SUBJECT : Tense Review (Present Simple / Present Continuous / Simple Past)

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A) Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets in the PRESENT CONTINUOUS or

PRESENT SIMPLE:



1. Please be quiet. I ………………………………… (try) to read the paper.

2. This is a very quiet town. Where ……………………………………. (people / go) in the evenings?

3. John ……………………………. (drink) milk every night, but now he …………………...

(drink) tea.

4. What ………………………………………. (you / do) with all that paper and glue?

5. I …………………………………….. (not / use) the computer at the moment so you can use it.

6. ………………………………………………………. (Karen and John / ever / write) to you?



B) PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT SIMPLE in context. Put in the right form of

the verb in brackets:



Laura : Hello, George! What ……………………………………… (you / do) these days?

George : Hi, Laura. I ……………………………….. (learn) French and Spanish at college.

What about you?

Laura : Me? Oh, I ……………………………… (work) at a Travel Agency until August.

George : ………………………………………. (you / like) it?

Laura : Yes, I do. I …………………………… (work) in the shop most mornings, and

three afternoons a week the manager ………………….. (tell) me about the travel

business. I …………………… (work) quite long hours. I ……………………….

(not / get) home until six, but I ………………………. (prefer) that to not having

enough to do.

George : Yes, I …………………………… (work) hard too at the moment.It ………………

(become) more and more difficult to get a job using languages. They …………….

(ask) for higher and higher exam grades all the time.

Laura : You can do it, George. You ……………… (be) clever.

George : Thanks. Laura.



C) Put the verbs in brackets into PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT SIMPLE:



It …. is ….. winter and the snow ………………………….. (fall). It usually …………………

(snow) in January here. Betty and James …………………………………… (play) in the garden.

They …………………………………… (build) a snowman and they ……………………………

(throw) snowballs. They …………………………… (like) the snow very much! Their mother and father ………………………………… (not / like) it. They always ………………………….. (stay) in the house when it is cold. Mother usually ………………………….. (watch) TV and Father …………………………… (listen) to the radio or ………………………… (read) a book. At the moment they ……………………………….. (sit) in the living-room. Mother ……………

……………………. (write) a letter and Father …………………………………… (read) a book.