GRAMMAR REVISION A2+

PRESENT SIMPLE – PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Complete the conversation. Use the present simple or the present continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.

John: Hello. 1 Are you doing (you / do) anything special at the moment?

Katie: Right now, I 2………………………………… (look after) my little brother. Why?

John: What time 3 …………………………………(your mum / get) home from work?

Katie: She 4……………………………….. (work) late every Thursday, so at about half past

eight. Why?

John: They 5…………………………… (show) the new Miley Cyrus fi lm at the cinema on Main

Street. It starts at nine. My sister and I 6………………………………… (think) about going. Are

you interested?

Katie: Yes! Let’s meet at the cinema at quarter to nine!

PAST SIMPLE – PAST CONTINUOUS

Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. He ………………………………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.

2. They ………………………………… (study) two hours last night.

3. Jane …………………………………. (sleep) when the telephone rang.

4. We ………………………………….. (watch) TV last night.

5. The customer ………………………… (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.

6. The barber …………………………………. (cut) my hair yesterday.

7. She ………………………………. (dance) when she hurt her ankle.

8. It …………………………………. (rain) hard when I got up.

 9. It …………………………………. (rain) hard last night.

FUTURE FORMS: WILL/BE GOING TO/PRESENT CONTINUOUS/PRESENT SIMPLE

Fill in the blanks with the correct FUTURE forms:
(Will / Going to / Present Continuous / Simple Present)

1. A: What ………………… you …………………… (do) when you grow up?

B: I ……………………………………………… (be) an acrobat in a circus.
1. I haven’t seen him for a long time but I think I ………………………………………
(recognize) him.
3. A: I need some tokens to telephone my friend.
B: I ……………………………………………… (give) you some.
4. I got the plane tickets. I ………………………………………. (fly) on Sunday.
5. A: Have you got any plans for the summer?
B: Yes, we ……………………………………………. (go) to Italy in June.
6. Don’t play with those matches; you ………………………………………. burn yourself.
7. A: Whose is that night dress?
B : It’s mine. I ………………………………………… (wear) it at John’s graduation
party.
8. A: Why did you call your grandma?
B: I ……………………………………………….. (visit) her at the weekend.
9. If your passport isn’t valid any more, you ………………………………………………
(not / be able to) go abroad this month.
10.A: What are you doing with that brush?
B: I ………………………………………………… (paint) my room.