SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS
FIX THE VERB TENSE

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Maria _______ coffee every morning.

(drink)

drinks


100

Complete the sentence:

Yesterday, I _______ the house.

cleaned

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Complete the sentence:

Look! The children ______________ in the park.

(play)

are playing

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I __________ dinner at 7:00 last night.

(cook)

was cooking

100

Maria is working at the library every Monday.

Maria works at the library every Monday.

200

Which sentence is correct?

A. She work at a hospital.

B. She works at a hospital.

C. She is work at a hospital.

B.

200

Which sentence is correct?

A. They visited their friends yesterday.

B. They visit their friends yesterday.

C. They are visit their friends yesterday.

A.

200

Which sentence is correct?

A. She is cooking dinner now.

B. She cooking dinner now.

C. She cooks dinner now.

A.

200

Which sentence is correct?

A. They were wait for the bus.

B. They was waiting for the bus.

C. They were waiting for the bus.

C.

200

Yesterday, I go to the supermarket after work.

Yesterday, I went to the supermarket after work.

300

Change the sentence to a question:

You study English every week.

Do you study English every week?

300

Change to the negative:

She worked yesterday.

She did not work yesterday.   -or-

She didn't work yesterday.

300

Make the sentence negative:

He is working.

He is not working. - or-

He isn't working.

300

Complete the sentence:

She ____________ when the phone rang.

(sleep)

was sleeping

300

Listen! The band play my favorite song.

Listen! The band is playing my favorite song.

400

Make a sentence using usually and cook.

Possible answer:

I/We/They/You usually cook dinner at home.

He/She cooks dinner at home

400

Make a sentence using last weekend and visit.


Possible answer:

I visited my sister last weekend.

400

Make a sentence using right now and study.


Possible answer:

I am studying right now.

400

Complete the sentence:

I was shopping when ______________.

Possible answers:


my phone rang.

I saw my friend.

the store closed.

400

At 8:00 last night, we watched television.

At 8:00 last ight, we were watching television.

500

Why do we use the simple present in the following sentence?

John walks to work every day.

It is a regular habit/routine.

500

Explain why we use the simple past:

I watched a movie last night.

The action happened and was completed in the past.

500

What is the difference between these 2 sentences?

I work at a library.

I am working at the library right now.

The first describes a regular situation/routine.

The second describes something happening now.

500

Explain the difference:

I waited for the bus.

I was waiting for the bus when it started to rain.

The first (waited) describes a completed past action.

The second (was waiting) describes an action that was in progress in the past when another event happened.

500

Every morning, John is drinking coffee, but yesterday he drinked tea.

Every morning, John drinks coffee, but yesterday he drank tea.