Exercise:
The simple present tense
Use: facts, general truth, routines
Form:Affirmative form: I¿you¿ we /they +verb
he¿ she /¿ +verb+s
Negative form: I¿ you¿ we /they + don't+verb
he¿ she /¿ + doesn't+verb
Interrogative form: DO+ I¿you¿ we /they +
+verb ?
The present progressive tense
Use: actions in progress in the present
Form:Affirmative form: Iam+ verb+ing
you¿ we /they +are+verb+ing
he¿ she /¿ +is+verb+ing
Negative form: Iam not(' mnot )+ verb +ing
you¿ we /they + are not (aren't) +verb+ing
he¿ she /¿ +is not (isn't)+verb+ing
Interrogative form: Am I+verb+ing
Are+ you¿ we /they + +verb+ing ?
Is he¿ she /¿ +is+verb+ing?
The simple past tense
Use: actions finished/completed at the past
Form: regular verbs: verb+ed
Irregular verbs have irregular past forms
Negative form: I¿ you¿ we /they/he /she /¿ +
didn't+verb
Interrogative form: Did+ subject+ verb
1. She ________ as an Accountant in a private
firm. (work)
2. I _______ Mathematics. ( not like)
3. The sun _______ in the west. (set)
4. He _______ novels. ( not write)
5. David ______ his bed everyday. (make)
6. I ______ up at 4:00 am everyday. (wake)
7. Julie _______ her car. ( not drive)
8. _______ you ______ tennis? (play)
9. My sister ______ the dishes every day. (wash)
1. What _______Arnie _______now? (do)
2. _____you __________ a big wedding?
(plan)
3. __ Mr Brown _________ bread now?
(bake)
4. I________________ Peter for a drink later.
(meet)
5. How much money ________ they
_________ in the company?(invest)
6. He ___________ to you. (not lie) He
____________ the truth. (tell)
Exercise:Fill in the gaps by putting the verb
in parentheses in the Simple Past Tense.
1. Yesterday, Peter ______________ (bake) a
birthday cake for his mother.
2. Peter's mother _____________ (blow) out
all the candles. She (be)-----------happy.
3. Peter's mother ______________ (make)
his favourite dinner of sausages and beans.
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