NAME______________________________________ 1 Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or present continuous of the verbs in brackets. 0 The bus________________________(not stop) outside the cinema. 1 Fiona____________________________(not work) today. She is at home. 2 The boys are outside. They_______________________(sit) in the garden. 3 I_______________________(not speak) Spanish very well, but I understood what he said. 4 My sister______________________(read) a lot. She has got a lot of books. 5 Is Emma on the phone to Kate again? She____________________________(always/talk) to her! 6 I_______________________________(always/start) work at seven. 7 Who__________________________(make) that awful noise? I cannot stand it. 8 ______________________________(it/get) very cold here in the winter?
2 Complete the conversations. Use the present simple or
present continuous of the verbs in brackets. _________________________________(you/want) to come to the cinema with us tomorrow evening? Thanks, but I cannot. I___________________________(see) Nicole and Kelly then.
Is your driving test today? ______________________________(you/feel)
nervous? Yes, a bit. I___________________________(think) it is going to be quite difficult.
Is Mark here? Yes. He___________________________(listen) to some music in
his room. Oh yes, I can hear it. It________________________(sound) good.
Are you OK? You________________________(look) a bit worried. I am OK.
I_______________________(think) about how to help my brother. He has got a lot of problems at college. Maybe he________________________(need) professional help. There are some good advisors there.
3 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past
continuous of the verbs in brackets. 0 Sarah was not here in June. She______________________________(travel) round Europe. 1 This time last year we___________________________(plan) that big concert. 2 The museum was quite crowded when I visited it. A teacher__________________________(take) a group of schoolchildren round and they__________________________(draw) some of the objects. 3 The police___________________________(not believe) his story. 4 It was eight o'clock in the morning. I was still in bed and my brother________________________(get) ready for school. 5 I did not eat anything for lunch because I_______________________(not like) the food in the cafeteria. 6 We____________________________(not do) anything at ten. We were really tired. 7 It was chaos last night at the airport. Thousands of people_________________________(wait) for flights. 8 We________________________(not want) to go, but we had to. 9 Rachel called earlier this morning. She_________________________(sound) very upset. 10 I__________________________(listen) to my new CD, so I did not hear the phone.
4 Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the
verbs in brackets. 0 Ben_____________________________(eat) two burgers but he was still hungry. 1 Sally_________________________(read) the book but she could not remember the story.
2 Although he____________________________(buy) a ticket, he decided not to
go to the concert. 3 William decided to celebrate because he__________________________(pass) his exam. 4 It was the first time we_________________________(meet) her.