Present Simple / Present Continuous

Past Simple / Past Continuous

1. Listen! Somebody ………………………………….. the violin. (play)

2 As Sophie ___________(walk) up Regent Street she ___________(meet) an old
friend from college.
3. How often …………….. you ……………….. to the cinema? (go)
4. When ___________(father/arrive) yesterday?
He ___________(arrive) late. The train ___________(be)delayed due to an
accident.
5. ) Who ___________(you/ speak) to on the phone when I ___________(come)in?
6. Why …………….. you ………………………. at me now? (shout)
7. Shh! The baby …………………………….. asleep. (fall)
8. Mary ___________(read) in bed when she ___________(hear) a strange noise
downstairs.
9 …………….. you ………………….. who I am? (know)
10. When Mr. Lawrence ___________(leave) home at 8.30 this morning, the sun
___________(shine) brightly. However, by 10 o´clock it ___________(rain) heavily.
11. …………….. your parents ……………………… much coffee? (drink)
12. Look! The boys ……………………………….. football. (play)
13. Sebastian ___________(arrive) at Susan´s house a little before 11 a.m., but she
___________(not/be) there. She ___________(study) at the library.
14. ) The fireman ___________(rescue) a 75-year-old woman who ___________(be)
trapped on the second floor of the burning building.
15. Quick! They ……………………………………….. . (not look)
16. My best friend ………………………….. meat. She’s a vegetarian. (not eat)
17. ___________(you/do) any shopping yesterday?
18. Who ……………… you ………………………. to now? (talk)
19. Shh! Dad ……………………………………….. the news. (watch)
20. Yesterday Jane ___________(fall) and ___________(hurt) herself when she
___________(ride) her bicycle.
21. Where ……………. you …………………………? (live)
22. …………………. Sue …………………………. dark chocolate? (like)
23. We ………………………………………. on a school trip today. (go)
24. What ___________(Peter / do) when you ___________(knock) on his door?
25. Helen ___________(wear) her dress to the party last night.
26.I ………………………………………. a bike every day. Only at weekends. (not ride)
27.I ……………………………………….. to school this week. I’m ill. (not go)
28. We usually ………………………… the weekends in the mountains in our summer
house. (spend)
29.You ……………………………………… to me again! (not listen)
30. Rebecca ……………………………….. books. She …………………………………
films. (not read, prefer)

Read the following text about Alan and put the verbs in the right form.

Alan ……………….. (live) in Barcelona but at the moment he ………………..

(study) in a language school in London. He ……………….. (want) to improve his
English because next summer he ……………….. (move) to New York to work for a
company that ……………….. (make) computers. Alan is not

married and hasn’t got a girlfriend. He …………………….. (share) a flat with a friend
he ……………….. (meet) at university. Two years ago, he ……………….. (find) a job
as an accountant for a local supermarket but he ……………….. (not like) this job, he
……………….. (find) it boring so he ……………….. (decide) to apply for a post of a
computer technician in a very important firm in New York and fortunately he
……………….. (get) it. At the moment he ……………….. (study) very hard for an
exam he has next week. He ……………….. (hope) he will pass it. One week after the
exam, he ……………….. (come) back to Spain. He ……………….. (look) forward to
it. He ……………….. (miss)