Revision of present simple, continuous, past simple and questions

1. 1 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of
the simple present tense
1. Mrs Smith (wash) her hair twice a week.
2. Mike (not/play) football.
3. Lara (always/cook) .
4. Jerry (never/read) horoscopes.
washes
doesn’t play
always cooks
never reads

2. 5. I (not/understand) Michael.
6. Sandra (hate) ironing (stirare)
7. (you/speak) Greek?
8. (Mike/ever/write) letters?
hates
don’t understand
Do you speak
Does Mike ever write

3. 9. Liam (always/try) to get good
marks .
10. (you/sometimes/sleep)
till midday?
always tries
Do you sometimes sleep

4. 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the present continuous tense
1 They (watch) TV in the living room
2 He (swim) in his friend’s pool.
3 She (not/listen) to the teacher.
4 We (learn) a foreign language.
5 The baby (sleep) upstairs.
6 Jack (not/sit) outside at the moment.
are watching
is swimming
isn’t listening
are learning
is sleeping
isn’t sitting

5. 3 Complete the sentences with the simple past tense
1 Yesterday afternoon I (have) a lot of homework.
2 Last night my brother and I (make) the dinner.
3 The day before yesterday my parents (catch) a taxi to
go to the airport.
4 Two days ago we (do) a history project at school.
had
made
caught
did

6. 5 Last week my friends and I (swim) in the sea.
6 Last month our English teacher (teach) us different
parts of the body.
7 Last year I (come) to school by bus.
8 Three years ago my parents (buy) me a pet for my
birthday.
swam
taught
came
bought

7. 4 Find the questions
1
I work in a big building.
2
Last year I worked in a big building.
3
Yes, I wear a blue uniform.
4
Mark plays the piano.
5
They started to play the piano in 2008.
Where do you work?
Where did you work?
Do you wear a uniform?
What does Mark play?
When did they start to play the piano?

8. 6
Sue visits her grandmother every week.
7
Sue visited her grandmother every week.
8
The children are going to school.
9
A lot of people are travelling to Greece for their holidays.
10
I’m laughing because I read a funny story.
How often does Sue visit her grandmother ?
How often did Sue visit her grandmother ?
Where are the children going?
Where are a lot of people travelling (for their holidays) ?
Why are you laughing?