Simple Present / Present Continuous

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive) ____________________

practice.
2. Usually, I (work) ____________________

her kids to football

as an English teacher, but this

summer I (study) ____________________

Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

French at a language school in

3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) ____________________

4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) ____________________

5. I dont like living in Canada because it (rain, always) ____________________

.
6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say) ____________________
everybody (talk) ____________________

because

so loudly.

7. Justin (write, currently) ____________________

Morocco. I hope I can read it when he is finished.

a book about his trip to

8. A: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?

B: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) ____________________
tonight with some friends.

to a movie

9. The business cards (be, usually ) ____________________

printed by a

company in New York. Their prices (be) ____________________

inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.
10. This delicious chocolate (be) ____________________
Switzerland.

11. Today (be) ____________________

made in

my second day at the football

team. I am tired and my legs (hurt) ____________________

me; I just

hope I can join the team in the final match. I ______ (do) a great effort
, but I (want, still) ____________________

to continue.

England is a fascinating country, but I have a lotl to learn. Everything (be)

____________________

so different, and I (try) ____________________

to know some people. I (learn) ____________________

their

language but unfortunately, I (learn, not) ____________________

foreign

languages quickly. I (understand, not) ____________________

much of
their talk yet, but I think that I (improve, gradually) ____________________
.
This summer, I (travel) ____________________

with John, a student from

London school in England. He (be) ____________________

(walk, always) ____________________

a nice guy. He

faster tan me and (say)

____________________

that I am too slow. I (do)

____________________

my best to keep up with him.

Right now, John (sit) ____________________

They (talk) ____________________

with a student from Morocco.

the differences between life in England

and life in Morocco. I (know, not) ____________________

the name of the

morocco student, but everybody (call) ____________________

Hassan. Hassan (speak) ____________________
(try) ____________________

English very well and he

to teach John some Arabic words . Every

time Hassan (say) ____________________

____________________

him

a new word, John (try)

to repeat it._

Simple Present / Simple Future

1. Today after I (get) ____________________
____________________

out of class, I (go)

to a movie with some friends.

2. When you (arrive) ____________________

Gustav. He (show) ____________________
you get situated.

in Stockholm, call my friend

you around the city and help

3. A: Do you know what you want to do after you (graduate) ____________________

?
B: After I (receive) ____________________
University, I (go) ____________________
San Diego. I (plan) ____________________
cognitive science.

my Master's from Georgetown

to graduate school at UCSD in
to complete a Ph.D. in

4. If it (snow) ____________________
____________________

this weekend, we (go)

skiing near Lake Tahoe.

5. Your father (plan) ____________________

to pick you up after school

today at 3:00 o'clock. He (meet) ____________________

you across the
street near the ice cream shop. If something happens and he cannot be there, I (pick)
____________________

you up instead.

6. If the people of the world (stop, not) ____________________

cutting
down huge stretches of rain forest, we (experience) ____________________
huge changes in the environment during the twenty-first century.
7. If Vera (keep) ____________________
____________________

drinking, she (lose, eventually)

her job.

8. I promise you that I (tell, not) ____________________

your secret to

anybody. Even if somebody (ask) ____________________

me about what

happened that day, I (reveal, not) ____________________

single person.

the truth to a

9. She (make) ____________________

some major changes in her life.

She (quit) ____________________

her job and go back to school. After she

(finish) ____________________
____________________
to improve her life!

studying, she (get)

a better paying job and buy a house. She is going

10. Tom (call) ____________________

____________________

when he (arrive)

in Madrid. He (stay) ____________________

with you for two or three days until his new apartment (be)
____________________

available.

Simple Present / Simple Future

1.Michael: After you (leave) ____________________
drop by the grocery store and pick up some milk and bread.

work, will you please

Marie: No problem, I (pick) ____________________

up the groceries and
be home by 6 o'clock.
Michael: Great. You will probably get home before I (do) ____________________

.
2.Ari: By the time we (get) ____________________
to the movie theater,
the tickets are going to be sold out.
Sarah: Don't worry. I told Jane we might be arriving just before the movie (start)
____________________
. She (buy) ____________________
our tickets and meet us in the lobby.
Ari: That place is huge! We (find, never) ____________________
that crowded lobby.
Sarah: Calm down, we (meet) ____________________
entrance.

her in
each other near the

3. Terry: If the weather (be) ____________________

maybe we should go to the beach.

good tomorrow,

Jennifer: I have a better idea. If it (be) ____________________

nice out,

we'll go to the beach; and if it (rain) ____________________

movie.

, we'll see a

Terry: I guess we will have to wait until we (get) ____________________

up in the morning to find out what we are going to do.
4. Max: What are you going to do tomorrow after work?
Sean: I (meet) ____________________
some friends at the cafe across the
street. Would you like to come along?
Max: No thanks! My brother is coming to town and I (pick) ____________________
him up from the airport at 7 o'clock.
Sean: We (be, probably) ____________________

at the cafe until 9

o'clock. Why don't you join us after you (pick) ____________________

up.
Max: Sounds good. We (see) ____________________

5. Lucy: I (call) ____________________

you around 8 o'clock.

you as soon as I arrive in Dublin.

Dwain: If I am not there when you (call) ____________________

sure to leave a message.
Lucy: I will. And please don't forget to water my plants and feed the cat.
Dwain: I promise I (take) ____________________
you are in Ireland.
Simple Present / Simple Future
Present Continuous / Future Continuous

him

, make

care of everything while

1. Right now I am watching T.V. Tomorrow at this time, I (watch)

____________________

T.V. as well.

2. Tomorrow after school, I (go) ____________________

to the beach.

3. I am going on a dream vacation to Tahiti. While you (do) ____________________

paperwork and (talk) ____________________

to annoying

customers on the phone, I (lie) ____________________

tropical beach. Are you jealous?

on a sunny,

4. We (hiding) ____________________
____________________

when Tony (arrives)

at his surprise party. As soon as he opens the

door, we (jump) ____________________

____________________

out and (scream)

, "Surprise!"

5. We work out at the fitness center everyday after work. If you (come)
____________________

over while we (work) ____________________

out, we will not be able to let you into the house. Just to be safe, we (leave)
____________________
to wait outside.

a key under the welcome mat so you will not have

6. While you (study) ____________________

____________________

at home, Magda (be)

in class.

7. When I (get) ____________________

(dance) ____________________

to the party, Sally and Doug

, John (make) ____________________

drinks, Sue and Frank (discuss) ____________________

something controversial, and Mary (complain) ____________________
about something unimportant. They are always doing the same things. They are so
predictable.
8. When you (get) ____________________
____________________

off the plane, I (wait)

for you.

9. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we (wake)

____________________

up tomorrow morning, the sun (shine)

____________________

10. If you (need) ____________________

to contact me sometime next

week, I (stay) ____________________

at the Sheraton in San Francisco.

Simple Past / Past Continuous

1. A: What (you, do) ____________________
B: I (try) ____________________
out.

to change a light bulb that had burnt

2. After I (find) ____________________

the wallet full of money, I (go,

immediately) ____________________
____________________

when the accident occurred?

to the police and (turn)

it in.

3. The doctor (say) ____________________

that Tom (be)

____________________

too sick to go to work and that he (need)

____________________

to stay at home for a couple of days.

4. Sebastian (arrive) ____________________

at Susan's house a little

before 9:00 pm, but she (be, not) ____________________

(study, at the library) ____________________
French.

there. She

for her final examination in

5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she (watch,
also) ____________________

television. That's all she ever does!

6. A: I (call) ____________________
(be, not) ____________________
B: I (work) ____________________
7. When I (walk) ____________________
secretary (talk) ____________________

you last night after dinner, but you

there. Where were you?
out at the fitness center.
into the busy office, the
on the phone with a customer,

several clerks (work, busily) ____________________

two managers (discuss, quietly) ____________________
improve customer service.

at their desks, and

methods to

8. I (watch) ____________________
a mystery movie on T.V. when the
electricity went out. Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends.

9. Sharon (be) ____________________

in the room when John told me
what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she (listen, not)
____________________

10. It's strange that you (call) ____________________

just) ____________________

because I (think,

about you.

11. The Titanic (cross) ____________________

____________________

the Atlantic when it (strike)

an iceberg.

12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants (bargain, busily)

____________________

and (try) ____________________

sell their goods to naive tourists who (hunt) ____________________

to
for

souvenirs. Some young boys (lead) ____________________

their donkeys
through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of men (argue)
____________________

over the price of a leather belt. I (walk)

____________________

over to a man who (sell) ____________________

fruit and (buy) ____________________

a banana.

13. The firemen (rescue) ____________________

____________________

the old woman who (be)

trapped on the third floor of the burning building.

14. She was so annoying! She (leave, always) ____________________

dirty dishes in the sink. I think she (expect, actually) ____________________

her

me to do them for her.

15. Samantha (live) ____________________

in Berlin for more than two

years. In fact, she (live) ____________________

came down.

there when the Berlin wall

Simple Past / Past Continuous

Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) ____________________
. She said she (call) ____________________
me on her cell
phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she (wait)
____________________

for class, but she said that the professor was at

the front of the hall lecturing while she (talk) ____________________

me. I couldn't believe she (make) ____________________
during the lecture. I asked what was going on.

to
a phone call

She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep,
actually) ____________________
____________________

in class. Some of the students (talk)

about their plans for the weekend and the student

next to her (draw) ____________________

Angela (tell) ____________________

a picture of a horse. When

me she was not satisfied with the

class, I (mention) ____________________

that my biology professor was

quite good and (suggest) ____________________

class.

that she switch to my

While we were talking, I (hear) ____________________

her professor yell,
"Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang)
____________________

up the phone and went to the kitchen to make

dinner. As I (cut) ____________________

vegetables for a salad, the

phone rang once again. It (be) ____________________

time she wasn't sitting in class.

Angela, but this