Choose the past simple, past continuous or present perfect form of the verbs in brackets. 1 _______________…

Don’t you think you should ______ it on?

a) to try

b) try

c) Trying

Task 3. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the verbs in brackets.

1. While Ted ______(look for) his mobile phone, he_____ (find) his keys.

2. Mary and I_______ (explore) the forest when it_______ (start) raining.

3. you_______ (see) Daryl while you _______(ride) your bike in the park?

4. While the children________ (swim) in the pool, Mrs Jones_______ (read) a book.

5. Emma_______ (not hear) the phone because she_______ (listen) to loud music.

Complete the sentences using the Past Simple, the Past Perfect or the Past Continuous.

1) A lot of interesting people

(be) present at the meeting yesterday.

2) What

(you/have) for breakfast on Sunday?

3) My father

(post) a letter. He’s waiting for a reply.

4) What

(you/do) at 6.00 on Saturday?

5) I opened my laptop and saw that I

(miss) some letters.

6) They

(enter) the room quietly because the child was sleeping.

(not/ride) a horse before that day.

7) He (not/ride) a horse before that day.

What do you say to your friend in these situations? Use the words given in brackets. Use the present continuous (1 am doing), going to, will (I’ll), used to or would.

1)You played computer games every weekend when you were a child. Now you don’t play them at all.

YOU:

— (I/used to/play)

2)You went to the seaside every summer when you lived in the country.

YOU:

_ (We/would/go)

Present Perfect. Open the brackets and use the given verbs in appropriate form.

1) I … (buy) some cheese for pizza.

2) This year we … (not go) to the cinema yet.

3) … he ever … (climb) a mountain?

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous

We . (plan) to go to the cinema, but we stayed home instead.

Sam . (take) notes during the lesson.

The students . (work) hard because they wanted a good mark in the exam.

What . (you/do) last night?

He . (play) with his brothers all day on Saturday.

Use Past Simple or Present Simple 1 We(play)chess every day. She (go) to the park last weekend . They(not have)dinner every day . I (not write) a dictation yesterday

3 Write complete questions in the past continuous. Then write short answers.

At 10 am yesterday,

0) it/snow? [X] Was it snowing? No it wasn’t

I) your friends/ride their bikes? (✔)

2) you / shop with your friends? (✔)

3) your mom/work? (x)

4) I / have a shower? (X)

5) you and your friends/swim in the lake? (✔)

Exercise 1 Tenses
Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense or verb form. The tenses used are Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous or Present Perfect Simple. There are also examples of the First and Second Conditional. ​

Test: Past simple or past continuous A Write the verbs in the correct form: past simple or past continuous 1. My daughter, (play) while I (wash) the car while Tom (clean) the kitchen. 2. Bill and I (work) in the garden. 3. When I 4. Martin (watch) TV. 5. We to rain. Name: 6. When he home and (ski) I (sleep) while his parents (have) picnic when it (see) the UFO he (call) his friend. (break) my leg. (start) (run)​