PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS

Simple Present vs. Present continuous

100

I                             (play) soccer this season.

I'm playing soccer this season.

200

I usually                (wake) up at 7:00 o'clock.

I usually wake up at 7:00 o'clock.

300

I                   (not do) exercise at all but this month I                        (go) to the gym.

I don't do exercise at all but this month I'm going to the gym.

400

I                          (start) to write a book about my life because I                      (want) to be a writer.

I'm starting to write a book about my life because I want to be a writer.

500

Suzan                     (love) music so she                 (go) to a concert in Mexico City right now. She         (be) really excited.

Suzan loves music so she's going to a concert in Mexico City right now. She is very excited.

Simple Past vs. Past continuous

100

I                   (go) to Cancun last summer.

I went to Cancun last summer.

200

I                    (listen) to music yesterday at 5:00.

I was listening to music yesterday at 5:00.

300

I                       (watch) a movie when you             (call) me.

I was watching a movie when you called me.

400

What              you                  (do) when the accident                     (happen)?

What were you doing when the accident happened?

500

I                     (run) in the park while I was           (listen) to music when suddenly it                  (start) to rain.

I was running in the park while I was listening to music when suddenly it started to rain.

Correct the mistake

100

When we arrived in Cannes at 2.30, the sun shone.

was shining

200

Did you living here when you was a child?

were

300

I met Tim while I was travelling in Thailand.

correct

400

What did he do when he was hearing the news?

What was he doing

500

The train was stopped and the doors opened.

stopped