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AC3 Grammar Revision

This document contains a series of exercises to practice verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple, and past continuous. The exercises include completing sentences with the correct verb form, answering questions using the target tenses, and a short story to practice shifting between tenses. The goal is to demonstrate mastery of these basic English verb tenses through a variety of contextual examples.

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AC3 Grammar Revision

This document contains a series of exercises to practice verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple, and past continuous. The exercises include completing sentences with the correct verb form, answering questions using the target tenses, and a short story to practice shifting between tenses. The goal is to demonstrate mastery of these basic English verb tenses through a variety of contextual examples.

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A. Complete with the verbs in brackets.

Use the present continuous or present simple


form.

Sara: Hi Joe. I (a) _______________(do) a survey. Can I ask you some


questions? What time (b) _________ you _________ (get / usually) to
school in the morning?
Joe: I (c) _____________ (arrive / always) at half past eight. But my sister
Ruth (d) ___________ (not / get) here until five to nine!
Sara: Really? (e) ___________ your sister _________(take) the bus to
school?
Joe: Yes, she (f) _______. But I (g)_________. I (h) _______ (walk / always)
to school.
Sara: What (i) __________ you and your sister usually _______ (eat)
for lunch?
Joe: We (j) __________(have) sandwiches.
Sara: So, (k) ____________ you __________ (have) sandwiches for lunch today?
Joe: No, we (l) ____________. In fact, I (m) ___________ (wait) for
Ruth now. She (n) _________(buy) salad for our lunch!

B. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the past continuous or past
simple form.
1. I ___________________(work) in a café when I ________(meet) Melissa for the
first time.
2. While Mandy ____________(study) French at university, she ________(write) a lot
of essays.
3. A: ‘What _____________ you ___________ (do) at eleven o’clock yesterday
morning?
4. B: ‘Oh, I ____________(play) football with Tom.’
5. Jenny ____________ (not watch) TV when I _________(phone) her.
6. Karen ______________(not be) at home when we _________(go) to her house.

C. Past Simple
Write the questions and complete the answers with the words in brackets.

1. Where / you / go / last Friday?


_______________________________________________?
I __________ (go) shopping and I _________ (buy) a new T-shirt.

2. Which film / she / see / last night?


_____________________________________________?
She ________ (see) Dark Knight, but she ___________ (not / like) it very much.

3. Who / you / meet / at the café?


_______________________________________________?
I ___________ (meet) my friends and we__________(have) dinner together.

4. What / your friends / drink / there?


____________________________________________?
Paul ________ (drink) orange juice, but Diana ____________ (not / have) a
drink.

D. Complete the sentences with verbs using the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1 Where ______________ you yesterday? I waited for you!


2 What time ______________ you ______________ breakfast this morning?
3 I ______________ a lot of e-mails yesterday. It was good to hear from my friends in
Australia.
4 While I ______________ home, it started to rain.
5 I was watching television when my friends ______________ .

E. Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple and Past Continuous


Complete the story with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Paula Raven (a) ______________(not / usually / do ) anything at the weekend. But last
weekend (b) ____________ (be) different. Paula (c) ______________ (go) to a rock
concert.
There (d) _______________ (be) some great bands there. Unfortunately, while she (e)
________________ (watch) her favourite band, somebody (f) ______________ (steal)
her bag and her mobile phone. She (g) ______________ (not see) the thief.
This weekend she (h) _____________ (not want) to go anywhere. At the moment, she
(i) _____________ (watch) TV in her bedroom with her best friend.

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