Simple present
Our family ________(visit) my grandparents after church every Sunday.
visits
Currently Lucas André _______(study) English at the University of Colorado.
is studying
We ______(visit) another country before.
have never visited
She _________________ (get on) the bus in the centre of the city.
"got on"
Luiz ________ for Julia's ticket. (to pay)
"paid"
Adilson always ________ (talk) in class.
talks
Carol _____ (take) two courses, English and Economy.
is taking
I have________sushi before. (eat / already)
"I have already eaten sushi before"
What is the past of buy, teach, fight and think?
"bought, taught, fought and thought"
you / ever / be / to / the USA / ?
"Have you ever been to the USA?
Every day, Clara _________(call) her friends.
calls
The dog ___ (bark) because it saw a cat.
is barking
They ______(want) me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I _______(have) some problems with him in the past. Which are the verb tenses?
"wanted" and "have had"
You watched a film last night.
_______ _______ _______ a film last night?
"Did you watch"
I have been waiting for the prices of the houses to come down before buying one, but I think I _____(wait) too long and the prices _____(begin) to go up again. What are the correct verb tenses?
"have waited" and "are beginning"
When do we use the simple present? (2 uses)
talk about routines and things that are true.
The cow _____ (eat) the grass while her calf ___ (run) around the field.
was eating, was running
explain / Cris / the new rules / you.
"Cris has already explained the new rules to you"
We ________ in the park this morning.(to be)
"were"
This bicycle ____ (be) in our family for fourteen years. My father used it for the first five years, my brother rode it for the next five and I ____(have) it for the last four. What are the correct verb tenses?
"has been" and "have had"
Pedro _____ (come) from Brazil and _____ (be) a native speaker of Portuguese.
comes is
Create one sentence that uses a progressive/continuous verb.
Various answers
Create a sentence using the present perfect. (already/yet/just)
Various answers
Yesterday it ________ ( be) my friend´s birthday. He ________ ( invite) a lot of friends from school. It ________ ( be) very hot so we ________ ( decide) to go to the swimming pool. The swimming pool ________ (not be) full so we ________ (swim) a lot. Suddenly Joe ________ ( fall) and ________ (hurt) himself. We ________ ( call) an ambulance.
"was, invited, was, decided, wasn't, swam, fell, hurt, called"
Which of the following words are used as signal words in the Simple Present? :
always/ at the moment / every day/ some day/ often/ last night / yesterday / rarely / in two days / tomorrow / a year ago.
" always/every day/often/rarely"