Simple Present or Present Progressive - part 1
Choose the correct words.
1. John
football at the moment.
2. Look! Mandy and Susan
a film.
3. E ery mornin! my mother
at " o#clock.
$. %ur class often
tests.
&. 'irst ( !et u)* then (
breakfast.
". +he sun
now.
,. Listen! +he band
the new son!.
8. We sometimes
English poems at school.
1. -ndy sometimes 2. (
(to read) a comic.
(to phone) my friend at the moment. (to sing) in the bathroom. (to help) in the kitchen. (to come) home. (to make) breakfast now. (to watch) a ideo in the mornin!. (to clean) the bathroom. (to go) for a walk e ery day. (to eat) mice.
3. Listen! Sandy $. My sister usually &. Look! +he boys ". My mother ,. .e ne er /. +hey often 0. My !randfather 11. Cats
'ill in the erbs in the correct tenses into the !a)s.
Example: Answer:
+he weather 222222 nice at the weekend. (to be) +he weather will be nice at the weekend.
1. ( 2. 3eter 3. My friend $. +hey
to the cinema yesterday. (to go) 12 ne4t week. (to be) to music e ery e enin!. (to listen) their car. (t looks new a!ain. (to clean) the )iano. (to play)
&. Listen! Mrs Jones ". 5e ,. +hey /. .e
his arm two weeks a!o. (to break) a test now. (to write) a film tomorrow e enin!* but we ha en#t !ot the tickets yet. (to watch)
'ill in the erbs in the correct tenses into the !a)s. Example: Answer: +he weather 222222 nice at the weekend. (to be) +he weather will be nice at the weekend.
1. .e
+6 when it started to rain. (to watch) at home. (not/to be) to the beach. (to rain) (to go) soon. (to rain)
2. ( wanted to isit you yesterday* but you 3. Look! (t * so we can#t
$. +here are a lot of clouds. (t &. +he sun ". Since 1003 they ,. .hile the doctor wait) /. (f ( learn* (
in the East. (to rise) their son e ery year. (to visit) Mr Jones* his son the e4ams. (to pass) in the waitin! room. (to examine) (to
1. catch 2. tell 3. understand 4. cut 5. ring
6. put 7. wear 8. eat 9. sell 10. thin 11. !ight 12. dri"e 13. drin 14. #rea 15. win [Link] Simple Present / Simple Future
1. Today after I (get) friends.
out of class, I (go)
to a movie with some
2. When you (arrive)
in Stockholm, call my friend
ustav. !e (show)
you around the city and hel" you get situated.
#. $% &o you know what you want to do after you (graduate) (% $fter I (receive) my )aster*s from to graduate school at +,S& in San &iego. I ("lan) -h.&. in cognitive science.
' to com"lete a
eorgetown +niversity, I (go)
.. If it (snow)
this weekend, we (go)
skiing near /ake Tahoe.
0. 1our father ("lan) (meet) and he cannot 3e there, I ("ick)
to "ick you u" after school today at #%22 o*clock. !e you across the street near the ice cream sho". If something ha""ens you u" instead.
4. If the "eo"le of the world (sto", not) forest, we (e5"erience) twenty6first century.
cutting down huge stretches of rain huge changes in the environment during the
7. If 8era (kee")
drinking, she (lose, eventually)
her 9o3.
:. I "romise you that I (tell, not)
your secret to any3ody. ;ven if some3ody the truth
(ask) me a3out what ha""ened that day, I (reveal, not) to a single "erson.
<. She (make)
some ma9or changes in her life. She (=uit)
her a
9o3 and go 3ack to school. $fter she (finish) studying, she (get) 3etter "aying 9o3 and 3uy a house. She is going to im"rove her life>
12. Tom (call) availa3le.
when he (arrive)
in )adrid. !e (stay)
with you for two or three days until his new a"artment (3e)
Simple Present / Simple Future
1. )ichael% $fter you (leave) "ick u" some milk and 3read. )arie% ?o "ro3lem, I ("ick) )ichael% 2. $ri% (y the time we (get) out. . She (3uy) to the movie theater, the tickets are going to 3e sold work, will you "lease dro" 3y the grocery store and u" the groceries and 3e home 3y 4 o*clock. .
reat. 1ou will "ro3a3ly get home 3efore I (do)
Sarah% &on*t worry. I told @ane we might 3e arriving 9ust 3efore the movie (start) our tickets and meet us in the lo33y.
$ri% That "lace is huge> We (find, never) Sarah% ,alm down, we (meet) #. Terry% If the weather (3e) (rain) , we*ll see a movie.
her in that crowded lo33y. each other near the entrance.
good tomorrow, may3e we should go to the 3each. nice out, we*ll go to the 3eachA and if it u" in the morning to find out
@ennifer% I have a 3etter idea. If it (3e) Terry% I guess we will have to wait until we (get) what we are going to do.
.. )a5% What are you going to do tomorrow after work' Sean% I (meet) come along' some friends at the cafe across the street. Would you like to him u" from the
)a5% ?o thanks> )y 3rother is coming to town and I ("ick) air"ort at 7 o*clock. Sean% We (3e, "ro3a3ly) us after you ("ick) )a5% Sounds good. We (see) 0. /ucy% I (call) you as soon as I arrive in &u3lin. him u". you around : o*clock.
at the cafe until < o*clock. Why don*t you 9oin
&wain% If I am not there when you (call) , make sure to leave a message. /ucy% I will. $nd "lease don*t forget to water my "lants and feed the cat. &wain% I "romise I (take) care of everything while you are in Ireland.
1. 2. 3. 4.
$ % now& 'his is the !irst time $ %!low& What %#e& %+ou alread+ write&
him since $ met him at school. . the !light !rom (rague to )ondon li e* to +our grandparents*
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,e %#egin&
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