grandparents only (know) each other for a few months before

they (get) married

He (be) a teacher before he (become) a musician

When the boss (walk) into the room we (know) someone was
going to get fired.

Jack (break) his arm when he (fall) off a horse in 1995.

I (know) about the problem for months, but I (not/find) a solution

yet