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3 - TENSES (Present & Past)
3 - TENSES (Present & Past)
3. Present Simple ‘Yes / No’ Questions with ‘Be’ and ‘Wh’ 1. (he / go to school every day)
Make a question with ‘be’: _____He goes to school every day_________________________________
2. (I / like swimming)
1. John / in the garden?
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__Is John in the garden?______________________________________
3. (you / play badminton on Saturdays)
2. They / hungry?
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4. (the class / begin at 9 a.m.)
3. We / late?
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5. (they / sometimes go to the cinema)
4. You / tired?
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6. (she / love chocolate)
5. He / French?
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7. (we / study French)
6. She / a teacher?
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8. (they / live in London)
7. Harry and Lucy / from London?
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9. (he / work in a restaurant)
8. I / early?
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10. (Lucy / play the guitar) Make present simple ‘wh’ questions:
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11. (where / you / go to school?)
Make negative present simple sentences: ____Where do you go to school?__________________________________
12. (what / you / do?)
11. (I / not / like coffee)
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___I don’t like coffee ____________________________________________
13. (where / John / come from?)
12. (I / not / live in Paris)
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14. (how long / it / take from London to Paris?)
13. (she / not / come from Spain)
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15. (how often / she / go to the cinema?)
14. (John / not / work in a bank)
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16. (how many children / you / have?)
15. (they / not / get up at eight o’clock)
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17. (when / you / get up?)
16. (we / not / go to the cinema every Friday)
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18. (how often / you / study English?)
17. (you / not / read the newspaper every day)
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19. (what time / the film / start?)
18. (he / not / go to school in France)
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20. (where / you / play tennis?)
19. (we / not / watch TV in the evening)
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20. (I / not / have a shower in the morning)
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11. (where / you / be?)
SIMPLE PAST __Where were you?_______________________________________________
12. (what / that noise / be?)
A. SIMPLE PAST ‘BE’ __What was that noise?___________________________________________
13. (who / that man / be?)
1. Past Simple with ‘Be’ - Positive and Negative Form __________________________________________________________________
Make the past simple positive or negative: 14. (how / the weekend / be?)
1. It ________________ (be) cold yesterday. __________________________________________________________________
2. She ________________ (be) hungry. 15. (where / the money / be?)
3. We ________________ (be) late for the meeting. __________________________________________________________________
4. I ________________ (be) tired last night. 16. (why / the door open / be?)
5. The exam ________________ (be) difficult. __________________________________________________________________
6. They ________________ (be) in Berlin. 17. (who / the teacher / be?)
7. You ________________ (be) in the library when I called you. __________________________________________________________________
8. The holiday ________________ (be) fun. 18. (how / your holiday / be?)
9. He ________________ (be) early for the interview. __________________________________________________________________
10. The people we met last night ________________ (be) French. 19. (what / the weather like / be?)
11. That woman ________________ (not / be) Spanish. __________________________________________________________________
12. Julie ________________ (not / be) late for the class. 20. (why / the children awake / be?)
13. The food ________________ (not / be) very good. __________________________________________________________________
14. They ________________ (not / be) my uncle and aunt.
15. I ________________ (not / be) rude to the waitress. B. SIMPLE PAST ‘VERB’
16. The test ________________ (not / be) easy. 3. Past Simple Form Negative (other verbs)
17. We ________________ (not / be) tired when we arrived. Make the past simple negative:
18. They ________________ (not / be) on the bus when I called.
19. You ________________ (not / be) here when she came. 1. (I / not / go out last night)
20. He ________________ (not / be) my boyfriend. __I wasn’t go out last night____________________________________
2. (you / not / come to the party)
2. Past Simple with ‘Be’ Question Forms _______________________________________________________________
Make past simple ‘yes / no’ or ‘wh’ questions: 3. (she / not / love chocolate as a child)
1. (John / be / at the party?) _______________________________________________________________
__Was John at the party?________________________________________ 4. (he / not / like sport)
2. (you / be / tired yesterday?) _______________________________________________________________
5. (we / not / study for the exam)
___Were you tired yesterday?____________________________________
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3. (the weather / be / good?)
6. (they / not / cook at the weekend)
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4. (we / be / too noisy?)
7. (Lucy / not / meet her friends last week)
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5. (he / be / a doctor when he was young?)
8. (I / not / stay at home)
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6. (they / be / in the class last week?)
9. (you / not / do your homework)
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7. (she / be / a good student?)
10. (John / not / work in the bank at the same time as me)
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8. (I / be / on time?)
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9. (Julie and Lucy / be / at the meeting?)
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10. (we / be / in Paris?)
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4. Past Simple Questions (other verbs) 100 COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS
Make past simple ‘yes / no’ questions:
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SIMPLE FORM PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
51. light lit lit
52. lose lost lost
53. make made made
54. mean meant meant
55. meet met met
56. pay paid paid
57. put put put
58. quit quit quit
59. read read read
60. ride rode ridden
61. ring rang rung
62. rise rose risen
63. run ran run
64. say said said
65. see saw seen
66. sell sold sold
67. send sent sent
68. set set set
69. shake shook shaken
70 shine shone shone
71. shoot shot shot
72. shrink shrank shrunk
73. shut shut shut
74. sing sang sung
75. sink sank sunk
76. sit sat sat
77. sleep slept slept
78. slide slid slid
79. speak spoke spoken
80. spend spent spent
81 spin spun spun
82. stand stood stood
83. steal stole stolen
84. stick stuck stuck
85. sting stung stung
86. swear swore sworn
87. sweep swept swept
88. swim swam swum
89. take took taken
90. teach taught taught
91. tear tore torn
92. tell told told
93. think thought thought
94. throw threw thrown
95. understand understood understood
96. wake woke woken
97. wear wore worn
98. win won won
99. wind wound wound
100. write wrote written