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Grammar Exercises - Simple Present

Choose the correct form of the following verbs:

wake(s) up - open(s) - speak(s) - take(s) - do(es) - cause(s) - live(s) - play(s) - close(s) - live(s) - drink(s)

1. Ann ________ hand ball very well.

2. I never ________ coffee.

3. The swimming pool ________ at 7:00 in the morning.

4. It ________ at 9:00 in the evening.

5. Bad driving ________ many accidents.

6. My parents ________ in a very small flat.

7. The Olympic Games ________ place every four years.

8. They are good students. They always ________ their homework.

9. My students ________ a little English.

10. I always ________ early in the morning.

Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form:

1. Jane ______________ (not/drink) tea very often.

2. What time ______________ (the banks/open) in Britain?

3. Where ______________ (John/come) from?

4. It ______________ (take) me an hour to get to work.

5. She ______________ (not/wake) up early on Sundays.

Choose the right verbs to complete the sentences. Sometimes you need the negative:

write - turn - eat - tell - rise

1. The earth ________ around the sun.

2. The sun ________ in the east.

3. Vegetarians ________ meat.

4. A liar is someone who ________ the truth.

5. A novelist ________ novels.

 Grammar Exercises - Present Continuous / Progressive.

Put the verbs into the present continuous:

1.Listen to the birds. They ________ (sing) .

2.Look at that one. It ________ (fly) high in the sky.

3.The other one ________ (play) with a worm.

4.I feel happy because I ________ (have) a good time here in these woods.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)

1. Look! Sara ________ (go) to the movies.

2. On her right hand, Sara ________ (carry) her handbag.

3. The handbag ________ (be) very beautiful.

4. Sara usually ________ (put) on black shoes but now she (wear) white trainers.

5. And look, she ________ (take) an umbrella.

Grammar Exercises - Simple Past Tense.

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I ________ (go) to England on holiday.

2. It ________ (be) fantastic.

3. I ________ (visit) lots of interesting places. I ________ (be) with two friends of mine .

4. In the mornings we ________ (walk) in the streets of London.

5. In the evenings we ________ (go) to pubs.

6. The weather ________ (be) strangely fine.

7. It ________ (not / rain) a lot.

8. But we ________ (see) some beautiful rainbows.

9. Where ________ (spend / you) your last holiday?

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive Simple Past

1. meet .
2. drive .
3. speak .
4. put .
5. write .
6. sing .
7. do .
8. sit .
9. stand .
10. run .

Complete the table in simple past.

 Affirmative Negative Interrogative

He wrote a book.

He did not sing

Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We move to a new house. →

2. They bring a sandwich. →

3. He doesn't do the homework. →

4. They sell cars. →

5. Does he visit his friends? →

Write sentences in simple past.

1. Janet / miss / the bus →

2. she / tidy / her room →

3. Nancy / watch / not / television→

4. she / read / a book →

"Was“ or "Were“:

1. The teacher ________ nice.

2. The students ________ very clever.

3. But one student ________ in trouble.

4. We ________ sorry for him.

5. He ________ nice though.

Grammar Exercises - Past Continuous / Progressive

Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).

1. When I phoned my friends, they _________________ (play) monopoly.

2. Yesterday at six I _________________ (prepare) dinner.

3. The kids _________________ (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

4. I _________________ (practice) the guitar when he came home.

5. We _________________ (not / cycle) all day.

6. While Alan _________________ (work) in his room, his friends (swim) in the pool.

7. I tried to tell them the truth but they _________________ (not / listen ) .

8. What _________________ (you / do) yesterday?

9. Most of the time we _________________ (sit) in the park.

10. I _________________ (listen) to the radio while my sister (watch) TV.

11. When I arrived, They _________________ (play) cards.

12. We _________________ (study) English yesterday at 4:00 pm .

Write correct sentences:

Yesterday at 6 pm your family were doing different things. Write positive sentences in past progressive.

1. My mother / read / a novel __________________________________________

2. My father / watch / a movie __________________________________________

3. My elder sister / writing / in her diary __________________________________

4. My two brothers / listen / to the radio __________________________________

5. My little sister and I / not / watch / a movie ______________________________

6. We / talk / about school __________________________________

Grammar Exercises - Present Perfect

Write sentences in present perfect simple.

1.They / play / football - ______________________________

2.He / speak / English - ______________________________

3.I / write / a poem - ______________________________

4.We / not / wash / the car - ______________________________

5.Nancy / not / meet / her friends- ______________________________

Write questions in present perfect simple.

1.They / finish / their homework - ______________________________

2.She / visit / her friend- ______________________________

3.The maid / clean / the house - ______________________________

4.He / drive / the van - ______________________________

5.You / ever / write / a poem - ______________________________

Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple or simple past).

1. I (not / work) today. ______________________________

2. We (buy) a new car last week. ______________________________

3. We (not / plan) our holiday yet. ______________________________

4. She (not / see) her mother for a long time. ______________________________

5. He (write) a beautiful poem yesterday. ______________________________