PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1 Bill and Sam are out. They a re having (have) lunch with their business partners .
2 Phil has (have) his own company now, but he still doesn’t have (not have) enough people to work with.
3 A: Where’s M r Brown? B: He is sleeping (sleep) in his room.
4 M y b r o t h e r i s a m u s i c i a n . H e p l a ys ( p l a y ) t h e g u i t a r , b u t h e s o m e t i m e s s i n g s ( s i n g ) i n o u r l o c a l p u b . A t t h e
moment he isn’t doing (not do) any thing lik e that. He is writing (write ) a book .
5 Jack is going (go) to London tomorrow.
6 A : W h a t a r e yo u t h i n k i n g ( y o u / t h i n k ) o f n o w ? B : O f g o i n g a b r o a d , o f c o u r s e .
7 A : D o yo u t h i n k ( y o u / t h i n k ) h e ’ s c r a z y a b o u t y o u ? B : Y e s , I ’ m s u r e .
8 A n d , d o yo u u n d e r s t a n d ( y o u / u n d e r s t a n d ) w h a t I m e a n ( m e a n ) ?
9 Vicky is looking (look) for a new manager . The old manager is working (work) until she finds ( find) a ne w
one.
10 They don’t want (not want) to come now. Maybe l ater. Le t’s go!
11 Hurry up! The taxi is coming (co me) in two minute s.
1 2 A i r p o l l u t i o n i n B el g r a d e i s g e t t i n g ( g e t ) w o r s e e v e r y d a y .
13 You don’t look (no t look) so tired today.
14 The Sun rises ( rise) in the east and se ts (se t) in the west.
1 5 I n t h i s p i c t u r e m y s i s t e r a n d I a r e p l a yi n g ( p l a y ) w i t h o u r d o g .

PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS

1 Sandy was making (make) dinner when she cut (cu t) her finger.
2 This time yesterday , my parents and I were visiting (visit) some nice places in Spain.
3 It was (be) ten o’clock yesterday evening. Pete r was watching (watch) TV while his wife was having (have) a
shower. Suddenly, an unknown man stepped (step) into the living room.
4 Tom was (be) a teacher until 1998. Then he fell ( fall) ill so he decided (decide) to leave for Paris.
5 Jenny was waiting (wait) for me when I arr ived (ar rive).
6 A : W h a t w e r e yo u d o i n g ( y o u / d o ) a t t h i s t i m e y e s t e r d a y ?
B : I w a s l yi n g ( l i e ) o n t h e f l o o r a n d r e a d i n g ( r e a d ) a b o o k .
7 A : D i d yo u g o ( y o u / g o ) o u t l a s t n i g h t ?
B: No, I was (be) so tired that I fell (fall) asleep very early.
8 H o w f a s t w e r e yo u d r i v i n g ( y o u / d r i v e ) w h e n t h e a c c i d e n t h a p p e n e d ( h a p p e n ) ?
9 W h e n I l a s t s a w ( s e e ) A l h e w a s t r yi n g ( t r y ) t o f i n d a j o b .
10 Mozart composed (compose) the mos t beautiful sy mphonies.
11 When I was young, I wanted (want) to be a pilot.
12 Last night, I dropped (drop ) a plate when I was d oing (do) the washing up. Fortunately it didn’t break (not
break).

PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT

1 H a v e yo u b e e n ( y o u / b e ) s h o p p i n g r e c e n t l y ?
2 Jack hasn’t repaired ( repaire) his computer yet.
3 Jane Austin (1776 – 1817) wrote (write) a lot o f interesting novels.
4 Sylvia Couran is a famous writer. She has written ( write) a lot o f interes ting books.
5 My father has worked (work) in a bank for many ye ars and he’s still happy with his job.
6 My father worked (work) in a bank for many years , but he isn’t in tha t job now.
7 He was (be) in Columbia last summer.
8 He has been (be) in Columbia since last summer.
9 A: Can I speak to Joe!
B: Well, I’m afraid he has gone (go ) out.
10 A: Can I speak to Joe!
B: Well, I’m afraid he went (go) ou t five minutes ag o.