EX. 1. ADD -ING TO THE FOLLWING VERBS.

LEAVE - ………………… STUDY - …………………

STAND - ………………… READ - …………………

LIVE - ………………… WRITE - …………………

SWIM - ………………… TRY - …………………

COOK - ………………… PUT - …………………

FLY - ………………… LIE - …………………

Ex. 2 . MAKE SHORT FORMS FROM THE GIVEN SENTENCES.

a) John is playing videogames.

………………………………………………………..…………………………………

b) His dog is sleeping in the garden.

………………………………………………………..…………………………………

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 c) They are talking outside the house.
………………………………………………………..…………………………………

d) I am not studying.
………………………………………………………..…………………………………

Ex. 3. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF VERB “TO BE”

a) My sister ……… surfing the net.

b) His brothers ……… reading in the bedroom.

c) The mouse ……… eating cheese.

d) My parents ……… sleeping.

e) I ……… singing.

f) Caroline ……… dancing ballet.

g) We.............doing exercises.

h) My father..............watering the plants.

Ex. 4. MAKE NEGATIVES FROM THE GIVEN SENTENCES.

a) Sara and Tom are playing tennis together now.

………………………………………………..……………………

b) Jim is not going to school in the morning.

………………………………………………..……………………

c) I am reading a book.

………………………………………………..……………………

d) We are studying for a test.

…………………………………………………………………….

e) My mother is shopping in the market.

…………………………………………………………………….
Ex. 5. MAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE GIVEN SENTENCES.

a) My best friends are going to the beach.

………………………………………………..……………………

b) I am watching a football match on TV.

………………………………………………..……………………

c) My sister is studying Biology at the moment.

………………………………………………..……………………

d) Samuel is running in the park.

……………………………………………………………………..

e) The teacher is explaining a new topic.

……………………………………………………………………..

f) The dogs are sunbathing in the garden.

…………………………………………………………………….

Ex. 6. WRITE THE SENTENCE USING PRESENT CONTINUOUS

HE / SLEEP SHE / TEACH HE / PLAY FOOTBALL

HE / READ THE NEWSPAPER THEY / RIDE THEIR BIKES

Ex. 7. LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND GIVE THE CORRECT ANSWERS.

Example: Is Sara sitting? Yes, she is.

Is Marcos eating? Is the boy running? Are the bees sleeping?

……………………………… ……………………………… ………………………………

Is the girl dancing? Is the woman cooking? Are you playing rugby?

……………………………… ……………………………… ………………………………

Is Leo playing Are they cooking? Is the man sleeping?

videogames?
……………………………… ………………………………
………………………………
Ex. 8. WRITE THE THIRD PERSON SINGULAR OF THESE VERBS.

Ex. 8. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.

6) Megan (work / works) in a library.

7) Tomas (run / runs) in the park three times a week.
8) My parents (go / goes) to church every Sunday.
9) I never (drink / drinks) milk for breakfast.
10) My dog (eat / eats) vegetables.

Ex. 9. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.

Ex. 10. TURN INTO NEGATIVE SENTENCES.

6) Mary has ballet classes twice a week.

7) Pedro and Sophie go to school by bus.
8) My mother cooks very well.
9) Charly fixes bicycles.
10) The students have English classes on Monday.

Ex. 11. WRITE QUESTIONS AND NEGATIONS AS IN THE EXAMPLE

EXAMPLE: Tom lives in England. → Does Tom live in England? Tom doesn’t live in England.

a) Mr Simpson teaches Chemistry.

…………………………………………………………………………
b) You like playing computer games.
…………………………………………………………………………
c) John and Sue work in a café.
…………………………………………………………………………
d) We do the shopping on Saturdays.
…………………………………………………………………………
e) The baby cries all the time.
…………………………………………………………………………

Ex. 12. MATCH THE QUESTIONS TO THE ANSWERS.

1. What time does she get up? A. She goes to bed at 10:00.

2. How does she go to school? B. She walks to school.

3. Does she have breakfast every day? C. She gets up at 7:00.

4. What does she do in the afternoon? D. No, she doesn’t.

5. When does she go to bed? E. She does her homework

Ex. 13. COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS.

Ex. 14. READ THE PARAGRAPH BELOW AND DO THE EXERCISES.

Sophie is eleven years old and she lives in Brighton, England.

She usually gets up at half past seven. She has a shower, gets dressed and then shebrushes
her teeth. After that, she goes downstairs and has breakfast. For breakfast she usually has milk, toast
and orange juice. Then, she brushes her teeth again because she likes them white and healthy!
At ten past eight, she takes her school bag and goes to the bus stop to catch the school bus.
Classes start at half past eight and finish at half past four. She usually has lunchat the school canteen
with her schoolmates at about 12 o’clock. Her best friend is Amy andSophie always sits next to her at
lunch.
After school, she returns home and does her homework. She is a very hard-workingpupil and
she never misses a school task! After homework, she usually listens to music andwatches television a bit.
At nine, it is time for dinner. After that, she usually reads a book or chats with her parents for a
while.

Finally, she goes to bed at about ten o’clock, but before that she brushes her teeth.
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 a) ORDER SOPHIE’S DAILY ROUTINE.

She gets dressed.

She catches the bus to school.
She has lunch at school.
She listens to music.
She gets up.
She does her homework.
She has a shower.
She has dinner.

b) ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT.

a. What time does Sophie get up?

…………………………………………………………………………
b. Does she usually have a shower?
…………………………………………………………………………
c. What does she eat for breakfast?
…………………………………………………………………………
d. What does she drink for breakfast?
…………………………………………………………………………
e. What does she do after breakfast?
…………………………………………………………………………
f. Does she go to school on foot?
…………………………………………………………………………
g. What time does school start?
…………………………………………………………………………
h. What time does it finish?
…………………………………………………………………………
i. Where does Sophie usually have lunch?
…………………………………………………………………………
j. What does Sophie do when she returns home?
…………………………………………………………………………
EX. 15. COMPLETE THE CHART AND WRITE SENTENCES.

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EX. 16. READ THE TWO TEXTS CAREFULLY. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

1. What does Isabel usually do on Saturday mornings?

2. What is she doing this Saturday?
3. What does Mark usually do on Christmas day?
4. What is he doing this Christmas?

Underline the verbs in the two text, compare between the verbs that describe habits (usually) and
the verbs that describe actions at the time of speaking (this Saturday/ Christmas…/ Now …) .
Then complete the rules:

a) When we describe habits, we put the verb in the.....................................................tense.

b) When we describe actions at the time of speaking, we put the verb in the
……………………….………….. tense.

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EX. 17.COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT LEO BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT TENSE.

‘On my birthday I (go/ sometimes)……………………… out with friends, or I (go).................out to a

restaurant with my family. My Mum (make/ usually)..................................me a birthday cake. My Dad and
sisters (get/ usually)......................................me birthday presents.’

But this birthday is different! It’s Leo’s eighteenth birthday, so now he’s
an adult. This morning he got a lot of presents. Now he (have)
…………………………… a big party with all his friends. They
(dance)……………….. and (sing) ……………………………….. They (eat)
……………………………. delicious food and cakes, and
(drink)……………………………. different sweet drinks. Leo (wear)
……………………………….. a blue jacket.

Ex. 18. WRITE IN YOUR FOLDER A SHORT PARAGRAPH TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU USUALLY
DO, AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.

EX. 19. WRITE THE VERBS IN PRESENT SIMPLE

1.- Martin.......................(wash) his car every Friday.

2.-Daniel always......................(run) in the marathon.

3.- Martha.......................(not laugh) with my jokes.

4.- Lorena often.......................(wear) sunglasses.

5.-The baby often.......................(sleep) in the afternoon.

6.-William.......................(not tidy) his bedroom.

7.-Leonor.......................(help) her father in the shop.

8.-We sometimes.......................(eat) fish and chips.

9.-Patricia.......................(not understand) English.

10.-Miriam.......................(dust) the furniture.

11.-That woman.......................(go) shopping on Mondays.

12.-Ralph.......................(have) a nap after lunch.

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13.-My granddad.......................(smoke) a pipe.

14.-You.......................(watch) television in the pub.

15.-These men.......................(repair) my windows

16.-Josephine never.......................(do) her homework.

17.-Blanca......................visit) her uncle at the weekend.

18.-Today the sun.......................(shine)

19.-The wind.......................(blow) at night.

20.- Lorenzo.......................(not ride) his horse.

EX. 20. WRITE THE VERBS IN PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1.-Look! The bus.......................(come)

2.-Julia.......................(teach) Spanish this term.

3.-Carol.......................(study) French right now.

4.-The kids.......................(sing) a song.

5.-We.......................(not surf) in the web.

6.- Tina.......................(wear) a black dress.

7.-My brothers.......................(sit) on a bench.

8.-Barbara.......................(go) to school.

9.-Christine.......................(travel) by plane.

10.-Those cats.......................(play) with a ball.

11.-That bird.......................(fly) very high.

12.-The mechanic.......................(mend) the cars.

13.-My sister.......................(do) some housework.

14.-At the moment it.......................(snow)

15.-My mother.......................(bake) biscuits

16.-The Harrison family.......................(enjoy) the football match.

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17.-Alice.......................(prepare) the party.

18.-We.......................(break) anything.

19.-Tom and Anne.......................(behave) correctly.

20.-My neighbour.......................(plant) some trees.

EX. 21. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION: EX. 22. WRITE THE VERBS IN
PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

1.- The doctor................... in the local hospital now.

a) works b) is working 1.-Katherine ………..…. (work) in the

2.- Michael..................shopping with his father on farm this summer.

Friday. 2.-John often………..… (go) to bed late

a) goes b) is going on Saturdays.

3.-Alan usually...................(brush) his
3.-Roberto ……….…. (catch) the bus in the morning.
teeth..
a) catches b) is catching

4.- The girl often................. (drink) milk for breakfast. 4.-They ……………..(run) to catch the

a) drinks b) is drinking bus now.

5.-Sarah.................... (hate) eating soup.
5.- It’s 9.00pm and my family..................dinner.
6.-My cousin...................(live) in San
a) has b) is having
Francisco at the moment.
6.-Claire...................her lessons at 2,15pm
7.-Some teachers..................... (correct)
a) is finishing b) finishes
the exams right now.
7.- Paula and you..................the new magazine now.
8.-Lucia sometimes ………….….
a) are reading b) read
(participate) in the festival.

9.-The photographer always ………..…..

(take) nice photos.

10.-Listen! They..................... (play) your

favourite song.

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EX. 23. UNDERLINE THE TIME EXPRESSION AND COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT
TENSE

1. I always (read) a book.

2. She (cook) dinner every day.
3. Tom usually (drink) coffee in the morning, but today he
(drink) tea.
4. The students (surf) the net at the moment.
5. The baby (sleep) now.
6. Kate (meet) friends every Friday.
7. We (have) dinner at night.
8. Peter (not / work) in the garden now. He (watch) TV.
9. Maria (not / go) to school in the morning. She
(go) to school in the
afternoon.
10. John always (do) karate in the afternoon, but today he (play) tennis.
11. We (have) a picnic at the moment.
12. Susan and Zoe often (go) shopping on Saturday.
13. My granddad (have) a nap on the sofa at the moment.
14. My sister always (drink) two cups of coffee for breakfast.
15. I never (ride) a bike.
16. My friends (do) homework now.

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 EX. 24. TURN THE FOLLOWING EX. 25. COMPLETE WITH WAS OR WERE.

SENTENCES INTO THE PAST.

She sad yesterday.
a- Tom is my friend.
We at the zoo last weekend.

b- We are at home. Mum and dad at the

restaurant.

c- Lucy and Kary are sixteen years old.

d- They at the disco club
last weekend.

d- They are from Australia. e- You late for school

yesterday.

e- My sister is happy. f- I very hungry.

It cold last Monday.

f- I am a student
She in Buenos Aires in 2008.

i- Tom and Bill best friends.

EX. 26. LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE AND WRITE SENTENCES

EX. 27. CHOOSE A FAMOUS PERSON FROM THE PAST AND WRITE SENTENCES.

…………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………..

EX. 28. CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION. EX. 29. COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT PAST
FORM OF THE VERB TO BE.

EX. 30. ORDER THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER.

EXAMPLE: friend / was / your / beach / on / summer / last?

Was your friend on the beach last summer? Yes, she was.

1. in / the / Were / park / you / yesterday?

2. school / you and your friend/ Were / at / last month?

3. friend/ Was / your / yesterday / happy?

4. in/ you / Were / 2015 / Buenos Aires / in?

5. your / ago/ the / was / disco / one / friend / year / at?

 PAST TIME EXPRESSIONS

EX. 31. LOOK AT THE MAP ABOVE AND COMPLETE THE CHART WITH THEFOLLOWING WORDS.

EX. 32. COMPLETE WITH: “AGO”, “YESTERDAY”, “LAST” OR “IN”.

EX. 33. WHERE WERE YOU? WRITE SENTENCES WITH THE FOLLOWING TIME EXPRESSIONS.

EXAMPLE: Yesterday

I was in the park yesterday.

a- Last year: ………………………………………………………………………………..

b- Three days ago: ………………………………………………………………………………..
c- Last Saturday: ………………………………………………………………………………..
d- In 2015: ………………………………………………………………………………..

EX. 34. LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND WRITE SENTENCES

EX. 35. LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND WRITE SENTENCES. USE THE PHRASES IN THE BOX.
EX. 36. TURN THE SENTECES IN EX.34 IN THE NEGATIVE FORM

1. …………………………………………………………………….

2. …………………………………………………………………….

3. ……………………………………………………………………..

4. ……………………………………………………………………..

5. ……………………………………………………………………..

6. ……………………………………………………………………..

EX. 37. WHAT WERE THEY DOING WHEN BECKY ARRIVED HOME?
 1. Martin and Peter ……………………………………………………………………..

2. Mr Brandon …………………………………………………………………………..

3. Steve ………………………………………………………………………………….

4. Pam …………………………………………………………………………………..

5. Mrs Brandon …………………………………………………………………………

EX. 38. ANSWER ABOUT THE PICTURE IN EX. 36

EX. 39. USE THE PROMPTS TO WRITE AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE AND INTEROGATIVE
SENTENCES.
REGULAR VERBS

EX. 40. WRITE THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE FOLLOWING VERBS IN THE RIGTH COLUMN.
EX. 41. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS .

EX. 42. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE PAST SIMPLE NEGATIVE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS .
EX. 43. NOW, USE THE INTERROGATIVE FORM OF THE PAST SIMPLE. .

EX. 44. REWRITE THE SENTENCES BOTH IN THE NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE FORMS.

EX. 45. WRITE THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT COLUMN

EX. 46. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT PAST SIMPLE FORM OF THE VERBS IN THE
BOX

EX. 47. COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS, SENTENCES AND SHORT ANSWERS WITH THE WORDS
IN THE BOX
EX. 48. WRITE WHAT JEAN DID AND DID NOT DO YESTERDAY

EX. 49. REWRITE THE SENTENCES USING THE WORD AND SIGNS IN PARENTHESIS.

EX. 49. LOOK AT THE CHART AND ANSWER

 1- Did Clara eat pasta?
2- Did Tom watch a film?
3- Did Tom drink coffee?
4- Did Clara watch TV?
5- Did Tom listen to music?
6- Did Clara cook dinner?
7- Did Tom eat pasta?
8- Did Clara chat with friends?
9- Did Clara drink coffee?
10- Did Tom chat with friends?

EX. 50. READ THE BIOGRAPHY. COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS
IN BRACKETS.
EX. 51. READ THE NOTES AND WRITE THE BIOGRAPHY OF MICHAEL JACKSON