Read the following text and choose the correct statement:

My name is Kate O’Hara. I live on a farm with my mother and father. I like it but I work very hard. Every
morning I wake up at five o’clock and feed the horses. Then I can go back to the house. Mum makes
breakfast at 5:30 and I’m not late for breakfast because I don’t like cold eggs. After breakfast I help dad for
an hour. Then I have a shower and get ready for school. The school bus leaves at 8:15. I leave home at
8:00 and after school I can watch TV for an hour. Then we have our dinner. We have chicken for dinner but
I hate it. I eat it because mum gets angry. After dinner I do my homework. Then I go out and feed the
horses again. I go to bed early because I’m always very tired at the end of the day.

True or False:

1. She doesn’t like the farm. _____________

2. Kate doesn’t work very hard. ______________

3. Kate has a shower before 8:15. ______________

4. Kate’s mother doesn’t like chicken. ______________

5. After dinner Kate feeds the horses. ______________

What's her name?

What time doest she wake up every morning?

Why isn't she late for breakfast?

How much time does she watch TV?

Why does she go to bed early?

Write questions with the words below. Use the Present Simple.

1. when / you / get up / in the morning

When do you get up in the morning?

3. your teacher / give / homework / every lesson

4. what / you / do / after school

Choose the correct adverb of frequency in brackets. Then use it to rewrite the sentence.
Make any necessary changes.

1. We don’t play football in rainy weather. (never / often)

2. Heather watches the news on TV twice a week. (sometimes / always)

3. My uncle plays golf once a month. (usually / rarely)

4. Janine and Doris go shopping three or four times a week. (often / rarely)

5. Kelly and her sister go to bed late every night. (always / sometimes)

Write questions with the words below. Use the Present Continuous.

1. you / watch / TV / right now

Are you watching TV right now?

3. why / you / order / a pizza

4. it / rain / outside / now

5. where / you and your father / go

Put in the present continuous form of the verb in brackets.

1. Please be quiet. I _______________ (try) to read my book.

2. I _______________ (not/use) the computer at the moment so you can use it.

3. Mary is ill so Sue _______________ (teach) her lessons today.

4. Excuse me, I _______________ (look) for a hotel. Is there one near here?

5. _______________ (you/wait) for someone?

6. Jack, you are very careless. You _______________ (always/forget) to do your homework!
7. The cost of living _______________ (rise) very fast. Every year things are more expensive.

8. What _______________ (you/do)? I _______________ (clean) my shoes.

9. Why _______________ (not/wear) shorts? It's so hot today.

10. The neighbours are so noisy! They _______________ (always/argue) loudly.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT SIMPLE in context. Put in the right form of the verb in
brackets:

Laura : Hello, George! What ……………………………………… (you / do) these days?

George : Hi, Laura. I ……………………………….. (learn) French and Spanish at college. What about you?

Laura : Me? Oh, I ……………………………… (work) at a Travel Agency until August.

George : ………………………………………. (you / like) it?

Laura : Yes, I do. I …………………………… (work) in the shop most mornings, and three afternoons a
week the manager ………………….. (tell) me about the travel business. I …………………… (work) quite
long hours. I ………………………. (not / get) home until six, but I ………………………. (prefer) that to not
having enough to do.

George : Yes, I …………………………… (work) hard too at the moment.It ……………… (become) more
and more difficult to get a job using languages. They …………….(ask) for higher and higher exam grades
all the time.

Laura : You can do it, George. You ……………… (be) clever.

George : Thanks. Laura.

Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous or present simple.

1. I _______________ (not/belong) to this particular government committee.

2. Hurry! The bus _______________ (come). I _______________ (not/want) to miss it.

3. Gregory is a vegetarian. He _______________ (not/eat) meat.

4. I _______________ (look) for the manager. I can't find him anywhere.

5. We are successful because we _______________ (take) the time to talk to our customers.

6. John _______________ (deal) with all the enquiries about sales.

7. At the moment we _______________ (make) a training video for Siemens.

8. _______________ (you/know) what Mr Briceson _______________ (do)? He is not in his office.

9. I _______________ (apply) for a job in the sales department, but I don't know if I will be successful. It
_______________ (depend) on whether or not they have any vacancies.

10. Unemployment _______________ (fall) and is now down to 5.6%.

11. Jane is doing some research in the library. She needs it for a book she

_______________ (write).

12. While Anna is away on holidays, Matt _______________ (work) in her office.
13. He _______________ (teach) French and German at University and _______________(learn) Greek.

14. There _______________ (be)two flights to Honduras this afternoon. The British Airways flight
_______________ (leave) at 13:00 and _______________ (arrive) at 22:00.

15. Inflation _______________ (rise) at a rate of 2% per annum.

1. She always _______________ (remember) my birthday.

2. Mr Brown _______________ (work) in a supermarket.

3. I _______________ (work) in this factory until I find a better job.

4. Look! It _______________ (snow).

5. Can you hear those girls? What _______________ (they/talk) about?

6. _______________ (you/know) Helen?

7. We _______________ (never/go) to work by tube. It is too busy.

8. When I'm in Paris I _______________ (usually/stay) in the Hotel du Pont, but this time I
_______________ (stay) in the more expensive Hotel Notre Dame.

9. Ruth _______________ (be) a vegetarian. She _______________ (not/eat) meat or fish.

10. My father _______________ (be) an engineer, but he _______________ (not/work) right now.

11. _______________ (you/believe) in ghosts?

12. My parents _______________ (live) in Sydney. Where _______________ (your parents/live)?

13. We _______________ (own) two cars, an estate car and a sports car.

14. Can you drive? No, but I _______________ (learn) at the moment.

15. Look! That woman _______________ (try) to steal that man's wallet.

16. The River Nile _______________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.

17. _______________ (you/like) Bon Jovi?

18. I _______________ (get) thirsty. Let's get something to drink.

19. Those flowers _______________ (smell) lovely. What are they?

20. Jane _______________ (repair) her bike. She _______________ (know) exactly what to do.

Put one of these verbs in each sentence. Use the past simple:

eat bring write buy see meet

1. The party was fantastic. Every guest _______________ something to eat and a bottle of wine.

2. I had an extravagant weekend. I _______________ some clothes and a plant.

3. Three weeks ago Tracy _______________ her ex-husband in Mallorca. What a coincidence!

4. When I lived in Italy, we always _______________ lamb at Easter.

5. Shakespeare _______________ a lot of plays.

A friend has just returned from his holiday. Ask him questions about it using the past simple.
Example: where/go? Where did you go?

1. how /get there?

2. who/go with?

3. where/stay?

4. the weather /good?

5. what/you think of the food?

6. what/do during the day?

7. go out in the evenings?

8. buy any souvenirs?

9. make any new friends?

10. how long/the journey home/take?

Put the verb in the correct form: past simple or past continuous.

1. I _______________ (dream) when the alarm clock _______________ (go off).

2. They _______________ (wait) for me when I _______________ (arrive).

3. The phone _______________ (ring) while I _______________ (have) a shower.

4. We _______________ (not/go out) last Sunday because it _______________ (rain).

5. I _______________ (see) Kim at the party. She _______________ (wear) a new dress.

6. I _______________ (break) a bowl this morning. When I _______________ (wash) the dishes it just
_______________ (slip) out of my hand onto the floor!

7. When he _______________ (carry) the table, he _______________ (feel) a sharp pain in his back.

8. Sarah _______________ (go) down the stairs when the lights _______________ (go out).

9. We _______________ (watch) TV when someone _______________ (come)

to the door and _______________ (knock) very loudly.

10. What _______________ (you/do) at this time yesterday? Oh, I _______________(prepare) the dinner.

11. I _______________ (fall) asleep while I _______________ (watch) television.

12. At 12:45 yesterday, Mr Alright _______________ (see) a client in his office.

1. He ………………………………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.

2. They ………………………………… (study) two hours last night.

3. Jane …………………………………. (sleep) when the telephone rang.

4. As I …………………………………. (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.

5. We ………………………………….. (watch) TV last night.

6. The customer ………………………… (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.

7. The barber …………………………………. (cut) my hair yesterday.

9. It …………………………………. (rain) hard when I got up.

10. It …………………………………. (rain) hard last night.

1I used my time well while I (wait)__________________ for my plane - I wrote some emails.

2I (not/work)_______________ when my boss walked in my office.

3When I (wait)______________ for the taxi, I saw two car crashes.

4Tom (have)______________ long hair and a beard when he was at university.

5It started snowing while I (drive)_______________ to work.

6What (you/do)_________________ this time last year?

7I (not/call)_______________ you at 9 o'clock as arranged because I was having a meeting.

8I (still/sleep)_____________ when my wife left for work this morning

9Why did you bring your umbrella? (it/rain)_______________ when you left home?

Complete the sentences using the correct verbal tense

Alberto __________ (drive) to school bus everyday.

Sandy __________ (forget) her homework very often.

Our friends sometimes ________ (go) to the supermarket.

When they ___________ (arrive), the boy _______________ (play) in his room.

They ________________ (argue) yesterday afternoon.

We ________________ (plan) a trip for this weekend.

She hates ___________ (get) the bus everyday.in South Africa.

How often _____________ (you/go) to the cinema?

What you say ________ (be) terrible.

They _______________ (meet) tonight at 10 o'clock.

Who ________ (be) your favourite pop stars?

_______________ (you/see) him last night?