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Present vs. Past Simple Exercises

The document provides examples of using the present simple and present continuous tenses to describe habitual or ongoing actions. It then provides examples using the past simple tense to describe completed actions that took place at a specific time in the past. Finally, it gives sentences to rewrite from the present to past simple tense.
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Present vs. Past Simple Exercises

The document provides examples of using the present simple and present continuous tenses to describe habitual or ongoing actions. It then provides examples using the past simple tense to describe completed actions that took place at a specific time in the past. Finally, it gives sentences to rewrite from the present to past simple tense.
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PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Harold Black's famous pianist. He________________(1:give) two or three concerts every week.
He________________(2:travel) a lot and this week he's in New York.
He________________(3:stay) at an expensive hotel. He's at his hotel now.
He________________(4: have) his breakfast in the dining−room.
He________________(5:drink) a cupof coffee and he________________(5:read) a newspaper.
Harold's always very busy. He________________(6:play) the piano regularly.
He________________(7: practise) for four hours every day.
He________________(8:go) to bed late and he always________________(8:get up) early. But
he sometimes________________(9: get) dressed too quickly, and this morning
he________________(10:wear) one blue sock and one red one!
- She______________________(run) because she's late for her lesson.
- Our teacher always______________________(give) us lots of homework.
- We_______________________(not want) to go to the concert.
- What time_____________________(you / meet) Pete today?
- I_____________________(not work) today. I'm on holiday.
- People___________________(speak) English in Jamaica.
- Archie_____________________(not use) his computer at the moment.
- _____________________________(Tony / live) near the park?

PAST SIMPLE

1) I ____________________________(not/drink) any beer last night.


2) She __________________________(get on) the bus in the center of the city.
3) What time ________________________(he/get up) yesterday?
4) Where ______________________________(you/get off) the train?
5) I ________________________________(not/change) trains at Victoria.
6) We _______________________________(wake up) very late.
7) What ____________________________(he/give) his mother for Christmas?
8) I ________________________________(receive) £300 when my uncle died.
9) We _____________________________(not/use) the computer last night.
10) ____________________________(she/make) good coffee?
11) They ______________________________(live) in Paris.
12) She _______________________________(read) the newspaper yesterday.
13) I _________________________________(not/watch) TV.
14) He ___________________________________(not/study) for the exam.
15) ______________________________________(he/call) you?
16) ___________________________________(I/forget) something?
17) What time _____________________________(the film/start)?
18) He ____________________________________(have) a shower.
19) Why __________________________________(you/come)?
20) ___________________________________(he/go) to the party?
REWRITE SENTENCES INTO PAST SIMPLE TENSE

- She paints beautiful pictures. She is a good painter.


____________________________________________________________
- We go to school every morning by bus.
_______________________________________________________________
- My father doesn’t travel for work, he stays in the office.
____________________________________________________________
- I see her in the park, she walks her dog.
____________________________________________________________
- I buy a present for my mum, and I give it to her at the party.
_______________________________________________________________

IRREGULAR VERBS
DO
CAUGHT
WIN
THINK
TOOK
HAVE
MAKE
GO
SAW
RIDE
DRINK
EAT
TOLD
SPEAK
BROUGHT
PUT
LOST
FELL
FEEL
WORE
SING
KNOW
SLEEP
FIND
GET

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