1. Escribir el verbo que está en paréntesis en pasado continuo o pasado simple.

a) I hurt my back while i worked (work) in the garden.

b) They were not watching (not watch) the news because they stayed (stay)
on a desert island.
c) We are (be) the winnings.
d) You did not worked (not work) well because we was (be) sick.
2. Escoger la frase correcta en pasado simple o pasado continuo.
a) (Did you see/were you seeing) our boss at the conference?
Did you see our boss at the conference?
b) Yes, (he wore/ he was wearing) a white suit.
Yes, he was wearing a white suit.
c) Did you notice him/ were you noticing him?
were you noticing him?
d) (Did they win/ were they winning)? When you left the match.
were they winning? When you left the match.
e) No, (they lost/ were losing) 2-1
No, they lost 2-1
3. Escribir en el espacio en pasado simple o continuo según el verbo que está en
el paréntesis.
Story about Julia and mark
I first met (meet) mark nine years ago in a party at my friend Harrys house, and
we went (go) out on our first date three weeks later. Mark stayed (stay) with
harry while he visited (visit) Boston and one Sunday harry was inviting (invite)
me to this barbecue in his garden, Mark was helping (help) him to get it ready,
but when I was arriving (arrive) it was a complete chaos they were cleaning
(clean) the house and there was no food so I was offering (offer) to help them.
Mark and me started (start) chatting while we were preparing (prepare) the
salads but I remember he was (be) a bit strange because he asked (ask) me if
I had a boyfriend. I think british are much direct than americans anyway he was
seeming (seem) a nice guy and I liked (like) him a lot except for this awful
Hawaiian shirt that he was wearing (wear) it was just unbelievable.

Personality
Exercise 1- present simple and continuous
Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the
verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible.

1. She is running (run) because she`s late for her lesson.

2. Our teacher always is giving (give) us lots of homework.
3. We aren`t wanting (not want) to go to the concert.
4. What time you are meeting (you/meet) pete tomorrow?
 5. I do not workes (not work) today. I`m on holiday.
6. People speaks (speak) English in Jamaica.
7. Archie is not using (not use) his computer at the moment.
8. is tony living (tony/live) near the park?

simple present present progressive

right now
in general (regularly, often,never) look! Colin is playing football
colin plays football every Tuesday. now.
Present actions happening one after Also for several actions
another happening at the same time
first colin plays football, then he colin is playing football and anne
watches TV. is watching.
signal words
at the moment
always at this moment
every… today
often now
normally right now
usually listen!
sometimes Look!
seldom
never
first
then

Look at the picture on the right and complete the sentences (simple present or
present progressive)

1. This (be) is Marc.

2. He (wear) wears a t-shirt and shorts today.
3. He (eat) is eating an apple at the moment.
4. Marc (like) likes fruits and vegetables.
5. He (eat) is eating some every day.
6. Marc (know) knows that apples (be) is good for his health.

Look at the picture on the right and complete the sentences (simple present or
present progressive)

1. Joe and Dennis (be) are best friends.

2. They often (meet) are meeting in the afternoon.
3. What (do/they) They doing at the moment?
4. They (play) are playing football.
5. They (love) love football.
6. Joe (practise) practise with his father every weekend, but Dennis (not/play)
is not playing football very often.