We use this tense to talk about habits, facts, things according to a timetable and general truths.

We use this tense to talk about actions at the time of speaking or round the present and for future plans.

We use this tense to talk about an action which took place in the past and is usually finished.

We use this tense to describe an action that was in progress in the past. Its often used with while.

Fill in the blanks with the verbs in brackets in the right tense (present simple, present continuous, past simple or past continuous. 1.-Lisa . (read the newspaper in her office when her boss . (arrive . !e. (tell her off for not ha"ing finished the report he. (need urgently. #.-$y parents ne"er. (let me go out on weekdays when I (be a student. %ow when my own son.(ask me for permission to go out with his friends, I also (say no. !e often . (tell me that I . (become stricter and stricter. &.-$y aunt and uncle. (come from Italy this 'unday. (hey. (go to )ome three days ago and. (still/visit the city as there (be a lot of interesting things to see. *.-$ary (have a terrible accident when she . (drive to the office last $onday morning. + young man (help her and. (take her to hospital. (he doctors .. (still,examine her. (hey . (not think she will be able to lea"e the hospital till ne-t week. ..-What. (you do ne-t weekend/ 0 $y friends and I. (go to the cinema to see the last !arry 1otter film. -What about you/ 0$y girlfriends parents . (invite us to a friends party last (uesday. I . (not feel like going but my girlfriend would get angry with me if I. (refuse to go. 2.-!elen (live with a friend of hers till she (get a 3ob and (earn . enough money to rent her own flat. 4.-$um (cut her finger while she. (peel an orange. 'he (bleed . a lot and we. (have to take her to the doctor. 5ortunately as soon as she . (apply some ointment to the in3ury, the bleeding (stop immediately. 6.-When I. (leave the office yesterday afternoon it. (rain hea"ily. I. (hurry to the bus stop but unfortunately it. (leaving when I (get there. I . (decide to call a ta-i but when I (cross the street I. (fall down and. (hurt my arm. It is not broken but it still. (pain me a lot. 7.-+le-andra. (do her homework in her bedroom when she. (hear cries in the street. 'he. (look out of the window and. (see a man lying on the pa"ement. !e had 3umped from the building opposite hers. (here (be a lot of people looking at the dead body. 'he will ne"er forget that terrible scene. 18.-9ou . (look sad. Is there anything wrong/ 0$y girlfriend . (break up with me last week. 'he. (tell me she. (go out with another guy. 'he. (say she. (be fed up with me because I ne"er (let her do the things she really. (love doing.

We use this tense to talk about habits, facts, things according to a timetable and general truths.

We use this tense to talk about actions at the time of speaking or round the present and for future plans.

We use this tense to talk about an action which took place in the past and is usually finished.

We use this tense to describe an action that was in progress in the past. Its often used with while.

Fill in the blanks with the verbs in brackets in the right tense (present simple, present continuous, past simple or past continuous. 1.-Lisa . (read the newspaper in her office when her boss . (arrive . !e. (tell her off for not ha"ing finished the report he. (need urgently. #.-$y parents ne"er. (let me go out on weekdays when I (be a student. %ow when my own son.(ask me for permission to go out with his friends, I also (say no. !e often . (tell me that I . (become stricter and stricter. &.-$y aunt and uncle. (come from Italy this 'unday. (hey. (go to )ome three days ago and. (still/visit the city as there (be a lot of interesting things to see. *.-$ary (have a terrible accident when she . (drive to the office last $onday morning. + young man (help her and. (take her to hospital. (he doctors .. (still,examine her. (hey . (not think she will be able to lea"e the hospital till ne-t week. ..-What. (you do ne-t weekend/ 0 $y friends and I. (go to the cinema to see the last !arry 1otter film. -What about you/ 0$y girlfriends parents . (invite us to a friends party last (uesday. I . (not feel like going but my girlfriend would get angry with me if I. (refuse to go. 2.-!elen (live with a friend of hers till she (get a 3ob and (earn . enough money to rent her own flat. 4.-$um (cut her finger while she. (peel an orange. 'he (bleed . a lot and we. (have to take her to the doctor. 5ortunately as soon as she . (apply some ointment to the in3ury, the bleeding (stop immediately. 6.-When I. (leave the office yesterday afternoon it. (rain hea"ily. I. (hurry to the bus stop but unfortunately it. (leaving when I (get there. I . (decide to call a ta-i but when I (cross the street I. (fall down and. (hurt my arm. It is not broken but it still. (pain me a lot. 7.-+le-andra. (do her homework in her bedroom when she. (hear cries in the street. 'he. (look out of the window and. (see a man lying on the pa"ement. !e had 3umped from the building opposite hers. (here (be a lot of people looking at the dead body. 'he will ne"er forget that terrible scene. 18.-9ou . (look sad. Is there anything wrong/ 0$y girlfriend . (break up with me last week. 'he. (tell me she. (go out with another guy. 'he. (say she. (be fed up with me because I ne"er (let her do the things she really. (love doing.

We use this tense to talk about habits, facts, things according to a timetable and general truths.

We use this tense to talk about actions at the time of speaking or round the present and for future plans.

We use this tense to talk about an action which took place in the past and is usually finished.

We use this tense to describe an action that was in progress in the past. Its often used with while.

Fill in the blanks with the verbs in brackets in the right tense (present simple, present continuous, past simple or past continuous. 1.-Lisa was reading (read the newspaper in her office when her boss arrived (arrive . !e told (tell her off for not ha"ing finished the report he needed (need urgently. #.-$y parents ne"er let (let me go out on weekdays when I was (be a student. %ow when my own son asks (ask me for permission to go out with his friends, I also say (say no. !e often tells (tell me that I am becoming (become stricter and stricter. &.-$y aunt and uncle are coming (come from Italy this 'unday. (hey went (go to )ome three days ago and are still visiting (still/visit the city as there are (be a lot of interesting things to see. *.-$ary had (have a terrible accident when she was driving (drive to the office last $onday morning. + young man helped (help her and took (take her to hospital. (he doctors are still examining (still,examine her. (hey dont think (not think she will be able to lea"e the hospital till ne-t week. ..-What are you doing (you do ne-t weekend/ 0 $y friends and I are going (go to the cinema to see the last !arry 1otter film. -What about you/ 0$y girlfriends parents invited (invite us to a friends party last (uesday. I dont feel (not feel like going but my girlfriend would get angry with me if I refused (refuse to go. 2.-!elen is living (live with a friend of hers till she gets (get a 3ob and (earn earns enough money to rent her own flat. 4.-$um cut cut her finger while she was peeling (peel an orange. 'he (bleed was bleeding a lot and we had to (have to take her to the doctor. 5ortunately as soon as she applied (apply some ointment to the in3ury, the bleeding stopped (stop immediately. 6.-When I left (leave the office yesterday afternoon it was raining (rain hea"ily. I hurried (hurry to the bus stop but unfortunately it was leaving (leaving when got I (get there. I decided (decide to call a ta-i but when I was crossing (cross the street I fell (fall down and hurt (hurt my arm. It is not broken but it still pains (pain me a lot. 7.-+le-andra was doing (do her homework in her bedroom when she heard (hear cries in the street. 'he looked (look out of the window and saw (see a man lying on the pa"ement. !e had 3umped from the building opposite hers. (here were (be a lot of people looking at the dead body. 'he will ne"er forget that terrible scene. 18.-9ou look (look sad. Is there anything wrong/ 0$y girlfriend broke (break up with me last week. 'he told (tell me she was going (go out with another guy. 'he said (say she was (be fed up with me because I ne"er let (let her do the things she really loves (love doing.