PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS,

or PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE?

Complete the sentences with the correct verb form.

1.     I ____________________ (complete) the project last night. What a relief!

2.     She ____________________ (commute) to work every weekday.
3.     ____________________ (they/explore/often) new places? – Yes, ____________________.
4.     We ____________________ (fly) to London twice, such a fantastic experience.
5.     Look at them! They ____________________ (talk) and the teacher ____________________ (look)
at them.
6.     What ____________________ (you/do) from 5 to 7 last Sunday evening? – I
____________________ (watch) TV.
7.     He ____________________ (buy) a new car two weeks ago.
8.     He ____________________ (buy/just) a new car, it looks cool!
9.     My brothers ____________________ (work) in the garden while I ____________________ (bake)
a cake with my mom. It was a good day, really.
10.  We ____________________ (write/always) a test on Tuesdays, but this week we
____________________ (write) it on Thursday.
11.  I remember that when I ____________________ (be) ten years younger, I ____________________
(spend) weekends with my grandparents and I ____________________ (enjoy) that time a lot. They
____________________ (teach) me plenty of important life lessons and I ____________________
(love) it!
12.  Don´t disturb me, please! I ____________________ (draw) a character for our art lesson.
13.  ____________________ (he/touch/ever) a giant spider? – No, ____________________.
14.  My day ____________________ (start/usually) with stretching, after that I ____________________
(take) a shower, ____________________ (brush) my teeth, ____________________ (prepare)
breakfast, and then I ____________________ (leave) house for school. But my sister
____________________ (be) always late for school, because she ____________________ (get) up too
late and ____________________ (not/have) enough time for her morning routine. We
____________________ (be) way too different.
15.  Last week ____________________ (be) a disaster! I ____________________ (run) back home
when I suddenly ____________________ (sprain) my ankle. It ____________________ (be) so painful.
16.  ____________________ (she/know) who he ____________________ (be)? – I
____________________ (not/be) sure, but I ____________________ (think) she
____________________ (meet) him somewhere last week.
17.  We ____________________ (finish/already) the assignment, but the other group
____________________ (not/complete) it yet.
18.  What ____________________ (your parents/do)? – They both ____________________ (work) as
doctors.
19.  What ____________________ (your parents/do) right now? – They ____________________
(swim).
20.  She ____________________ (know) him for ten years.
KEY
1.     I completed the project last night. What a relief!
2.     She commutes to work every weekday.
3.     Do they often explore new places? – Yes, they do.
4.     We have flown to London twice, such a fantastic experience.
5.     Look at them! They are talking and the teacher is looking at them.
6.     What were you doing from 5 to 7 last Sunday evening? – I was watching TV.
7.     He bought a new car two weeks ago.
8.     He has just bought a new car, it looks cool!
9.     My brothers were working in the garden while I was baking a cake with my mom. It was a good
day, really.
10.  We always write a test on Tuesdays, but this week we are writing it on Thursday.
11.  I remember that when I was ten years younger, I spent weekends with my grandparents and I
enjoyed that time a lot. They taught me plenty of important life lessons and I loved it!
12.  Don´t disturb me, please! I am drawing a character for our art lesson.
13.  Has he ever touched a giant spider? – No, he hasn´t.
14.  My day usually starts with stretching, after that I take a shower, brush my teeth, prepare
breakfast, and then I leave house for school. But my sister is always late for school, because she gets up
too late and does not have enough time for her morning routine. We are way too different.
15.  Last week was a disaster! I was running back home when I suddenly sprained my ankle. It was so
painful.
16. Does she know who he is? I am not sure, but I think she met him somewhere last week.
17.  We have already finished the assignment, but the other group has not completed it yet.
18.  What do your parents do? – They both work as doctors.
19.  What are your parents doing right now? – They are swimming.
20.  She has known him for ten years.