Complete the sentences with the present simple or present

continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible.

Don't take those books. They (not belong) to you.score

What time (the last train / leave)?score
I (never forget) my brother's birthday.score
(you / come) to my party on Saturday?score
Look! It (snow) again.score
My father (not work) at the weekend.score
Where (we / meet) Paul tomorrow?score
She's so boring. She (always talk) about her job.score

Complete the sentences. Decide if you need to use the simple present or the present
progressive.
1. He often wears a hat, but
he is not wearing a hat today.
2. We are having breakfast now although
we do not normally have breakfast at this time.
3. While Grace is cleaning the house,
her kids are playing in the garden.
4. I must hurry to the bus stop because I am meeting Ian in an hour
and the bus leaves in ten minutes.
5. Listen! Do you hear that noise?
6. I grew up with dogs but now I have a cat.

Complete the sentences. Decide if you need to use the simple present or
the present perfect progressive.
1. Norman and Joe play football in a club three times a week.
2. Norman has been playing football in this club since he was five.
3. Joe, however, has only been living in this town since last year.
4. He goes to the same school as Norman and for two months Joe has been
training in Normans team.
5. Joe is a very good goalkeeper and makes it hard for the others to score goals.
6. Norman is a forward and often scores goals for his team.
7. Since the beginning of training today, Norman has been trying to score a
goal.
8. But Joe stops every single ball.

Complete the sentences. Decide if you need to use the present perfect
simple or the progressive.
1. I have been studying all day, but
I am afraid I have not learnt much.
2. Andrew has eaten two bars of chocolate today.
3. The boys clothes are dirty because he has been playing in the mud.
4. I have just arrived at the station.
5. We are exhausted because we have been doing exercise all morning.
6. Edward feels a bit unsteady because he has not cycled for five years.
7. How long have you been working for this company?
8. The kids have not finished their homework yet.
9. Niall has watched the film seven times.

Complete the sentences. Decide if you need to use the simple past or the
past progressive.

1. While Steve was watching football on TV,

Monica was listening to the radio.
2. When I was walking down Fifth Avenue,
I discovered a wonderful boutique.
3. The angry little girl threw her toy onto the floor and stamped her foot.
4. I received your SMS while
I was sitting in the doctors waiting room.
5. When Ruth was little,
she hated the smell of coffee.

Complete the sentences. Decide if you need to use the simple past or the
present perfect simple.
1. He has already told you why he wont be able to come.
2. The children did not go to school on Monday.
3. I gave you his phone number last month.
Why have you not called him yet?
4. Have you seen that new movie yet?
5. I visited a good friend of mine the other day.
6. My grandma sent me a birthday present yesterday.
7. We heard a great new song on the radio two days ago.
8. We have just got home.
9. So far he has only spoken about the companys past successes.

Complete the sentences. Decide if you need to use the simple past or the
past perfect.
1. Yesterday, Mandy went to a caf after work.
2. She sat down at a table outside the caf and looked at the menu.
3. When the waiter came to take her order, she was surprised.
4. It was James, an old friend from school.

5. They had not seen each other for at least five years.
6. So they told each other what had happened in the past five years.

Complete the sentences for situations in the present. Decide which tense
you need to use.

1. Ms Smith has been working as a sales representative for three years.

2. In her job, she drives around a lot to meet her customers all over the country.
3. Today she has travelled 500 km to meet a customer.
4. She will surely be tired now.
5. At the moment, Ms Smith is standing in her hotel room.
6. She has just arrived.
7. But she cannot take a little nap now because she must call her customer.
8. They will probably be waiting for her phone call.

Complete the sentences for situations in the past. Decide which tense you
need to use.
1. A plumber came to our house yesterday.
2. He wanted to repair our washing machine that had broken a few days before.
3. Before he rang at my door, he had been looking for a parking space for about
ten minutes.
4. While the plumber was repairing the washing machine, I was watching the
news.
5. Suddenly, I realised that they were showing our street on TV.

6. The reporter said that a car had crashed into a stop sign just before reaching
the crossroads.
7. While I was listening carefully to what had happened, someone knocked at
my door.
8. I opened the door and saw a police officer standing there.
9. He asked for the plumber.
10.As it turned out, it was our plumbers car that had rolled down the street.
11.In his haste, the plumber had forgotten to put the handbrake on.