PAST SIMPLE

a) They ____________________ (watch) TV last night.

b) Priscila ____________________ (talk) to her friends all day.
c) I ___________________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.
d) Bob _____________________ (come) home from school late last night evening.
e) They ____________________ (arrive) late and ___________________ (miss) the bus.
f) She __________ (study) hard and _____________(pass) the exam in her last examination.
g) He ____________________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.
h) I ___________________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.
i) Dr. Johnson ______________________ (get up) early this morning.
k) Chris ____________________ (find) a ten-dollar bill when he_________ (cross) the road.
l) The dog ______________________ (follow) us down the road last week.
m) Those students _______ (work) hard last semester.
n) Lúcio __________ (stop) at the corner and ________ (call) us .
o) I _______ (try) to talk to Helen last night.
p) I _____ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.
q) My dad ____________________ (catch) a cold when he ________________ (be) in Canada.
r) She _____________________ (leave) home early yesterday. s) They ____________________
(know) each other very well when they ________________ (be) kids. t) The teacher
_____________________ (bring) the exams corrected.
u) She was cleaning the vase when she ____________________ (drop) it part.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. (You / come) __________________tonight?
2. (He / eat) __________________rice every day?
3. I (work) __________________at the moment.
4. (He / come) __________________to London often?
5. He (play) __________________tennis now.
6. (You / come) _______________________ to the cinema later?
7. They (not / come) __________________to the party tomorrow.
8. He (not / play) ___________________ golf now.
9. (You / play) ________________ tennis this Sunday?
10. They (go) _________________________________ to a restaurant every Saturday.
11. She (not / go) __________________________ to the cinema very often.
12. You usually (arrive) _________________________________ late.
13. He normally (eat) _________________________________ dinner at home.
14. (You / study) _________________________________ every night?
15. Ms.Quyen _____________ (go) to the coffee to study her subject at present.
16. Ms.Quyen ___________ (teach) her student about the present continuous at the moment.
17. I (not/work)________________________ tonight.
18. (She / work) _________________ at the moment?
19. I (not / drink) ________________ coffee very often.
20. Julie (sleep) _____________ now.
Elephant Keepers

Bill: Wow! This __ (be) an interesting article.

Sue: Oh, baby elephants! Look at them! They’re so cute!

Where are their mothers?

Bill: Hunters ____(kill) them in the last month.

Sue: That’s awful!

Bill: Yeah, it is. Look at these men! They are elephant

keepers. They are _______ (feed) the baby
elephants,_______(take) care of them, and even_______
(play) soccer with them at present.

Sue: Hmmm. Elephant keeper. That’s an interesting job.

Bill: Yes, but it isn’t easy. Those men ________(train)

very hard so many years before to become an
experienced elephant keeper.

Sue: Really? What about at night?

Bill: They need to ____(feed) them at night, too. The

keepers sleep in buildings with the baby elephants.

Sue: That’s lovely! I _____(want) to read that article

again.