1.Peter and Anna (decide) decided to redocorate their sitting room themselves. 2.They (begin) began painting, but (find) found the walls (be) were too wet. 3.Just as they (start) started to paint the third wall, the doorbell (ring) rang. 4.Ann nobly (say) said nothing and (go) went out of the living-room. 5.Ann (say) said she (get) got tired of interruptions of the noise coming from the next door. 6.He was sitting on the bank fishing when he (see) saw a man’s hat floating down the river. It (seem) seemed strangely familiar. 7.When I (reach) reached the street I (realize) realized that I (not/ know) didn’t know the number of Tom’s house. 8.The roads (be) were very crowded. 9. I (borrow) borrowed my brother’s car. 10. I used to (go) went to the dance with Jane. 11. He (lose) lost his job because he (keep) kept coming in late for work.

1 Put the verbs in Present Simple or Present Continuous.

teach have (2) drive leave

It’s 7.30am. Suzanne Wells is in her kitchen at home. She is having breakfast. She has breakfast at this time every morning. She leaves  home at 8.30am every day and drives to work. Suzanne is a teacher. She teaches at a school in Canberra.

2. Make questions in Simple Present or in Present Continuous

1 you | often | wear | jeans? Do you often very jeans?

2 you | wear | jeans now? Are you wearing jeans now?

3 it | rain | now? Is it raining now?

4 it | often | rain | in your country? Does it often rain in your country?

5 you | study | English every day? Do you studying English every day?

6. you | study | English at the moment? Are you study English at the moment?

3. Put Present Continuous or Present Simple

1. I write English exercises twice a week. (to write)
2. My friend does his homework in the afternoon as a rule. (to do)
3. My sister is doing her homework now. (to do)
4. Don’t shout! The baby is sleeping (to sleep)
5. The baby always sleeps after dinner. (to sleep)
6. What are you reading now? (to read)
7. What books do you read for your literature lessons? (to read)
8. What does your mother usually cook for lunch? (to cook)
9. Is she cooking a cake now? (to cook)
10. My wife normally (work) works at home, but she (spend) is spending this month in Italy.
11. Most days, Tom usually cycles (cycle) to work.
12. When does the lesson start (start) today?
13. What’s your brother doing? He is doing the crossword in the newspaper. He (do) does it every day.
14. I’m afraid I’ll lose this game of chess. I am playing (play) very badly. I usually play much better (play).
15. What’s she doing? — She (mend) is mending her husband’s socks. She always mends them. (mend)
16. Yes, you can borrow my dictionary. I (use) use it a lot, but I am not using (not / use) it now.
17. We dont travel (not travel) by train very often.
18. It (snow)is snowing right now. It’s beautiful! I  like this weather.

4.. Put the verbs in Present Continuous or Present Simple

1. The river flowing (flow) very fast today — faster than usual.
2. You are always complaing that waiters are rude!
3. I walk to school every day. I am dont take the bus.
4. You are always borrowing money!
5. Robert is a vegetarian. He doesnt eat (eat, not) meat.
6. Do you cook (you, cook) your own dinner every day?
7. Are you in a hurry? — No, I walking (walk) quickly because I’m cold.
8. Where’s your father? — He is in the bathroom. He is shaveing(shave).
9. The neighbours forever slamming (slam) doors and shouting (shout) during the night.
10. My sister takes  (to take) part in the competitions almost every weekend.

Last year I (spend) spent my holiday in Ireland.

It (be) was great.

I (travel) travelled around by car with two friends and we (visit) visited lots of interesting places.

In the evenings we usually (go) go to a pub.

One night we even (learn) learned some Irish dances.

We (be) were very lucky with the weather.

It (not / rain) didint rain a lot.

But we (see) saw some beautiful rainbows.

Where (spend / you) did you spend your last holiday?

Complete the sentences with the past simple form
of the verbs in brackets.

We really (enjoy) enjoyed the game last Sunday.

(Marco / win) Did Marco win the golf competition?

They (not play) didnt play very well yesterday. They lost the match.

How many goals (your team / score) did your team score in the first half?

Sandra(not want) didnt want to go rowing with me.

Did they go (they / go) to the swimming pool yesterday?

I (buy) bought a new baseball cap last week.

James (stop) stopped his car in front of the sports shops.

Exercise 1

1 I usually go(go) to school.

2. They visit (visit) us often.

3. You play (play) basketball once a week.

4. Tom (work) works every day.

5. He always (tell) tells us funny stories.

6. She never (help) helps me with that!

7. Martha and Kevin (swim) swim twice a week.

8. In this club people usually (dance) dance a lot.

9. Linda (take care) takes care of her sister.

10. John rarely (leave) leaves the country.

11. We (live) live in the city most of the year.

12. Lorie (travel) travels to Paris every Sunday.

13. I (bake) bake cookies twice a month.

14. You always (teach) teach me new things.

15. She (help) helps the kids of the neighborhood

Exercise 2 ։ Change the verb into the correct form:

1. London (be) is in England.

2. The summer (be) is hot.

3. She (drive) drives very well.

4. They (open) open the store at 8:00.

5. Linda (be) is a very pretty girl.

6. I (have) have several jobs.

7. Water (boil) boils at 100 degrees.

8. Water (freeze) freezes at 0 degrees.

9. My sister (speak) speakes English.

10. He (have) has a big apartment.

11. A triangle (have) has three corners.

12. My birthday (be) is in June.

13. Books (have) have pages.

14. Dogs (be) are good friends.

15. I (work) work hard.