Name: _________________________ Date: __/__ /__ Teacher: Giuliana Orrillo.

BASIC VII

 PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE. 3. Complete the dialogues with Present Simple.

1.A: ________ you _________ (like) my new multimedia
1. Make questions and negatives: player?
a) He works at a hospital. B: Yes, _________.
................................................................................. A: It __________ (play) music and video, too.
................................................................................. B: ________ you _________ (have) any good video
b) Jane goes to school every day. clips on it?
................................................................................. A: No, __________.
................................................................................. But I __________ (have) some great songs.
c) You like playing with your computer.
................................................................................. 2.A: How often ________ Jake _________ (go) to the gym?
................................................................................. B: Well, he _______________ (usually/go) on weekdays.
d) Their father is a firefighter. On the weekend, he __________ (play) basketball with
................................................................................. his friends.
................................................................................. A: What about football?
B: He _______________ (not like) football.

2. Write the correct sentences using adverbs of

frequency: 4. Complete the questions for the answers below.
a) Mary/ meet/ her friends/ at a cafe. (often) 1. A: ………………………………………... dinner?
..................................................................................... B: She always come home late and has dinner at
b) I/ be/ late/ for school. (never) around 9pm.
..................................................................................... 2. A: …………………………………………shopping?
c) They/ make/ their beds in the morning. (sometimes) B: We usually go on Saturdays.
..................................................................................... 3. A: ………………………………………. magazines?
B: No, he doesn’t.
d) Carla/ cook/ dinner/ on Sundays. (rarely)
4. A: ………………………………………………….?
..................................................................................... B: R&B and rock.
e) Jim/ play tennis/ after school? (always) 5. A: …………………on the phone with her friends?
.................................................................................... B: No, she doesn’t. She always sends text messages.

 PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE.

6. Correct the mistakes:
5. Make questions and negatives: a) We eating a lot of sweets at the moment. .......
a) They are wearing jeans.
.............................................................................................. b) Joanna is drive a car now. ...............
............................................................................................ c) My friends are plant a tree in the park. ............
b) You are cooking dinner.
.............................................................................................. d) I is meeting my cousin on Monday. .................
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c) It is snowing today. e) They am swimming in the lake. .......................
.............................................................................................. f) I am study Maths now. ....................................
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d) He is listening to music. g) You’re fly a plane at the moment. ....................
....................................................................... ...................
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2.A: _______ Kyle ____________ (work) today?
B: No, he has the day off.
7. Complete the dialogues with the present progressive. A: Oh, so where is he? ______ he ___________
(visit) his parents?
1.A: Hey Kevin. What ______ you _________ (do)? B: No, he ______________ (not visit) his parents.
B: I’____________ (get) my backpack ready for my trip. He’s at the furniture shop. He _____________
A: Really? Where ________ you __________ (go)? (look for) furniture for his new apartment.
B: I’____________ (visit) my cousin. A: Really? _______ he ___________ (buy) a new
A: So, ______ you _________ (go) to Scotland? TV, too?
B: Yes, I am. My brother and I ____________ (go) B: I don’t know. Why?
together. A: Because I want his old one.
 A. Fill in the blanks with Present simple or Present Progressive tense.
1. A: Hey! _________ you ________ (come) to the city centre tonight?
B: No, I _________________ (study) for an English exam.
A: But you ________________ (usually/go) out with your friends on Friday evenings.
B: Yes, but tonight I can’t.

2. A: Helen ________________(stay) with her parents these days because

she __________________(look for) a new flat.
B:They _______________ (live) at 24 Bell Road.

3. A: What _________ you ___________ (do)

B: I ____________ (make) dinner. ______ you _______ (want) to ________
(stay) and eat with us?
A: Sorry I can’t. My parents and I _____________ (go) to a restaurant later.

C. Circle the correct form of the verb in each sentence.

1. I know / am knowing a lot of people in this university. 2. He studies / is
studying in the library at the moment. 3. “The Godfather”! I ’m loving / love that
movie!. 4. Do you want / Are you wanting to leave now? 5. She’s Italian but now
she speaks /is speaking French. 6. They like / are liking the food in this
restaurant. 7. Do you understand / Are you understanding the teacher? 8. Look!
That man steals / is stealing your bag. 9. I’m going on a trip tonight so, I am
needing / need a new jacket. 10. Do you know / Are you knowing the writer.
A. Fill in with Simple Past form of the verb:
Noises in the night
It _________ (be) about two o’clock in the morning, and … suddenly I __________ (wake) up. I
_________ (hear) a noise. I ________ (get) out of bed and _________ (go) slowly downstairs. There
____________ (be) a light on in the living room. I _____________ (listen) carefully. I _________ (can)
hear two men speaking very quietly. ‘Burglars!’ I ___________ (think). ‘Two burglars!’ Immediately I
_________ (run) back upstairs and ________(phone) the police. I _________(be) really frightened and I
_________ (not can) move. Fortunately the police ____________(arrive) quickly. They _______________
(open) the front door and __________(go) into the living room. Then they _____________ (come) upstairs
to find me. ‘It’s all right now, sir,’ they _____________ (explain). ‘We _______________(turn) the
television off for you!’

B) Use the prompts to complete the dialogue. Use short answers where possible.
1. Bart So, Lisa (where/you/be/last week?) ____________________________________________
2. Lisa (I/be/Cancun) _____________________________________________________________
3. Bart Really? (you/have/good/time?) ________________________________________________
4. Lisa Yes, _________. (I/have/wonderful time!) _______________________________________
5. Bart (how long/you/stay/in Cancun?) _______________________________________________
6. Lisa (I/be/there/for/six days.) _____________________________________________________
7. Bart (what/you/do/there?) ________________________________________________________
8. Lisa (I/go/sightseeing/and/go/beach) ________________________________________________
9. Bart (who/you/be/with?) _________________________________________________________
10. Lisa (I/be/my best friend) ________________________________________________________
11. Bart (weather/be/good?) _________________________________________________________
12. Lisa Yes, (it/be/nice and sunny) ___________________________________________________
Bart Wow! I want to go to Cancun, too.

C Make an affirmative sentence, negative sentence or question using ‘used to + infinitive’:

1. I / live in a flat when I was a child.

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2. We / go to the beach every summer?
_______________________________________________________________
3. She / love eating chocolate, but now she hates it.
_______________________________________________________________
4. My grandfather / not / smoke.
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5. I / play tennis when I was at school.
_______________________________________________________________
6. Tony / be able to speak French, but he has forgotten it all.
_______________________________________________________________
7. He / play golf every weekend?
_______________________________________________________________
8. They both / have short hair.
_______________________________________________________________
9. Julie / study Portuguese.
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 There _____ [ be ] two families in

Florence: the Capulets and the Montagues.

These families _________ [ not-love ] each

other and always ______ [ fight ]. One day

they ___ [ have ] a big argument and the Prince

____ [ say ] that another time the person

_____ [ start ] the fight will be punished.

That night there ____ [ be ] a party in

Capulet’s house for her girl Juliet. Romeo and his

friend ______ [ go ] to this party.

In the party, Romeo and Juliet ____ [ see ] The prince ______ [ let ] Romeo go. They

each other and ______ [ fall ] in love at the ______ [ cry ] but can’t do anything. Romeo

first sight. Romeo and Juliet ______ [ be ] very ______ [ go ]. Juliet’s family _____ [ decide ]

happy during the party. But, at the end of the marry her with Count Paris. She _____ [ want ]

party they ______ [ learn ] they ________ help from Friar Lawrence. He ______ [ give ]

[ be ] enemies of each other. her a medicine to take it and look dead. She

After the party Romeo ______ [ go ] to ____ [ do ] the same. Her family ____ [ think ]

Juliet’s house and ______ [ talk ] to Juliet she is dead and ______ [ put ] her in the tomb.

under her window. They ______ [ decide ] to Lawrence ______ [ write ] a letter to Romeo to

get married. tell the truth but the letter gets lost.

Next day, they ______ [ go ] to the Romeo ______ [ come ] to Juliet’s tomb with

church and Friar Lawrence ______ [ marry ] poison. He ______ [ fight ] with Count Paris

them secretly, because he ______ [ think ] there and kills him. Then he ______ [ take ]

their marriage will bring peace for the families. the poison and ____ [ die ].Juliet ___ [ wake ]

They _________ [ not-tell ] anything to up and sees him. She ______ [ take ] his knife

anybody because it isn’t safe yet. and _____ [ kill ] herself. Everyone _______

One day, Romeo’s cousin and Juliet’s cousin [ come ] to the tomb and sees them. Friar

______ [ fight ]. Romeo ______ [ not-fight ] Lawrence ______ [ tell ] the Montagues and

but his cousin is killed. So he ______ [ kill ] the Capulets the truth. They _____ [ feel ] bad

Juliet’s cousin. and ____ [ promise ] to be nice to each other.