ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA DE D.

DINIS – SANTO TIRSO

VERB TENSES

A – Complete: (Simple Present)

1. How many languages ................................. (he / know)?
2. Manchester ............................ (be) very wet. It ............................ (rain) more than
200 days a year.
3. We usually ............................. (have) breakfast at seven o’clock.
4. .............................................. (the children / not walk) to school every day?

B – Rewrite in the negative form:

1. Mary likes reading and her brothers like watching TV.
2. The Millers generally have breakfast at seven o’clock.

C – Ask questions beginning with the words in brackets:

1. Carol has five dogs and two cats. (Who...? / How many...?)
2. We live quite close to the school. (Who...? / Where...?)

D – Complete: (Present Continuous)

I ............................. (write) this letter to thank you for the lovely present. It’s a
very nice present. I ............................. (use) it now. How ................................ (you / do)
in your new job? ..................................... (you / work ) hard? I hope everything
........................... (get on) well. Maria ..................................... (look forward) to visiting
you next month.

E – Rewrite in the negative form:

1. The children are watching TV.
2. Kate is talking to them now.

F – Ask questions beginning with the words in brackets:

1. Paul and Simon are listening to music. (Who....? / What...?)
2. Mary is reading a very interesting book. (What...? / Who...?)

G – Complete: ( Simple Present / Present Continuous)

1. Buses usually .................... (run) along this street, but today they ........................
(not run) because it is under repair.
2. Mary generally .......................... (begin) cooking at 11.00, but today she came home
early and ....................... (cook) now, although it .............................. (be) 10.30.
3. I ......................... (be) sorry you ........................ (not can) see her. She .......................
(sleep / still). She usually ............................ (wake up) much later.
4. ........................... (you / watch / often) television? The electrician ...........................
(install) ours at the moment.
5. Mary usually ........................... (wear) a hat to go shopping, but today, as the sun
............................. (shine), she ............................... (not wear) one.

H – Complete: (Simple Past)

1. The telephone ............................ (ring) and then someone ..............................
(knock) at the door.
2. He .............................. (come) to see me every day last week.
3. When I ......................... (be) young, my father .............................. (always / give) me
money on Sundays.
4. Whenever I ........................ (go) to see him, he ............................ (not be) at home.
5. ............................. (you / play) with dolls when you ............................. (be) small?

I – Rewrite in the negative form:

1. Last night it rained all night.
2. Some days ago Jane visited her friend who lives in Manchester.
3. Mark was at the airport this morning.

J – Ask questions beginning with the words in brackets:

1. The Smiths travelled abroad five days ago. (Who...? / Where...? / When...?)
2. Kathy bought five books and three exercise-books on Monday. (Who...? / How
many...? / What...? / When...?)

K – Ask questions beginning with the words in brackets:

1. Hurry up! ................................ (you / not finish) yet?
2. I .................................. (have / already) trouble with that tooth before.
3. Kevin ................................ (not speak) to me since Tuesday.
4. Where ................................ (he / live) since then?
5. Peter ............................. (just / spend) a fortnight in London.

L – Rewrite in the negative form:

1. I have already done my homework and Kate has already written a letter to her
parents.
2. They have already arrived home.

M – Ask questions beginning with the words in brackets:

1. My neighbours have bought a new house recently. (Who...? / What...? / When..?)
2. They have just arrived from London. (Who...? / Where...?)

N – Complete: ( Simple Past / Present Perfect)

1. He ............................ (not do) his homework yet.
2. I.............................. (be) so worried about it that I ............................... (not sleep) for
three days.
3. A: Your hair looks different. ............................ (you / have) a haircut?
B: Yes.
A: .......................... (you / cut) it yourself?
B: No, Ann ......................... (cut) it for me.
4. When we .................... (be) on holiday, the weather ......................(usually / be)
awful.
5. The weather ......................... (be) very nice yesterday, don’t you think?

O – Complete: (Simple Present / Present Continuous / Simple Past / Past

Continuous / Present Perfect / Past Perfect / Future / Conditional)
1. He ...................... (work) hard on his book for some time and .........................
(finish) it at last.
2. ........................... (you / listen) to what I am saying? ................................. (you /
understand) me?
3. What would you prefer, tea or coffee? – I .............................. (have) some tea.
4. He .............................. (watch) TV when his friend ................................. (arrive).
5. The Jones family ................................. (swim) in the sea when it ..........................
(begin) to rain.
6. When he ........................... (leave) he ............................. (realise) he ..........................
(forget) his wallet.
7. I am very tired. I.............................. (not sleep) for three days.
8. She .......................... (talk) to her neighbours when the baby .............................
(begin) to cry.
9. I .............................. (know) the family for a very long time.
10. Where ................................ (you / go) for a holiday last year?
11. He ................................. (walk) very quickly when I ........................... (see) him
yesterday.
12. When I ............................. (meet) them in the street, they ......................... (go) to the
cinema.
13. Mother ................................ (just / go) to the market; John ............................ (see)
her a minute ago in the main road as he ................................. (come) home from
school.
14. Can you make less noise? I .......................... (try) to concentrate.
15. I ............................... (telephone) as soon as they arrive.
16. I ............................... (buy) a motorbike when I am sixteen.
17. “What’s the matter? Why ............................ (you / cry)?” – “Because I .....................
(lose) my purse.”
18. I ............................ (not leave) Paris since we ........................... (visit) you three
years ago.
19. Helen ............................... (just / find) a new flat. She ............................... (move) in
tomorrow.
20. Just as I ............................. (get) on the bus I realised I ............................... (forget)
my dictionary.
21. Henry ............................... (interview) hundreds of girls but he ........................... (not
choose) a new secretary yet.
22. Bob will go to the university when he ............................ (finish) the military service.
23. A new block of flats ..................................... (now / build) in front of the hospital.
24. “How long .................................. (you / live) here?” - “I .............................. (live)
here all my life.
25. Since when ................................ (you / have) that new car?
26. He ............................ (feel) very ill yesterday, so I ............................. (tell) him to go
to the doctor.
27. We .............................. (not live) in England for the last six years.
28. She ............................. (just / come) and she .................................. (see) you in five
minutes.