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Family & Friends 5

A. Fill in the spaces with either, present simple, past simple or present continuous. Do not use contractions.

Dear Mary,

How are you? I received (receive) your letter last week. Thank you for the recipe for the cake I (2) asked
(ask) for. I made it last week and it (3) was (be) very nice. I now (4) have (have) a new job in a supermarket in
the city center. I go there every day at three o'clock in the afternoon and (5) work (work) there until ten o'clock
in the afternoon. I am very happy because my sister (6) works (work) there too, so we travel to and from work
together.

I (7) got (get) my first wages last week and I went shopping immediately! I (8) bought (buy) a new stereo
for my bedroom. It is gold and black and (9) looks (look) very nice. My brother is coming (come) to stay with
me for a few days next week. He (11) arrives (arrive) on Saturday so I am going to collect him from the station. After
I collect him, we are going to that Mexican restaurant near the park. (12) Do you want (you/want?) to come with
us? You can (13) call (call) me to tell me if you want to come or not.

John told me that you (14) passed (pass) your Spanish exam last month. Congratulations! (15) Was it (be?
difficult? You know that I (16) was (be) terrible at languages but you are better. (17) Are you go (you/go?) to vis
Spain for your next holiday so you can practice it?

Please write to me soon with all your news, Mary.

All the best,

Sara

B. Put the verbs in the correct tense.

1. Every day, Mary. clean (clean) her room.

2. At the moment, Mary is sweeping (sweep) the floor.
3. Yesterday, Mary washed (wash) the dishes.
4. Peter and Ann usually helped (help) their mother.
5. The children raked (rake) all the leaves last year.
6. Right now they are walking (walk) the dog.
7. We take (take) out the trash every week.
8. They are washing (wash) the windows today.
9. Look! Nina is iron (iron) the laundry.
10. My parents always clean (clean) up the closet.
11. Listen! Do (do) the dishes!
12. Sonya folded (fold) the laundry three weeks ago.
13. Every winter we decorate (decorate) the house with lights.
14. She is working (work) in the garden at the moment.
15. Last Christmas they baked (bake) a tasty cake.
16. She working (work) in the garden every spring.
17. My sister is sweeeping (sweep) the floor now.
18. We is studying (study) biology at school this year.
19. Parents love (love) their children.
20. My grandma made (make) a surprise for my last birthday.
21. My grandma make (make) a surprise for my birthday every year.
22. They is eating (eat) soup right now.
23. Look! That child is dusting (dust) the furniture!
24. Mother mops (mop)the floor on Tuesday.
25. We watered (water)the grass two years ago

C. Divide the words and phrases in the box into the table below, according to the verb tense they indicate.

yesterday now ten minutes ago usually every summer last year
sometimes today currently never all the time this week last week
right now hardly ever this month every morning at the moment the day
before yesterday last weekend

SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT CONTINUOUS SIMPLE PAST

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grass two yearsusually
ago. now Yesterday

every summer today Ten minutes ago

sometimes currently Last years

never this week Last week

all the time right now The day before

yesterday
hardly ever this month
Last weekend
every morning at the moment

D. Answer the question with complete sentences.

1.What do we use the simple present to talk about?

We use the simple present to talk about natural processes, routines and things that are always true.

2.What do we use the present continuous to talk about?

We use the simple present to talk about things that are happening now or plans for the future.
 3. What do we use the simple past to talk about?

We simple past to talk about things that began and ended in the past.

E. Rewrite the paragraph with the correct capitalization and punctuation.

well its another rainy day i wonder what i will do first i think ill take a walk around the neighborhood to stretch my legs
second ill cook a big breakfast with toast fruit eggs and bacon after that i might mow my lawn its getting pretty long im
not sure what ill do after that i guess i should go see my mother i think she wants me to go grocery shopping with her i
have no idea why she cant just go by herself or better still she could ask my dad to go with her i doubt he will want to go
with her though he dislikes going to the grocery store as much as i do

Well, it's another rainy day. I wonder what I will do? First, I think I'll take a walk around the neighborhood to
stretch my legs. Second, I'll cook a big breakfast, with toast, fruit, eggs and bacon. After that, I might I mow my
lawn. It's getting pretty long. I'm not sure what I"ll do after that. I guess I should go see my mother. I think she
wants me to go grocery shopping with her. I have no idea why she can't just go by herself, or better still, she
could ask my dad to go with her, though. I doubt he will want to go with her, though. He dislikes going to the
grocery store as much I as I do.

F. Listen to the speaker and fill the gaps with the missing words.

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, as you probably already know, is (l) a city in Australia, a country with a population of 23 million
people. Sydney (2) is not the capital city of Australia (that's Canberra), (3) but the largest city, and it's
perhaps the most well-known Australian city in other countries of the world. (4) There are about 4.6 million
people who live in Sydney. I love Sydney (5) because it's a very modern, international city, with people from
all over the world. There are also (6) many interesting places to visit, like the Sydney Opera House and the
Royal Botanic Gardens (7) where you can see thousands of large bats called 'flying foxes'. (8) Also, there are
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manygrass two years
wonderful ago. and fantastic art galleries where you can (9) see the works of famous artists. If you
museums
want (10) to play or watch sports, you can enjoy the Sydney Cricket Ground or the Sydney Football Stadium.
With a great climate (not too hot, and not too cold), and a beautiful view of the Tasman Sea, it's (11) not
surprising that this city continues to attract about two to three million international tourists each year.

G. Write the simple past form of the following irregular verb.

Base form Past 38. leave left

simple

1. be was/were 39. lose lost

2. becom became 40. make made

e

3. bite bit 41. mean meant

4. break broke 42. meet met

 5. bring brought 43. pay paid

6. build built 44. put put

7. bury buried 45. read read

8. catch caught 46. ride rode

9. choose chose 47. ring rang

10. come came 48. run ran

11. cut cut 49. say said

12. dig dug 50. see saw

13. do did 51. sell sold

14. draw drew 52. send sent

15. drink drank 53. show showed

16. drive rove 54. sing sang

17. eat ate 55. sink sank

18. fall fell 56. sit sat

19. feed
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(water) 57. sleep slept
grass two years ago.
20. feel felt 58. slide slid

21. find found 59. speak spoke

22. fly flew 60. spend spent

23. forget forgot 61. steal stole

24. get got 62. stick stuck

25. give gave 63. study studied

26. go went 64. swim swam

27. grow grew 65. take took

28. hang hung 66. teach taught

 29. have had 67. tell told

30. hear heard 68. think thought

31. hide hid 69. tidy tidied

32. hold held 70. try tried

33. hurry hurried 71. understan understoo

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d

34. hurt hurt 72. wake woke

35. keep kept 73. wear wore

36. know knew 74. win won

37. learn learnt 75. write wrote

H. Write ten sentences using the simple past form of ten different irregular verbs from the list in Part G. Each sentence
must be at least eight words long.

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grass two years ago.
1. She left for the airport early yesterday morning.
2. He lost his keys and had to call a locksmith.
3. The chef made a delicious lasagna for dinner last night.
4. The joke he told meant nothing to me.
5. They met at the park and talked for hours.
6. I paid for the groceries with my credit card.
7. She read an entire book in one sitting yesterday.
8. They rode their bikes along the river trail.
9. He ran a marathon last year and finished first.
10. I wrote a heartfelt letter to my grandmother last week.