REPASO TIEMPOS VERBALES

Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets in the present simple

1. My mother _________ (start) work at half past seven.

2. What _________ they _________ (do) in the evening?

3. How _________ you _________ (spell) that in English?

4. Brian _________ (get) up at eight o´clock.

5. Where _________ John and Martin _________ (go ?

6. Serena _________ (not know) what to do.

7. Wendy _________ (not like) to do shopping.

8. My grandfather _________ (not live) in London.

9. My sisters _________ (walk) to school every day.

10. My best friend _________ (like) math.

Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets in the present Continuos

1. The birds ............... (sing).

2. My sister ............... (watch) TV and I ............... (read) a great novel.

3. We ............... (have) a very good time on holidays.

4. She ............... (work) at the moment but she finishes at 6.

5. ...... it ...... (rain) now? Yes, it is.

6. James ............... (not play) football in the park now.

7. Harry and Anne ............... (go) to the cinema.

8. They ............... (clean) the whole house.

Write the verb between brackets in the present simple or continuous.

1. ......... you usually ......... (eat) vegetables?

2. Sorry, I can´t talk now. I .................. (brush) my teeth.

3. Sandy .................. (not drink) alcohol very often.

4. They.................. (work) at the factory from Monday to Friday.

5. Listen! Somebody .................. (shout).

6. He doesn´t have time now. He .................. (do) his homework.

7. How often ........ she ........ (go) to the dentist?

8. We .................. (go out) for dinner every Saturday night.

9. Be quiet! I .................. (study) for tomorrow´s exam.

10. She´s not at home at the moment. I think she .................. (do) the shopping.
Complete the sentences with the past simple.

be – get up – meet – have – go – run – drink – sleep – swim – eat

1.Yesterday I __________________________early, at about seven o´clock.

1. I ________ a shower and some fruit for breakfast.

2. Then I ________ to the sports centre.

3. I ________ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then

4. I ________ 5 kilometers.

5. At lunchtime I ________ my friends in a café.

6. We ________ some pasta and ________ some juice.

7. After lunch I ________ for a few hours, I ________ tired!

Complete the sentences with the PAST SIMPLE form of the verbs in brackets.

1 I __________________to read because I was tired. (not want)

2 My sister __________________dinner for all the family last night. It was very good! (make)

3 Matt and Jamie __________________ the bus at the right stop so they were late for the play. (not get off)

4 Our French teacher __________________us about some famous places in Paris. (tell)

5 We __________________ our hotel because the people were really friendly. (love)

Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets in the present simple, present continuous or past simple. Remember to
transform into negative and interrogative when necessary.

1. How often _____________you _________ (go) to the cinema?

2. I can´t go swimming now. I ______________________ (do) my homework.

3. Leif Erikson ____________________ (go) to America a thousand years ago.

4. Adam __________________ (start) school at nine in the morning.

5. We usually _________________ breakfast at 7:30.

6. The students __________________ (work) on computers at the moment.

7. I_____________________ (not watch) the TV programme about vikings last night

1. QUESTION TAGS

• He is late this morning, _______________________?

• She cooks well, _______________________?

• You can’t tell the difference, _________________________

• They always sleep after lunch, __________________________?

• The students see it every day, ________________________?

• Mr. Priestley doesn’t know your father, _____________________?

• She has got two brothers,_____________________________________?

• You can’t swim,_________________________________?

• They aren’t here, ______________________?

• You can help me,____________________?

• You haven’t got a computer, ________________________?

2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE PAST SIMPLE OR THE PAST CONTINUOUS

Yesterday, I had a terrible day. I (1) _______________________ (wake) up late because my alarm clock (2)
_______________________ (not go) off. While I (3) _______________________ (get) out of bed, I hurt my knee. Then I
went into the bathroom. And guess what? I (4) _______________________ (fall) over when I (5)
_______________________ (have) a shower and hurt my hand.

I was very late, so I (6) _______________________ (not eat) any breakfast. While I (7) _______________________ (run)
to the bus stop, I (8) _______________________ (see) the bus leaving. So I had to walk to school and I arrived at quarter
past nine. My friends (9) _______________________ (already do) the test when I (10) _______________________ (go)
into the classroom. The teacher looked at my feet strangely while I (11) _______________________ (write) my test, and
when I looked at my feet too, I (12) _______________________ (not wear) any socks!

3. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs.

1 What do you enjoy ________________________ (do) at the weekend?

2 I wanted ________________________ (have) a snack so I went to the café.

3 I decided ________________________ (catch) a taxi into town because I was late.

4 At the activity centre, my friend suggested ________________________ (learn) to play chess.

5 While I was climbing the mountain, I stopped ________________________ (look) at the view.

6 I really love ________________________ (play) computer games.

4. CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE

1. I enjoyed to play / playing tennis in the summer holidays.

2. I finished to do / doing my homework at nine o’clock last night.

3. After school, I decided to go / going to visit my grandparents.

4. My dad promised to buy / buying me a new bike if I passed my exams.

5. We suggested to meet / meeting outside the cinema.

6. The horse refused to jump / jumping over the fence.

7. In my dream, I imagined to go / going to the Moon.

8. I stopped to watch / watching TV when my friend arrived

1. Translate:

• Mientras ellos estaban cenando, el teléfono sonó.

• Mientras él estaba tomando un baño, ella hizo la cena.

• Ella estaba viendo la televisión cuando su teléfono móvil sonó.

• Cuando él estaba haciendo una foto, su amigo se cayó a la piscina.

• Mientras ella estaba haciendo los deberes, su padre veía la televisión.

• Mientras yo estaba haciendo los deberes, mi madre me llamó para cenar.

• Yo me rompí mi brazo mientras yo estaba jugando al baloncesto.

• Mi hermano vio un delfín mientras él estaba nadando en el mar.

• Mientras ellos estaban jugando en el parque, comenzó a llover.

2. Read and circle.

1 While I did / was doing my homework, my mum called / was calling me for dinner.

2 I played / was playing basketball when I hurt / was hurting my arm.

3 I saw / was seeing a dolphin while I looked / was looking at the sea.

4 When I went / was going home, the bus broke / was breaking down.

5 I didn’t look / wasn’t looking when suddenly I was falling over / fell over my cat.

6 Did you go / Were you going to school when you had / were having the accident?

3. Read and match.

1 I saw an accident

2 When my brother was playing football,

3 I saw a shark

4 We were having a picnic

5 The boys were playing with the dog

6 While my sister was skiing,

a when it started to rain.

b when it ran off with the ball.

c she broke her leg.

d while I was swimming in the sea.

e he hurt his foot.

f when I was going to school this morning.

4. Order and write the sentences.

1 playing / We / yesterday / football / were / morning.

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2 last / I / a / book / reading / night. / wasn’t

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3 was / mountain bike / his / on Sunday. / riding / Paul

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4 Our / last / wasn’t / week. / washing machine / working

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5 on / Monday. / were / two o’clock / having / lunch / at / They

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6 the / bus / was / this morning. / waiting for / I / at eight o’clock

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7 skating / was / last weekend. / at the / She / ice rink

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8 were / a barbecue / on Saturday evening. / having / Kim and Dan

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