Bài 1: Fill in the blank with Present Simple, Present Continuous or

Past Simple
1. My mother ________ (cook) breakfast every day.
2. She ________(not go) to school last year.
3. He ________(not do) his homework at the moment. I
________(think) he ________(play) games.
4. ________(she/bake) cakes yesterday?
5. We usually ________(drink) tea in the afternoon, but now we
________(have) coffee.
6. David ________(see) a big tiger 2 years ago and ________(be) very
excited.
7. Listen! My little sister ________(sing).
8. I ________ (like) eating ice-cream so much.
9. Last week, he ________(take part in) a basketball competition.
10. What ________(she/study) last Monday?
11. She can’t go out with her friends now because she ________(help)
her family to paint the house.
12. I often ________(visit) my grandparents on Sundays.
13. Yesterday, Peter ________(do) exercises, ________(dress) and
________(have) breakfast.
14. When he ________(be) small, he often ________(go) fishing with
his grandfather.
15. Look! A man ________(swim) in the lake!
16. Don’t turn on the TV. The children ________(learn) English.
17. Yesterday, after he ______ (arrive) home, he ______ (eat) dinner
and ______ (do) homework.
18. I ________(look) for a bicycle, but I can’t find anything good.
19. My brother often ________(go) to school by bus, but today he
________(go) to school by bike.
20. The bus ________(leave) at 9am.
Bài 2: Fill in the blank with Present Simple, Present Continuous or
Past Simple
1. A: When ______ (you/arrive)?
B: About 11pm last night.
2. A: What ________ (she/do)?
B: She’s a teacher.
3. A: What ________ (you/do) now?
B: I ________ (wash) the dishes.
4. A: Where ________ (they/spend) last summer?
B: I ________ (not know). I ________ (think) they ________ (be) in
Japan.
5. A: Which of these football teams ________ (you/like)?
B: Vietnam football team
6. A: Do you want to play volleyball?
B: Not now. I ________(do) my homework.
7. A: Wait! Where ________(you/go)?
B: I ________(go) to the supermarket to buy some carrots.
8. A: Can I talk to you?
B: No, you can’t. I ________(have) a bath.
9. A: ________(it/rain)?
B: No, not at the moment.
10. A: Where ________(he/do) yesterday?
B: Maybe he ________(watch) TV.
Bài 3: Choose the correct answer
1. Look! Eugene (is dancing/dances/danced) with a girl.
2. Joey said something weird and we all (feel/are feeling/felt) bad.
3. He (always makes/is always making/always made) some mistakes!
It’s so annoying!
4. Could you be quiet please? The baby is (sleeping/sleep/slept).
5. She (is listening/listens/listened) to music every night.
 6. When we (are/were/was) small, we though/think/are thinking
London was in America.
7. Mary (doesn’t win/isn’t winning/didn’t win) the Piano competition
in 2010.
8. (Do you like/Did you like/Does you like) the book you borrow/are
borrowing/borrowed yesterday?
9. I (don’t go/am not going/didn’t go) to the church very often.
10. I (lost/lose/am losing) my keys yesterday. It’s terrible!
11. Simon (washes/is washing/washed) his car at least twice a week.
12. He always (arrives/is always arriving/always arrived) early at
school.
13. In Japan, the new school year (begins/is beginning/began) in April.
14. (Do they meet/Are they meeting/Did they meet) their family this
weekend?
15. (I visit/am visiting/visited) Tokyo next month.
Bài 4: Rewrite sentences using words given
1. Isabella / love / listen to J-pop.
2. We / go / home / at 10 p.m.
3. Michelle / not run / very fast.
4. Last night / I / lose / keys / so / call / my roommate.
5. She / visit / Thailand / three times / last year.
6. It / not rain / today.
7. What / you / do / at the moment?
8. He / play / piano / when / he / be / five / but / he / not like / it.
9. Who / she / chat / to / now?
10. Why / they / not seem / so happy?

Exercise 1: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past
simple
1. We _________ (go) to the beach last weekend.
2. My cousins _________ (not/ visit) us every weekend.
3. ___________ (your mum/ make) a chocolate yesterday?
4. I _______ (send) Jessica an email yesterday afternoon
5. The children always ______ (do) their homework yesterday
afternoon.
6. Last year, I ___________ (travel) to Japan.
7. ___________ you ___________ (have) dinner last night?
8. He ___________ (arrive) from the airport at 8:00, ___________
(check) into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
9. I ___________ (receive) three messages two minutes ago.
10. She ___________ (work) at the movie theater after school.
11. Yesterday she ___________ (go) to the cinema and ___________
(watch) a horror movie.
12. Carlos always ___________ (eat) spaghetti but two days ago he
___________ (eat) soup.
13. We seldom ___________ (drink) alcohol during the forenoon.
14. Somebody ___________ (take) the flowers from the graves in the
morning
15. When ___________ your grandpa ___________ (come) home after
war?
16. Some girls ___________ (not/ read) the book yesterday
17. When ___________ (be) they in London the last time? - I think in
2002
18. Why ___________ you ___________ (help) your brother with the
homework? - Because he ___________ (be) rather lazy all the time
19. My dog sometimes ___________ (catch) a mouse and ___________
(bring) it to the front door.

Exercise 3: Put the verbs in the present simple or the past simple
1. A: ___________________ (you/ go) to work yesterday?
B: No, I __________. I ___________ (never/ work) on Saturdays.
2. A: _______________ (you/ see) Charles yesterday?
B: Yes. We ________ (have) lunch together.
3. A: ____________ (Colin/ work) at a bank?
B: No, he ____________. He __________ (work) at a post office
4. A: ____________ (you/ do) anything exciting last Sunday?
 B: No, not really. I _____________ (watch) TV and
_________________ (read) a book. It was a boring weekend.
5. A: What __________ (you/do) at weekends?
B: We usually ___________(go) to the beach.

Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the time expressions from

the list
at the always yesterday last night every week Last summer
moment
1. We watched a really good film at the cinema __________.
2. He is upset because he failed his driving test __________.
3. She ____________ brushes her teeth before she goes to bed at night.
4. I am working _____________ I can’t come with you.
5. My mother does the shopping _______________.
6. I went to a beautiful exotic island ____________. The weather was
very hot.

Exercise 7: Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the
past simple
Ling: Hi Amy. ___________ (1. you/ be) at home last weekend?
Amy: No, I ___________ (2. not/ be). My family and I ___________ (3.
go) to the beach. We often ___________ (4. go) to the beach at
weekends.
Ling: You’re lucky. ___________ (5. you/ have) a nice time?
Amy: Oh, yes! I ___________ (6. have) a great time!
Ling: Where ___________ (7. you/ stay)?
Amy: We ___________ (8. stay) at my grandparents’ house
Ling: Oh. ___________ (9. they/ live) near the beach?
Amy: Yes, they do. Their house ___________(10. be) right by the
beach.
Ling: Wow! That’s cool. And what did you do there?
Amy: We ___________ (11. walk) along the beach and ___________
(12. swim) in the sea.
Ling: That sounds like a lot of fun.