TENSES – present simple, present progressive, past simple

1.) Present simple

a) Tom ………………………………………… (meet) Jenny at the shop.
b) Our friends often ………………………………………… (visit) us.
c) I sometimes ………………………………………… (watch) TV in the afternoon.
d) Barker always ………………………………………… (want) to go for a walk.
e) After school we often ………………………………………… (wait) for the bus.
f) Brenda never ………………………………………… (read) English texts.
g) On 31st October the children ………………………………………… (dress up) as witches,
ghosts or vampires.
h) Maggie ………………………………………… (do) the grammar exercises in her workbook.
i) The boy sometimes ………………………………………… (watch) a football match on TV.
j) Lisa ………………………………………… (go) to school by bike.

2.) Present Progressive

a) Look! Lisa ………………………………………… (clean) her new bike.
b) Michelle ………………………………………… (wash) her hair now.
c) Right now Mike ………………………………………… (talk) to his friend Mark.
d) Listen, the children ………………………………………… (sing) a lovely song.
e) Today they ………………………………………… (have) lunch at the restaurant.
f) Tina and Rick ………………………………………… (study) for their English test today.
g) I can’t help you. I ………………………………………… (do) my homework at the moment.
h) Look at our dog! He ………………………………………… (play) with the neighbour’s cat.
i) Be quiet! The teacher ………………………………………… (look) at us!
j) The kids ………………………………………… (paint) a nice picture at the moment.

3.) Past Simple

a) The Millers ………………………………………… (go) to the zoo last weekend.
b) She ………………………………………… (cook) spaghetti for dinner on Friday.
c) Miriam and Bob ………………………………………… (build) a treehouse
together with their grandfather.
d) We ………………………………………… (have) pizza for lunch yesterday.
e) I ………………………………………… (be) in France last summer.
f) Last Sunday Martin ………………………………………… (help) his mother in the kitchen.
g) She ………………………………………… (say) „Hello“ to us when she arrived.
h) Lisa ………………………………………… (take) Barker for a walk after school.
i) Sam and Terry ………………………… (play) football in the playground after assembly.
j) We ………………………………………… (see) an elephant when we ………………………… (be)
in Africa last year.

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4.) Mixed tenses  - Lisa / draw/ a picture of her new bike

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5.) Mixed tenses 

a) Yesterday we ………………………………………… (be) at a birthday party. We
………………………………………… (have) a lot of fun.
b) The Millers ………………………………………… (watch) the news now. They always
………………………………………… (do) that in the evening.
c) Christine’s Dad sometimes ………………………………………… (take) her to the cinema.
d) Listen! I think somebody ………………………………………… (knock) at the door.
e) Last week Mary ………………………………………… (get) a bad mark in her Maths test.
f) Last weekend Bob ………………………………… (fall) and
………………………………… (break) his leg.
g) Ann never ………………………………………… (read) books, but she
always ………………………………………… (read) the „IN“ magazine.
h) Yesterday Mum ………………………………………… (speak) to my German teacher.
i) Look, Paula and Jill ………………………………………… (play) tennis.
j) „Listen, she ………………………………………… (quarrel) with her brother again.“ „Yes,
he always ………………………………………… (make) her angry.“
k) Last week the children ………………………………………… (learn) about Halloween in the
English lesson.
l) Every week she ………………………………………… (go) to the supermarket and
………………………………………… (buy) many different things.
m) Many children ………………………………………… (like) watching TV.

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