SIMPLE PRESENT OR PRESENT PROGRSSIVE/CONTINOUS ...

Complete the sentences about a student , Antonio Lopes. Use the correct form of

the verb in parentheses( ) .

1.- ITs 8:00 am Antonio Lopes ___________________________ to shool.

(DRIVE)

2.- He ______________________ to school every day.

(DRIVE)

3.- The trip usually _______________________ 25 minutes.

(TAKE)

4.- Today it ________________________________25 minutes.

(NOT TAKE)

5.- IT ____________________ much longer.

(TAKE)

6.- Workers ______________________ the highway this morning.

(REPAIR)

7.- Because of the construction , Antonio ______________________ Parson Road.

(USE)

8.- He ___________________ usually __________________ Parson Road.

( NOT USE)

9.- Normally, he __________________________Route 93.

(TAKE)

10.- Traffic always ______________________ faster on Rote 93.

(MOVE)

11.- Todat, the weather _______________________________ the traffic too.

(SLOW DOWN )

12.-IT ________________________ hard , and the roads are slippery.

(RAIN)

13.- Antonio _________________________________ to drive in the rain .

( NOT LIKE)

14.- Antonios a careful driver , and he always ________________________slowly

when the roads are wet.
(DRIVE)
15.- The radio is on and Antonio ______________________to the traffic report:
(LISTEN)

16.- He always ___________________ to the radio on his way to work .

(LISTEN)

17.- The announcer ____________________________ and accident on Parson Road.

(DESCRIBE)

18.- Antonio ________________________________ to be late for school but, theres

nothing he can do . (NOT WANT)
19.- Traffic ________________________ because of the accident.
(NOT MOVE)

20.- Antonio _______________ to drive when the traffic is bad .

(HATE)

21.- He never ___________________ relaxed when he is behind the wheel.

(FEEL)

22.- He _________________ he cant do anything about the traffic conditions .

(KNOW)

23.- Antonio ___________________ he were in the bus instead.

(WISH)

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE OR SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE .

Read and complete these post cards with the present progressive or simple
present tense form of the verbs in the boxes .
Blow

1.

Build

Feel

Fly

Know

Shine

Sit

Dear Megan:
Hi! I __________________ on the beach at Ipanema. The weather is beautiful .
The sun ________________ , and here isn t a cloud in the sky . A soft breeze
___________________ . IT __________________ great Some beautiful tropical birds
( you __________________ the kind ) .
_____________________ above. Children __________________________________
sand castles .This is the place to be !
Wish you were here,
Ashley

2. Get

Have

Look

Stand

Start

Take

Travel

Dear Carlos...
Ana and I __________________ through England . Right now I ____________________
ion front ok Buckingham Palace . Its a cloudy day . The sky __________________ darker
by the minute . IT ___________________ like its going to rain . Ana ________________ her
camera , and she ______________________ pictures . Oh , no ! IT _____________________ to
rain .
See you a few weeks !
Marcos

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

-AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE STATEMENTS : BE
Look at the chart if famous writers of the past . Complete the sentences with was ,
wasn t , were and weren t .

Isaak Babel
James Baldwin
Honore Balzac
Simone
Giovanni Boccacio
Karel Capek
Agatha Christie
Lorraine Hansberry
Pablo Neruda

1894-1941
1924-1987
1799-1850
1908-1966
1313-1375
1890-1938
1890-1976
1930-1965
1904-1973

Russia
Short-story writer,playwright
United Estates
Author,playwright
France
Novelist
France
novelist,essayist
I taly
poet,storyteller
Czechoslovakia novelist,essayist
England
mystery writer
United Estates
playwright
Chile
poet

1.- Simone de Beauvoir ___________________ a French poet.She ________________ a

French novel ist.
2.- Giovanni Boccacio _______________________ born in 1313 .
3.- James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry _____________________ American
poets.They _________________________ playwrights.
4.- Karel Capek __________________ a poet.
5.- Pablo Neruda ____________________ from Chile.
6.- Honore de Balzac ____________________ a playwright . He ___________________ a
novelist .
7.- Agatha Christie ___________________ American. She _______________ English .
8.- Isaak Babel ___________________ Russian . He __________________ French.
9.- Simone de Beauvoir and Honor de Balzac __________________ both French.
10.- Pablo Neruda and Simone de Beauvoir ___________________ both born in the
early 1900s.

QUESTION AND ANSWER WITH THE PAST TENSE OF BE .

*Ask and answer questions about the people in Exercice2. Use was and wasn t .
1.- James Baldwin/playwright?
A:____________________________________________________________________________
B:_____________________________________________________________________________
2.- Where / Simone de Beauvoir from?
A:______________________________________________________________________________
B:______________________________________________________________________________
3.- What bationality / Pablo Neruda ?
A:____________________________________________________________________________
B:_____________________________________________________________________________
4.- Who / Boccacio?
A:____________________________________________________________________________
B:_____________________________________________________________________________
5.- Agatha Christie/ French?
A:____________________________________________________________________________
B:_____________________________________________________________________________
6.- What nationality/ Lorraine Hansberry?
A:____________________________________________________________________________
B:_____________________________________________________________________________
7.- Honore de Balzac/ a poet?
A:____________________________________________________________________________
B:_____________________________________________________________________________
8.- When / Karel Capek / born ?
A:____________________________________________________________________________
B:_____________________________________________________________________________
9.- Who / Isaak Babel?
A:____________________________________________________________________________
B:_____________________________________________________________________________

AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS.
*Complete these short biographies tense form of the verbs in the boxes.
Be

Die

Include

Spend

translate

write

1.- Lin Yutang _________________ a Chinese-americanwriter.

He _________________ most of his life in the united estates .Dr.Lin _______________ a
lot about his native China . His books __________ several novels.He also
______________ other peoples works . Lin __________________ at the age of 81 .
Be

begin

call

have

live

paint

2.- Anna Mary Robertson Moses ______________ an American painter. She _________
on a farm in New York State.Because she___________________ painting in her
seventies , people ______________ her grandma moses . She never ______________
any formal art training . Moses ________________ simple , colorful scences of farm
life.

WILL
*Use the following verbs in the future with will.
Become bite bring choose creep drink fead for give
Hold shave
1.____________________________________________________________.
2. ____________________________________________________________.
3.____________________________________________________________.
4. ____________________________________________________________.
5.____________________________________________________________.
6. ____________________________________________________________.
7.____________________________________________________________.
8. ____________________________________________________________.
9. ____________________________________________________________.
10.___________________________________________________________.
Complete the sentences using the past tense of verbs in the box.
Begin- drink- cut eat find go hold keep lose meet
read shale shut speak spend
1.-Maria _____________ a cup of coffee before class this morning.
2.- We _____________ a delicious dinner at a Mexican restaurant
last night.
3.-When it ____________ to rain yesterday afternoon I ____________
all the windows in the apartment .
4.- Chris hurt his finger when he was fixing his dinner last night . He
accidentally______________ it with a sharp knife .
5.-I dont have any money in my pocket .I ____________ my last
dime yesterday.
6.- Jessica didnt throw her did shoes away . She __________them
because they were comfortable .
7.- I ___________ an interesting article in the newspaper yesterday

8.- Jack ______________ his pocket knife at the park yesterday .

This morning he _____________ back to the park to look for it .
Finally he____________ it in the grass. He wasglad to have it back.
9.- Peter was nervous when he _____________ his baby in his arms
of the first time .
10.- I ________________ Jennifers parents when they visited her .
She introduce me to them.
11.- Yesterday I called Jason on the phone . he wasnt home; So
I ____________ to his sister .
12.-When I introduced Tom to Ryan They _______________ hands
and smiled at each other.

USED TO .
Complete . Use used to or didnt use to .
1.- You are and adult now . What did you use to do when you
were a child that you dont do now.

2.-You are living in a foreign country . What did you use to do in

you own country that you dont do now?

3.- Describe a typical in your life when you were in primary , What
did you use to do ?

Complete the sentences with a form of used to add you own

words.
1.- I ________________ my bike to work , but now I take the bus.
2.-What time ______________________ to bed when you were a
child?
3.-I ____________________________ past midnight , but now I often
go bed very late I have to study.
4.-I ______________________ wild and reckless when I was younger,
but now Im not .
5.-Tom _______________________ tennis after work every day but
now he doesnt .
6.- I ______________________ any physical exercise , but now I
exercise for an hour everyday