I. THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Cathy (1. be)……………… very tired now. She (2. go) ………………to the ballet last
night. That (3. be) ……………… “Sleping Beauty “. There (4. be) ……………… two
famous dancers and news one .These famous dancers usually (5.dance ) ……...
well .But last night they (6. not do) ……………… very well as usual. On the contrary,
The new dancer (8.dance ) ……………… very beautifully. New dancers always (9.
work ) ……………… hard and ( 10. be) ……………… never careless
II. THE SIMPLE PAST AND THE PAST CONTINUOUS
1. As my father (leave) ……………… the house, the postman (come) ………………
2. Tom (work) ……………… in the garden while I (sit) ……………… in the sun
3. As I (walk) ………………down the street, I (met) ………………Tom
4. While he (read) ……………the letter he (hear ) ………………a knock at the door
5. She (drop) ………………the tray when I (speak)………………to her
III. THE PRESNT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. Our class (meet ) ……………… three times a week
2. Stella ( watch) ……………… TV now.
3. Listen! Someone (knock) ………………at the door
4. Jay never (come) ……………… to class late
5. Ed usually ( stay ) ……………… in hotel when he (come) ………………in town, but
tonight he (stay) ………………with us
IV THE PAST PERFECT AND THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
1. What you (buy ) ……………………… last night?
2. Up to now he( never lend) ……………… me anything
3. Mrs Ashe (go ) ………………to Chicago two days ago
4. You (burn ) ……………… these old papers yet ?
5. I (read ) ……………… that book several times
6. I ( buy ) ……………… that house in 1966
7. They (move) ………………to Canada in 1979 and I (live) ………there since then
8. We (just win ) ………………the match
9. She (be) ……………… there three times
10. They (already leave) ………………
11. I (never be) ……………… in Italy
V. THE PAST PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST
1. She ( have ) ………………dinner before she (go ) ……………… to class
2. The boy (do) ……………… the homework after the TV program ( finish)……….
3. Sam (not want) ……………… anything to eat because she (have) ……………
lunch on the plane
4. We (not go ) ……………… to see the film because we ( already see)…………. it
5. The postman (come) ………………before we (go ) …………to work this morning
VI. GIVE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS
1. That man (catch) ……………… fish yet?
2. I (listen) ………………to the radio when you (ring) ………………the bell
3. You must take an umbrella. It (rain) ………………
4. My elder brother is a taxi driver. He (drive) ……………… carefully
5. You (ever be ) ………………to Moscow?
6. Mr Jones ( teach) ……………… us at present
7. We (take) our test next week
8. We occasionally (go) ………………to the cinema on Sundays
I. THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Cathy (1. be)……………… very tired now. She (2. go) ………………to the ballet last
night. That (3. be) ……………… “Sleping Beauty “. There (4. be) ……………… two
famous dancers and news one .These famous dancers usually (5.dance ) ……...
well .But last night they (6. not do) ……………… very well as usual. On the contrary,
The new dancer (8.dance ) ……………… very beautifully. New dancers always (9.
work ) ……………… hard and ( 10. be) ……………… never careless
II. THE SIMPLE PAST AND THE PAST CONTINUOUS
1. As my father (leave) ……………… the house, the postman (come) ………………
2. Tom (work) ……………… in the garden while I (sit) ……………… in the sun
3. As I (walk) ………………down the street, I (met) ………………Tom
4. While he (read) ……………the letter he (hear ) ………………a knock at the door
5. She (drop) ………………the tray when I (speak)………………to her
III. THE PRESNT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. Our class (meet ) ……………… three times a week
2. Stella ( watch) ……………… TV now.
3. Listen! Someone (knock) ………………at the door
4. Jay never (come) ……………… to class late
5. Ed usually ( stay ) ……………… in hotel when he (come) ………………in town, but
tonight he (stay) ………………with us
IV THE PAST PERFECT AND THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
1. What you (buy ) ……………………… last night?
2. Up to now he( never lend) ……………… me anything
3. Mrs Ashe (go ) ………………to Chicago two days ago
4. You (burn ) ……………… these old papers yet ?
5. I (read ) ……………… that book several times
6. I ( buy ) ……………… that house in 1966
7. They (move) ………………to Canada in 1979 and I (live) ………there since then
8. We (just win ) ………………the match
9. She (be) ……………… there three times
10. They (already leave) ………………
11. I (never be) ……………… in Italy
V. THE PAST PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST
1. She ( have ) ………………dinner before she (go ) ……………… to class
2. The boy (do) ……………… the homework after the TV program ( finish)……….
3. Sam (not want) ……………… anything to eat because she (have) ……………
lunch on the plane
4. We (not go ) ……………… to see the film because we ( already see)…………. it
5. The postman (come) ………………before we (go ) …………to work this morning
VI. GIVE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS
1. That man (catch) ……………… fish yet?
2. I (listen) ………………to the radio when you (ring) ………………the bell
3. You must take an umbrella. It (rain) ………………
4. My elder brother is a taxi driver. He (drive) ……………… carefully
5. You (ever be ) ………………to Moscow?
6. Mr Jones ( teach) ……………… us at present
7. We (take) our test next week
8. We occasionally (go) ………………to the cinema on Sundays