WORKSHEET 20
SUBJECT : Tense Review (Present Simple / Present Continuous / Simple Past)
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.