Tenses: Present Simple vs.
Present Continuous
1. Put the verb into the correct tense form:
1.Julia is very good at languages. She ............................................ (speak) 4 languages fluently.
2.Hurry up! Everybody ............................................ (wait) for you.
3.a. ............................................ (you/listen) to the radio?
b. No, you can turn it off.
4.a. ............................................ (you/listen) to the radio everyday?
b. No, just occasionally.
5.The River Nile ............................................ (flow) into the Mediterranean.
6.a. How’s your English?
b. Not bad. It ............................................ (improve) slowly.
7.My parents ............................................ (live) in Bristol. Where ............................................ (your parents / live)?
8. Sonia ............................................ (look) for a place to live. She ............................................ (stay) with her sister until
she finds a flat.
9. I must go now. It ............................................ (get) late.
10.Can you hear those people? What ............................................ (they/talk) about?
2. Put the verb into the correct tense form:
1.Are you hungry? ............................................ (you/want) something to eat?
2.Jill is interested in politics but she ............................................ (not/belong) to a political party.
3.Don’t put the dictionary away. I ............................................ (use) it.
4.Don’t put the dictionary away. I ............................................ (need) it
5.Who’s that man? What ............................................ (he/want)?
6.Who’s that man? Why ............................................ (he/look) at us?
7.George says he is 45 years old but nobody ............................................ (believe) him.
8.She told me her name but I ............................................ (not/remember) it now.
9.Air ............................................ (consist) mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.
Tenses:
Put the verb into the correct tense form (Present Simple & Continuous, Past Simple & Continuous, Future):
1. Ann ............................................ (wait) for me when I ............................................ (arrive).
2. I ............................................ (get) hungry. Let’s go and have something to eat.
3. What ............................................ (you/do) in your spare time? Have you got any hobbies?
4. Mary usually ............................................ (phone) me on Fridays but she ............................................ (not phone) me
last Friday.
5.I’m looking for Paul. ............................................ (you/see) him?
What is that noise? What ............................................ (happen)?
6. It’s usually dry here at this time of the year. It ............................................ (not/rain) much.
7. Yesterday evening, the phone ............................................ (ring) three times while we ............................................
(have) dinner.
8. Linda was busy when we ............................................ (go) to see her yesterday. She was ............................................
(study) for an exam. We ............................................ (not/want) to disturb her, so we ............................................ (not
stay) very long.
Margaret ............................................ (not/go) to work yesterday. She wasn’t feeling well.
9.Look! That man over there ............................................ (wear) the same sweater as you.
10.Your son is much taller than when I last saw him. He ............................................ (grow) a lot
11. I wonder why Jim ............................................ (be) nice to me today. He isn’t usually like that.
12.Jane had a book open in front of her but she ............................................ (not/read) it.
13.When Sue heard the news, she ............................................ (not/be) very pleased.
Put the verb into the correct tense form:
1. a. Where ............................................ (you/go)?
b. To the post office. I’ll be back in a few minutes.
2. a. Can you describe the woman you saw? What ............................................ (she/wear)?
b. A red top and jeans.
3. a. How well do you know Bill?
b. Very well. We ............................................ (know) each other since we were kids.
4. a. Is Jack still here?
b. No, he ............................................ (leave) about ten minutes ago.
5. a. How did you cut your knee?
b. I slipped and fell when I ............................................ (play) tennis.
6. a. Do you like my new shoes?
b. Yes, they’re very nice. Where ............................................ (you/buy) them?
7. A: Hello. What do you watch / are you watching?
B: A programme about the First World War, which I recorded last night. I study / I’m studying the First World War
this term.
Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous or present simple.
1. Hurry! The bus _______________ (come). I _______________ (not/want) to miss it.
2 Gregory is a vegetarian. He _______________ (not/eat) meat.
3 I _______________ (1ook) for the manager. I can't find him anywhere.
4. We are successful because we _______________ (take) the time to ta1k to our customers.
5. At the moment we _______________ (make) a training video for Siemens.
6. She always _______________ (remember) my birthday.
7. Mr Brown _______________ (work) in a supermarket.
8. I _______________ (work) in this factory until I find a better job.
9. Look! It _______________ (snow).
10. Can you hear those girls? What _______________ (they/ta1k) about?
11. _______________ (you/know) Helen?
Write yes / no or wh-questions. Be careful of your choice of TENSE!
1. where / you / live? Where do you live?
2. you / pass / your exam / last semester?
3. what / your friends / do / at the moment?
4. where / we / go / tonight?
5. you / visit / the Louvre in Paris/ last year?
6. who / you / talk to / at the party last week?
7. how far / be / the city centre / from here?
8. Mary / drive / to the wedding / tomorrow?
9. why / she / not / come yesterday?
10. you / think / it / rain / this evening?
