SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
1.
I __________________ (write) to my pen-pal once a week.
2.
The earth _________________ (move) round the sun.
3.
Most birds ________________ (fly) but some _______________ (do not).
4.
Mosquitoes _______________ (be) harmful insects. They ______________ (suck) our
blood and _______________ (spread) diseases.
5. My grandfather never _________________
(smoke) cigarettes; he always _____________ (smoke) pipe.
6. We cannot have Mary in the choir. She
________________ (not sing) well although she ___________ (try) very hard.
7. Many insects ___________ (fly) from flower
to flower to collect nectar. In this way, they ____________ (help) to pollinate
the flowers.
8. A:
______________________________________________________________________.
B: My grammar book. (I am reading my grammar
book)
9. A:
__________________________________________________.
B:
Because I need to buy some shoes. (I’m going downtown because I need to buy
some shoes)
10. I ______________ (live) in a dormitory. It
_______________ (be) a tall building. It __________(be) on Pine Street. My address ______________
(be) 3225 Pine St.
I ___________ (be) happy to live on this street.
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS TENSE
1. The tap _____________ still ___________ (run).
Please turn it off.
2. It’s going to rain. The people
______________ (hurry) home.
3. Someone _____________________ (knock) at the
door. Please see who it is.
4. The water
___________________ (boil) now. Let’s make some tea.
5. Look at those clouds. They
__________________ (come) this way. It ____________________ (go) to rain soon.
Look at the people in the street. Some of them _________________________ (run)
across the street. Many people _________________ (stand) at the bus-stop
waiting for the bus. A few of them ______________________ (hold) up their
umbrellas. Now the bus ________________ (come) down the street. All the people
_____________________ (rush) to get into the bus.
6. Listen! Someone ____________________ (call)
for help.
7. Peter has given me two dollars. I
__________________ (buy) a book for him tomorrow.
8. She _________________ (leave) for Brunei this
week-end.
9. Don’t disturb him. He ____________________
(do) his homework.
10. Don’t get down from the bus yet. It
_______________ still _________________ (move).
PRESENT
TENSE AND PRESENT CONTINUOS.
The
Smiths are at home. It is evening. Paul (1)
____________________ (sit) on the sofa. He (2) _________________ (read)
a newspaper. Ellen (3) _______________________ (sit) at the desk. She (4)
_____________________ (study). While she is studying, she (5)
_____________________(listen to) music on her radio. Paul (6) _________________
(hear) the music, but he (7) ____________________ (listen to, not) it right
now. He (8) _______________________
(concentrate) on the weather report in the newspaper. He(9) ________________________ (think about) the
weather report. Ellen (10) ________ ______ (study) her chemistry text. She (11)
________________ (like) chemistry. She (12) _______________________ (think)
that chemistry is easy.
Mrs.
Smith is in the kitchen. She (13) _______________________ (cook) dinner. She
(14) _________________ (cut) up vegetables for salad. Steam (15)
________________________ (rise) from the pot on the stove. Mrs. Smith (16) ____________________(like,
not) to cook, but she (17) ____________________ (know) that her family has to
eat good food. While she (18) ____________________(make) dinner, Mrs. Smith
(19) ___________________ (think about) a vacation on the beach. Because she (20)
_______________________ (want) her family to have vacation.
PAST
TENSE
1. I __________________ (receive) his letter
about a week ago.
2.The lights ____________________ (go) out last
night, so we ________________ (light) some candles.
3. We _________________ (visit) Rudy last week,
but she _______________ (be, not) at home.
4. We ______________ (catch) a lot of fish
yesterday, but we _________________ (not eat) any of them.
5. She _________________ (be) ill yesterday, so
she ________________ (not go) to school.
6. She __________________ (sew) the dress
yesterday.
7. Some rats ___________________(eat up) the
bread.
8. A snake _____________________ (bite) him on
the leg a couple of minutes ago.
9. Last Sunday, we __________________ (repaint)
the door.
10. They __________________ (put out) the fire
an hour ago.
PAST
CONTINUOUS TENSE
1. What ____________ you both ______________
(discuss) at 11 o’clock last night?
2. I ________________________ (sleep) when he
knocked on my door.
3. The farmer __________________ (plough) his
field all yesterday afternoon.
4. I _______________________ (walk) home at 9
o’clock last Tuesday morning.
5. While Mr. Wang ________________ (read) the
newspaper, his wife __________________ (prepare) breakfast.
6. As he ____________________ (blow) up the
balloon it burst.
7. They ____________________ (laugh) loudly
when she entered the room.
8. We
__________________ (cycle) to the farm at 7 o’clock yesterday morning.
9. She __________________ (shop) in town all
yesterday afternoon.
10. The wind __________________ (blow) strongly
throughout the night.
PAST
TENSE AND PAST CONTINUOS
1. As I ____________________ (go) to school
yesterday, I ________________ (see) a lorry crash into that shop.
2. He __________________ (hurt) his ankle while
he __________________ (play) football.
3. I ____________________ (wash) my hands when
the telephone ___________________ (ring).
4. When ___________________ (reach) his house
last evening, he and his wife ___________________ (laugh) loudly.
5. Just as he ______________________ (come) out
of the shop, he ____________________ (meet) his old neighbor.
6. When I _____________________ (walk) into the
room, they ____________________ (have) their dinner.
7. I ____________________ (look) for my pen
when I ___________________ (discover) that I _____________ (have) it in my
pocket all the time.
8. While I ________________ (write) a letter,
my mother ________________ (walk) in.
9. While the pupils _____________________
(shout) and ____________________ (play)
in the room, the headmaster _____________________ (walk) in.
10. While you _________________________ (play)
with Mary, I __________________ (study) for my examination.
