Exercise 1: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past

simple
1. We _________ (go) to the beach last weekend.
2. My cousins _________ (not/ visit) us every weekend.
3. ___________ (your mum/ make) a chocolate yesterday?
4. I _______ (send) Jessica an email yesterday afternoon
5. The children always ______ (do) their homework yesterday afternoon.
6. Last year, I ___________ (travel) to Japan.
7. ___________ you ___________ (have) dinner last night?
8. He ___________ (arrive) from the airport at 8:00, ___________
(check) into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
9. I ___________ (receive) three messages two minutes ago.
10. She ___________ (work) at the movie theater after school.
11. Yesterday she ___________ (go) to the cinema and ___________
(watch) a horror movie.
12. Carlos always ___________ (eat) spaghetti but two days ago he
___________ (eat) soup.
13. We seldom ___________ (drink) alcohol during the forenoon.
14. Somebody ___________ (take) the flowers from the graves in the
morning
15. When ___________ your grandpa ___________ (come) home after
war?
16. Some girls ___________ (not/ read) the book yesterday
17. When ___________ (be) they in London the last time? - I think in
2002
18. Why ___________ you ___________ (help) your brother with the
homework? - Because he ___________ (be) rather lazy all the time
19. My dog sometimes ___________ (catch) a mouse and ___________
(bring) it to the front door.
20. I sometimes ____________ friends in the afternoon. (to meet)
21. ____________ in the shower? (he/often/to sing)
22. Lynn and Toby ____________ in Glasgow in 2018. (to be)
23. They ____________ T-shirts last Friday. (not/to buy)
24. She often ____________ to school. (to walk)
25. ____________ the desk an hour ago? (Nick/to repair)
26. She ____________ in the garden on Mondays. (not/to work)
27. ____________ coffee every day? (Victoria/to drink)
28. We ____________ our bikes on Sundays. (not/to ride)
29. Why ____________ hamburgers? (they/never/to eat)
Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer
1. Dad doesn’t buy/ didn’t buy a new car.
2. I don’t watch/ didn’t watch TV last night.
3. Do you like/ liked chips?
4. Mary leaves/ left for Italy last month.
5. Did John come/ came to the party?
Exercise 3: Put the verbs in the present simple or the past simple
1. A: ___________________ (you/ go) to work yesterday?
B: No, I __________. I ___________ (never/ work) on Saturdays.
2. A: _______________ (you/ see) Charles yesterday?
B: Yes. We ________ (have) lunch together.
3. A: ____________ (Colin/ work) at a bank?
B: No, he ____________. He __________ (work) at a post office
4. A: ____________ (you/ do) anything exciting last Sunday?
B: No, not really. I _____________ (watch) TV and _________________
(read) a book. It was a boring weekend.
5. A: What __________ (you/do) at weekends?
B: We usually ___________(go) to the beach.
Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the time expressions from
the list
at the moment always yesterday last night
1. We watched a really good film at the cinema __________.
2. He is upset because he failed his driving test __________.
3. She ____________ brushes her teeth before she goes to bed at night.
4. I am working _____________ I can’t come with you.
5. My mother does the shopping _______________.
6. I went to a beautiful exotic island ____________. The weather was
very hot.
Exercise 5: Choose the correct item
1. My grandmother _______ me a present yesterday.
A. buys
B. bought
C. doesn’t buy
2. Peter _______ basketball yesterday.
A. doesn’t play
B. didn’t play
C. plays
3. Tony always _______ his cousins on Fridays
A. visited
B. didn’t visit
C. visits
4. I _____ my bike in the park every weekend.
A. ride
B. didn’t ride
C. am riding
5. _____ they _____ to the beach last Saturday?
A. Did, goes
B. Do, go
C. Did, go
6. Who ______ penicillin?
A. discovers
B. discovering
C. discovered
7. I usually ______ a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
A. eat
B. eats
C. eating
8. Mum ______ very happy today.
A. was
B. is
C. are
Exercise 6: Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the
past simple
1. Tommy Brown ________ (like) making up stories. No one ______
(believe) what he ______ (say) because he always _____ (tell) lies. He
________ (live) in a small village and _______ (work) on a farm just
outside the village. One night last week, Tommy ______ (finish) work late.
It _________ (be) dark and cold. Suddenly, he _______ (hear) a strange
noise, so he _________ (look) up. It __________ (be) a UFO bright
flashing lights. The UFO ________ (come down) towards him and he
________ (see) two green men looking him from outside. He
___________ (scream), ___________ (drop) his bag and
______________ (run away). When he ______________ (arrive) in the
village, he ______________ (run) into some villagers and
______________(start) telling them about the aliens but they all
______________ (laugh) at him. No one ______________ (believe)
Tommy.
2. Steven’s friends _____________ (come) to his birthday party last night
and _____________ (give) him wonderful presents. His parents
_____________ (cook) a special dinner for him. His girlfriend
_____________ (promise) to come, but she _____________ (not be)
there. He _____________ (try) to phone but he couldn’t get through. He
_____________ (be) really upset. Only she _____________ (not wish)
him a Happy Birthday.
Exercise 7: Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the
past simple
Ling: Hi Amy. ___________ (1. you/ be) at home last weekend?
Amy: No, I ___________ (2. not/ be). My family and I ___________ (3.
go) to the beach. We often ___________ (4. go) to the beach at
weekends.
Ling: You’re lucky. ___________ (5. you/ have) a nice time?
Amy: Oh, yes! I ___________ (6. have) a great time!
Ling: Where ___________ (7. you/ stay)?
Amy: We ___________ (8. stay) at my grandparents’ house
Ling: Oh. ___________ (9. they/ live) near the beach?
Amy: Yes, they do. Their house ___________(10. be) right by the beach.
Ling: Wow! That’s cool. And what did you do there?
Amy: We ___________ (11. walk) along the beach and ___________
(12. swim) in the sea.
Ling: That sounds like a lot of fun.
Exercise 8: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past
simple
1. “Romeo and Juliet” ______________ (write) by Shakespeare
2. These pictures ________________ (take) during our last Christmas
3. All the reports ________________ (type) by secretary
4. The garbage ________________ (collect) every day.
5. The email ________________ (send) to you two hours ago.
6. When ________________ your mother ________________ (get up) in
the morning?
7. I ________________ (not/ know) how to drive a car.
8. Tom always ________________ (eat) breakfast. Yesterday he
________________ (not to eat) breakfast because he
________________ (get up) late.
9. He never ________________ (shout) at his students. He
________________ (be) a wonderful teacher, I remember.
10. Who ________________ (ring) you up an hour ago?
11. I ________________ (have) dinner with my family yesterday.
12. She ________________ (know) all the works of Chopin. She
________________ (enjoy) listening to his waltz last night.
13. Queen Elizabeth II ________________ (be) born in 1926. She
________________ (become) Queen of England in 1952.
14. - ________________ you always ________________ (get up) at
seven o’clock?
- No, sometimes I ________________ (get) up at half past seven.
15. Her friends ________________ (be) ready at five o’clock.
16. I ________________ coffee every morning. (drink)
17. He ________________ work at 7:30 yesterday. (leave)
18. The small cat ________________ with me last night. (sleep)
19. She ________________ her homework two days ago. (do)
20. They ________________ funny books every class. (read)
21. The girls always ________________ the guitar. (play)
22. We ________________ to Colombia last year. (go)
23. Yesterday it ________________ (be) a wonderful day because we
________________ (go) to the mountains. We usually
________________ (go) to the beach but yesterday we
________________ (not)
24. My sister always ________________ (ride) a bike to go to school but
today she ________________ (take) the bus because she
________________ (be) late.
25. I ________________ (not have) breakfast this morning because I
________________ (have) a terrible stomachache but right now I
________________ (feel) much better.
26. My father ________________ (not work) in a hospital, he
________________ (work) in a school. He ________________ (be) a
teacher and last week he ________________ (have) a spelling contest
and all his students’ parents ________________ (be) invited and they
________________ (like) it so much.
Exercise 9: Fill the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Put them in the
correct tense
I don’t usually ____________ (go) to the cinema but yesterday I
____________ (go) to see a film. It ____________ (be) fantastic. I
____________ (cry) a little because the film ____________ (be) very
romantic.
Mellisa ____________ (be) with me. She never ____________ (cry) at
the cinema so she ____________ (not cry) yesterday but she also
____________ (enjoy) the film very much.
Now I ____________ (write) to my friend Peter to tell him about it. Peter
usually ____________ (live) here in London, like me but this week he
____________ (live) in Bristol with her aunt because his parents
____________ (be) in Italy. They ____________ (go) there last week on
business. Peter is one of my best friends. He ____________ (be)
fourteen years old and we go to the same school.
Last summer Melissa, Peter and I ____________ (go) to Amsterdam on
holiday for a week. We really ____________ (have) a nice time there. We
____________ (visit) lots of interesting places. We ____________ (not
stay) in a hotel. We ____________ (stay) at my uncle’s house. His name
is George. He ____________ (be) an engineer. He is always very busy
but that week he ____________(be) on holidays and he ____________
(take) good care of us. He ____________ (show) us the city and we
____________(like) it very much. I must study now. I ____________
(learn) French this year as I would like to ____________ (visit) Paris next
summer.
Exercise 10: Choose the correct answer
1. How often …………….. to the cinema?
A. did you go
B. did you went
C. do you go
2. He ……………….. his best friend last week.
A. meets
B. meet
C. met
3. Sally always …………. her parents.
A. helped
B. helps
C. help
4. They ………….. their room yesterday.
A. didn’t tidy
B. doesn’t tidy
C. don’t tidy
5. I ……… her a question, but she …………..
A. ask, doesn’t reply
B. asked, didn’t reply
C. asks, didn’t reply
6. What time ………… you usually ………………?
A. do, wake up
B. does, wake up
C. did, wake up
7. He ……………. good last week.
A. didn’t felt
B. didn’t feel
C. doesn’t feel
Exercise 11: Choose the correct option
1. She (play/ plays) football every Sunday.
2. You (don’t like/ doesn’t like) milk.
3. The Titanic (sinked/ sunk) in 1912.
4. Where (do/ does) he (spend/ spends) his holiday?
5. When she was young, she (lives/ lived) in Seoul.
6. His brother (visited/ visitted) London last year.
7. We (tidy/ tidied) our rooms everyday.
8. I often (help/ helps) my mum.
Exercise 12: Correct the mistakes where necessary
1. I plays tennis every afternoon
….……………………………………………………….
2. My parents live in Paris in 2006
….……………………………………………………….
3. Jake listen to the radio in the morning
….……………………………………………………….
4. We ate eggs for breakfast yesterday.
….……………………………………………………….
5. My dog doesn’t bark at night
….……………………………………………………….
6. Vaxilin am a famous goalkeeper in the National Football Team
….……………………………………………………….
7. Jeni and Lisa doesn’t go swimming in the lake.
….……………………………………………………….
8. How often does he goes shopping in the Vinmark?
….……………………………………………………….
9. Mr. Alexander teaching them when they were freshmen in the
university.
….……………………………………………………….
10. It was day in October, Luca ’s having to take the last exam of his
student life.
….……………………………………………………….
Exercise 13: Change these sentences from present simple to past
simple
1. He goes to the swimming pool because he likes swimming.
2. They have dinner at nine o´clock.
3. Helen eats too many sweets.
4. I buy the newspaper in the shop.
5. We get up at eight o´clock and go to school
6. Does she buy the newspaper in the shop over there?
7. Do they do their homework in the evening?
8. Do they have a good holiday?
9. Do they find any animal in the forest?
10. Is it dark when she gets up in the morning?
Exercise 14. Give the correct form of the word in bracket.
1. They ______ (go) to Italy last summer.
2. I always _______ (have) ketchup with my spaghetti.
3. She ______ (visit) her uncle yesterday.
4. Ben often _____ (talk) to Tim.
5. They ______ (sit) in front of the computer every evening.
6. She _______ (have) tea at 5 o'clock on Saturdays.
7. They ______ (like) their holidays two weeks ago.
8. Toby never _____ (clean) his room.
9. Sidney _____ (meet) a famous YouTuber in 2020.
10. I sometimes ______ (walk) to the office.
Exercise 15. Conjugate the verbs in the simple frame into the
present simple or simple past.
1. She (always/ arrive) ………. at the office by 8 AM.
2. Last summer, we (go) ………. on a memorable road trip across the
country.
3. My family (enjoy) ………. spending time together on weekends.
4. (you/ enjoy) ………. the concert last night?
5. She (read) ………. an interesting novel yesterday evening.
6. Yesterday, he (run) ………. a marathon for the first time in his life.
7. He (not like) ………. spicy food, but he (eat) ………. it occasionally.
8. (you/ usually/ eat) ………. breakfast before going to work?
9. We (visit) ………. the historical museum during our vacation in Paris.
10. The train (leave) ………. the station at 3 PM every day.
Exercise 16. Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past
simple
1. She _________ (go) to Australia in 1994 and she liked it very much.
2. My father usually _____________ (like) his steak well-done.
3. The dog _______ (eat) its toy last night.
4. The policeman ____________(talk) to the burglar yesterday.
5. ________ (you /have) a test last week?
6. I often see her mother but she never ___________ (speak) to me.
7. The gentleman __________(speak) to his servant 2 hours ago.
8. The kangaroo always __________(carry) its baby.
9. My friend __________ (talk) a lot every day.
10. The man __________ (drive) to the supermarket last weekend.
11. My brothers _________(leave) for England last week.
12. My sisters __________ (leave) for England every year in June.
13. I don't like that man because he often ____________(laugh) at me.
14. Her sister never _________ (smoke).
15. The cat usually _________ (leave) its basket when it is hungry.