Present Simple vs Past Simple Type the missing words below. Use the present form or the past form. A:…

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)

II Past Simple/Past Continuous.

1. He (play) computer games from two till three yesterday.

2. I (not / sleep) at nine o’clock yesterday.

3. I (play) computer games yesterday.

4. He (play) computer games at five o’clock yesterday.

5. When I (come) home, my little sister (sleep).

6. Ann finally (tell) us the whole story about Peter.

7. Mary (prepare) lunch when they (come)

8. Tom (be)very unlucky. It (rain) every day during his holidays.

9. Last weekend Susan (fall) and (break) her leg.

10 When I (enter) the cafeteria Mary (have)lunch with Peter.

Fill in play, do or go. 1 . rugby 2 . hiking 3. running 4. aerobics 5. table tennis 6 . gymnastics b) Make your own six sentences in the Past Continuous with the phrases above ​

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.

Past continuous: questions

3 Write questions using the past continuous.

what/you/do/yesterday

What were you doing yesterday?

1 why / your sister / carry/ a big bag

2 Nurbol/ play / in the basketball match

3 your friends / walk / near the river

4 what/they/talk about

5 where/ the train/go

6 who /you/talk to

Complete the sentences using the Past Simple.

1.

My working day lasts eight hours.

2. Do you often get letters from your friends?

3. Does he do well in English .

4. We discuss a lot of questions.

5. They don’t often stay at the office after 6 o’clock .

Rewrite the sentences in the Past Simple form as in the example.

Example: Sam usually plays football on Sundays. He didn’t play football last Sunday. He played football last Monday. Willy writes stories on Fridays.

2 Helen usually takes pictures at the weekend.

3 Bob sings in the school choir on Wednesdays.

4 Jack usually does sports on Tuesdays.

5 Mary watches TV in the evenings.

6 They usually travel in the summer.

USE OF ENGLISH

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

1. I _______________________________ [1] (not/want) to go out. I _____________________________ [1] (do) my homework now.

2. Shhhhh! Be quiet. John ________________________________ (sleep) at the moment. [1]

3. Every Monday, Sally _______________________________ (drive) her kids to football practice. [1]

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous (Negative, Interrogative).

1. He _____________________________________________ [1] (not/play) golf now.

2. _______________________________________________ [1] (my sister/watch) TV right now?

Task 4. Read and answer the questions.

1. What is your favourite sport? _________________________________________________________________ [1]

2. What equipment do you need? ________________________________________________________________ [1]

3. What is your favourite season? ________________________________________________________________ [1]

4. What is the weather like during this season?

___________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]​

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

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ng. Task 2. Put the verbs into Present Simple.

I (play)_

She (not do)

They (go)

We (not like)

He (become)

computer games twice a week.

her home task today

to the cinema on Sundays

the movie.

a teacher.