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Use The Words in Brackets To Complete The Sentences Past Simple

The document provides examples of verbs in the simple present, present continuous, and simple past tenses. It also includes examples comparing the present simple and present continuous tenses. There are exercises filling in verbs in these tenses and comparing adjectives.

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Use The Words in Brackets To Complete The Sentences Past Simple

The document provides examples of verbs in the simple present, present continuous, and simple past tenses. It also includes examples comparing the present simple and present continuous tenses. There are exercises filling in verbs in these tenses and comparing adjectives.

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Simple Present

She _____________________ (to see) the church from here.


They always _____________________ ( to play) the piano at night.
Who _____________________ (to like) chocolate.
I _____________________ (to like) them very much.
They _____________________ (not / to live) in Chicago.
What time _____________________ (the boys / to wake) up?
He _____________________ (not / to understand) you.
Present Continuous
They _____________________ (to stand) in the rain.
_____________________ (you / to write) a letter?
_____________________ (she / to talk) with them?
We _____________________ (not / to learn) English now.
He _____________________ (to sit) on a chair.
I _____________________ (to spend) this weekend at the seaside.
Where _____________________ (you / to go) now?
Simple Present or Present Continuous?
Jane _____________________ (to talk) to a friend at the moment.
He _____________________ (not / to work) on Sundays.
Margaret _____________________ (to love) music and dancing.
The dog _____________________ (to sleep) under the table now.
He _____________________ (not / to like) his job.
I _____________________ (always / to go) to bed very early.
They _____________________ (to learn) how to treat animals now.
How often a day _____________________ (you / to eat) ice-cream?
Present Simple or Present Continuous
1 - Today is a holiday. Write what George does every day and what he is doing today, as in the example:
1 - (usually / get up / 7.30 / today / still / sleep) He usually gets up at 7.30 every day, but today he is still sleeping.
2 - (usually / have breakfast / 8.30 / today / read the newspaper)
_______________________________________________________________
3 - (usually / drive to work / 9.00 / today / work in the garden)
_______________________________________________________________
4 - (usually / eat dinner at home / 6.00 / today / eat at a restaurant)
Ask questions:
1) _____________________________________________________? He gets up at about 6 o’clock.
2) ___________________________________________________? He has breakfast in the kitchen.
3) _________________________________________________________? He goes to work by train.
4) _______________________________________________? He gets to the office just before nine.
5) _________________________________________________? He has lunch in the office cafeteria.
6) _____________________________________________? The food isn’t very good, but it’s cheap.
7) __________________________________________________? He meets clients in the afternoon.
8- __________________________________________________?Margaret has got four cats.
9)________________________________________________? She studies because the teacher
ordered me to.
- Complete the sentences with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets:
1. Maggie ___________________ (travel) to Berlin last week.
2. Desmond ________________________ (not /walk) to work this morning.
3. Robert _____________________ (not / live) in Toronto last summer.
4. She ______________________ (study) English for the past two hours.
5. Rod _____________________ (not / carry) a big box yesterday.
6. They _______________________ (use) an eraser ten minutes ago.
7. She ________________________ (stay) at our house last night.
-Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences past simple
When (you/see/last)___________________ your brother?
He (not/be)________________ at the meeting on Monday because he was away on business.
Where (she/go)__________________ for her holidays?
How long (it/take/you)_________________ to drive from Amsterdam to Paris?
(you/enjoy)_____________________ your holiday in Italy?
I (see)___________________ a great film on TV last night.
How old (you/be) __________________when you started your first job?
– Write the following sentences in the negative form:

1. We got to a beautiful lake in Roonka.


____________________________________________________________________________
2. We had a terrible time there.
____________________________________________________________________________
3. Our guide gave us instructions for boring activities.
____________________________________________________________________________
4. Susan found her keys.
____________________________________________________________________________

4. Follow the example, using the possessive case.


Tom / ball
This is Tom’s ball.
a) Sally / piano ______________________________________________
b) Mary / teddy bear _______________________________________________
c) The boys / CDs ____________________________________________
d) Peter and Sally / books _____________________________________
e) My Father/birthay ______________________________________
. Complete with the correct form of to be or to have got
1. Jane’s birthday___________ in September.
2.She______________ two brothers.
3. They______________ lots of activities at school.
4._________ they_________ a nice house?
5-Lisa and Joey ___________(not) enough money for the present.
6-______ (she) _________curly hair?
7- ______-you at school?
8- _________ they in the house?
9- My cousin__________ my best friend.
-Fill in the blanks with the comparative of the adjective in brackets.
a) Sam is ______________(happy) Ken with his new bike.
b) The Empire State Building is______________ (high) the Big Ben.
c) A house is_________________ (expensive) a bicycle.
d) Jane’s painting is__________________ (good) Susan’s.
e) The summer in Iceland isn’t______________ (hot) in Brazil.

- Write sentences using the comparative of superiority.

1- The whale/the shark/big:______________________________

2- A castle/a cottage/expensive:________________________

3- My grandfather/me/old:______________________________

4- The homework/the test/difficult:_______________________

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