Rachel's Diary – Do Not Touch!!!

September 29, 2010 – My First Day Here

Today (be) _______(1) the first day at my new school. Right now, it is lunch time, and

all of the students (eat) _______ _________(2) their lunches. They (sit) _______

_________(3) around the big table in the cafeteria, (talk) ________(4) in small groups. I

(sit) _______ ________(5) alone. I (be) _______(6) pretty nervous. I (hope) _______(7)

the other students (not, think) _______ _______ ________( I am weird. I (write) 8)

_______ ________( in my diary right now to look like I (have) _______( something
9) 10)

important to do.

For lunch today, I (have) _______(1 an apple, pretzels, and a tuna fish sandwich. I
1)

(hate) _______(1 tuna fish, but my mom (love) ________(1 it. She (say) _______(1 it is
2) 3) 4)

good for me. She (pack) ________(1 it for me every day, so I (guess) ________(1 I have
5) 6)

to eat it. I (also, have) ________ ________(1 some cookies. At least I (like)
7)

________( to eat those.

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Hey! The girls at the big table (look) _______ ________( at me! What (they, want)
19)

_______ ________ ________( ? They (laugh) _______ ________( at something. What

20) 21)

(they, laugh) _______ ________ _________( at? I hope they (not, laugh)
22)

_______ _______ _________( at me. I (get) _______ ________( nervous again. Oh

23) 24)

my gosh! One of them (come) ______ _________( this way! Stay calm, Rachel. She is
25)

not going to hurt you. She is just another girl like you, right?

Wait. Now she (hold) _______ _________( out her hand to me. Does she (want)
26)

________( to be friends? What (she, do) _______ ________ _________( ? Oh, I

27) 28)

Name________________ TEST Date________________

Review of the Simple Present and Present Progressive Tenses. Fill in the spaces with
the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present progressive tense.
Lizbeth Rangel Esquivel
know! She (invite) _______ _________( me to her table! Maybe I (be, not) _______
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_______( that weird after all!

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PAST
TENSE

Name________________

Date________________

Past Tense

Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple past tense.

Note: In this exercise, adverbs, like still, already, usually, frequently, slowly, quickly and

others—are used in simple past tense verbs. An adverb tells us something more

about the action of the verb. It is said to "modify" the verb.

Example: Savannah (quickly, swim) quickly swam the first two laps of the race.

1) Jared (frequently, drive) _______ _______ his father's truck to work last summer.

2) Mr. and Mrs. Porter (usually, stay) _______ _______ at Cape Hatteras for the

season
.
3) Susan (already, play) _______ _______ the flute well before she began to play the

piccolo
.

4) The sun (slowly, drop) _______ _______ below the horizon as we watched.

5) The principal (kindly, speak) _______ _______ to the crying child.

6) The children (normally, wait)_______ _______ for the bus on the

corner of Walnut and Elm Streets.

7) The old house (still, look) _______ _______ just as it had when he last visited.

8) The artist (quickly, draw) _______ _______ a cartoon as the crowd watched.

9) Mrs. Campos (patiently, wait) _______ _______ for the nurse to call her into the

examining
room.

10)The passengers (happily, cheer) _______ _______ as their hot air balloon lifted

from the
ground.

Name_______________
_

Date_______________
_

Future Progressive Tense: Questions

Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in future progressive tense.

Note: This exercise uses the future progressive tense in question format.

Example: Will you (shop) be shopping tomorrow? Example: Is Kevin (drive)

going to be driving to the restaurant? Example: Are the teachers (meet) going
to be meeting Wednesday morning?

1) _______ you (feed) _____ ________ the dogs while Mom is in the hospital?

2) _____ Jacob (search) ________ _____ _____ ________ for a new job soon?

3) _____ Whitney and Megan (put) ________ _____ _____ ________ up the

decorations for the

party?

4) _______ Claire (pay) _____ ________ the caterer

today?

5) _______ the boys (play) _____ ________ soccer this afternoon?

6) _____ the sun (shine) ________ _____ _____ ________ at

the beach tomorrow?

7) _____ the skater (skate) _______ _____ _____ ________ with her partner this time?

8) ______ you (tell) _____ ________ your friends yet that you are
moving?
9) Carrie and Jess want to go to the zoo. _____ Aunt Susan (take) _______ _____

_____ ________
them?

10) The mechanic is here now. _____ he (fix) _______ _____ _____ ________ our

car
first?

11) The runners need to stay in shape for the Olympics. _______ they (train) _____

________ at the track every

day?

12) I don’t like lima beans. _____ you (cook) _____ ________ them very often? 13)

______ the cruise ship (dock) _____ _______ in Miami this

weekend?
14) ______ the tourists (collect) _______ _____ _____ ________ shells on the beach

every
day?

15) The prom is two months away now. _______ Mark (rent) _____ ________ a

tuxedo
?