Present & Past Tenses
Clue: Choose the correct answer:
“Tom usually ______ his bike to school.”
a) ride b) rides c) is ride
Answer: b) rides
Clue: Choose the best option:
“I ______ TV when my mum called me.”
a) watched b) was watching c) am watching
Answer: b) was watching
Clue: Choose the correct word:
“Have you ______ eaten sushi?”
a) ever b) never c) yet
Answer: a) ever
Clue: What is the Past Simple of go?
Answer: went
“How ______ apples are there in the basket?”
Answer: many
Clue: Put the verb in the correct form (Present Simple):
“My parents ______ (work) in a hospital.”
Answer: work
Clue: Fill in Past Continuous:
“The children ______ (play) in the garden while it ______ (rain).”
Answer: were playing, was raining
Clue: Complete with for or since:
“I have lived here ______ three years.”
Answer: for
Clue: Complete the table:
“drink – ______ – drunk” (Past Simple)
Answer: drank
Clue (Open cloze – ONE word):
“We went to the park ______ Sunday.”
Answer: on
Clue: Choose the correct past form:
“We ______ to the zoo last Saturday.”
a) go b) went c) going
Answer: b) went
Clue: Choose when or while:
“I was doing my homework ______ my brother was listening to music.”
Answer: while
Clue: Put the verb in Present Perfect:
“She ______ (just / finish) her homework.”
Answer: has just finished
Clue: Choose the correct sentence:
a) Yesterday I writted a letter.
b) Yesterday I wrote a letter.
c) Yesterday I written a letter.
Answer: b) Yesterday I wrote a letter.
Clue (Dialogue – choose the best reply):
Question: “Let’s play football.”
a) Yes, let’s! b) Yesterday. c) At school.
Answer: a) Yes, let’s!
Clue: Correct the sentence:
“Yesterday I don’t play football.” (change to Past Simple)
Answer: Yesterday I didn’t play football.
Clue: Make one sentence:
“I / read a book / my friend / call me”
(Use Past Continuous + Past Simple.)
Answer: I was reading a book when my friend called me.
Clue: Choose the correct sentence:
a) I have seen her yesterday.
b) I saw her yesterday.
c) I have saw her yesterday.
Answer: b) I saw her yesterday.
Clue: Fill in Past Simple:
“My dad ______ (bring) me a present last week.”
Answer: brought
Clue (Open cloze – ONE word):
“I was sleeping ______ my cat jumped on the bed.”
Answer: when
Clue: Complete the sentence with Past Simple and Present Simple:
“Last year we ______ (travel) to London, but we usually ______ (stay) at home in summer.”
Answer: travelled, stay (or traveled, stay)
Clue: Correct the mistake:
“I was played football when it started to rain.”
Answer: I was playing football when it started to rain.
Clue: Complete with for or since and the correct verb:
“They ______ (live) in this town ______ 2018.”
Answer: have lived, since 2018
Clue: Irregular verb challenge:
Give the Infinitive, Past Simple and Past Participle of “teach”.
Answer:teach - taught - taught
Clue (Dialogue – choose the best reply):
Question: “Why are you running?”
a) Because I am late. b) Because I am tall. c) Because I like pizza.
Answer: a) Because I am late.