OK let’s see

-heads
it’s present
continuous
tails- it’s future

A. Simple Present-Present Continuous

1. Many birds ______________ (fly) south in winter.
2. Ken ____________ (write) a book about the Aztec Indians. He’ll finish it soon.
3. Mandy usually _____________ (sit) with Sandra during history lessons. But today, Sandra is
absent so Mandy ____________ (sit) with Beth.
4. We _____________ (not wear) uniforms to school.
5. “Great John! I ___________ (see) that you __________ (work) very hard, today!”
6. My brother ____________ (not listen) to pop music but today he _______ (listen) to Madonna.
7. I ___________ (not understand) what you _____________(say). Please speak more clearly!
8. I support Greenpeace because I _____________ (believe) in their philosophy.
9. Our teachers ______________________(give) us a test twice a month.
10. “What _____________(you do)?” –“I _____________(taste) the soup to see if it has enough salt.”

I hate tenses, I hate tenses, I hate …

B. Simple Present - Present Continuous - Simple Future

Be careful! You _____________ (hurt) yourself with that pair of scissors.
Come quickly! Look it _____________ (snow) out!
I don’t know the answer so I _____________ (look) it up.
The buses _____________ (leave) the depot at 9 o’clock every day.
When I grow up, I _____________________________(become) an astronaut
If you keep on playing with that knife you __________________ (cut) yourself.
I ___________________ (wear) my new dress to the party tonight!
Jane ________________ (visit) us these days and we __________________ (have) a wonderful
time together!
Don’t Worry! The plane ____________ (take) off in three hours. We’ve got lots of time!
Jenny ________________ (be) back soon. You could wait for her if you like.

C. Simple Past-Past Continuous

1. My father ______________ (take) me to my first football game ten years ago.
2. When I _______________ (arrive) home, Susan ____________________ (cry).
3. Luke and Tony ____________ (fight) over Sheila at the pub last night.
4. I _______________ (write) an email when the dog _______________ (come) in
5. When I was young, my mum ______________ (walk) me to school every morning. In the
afternoons, my grandmother _____________ (pick) me up because mum __________ (have) to work.
6. While I ______________ (drive) to work, it ________________ (start) snowing
Fill in with the correct form of the Simple Present - Present Continuous - Simple Future
- Simple Past-Past Continuous:

1. My father ___________________ us to the park tomorrow. (take)

2. Mary _____________________ her homework for tomorrow. (do)
3. We ___________________ at 17 Barrows Street. (live)
4. They ___________________ for the English test all afternoon yesterday. (study)
5. My mother ___________________ in a nice shop before she got married. (work)
6. We _____________________ the house every afternoon. (clean)
7. “Don’t worry, John, I _______________ up the dry cleaning on the way home. (pick)”
8. I _____________________ China if I win a lot of money. (visit)
9. My brother ___________________to school every morning. (go)
10.As she _____________________ the road, a motorbike hit her. (cross)
11.When she _____________________ here, we’ll ask her about it. (get)
12. I will visit her while I _____________________ in Athens. (be)
13.He _____________________ the rubbish out ten minutes ago. (take)
14. You _____________________ lots of presents for your birthday, didn’t you? (get)
15. I ____________________ you with the laundry if I have time. (help)

Choose the correct answer

Mr Johns, our history teacher ---- ill all last week.

a) is b) was c) was being

2. I ---- on this report for eight hours last night. I ---- it at three o’clock in the morning!
a) worked, finished b) was working, finished c) was working , was finishing

3. I ___________ to school tomorrow. It’s a holiday

a) am not going         b) will not going        c) didn’t go  

4. “Why are you so tired?” - “Well, I ---- any sleep last night
a) am not getting b) wasn’t getting c) didn’t get

5. Where ---- ?
a) your mum works b) does your mum work c)does your mum works

6. Karen ---- 18 next month.

a) is b) is being c) will be

7. What’s wrong? You --- very upset!

a) look b) are looking c) looked

8. Oh no! It ---- again. We can’t go on our picnic.

a) rains b) rained c) is raining