Put the verb in the correct tense (Present Simple or Present Continuous)

1. Every Monday Sally ____ (drive) her children to football practice.

2. Shhhh! Be quiet! John ______ (sleep).
3. Don’t forget to take your umbrella. It ______ (rain).
4. I hate living in Seattle because it _________(rain, always).
5. I’m sorry I can’t hear what you ______ (say) because everybody ________ (talk) so
loudly.

_____ 5 points
Put the verbs in the right tense ( Present Simple or Past Simple Tense )
1. I _____ (study) English last night.
2. I _____ (buy) a present for my husband, but I _____ (think) he _____ (not like) it.
3. I _____ (have) long hair when I _____ (be) a little child, but now my hair _____ (be)
very short.
4. Janet _____ (write) a letter to George last night.
5. Ellie _____ (brush) her teeth twice a day.
6. I _____ (drink) too much alcohol yesterday evening, so I _____ (have) a terrible
headache now.
7. Alex _____ (can) play the piano when he was 12, now she _____ (can) play both the
piano and the violin.
8. He _____ (bring) the books yesterday, and now I can ____ (prepare) for the test.
9. Last summer we _____ (stay) in a hotel in the mountains, and last weekend we _____
(go) sailing.
10. I usually _____ (work) eight hours a day but today I am not feeling well. I think I
should ____ (go) home and _____ (have) a rest.

_____ 10 points
Complete the sentences using past continuous tense or past simple tense
1. When I _______ him at the drugstore, he _________ some medicine. (see/buy)
2. I _________ a loud bang while I __________ a book. (hear/read)
3. As I __________ in the graveyard last night, I __________ a ghost. (walk/see)
4. When we _________ in Izmir two years ago, we __________ nobody. (arrive/know)
5. When I ___________ the boys they ___________ on the grass. (see/play)
6. When we __________ off the plane, a cool wind __________ from the sea.
(step/blow)
7. While I __________ on a park bench, someone _________ my eyes. (sit/cover)
8. It __________ when I __________ home. (rain/leave)
9. Two students ____________ when the teacher _____________. (argue/enter)
10. He ___________ so we ___________ him. (study/not disturb)

_____(5 points)
Choose Past Simple or Present Perfect Tense
1. I ________ (see) three police cars this morning.
2. After he ________ (arrive) home, he __________ (unpack) and ____________ (go)
to bed early.
3. What’s wrong? I _________ (break) a glass.
 4. My grandparents only ___________ (know) each other for a few months before they
___________ (get) married.
5. I ___________ (be) in London for three years. I love it here.
6. We __________ (see) Julie last night.
7. He ___________ (be) a teacher before he ____________ (become) a musician.
8. When the boss ____________ (walk) into the room we ___________ (know)
someone was going to get fired.
9. The children _____________ (break) a window in the school last week.
10. He __________ (see) last year.

_______ 10 points

0-10=1
11-15=2
16-20=3
21-25=4
26-30=5