Exercise 1.Present Continuous, Present Simple, Past Simple or Future Simple.

1. We_______________________________ (to go) on a tramp last Sunday. 2. __________your

brother ______________________________(to go) to the country with us next Sunday? 3. Granny
_______________________(not to cook) dinner now. 4. We________________________ (to
cook) our meals on a fire last summer. 5. My sister ___________________________(to wash) the
dishes every morning. 6. When_________ you______________ (to go) to school? 7. What_______
you ________________________(to prepare) for breakfast tomorrow? 8. _______________you (to
invite)____________________________ your cousin to stay with you next summer? 9. How you
______________________(to help) your sister last summer? 10. I____________________ (to
send) a letter to my friend tomorrow. 11. Every morning on the way to school I______________
(to meet) my friends. 12. My friend ___________________________(to go) to the library every
Wednesday. 13. He_________________________ (not to go) to the country yesterday. 14. Why
____________you____________________ (to go) to the shop yesterday? 15. We ____________
(to grow) tomatoes next summer. 16. What_______ you ______________ (to do) now? 17. He
_______________________(to sleep) now. 18. Where ____________ your father ____________
(to work) last year? 19. You _______________________ (to go) to the south next summer! 20. He
_________________________(not to watch) TV yesterday. 21. Yesterday we ______________-
(to write) a test-paper. 22. 1 __________________________(to buy) a very good book last
Tuesday. 23. My granny___________________________ (not to buy) bread yesterday. 24. What
____________you ___________________(to buy) at the shop tomorrow? 25. Don't make noise!
Father_______________________ (to work).

Exercise 2.Present Continuous, Present Simple, Past Simple or Future Simple.

1, Various kinds of sports _____________________(to be) popular in Russia. 2. Both children and
grown-ups ____________________________(to be) fond of sports. 3. What __________________
(to be) the matter with her? She _______________________(to be) so excited. – I_____________
(not to know). 4. Where _________you ___________ (to go)? - - I ______________________(to
go) to the Dynamo stadium to see the match which __________________________(to take) place
there today. 5. ___________you____________________ (to know) that very interesting
match________________________ (to take) place last Sunday? 6. He _______________________
(to go) to the south a week ago, 7. When I_______________________ (to be) about fifteen years
old, I __________________________(to enjoy) playing football. 8. Our football team
_______________________ (to win) many games last year. 9. Where _______________(to be)
Boris? – He __________________________ (to play) chess with his friend. 10. 1 ______________
(to be) sorry I (to miss) the match yesterday. But I____________________ (to know) the score. It
-____________________(to be) 4 to 2 in favour of the Spartak team. 11. Nellie_______________
(to leave) for Moscow tomorrow, 12.1 ____________________(to be) in a hurry. My friends
______________________ (to wait) for me. 13. You ______________________(to be) at the
theatre yesterday. _________you (to like) the opera? — Oh yes, I _________________(to enjoy) it
greatly. 14. ________________you_________________________ (to go) to London next
summer?

Ex.1 Past Simple or Past Continuous.

I. They __________________(to meet) at the station two hours ago, 2. Where_______________
you______________________ (to spend) last Sunday? 3. We _________________(to be) in a
hurry because only twenty minutes___________________ (to be) left before the beginning of the
performance. 4. I____________________ (to play) the violin when my friend-_______________
(to come) in. He _________________________(to invite) me to the theatre and I______________
(to accept) the invitation with pleasure. 5. He _____________________(to ring) up his friend and
-__________________(to ask) him about the homework, 6, When I_______________ (to come) to
the theatre, my friend already_____________________ (to wait) for me. 7. Last Sunday we
________________________(to go) skiing in the country. There __________________(to be)
already a lot of snow in the fields and we______________________ (to enjoy) ourselves. We
_______________________(to ski) for two hours and a half.
Ex.2 Past Simple or Past Continuous.
I. They___________________ (to translate) a difficult text yesterday, 2. I ___________________
(to open) the window at six o'clock yesterday, 3. ______you____________ (to go) to the cinema
yesterday? 4. I___________________________ (not to go) Mike last week. 5, When
I__________________ (to open) the door, my friends________________________ (to sit) around
the table. 6. When ____________you ___________________(to begin) doing your homework
yesterday? 7. We ______________________(to discuss) the latest news from three till four
yesterday. 8. When I________________________ (to read) the newspaper yesterday, I
-____________________ (to find) an interesting article on UFOs, 9. Lena __________________(to
sweep) the floor on Sundays. 10. Lena__________________________________ (t sweep) the floor
from eleven till twelve on Sunday. 11. _______________they _______________________(to go)
to the wood last Sunday? 12, When they____________________ (to sail) down the river they (to
find) a little island. 13. We _______________________________(to work) the whole morning
yesterday, 14. Mother_____________________________ (to cook) dinner at three o'clock
yesterday. 15. She ____________________(to finish) yesterday. 16. At half past four yesterday we
________________________(to have) dinner. 17. ___________you_________________ (to
watch) I TV yesterday? - - Yes, we ______________________(to watch) TV the whole evening
yesterday. 18. When_______________ you________________________ (to go) to bed yesterday?
19. 1 ___________________(to go) to bed at ten o'clock yesterday. 20. At half past ten yesterday I
________________(to sleep). 21. When I _____________________(to come) home from school
yesterday, little brother________________________ (to sit) on the floor with all his toys around
him. He_______________________ (to play) with them. I____________________ (to tell) him to
put his toys into the box as he _______________________(to make) too much noise.
Ex.3 Past Simple or Past Continuous.
The sun _________________(to go) down behind the hills when I____________________ (to
reach) a village which _______________________(to be) only a few miles from the sea. The
working day __________________(to be) over, and the villagers __________________(to come)
home from the fields. Along the road two boys______________________ (to drive) cows and
sheep in the direction of the village. I______________________ (to approach) a group of people
standing near the road and_________________________ (to ask) them if I could find a place in the
village to spend the night. An old man ______________________(to say) he would help me. He
_____________________(to take) me to his small cottage at the far end of the street. A fire
__________________________ (to burn) in the stove when we ____________________(to enter)
the house. One girl of about eighteen ____________________________(to prepare) supper in the
kitchen while two other girls still______________________ (to do) something in the kitchen
garden near the house. The old man ___________________________(to invite) me to have supper
with them. They all____________________________ (to seem) to be nice people and
we________________________ (to have) a friendly talk. After supper my 'new friends and I
_____________________(to go) out into the garden. The moon____________________ (to shine)
high in the sky, and the night ____________________________(to be) warm and beautiful. That
evening____________________ (to be) very pleasant, and I shall remember it a long time.