PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE FUTURE TENSE

take(s) took will take

'll take

don’t take didn't take am/are/is going to take

doesn't take I wasn’t won't take
I am not you weren’t will not
you are not am/are/is not going to take
he is not

do you take ? did … take? will you take?

does he take ? was I? am/are/is going to take
am I? were you?
are you?
is he?
It is used with habits and Past tense expresses an Future tense expresses an
general statements. action or situation that action or situation that will
was started and occur in the future.
finished in the past. The future tense can also be
Most past tense verbs expressed by using am, is, or
end in -ed. are with going to.
The irregular verbs The surgeon is going to
have special past tense perform the first
forms which must be bypass in Minnesota.
memorized. Use of going to
- planned action in the future
- you are certain that
something is going to happen
in the future

every day, month year; Yesterday; Tomorrow;

always; # years, weeks,ago; in (future year, month);
sometimes; in (past year); on (future day);
never; last (month, week) next (month, week);
frequently; # days, months from now;
often; this month, week;
usually; someday,
generally;
seldom;
rarely;
hardly ever;
sometimes;
normally
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Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use Simple Present in the
statements.
1. We our dog. (to call)
2. Emma in the lessons. (to dream)
3. They at birds. (to look)
4. John home from school. (to come)
5. I my friends. (to meet)
6. He the laptop. (to repair)
7. Walter and Frank hello. (to say)
8. The cat under the tree. (to sit)
9. You water. (to drink)
10. She the lunchbox. (to forget)

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Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use Simple Present in the
statements.
1. I good marks. (to get)
2. Rita exercises. (to do)
3. We often the table. (to lay)
4. Tim and Pat pictures. (to upload)
5. Oliver always fun. (to have)
6. Maria sometimes their room. (to tidy up)
7. He often new shoes. (to buy)
8. The dog never out of the house. (to run)
9. You your glasses. (to need)
10. She snakes. (to touch)
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Put in the correct verb forms into the gaps. Use Simple Present.
 you mineral water? (to drink)
 Sarah and Linda their pets? (to feed)
 your teacher your homework? (to check)
 they in the old house? (to live)
 the cat on the wall in the mornings? (to sit)
 Nina computer games? (to play)
 your parents TV in the afternoon? (to watch)
 your grandmother the phone? (to answer)
 Andy the shopping? (to do)
 Garry and Ken a cup of tea in the afternoon? (to have)

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Put in the correct verb forms and the nouns into the gaps. Use Simple Present.
 to school? (you/to walk)
 a banana in the morning? (Ronda/to eat)
 parrots? (your father/to like)
 a room with her sister? (Wendy/to share)
 a lot in England? (it/to rain)
 sports after school? (the friends/to do)
 camping in summer? (Susan and Jack/to go)
 their friends to the party? (they/to invite)
 at the bus stop? (we/to wait)
 in the morning? (he/to smile)

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Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Simple Present. Watch the punctuation
and form sentences or questions.
1. They hockey at school. (to play)
2. She e-mails. (not/to write)
3. you English? (to speak)
4. My parents fish. (not/to like)
5. Anne any hobbies? (to have)
6. Andy's brother in an office. (to work)
7. Leroy very fast. (can/not/to read)
8. Jim and Joe the flowers every week? (to water)
9. Yvonne's mother a motorbike. (not/to ride)
10. Elisabeth cola? (to drink)

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Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Simple Present. Watch the punctuation
and form sentences or questions.
1. Anne my questions. (not/to answer)
2. they tomatoes in this shop? (to sell)
3. This girl trousers at school. (not/to wear)
4. Mr Barker physics? (to teach)
5. The guinea pigs under the desk. (not/to hide)
6. Ken often the school bus? (to miss)
7. He posters on the wall anymore. (not/to hang)
8. for the tickets? (you/to pay)
9. The boys stones. (not/to throw)
10. the bells of your church still ? (to ring)

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Rewrite the sentences using the verbs in bold in the Simple Present.
 1. We played volleyball.
.
2. She went home.
.
3. James wrote articles.
.
4. They learned English words.
.
5. He opened the window.
.
6. Ella and Alexis had fun.
.
7. It rained in London.
.
8. Mum made breakfast.
.
9. I met my friends.
.
10. The boys started a game.
.

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Negate the following phrases and write the negative forms into the gaps.
1. I sit →
2. Peggy washes →
3. they go →
4. you watch →
5. he tries →
6. we ask →
7. Mel and John learn →
8. she starts →
9. I phone →
10. it rains →
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Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use Simple Past in the statements.
1. Jane a film. (to watch)
 2. He a box. (to carry)
3. They their father. (to help)
4. John and Amy things. (to swap)
5. I to Andrew. (to talk)
6. Susan with Peter. (to dance)
7. The boys basketball. (to try)
8. We a trip. (to plan)
9. She her hair. (to wash)
10. The car at the traffic lights. (to stop)

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Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use Simple Past in the statements.
1. They something to drink. (to order)
2. Last summer I to Stuttgart. (to go)
3. She her homework in the afternoon. (to do)
4. He to 10. (to count)
5. Our cat a big mouse. (to catch)
6. In 2011 our class a trip to Norwich. (to make)
7. The weather really nice. (to be)
8. The secretary the file yesterday. (to delete)
9. Paul nothing to me. (to say)
10. The people something to each other. (to whisper)

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Put in the correct verb form into the gap. Use Simple Past.
 _____you_____ the door? (to close)
 Claire the housework? (to finish)
 he a bath yesterday? (to have)
 the boy into the lake? (to jump)
 Ronald the Tower of London? (to visit)
 Peggy and Olivia after the baby? (to look)
 she the invitation cards herself? (to make)
 the girl the ketchup bottle? (to drop)
 Tim the green T-shirt last Monday? (to buy)
 they karate this morning? (to practise)

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Put in the correct verb forms and the nouns into the gaps. Use Simple Past.
1. after the cat? (the dog/to run)
2. photos when you were on holiday? (you/to take)
3. to music yesterday evening? (Steven/to listen)
4. a cup of tea in the café? (the ladies/to have)
5. in the French lesson? (Nancy/to text)
6. pullovers last Friday? (Melissa and Ruth/to wear)
7. hello to people in the street? (your brother/to say)
8. the windows in your classroom? (the teacher/to open)
9. chess two weeks ago? (the girls in your class/to play)
10. breakfast yesterday morning? (your mother/to make)

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Negate the first sentence in each task. Write the negations of the verbs in bold into
the correct gaps.
1. He played handball. → He handball.
2. Susan waited in the kitchen. → Susan in the kitchen.
3. I made the beds. → I the beds.
4. They cleaned the classroom. → They the classroom.
 5. She asked a lot of questions. → She a lot of questions.
6. The friends got new computers. → The friends new computers.
7. I was in Sofia last weekend. → I in Sofia last weekend.
8. You built a house. → You a house.
9. Christian bought a new guitar. → Christian a new guitar.
10. We went shopping. → We shopping.

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Negate the first sentence in each task. Write the negation of the verbs in bold into
the correct gaps.
1. Andy bought a new shirt. → Andy a new shirt.
2. They went shopping last Friday. → They shopping last Friday.
3. She had a bath in the morning. → She a bath in the morning.
4. We felt like a big ice cream. → We like a big ice cream.
5. The students sat down. → The students down.
6. Marie ran home. → Marie home.
7. The managers shook hands on the deal. → The managers hands on
the deal.
8. William rode a horse. → William a horse.
9. The nurse took Peter's temperature. → The nurse Peter's
temperature.
10. I understood what the teacher said. → I what the teacher said.

Present simple or past simple

This test comes from https://www.tolearnenglish.com - the site to learn English (test n°43852)

Complete the sentences.

Questions :

I ______________________________(go) to the cinema last night.

What film ______________________________(you-see) ?
I ______________________________(see) The Lord of The Rings .
Really? ______________________________(you-like) it?
It ______________________________(be) really fantastic.
I ______________________________(think) you should go and see it.
You know, I never ______________________________(go) to the cinema ,
I ______________________________(prefer) to read a book ;
I ______________________________(read) a romantic story last week, and
yesterday, I ______________________________(go) to the opera.

Present simple or past simple

This test comes from https://www.tolearnenglish.com - the site to learn English (test n°51619)

Complete the sentences.

Questions :

There ______________________________(be) always friends in the house.

I think that Meriem ______________________________(be) the laziest student.
Last night I ______________________________(listen) to music.
My father sometimes ______________________________ (bring) his friends home
for dinner.
Sometimes she ______________________________(go) by car.
We ______________________________(not play) football yesterday.
He ______________________________(fill) the coffee-pot five minutes ago.
They ______________________________(help) her last week.
He ______________________________(go) to sleep twenty minutes ago.
I often ______________________________(walk) in the park.

Task No. 4213

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps and form negative sentences in will-future.

1. Tim the teacher. (not/to tell)

 2. I hope I the train to Manchester. (not/to miss)
3. She her hair green. (not/to dye)
4. He breakfast tomorrow morning. (not/to prepare)
5. The manager trees in front of the office building. (not/to plant)
6. Melissa jeans at her party. (not/to wear)
7. My friends in a city. (not/to live)
8. We about the bad weather. (not/to worry)
9. I in this lake. (not/to swim)
10. You the vase on the shelf without a ladder. (not/to reach)

Task No. 1377

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the will-future. Mind the word order in
questions.

 _______our team the match? (to win)

 When you in Scotland? (to arrive)
 it tomorrow? (to rain)
 you for a moment? (to come in)
 Where she in 2030? (to live)
 How old your mother in July? (to be)
 you me the salt, please? (to pass)
 Rupert breakfast? (to make)
 the teacher her parents? (to phone)

 Frank 16 this year? (to turn)

Task No. 1379

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the will-future. Mind the word order in
questions.
 1. me £50? (you/to lend)
2. When to the country? (they/to move)
3. the exam in French? (Laura/to do)
4. When us the file? (Kim/to send)
5. a mile in 5 minutes? (John/to run)
6. the garden bench? (your father/to paint)
7. How many days in Rome? (she/to stay)
8. Grand Canyon National Park? (we/to visit)
9. it in Brazil? (William/to like)
10. I'm going to a basketball match. with me? (you/to come)

Task No. 4215

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use will-future. Watch the punctuation and
form sentences or questions.

1. They back by 6:30 pm. (to be)

2. you me? (to help)
3. When I you again? (to see)
4. His parents him for being late. (not/to punish)
5. they the contract tonight? (to sign)
6. It us three hours to get there. (to take)
7. this concert money for our school club? (to raise)
8. This van with 8 people in it. (not/to break down)
9. The meeting before tomorrow morning. (not/to close)
10. When she me a copy of her essay? (to send)

Task No. 4217

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use will-future. Watch the punctuation and
form sentences or questions.

1. The meeting at 4:30 pm. (to close)

2. Prices . (to increase)
3. Phillip to come. (not/to forget)
4. Why me this book? (he/not/to lend)
5. , please? I don't like driving on icy roads. (you/to drive)
6. Emily was very rude to me. I her again. (not/to visit)
7. Henry his father about the accident. (not/to tell)
8. I to answer your questions. (to attempt)
9. Where is the waiter? The guests any minute. (to arrive)
10. While the cat's away, the mice . (to play)

Task No. 4211

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps and form sentences. Use will-future.

1. Tomorrow it on the south coast. (to rain)

2. My friend 12 next Monday. (to be)
3. Hey John! Wait a minute. I with you. (to walk)
4. She her boss next week. (to contact)
5. I think you this job. (to get)
6. They at about 6 pm. (to arrive)
7. The teacher this exercise. (to explain)
8. He the bottle of water. (to drop)
9. Lots of accidents in that weather. (to happen)
10. She if you show her the spider. (to scream)

Task No. 4223

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps and form sentences. Use going to-future.
 1. He his friend. (to phone)
2. We a new computer game. (to play)
3. My sister TV. (to watch)
4. You a picnic next Tuesday. (to have)
5. Jane to the office. (to go)
6. They to the bus stop this afternoon. (to walk)
7. His brother a letter to his uncle today. (to write)
8. She her aunt. (to visit)
9. I my homework after school. (to do)
10. Sophie and Nick their friends. (to meet)

Task No. 4225

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps and form negative sentences in going to-
future.

1. They the lunch basket. (not/to pack)

2. I somebody the way. (not/to ask)
3. Rita Jim's book. (not/to borrow)
4. We a T-shirt. (not/to design)
5. I on the red button. (not/to click)
6. The girls at the boys. (not/to laugh)
7. Tim Sandra's hair. (not/to pull)
8. Andy and Fred to a song. (not/to mime)
9. You dinner. (not/to prepare)
10. He the hamster in the garden. (not/to keep)

Task No. 1359

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the going to-future. Mind the word
order in questions.

1. she photos? (to take)

2. they a DVD? (to watch)
3. Patrick the phone? (to answer)
4. you this tub of ice cream? (to eat)
5. Rebecca comics? (to read)
6. he a cake? (to make)
7. Laura and Tony to music? (to listen)
8. we to school? (to walk)
9. Yvonne Spanish words? (to learn)
10. his father the jeans? (to wash)

Task No. 1361

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the going to-future. Mind the word
order in questions.

 ______________________basketball on Friday? (she/to play)

 their bikes at the weekend? (the boys/to ride)
 the kitchen today? (Paul/to clean)
 a new T-shirt on Saturday? (his mother/to buy)
 their friends at the station? (they/to meet)
 his hamster in the evening? (he/to feed)
 your homework in the afternoon? (you/to do)
 on the computer at school? (Robert and Martin/to work)
 our parents? (we/to help)
 Freddie in the lunch break? (Lisa/to text)

Task No. 4227

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use going to-future. Watch the punctuation
and form sentences or questions.

1. She to the stadium. (not/to walk)

2. you to London? (to fly)
3. John anything. (not/to eat)
4. she at a campsite? (to stay)
5. What you tomorrow? (to do)
6. I Dennis tonight. (to see)
7. Alexander the next bus? (to take)
8. They football in the gym. (not/to play)
9. When you me the book back? (to give)
10. Angela a week in Poland. (to spend)

Task No. 4229

Put in the phrases in brackets into the gaps. Use going to-future. Watch the
punctuation and form sentences or questions. Do not forget to put in the subject in the
questions.

1. Tom the books from the library. (to collect)

2. our plane? (we/to miss)
3. I in this dirty bed. (not/to sleep)
4. When the table in the restaurant? (you/to book)
5. He here any longer. (not/to stay)
6. the toothbrush? (the man/to steal)
7. My parents the hall in black and white stripes. (not/to paint)
8. Why this Sunday? (they/to work)
9. the table? (you/to lay)
10. The twins the ball. (not/to throw)