Exercise 1: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple

1. I (be) _______ at school at the weekend.

2. She (not study) ________ on Friday.
3. My students (be not) ________ hard working.
4. He (have) ________ a new haircut today.
5. I usually (have) ________ breakfast at 7.00.
6. She (live) ________ in a house?
7. Where (be)____ your children?
8. My sister (work) ________ in a bank.
9. Dog (like) ________ meat.
10. She (live)________ in Florida.
11. It (rain)________ almost every day in Manchester.
12. We (fly)________ to Spain every summer.
13. My mother (fry)________ eggs for breakfast every morning.
14. The bank (close)________ at four o'clock.
15. John (try)________ hard in class, but I (not think) ________ he'll pass.
16. Jo is so smart that she (pass)________ every exam without even trying.
17. My life (be)_____ so boring. I just (watch)________ TV every night.
18. My best friend (write)________ to me every week.
19. You (speak) ________ English?
20. She (not live) ________ in HaiPhong city.
21. You (watch) ________ too much TV.
22. She (swim) ________ everyday.
23. They (go) ________ to a music camp every summer.
24. It (rain) ________ a lot in autumn.
25. I (ride) ________ my bike everyday to go to work.
26. He (love) ________ going to the museum.
27. We (sing) ________ in the choir every Sunday morning.
Exercise 2: Put the verb in brackets into the past simple
1. We _________ (go) to the beach last weekend.
2. My cousins _________ (not/ visit) us last year.
3. ___________ (your mum/ make) a chocolate yesterday?
4. I _______ (send) Jessica an email yesterday afternoon
5. The children always ______ (do) their homework yesterday afternoon.
6. Last year, I ___________ (travel) to Japan.
7. ___________ you ___________ (have) dinner last night?
8. He ___________ (arrive) from the airport at 8:00, ___________ (check) into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at
10:00 yesterday.
9. I ___________ (receive) three messages two minutes ago.
10. She ___________ (work) at the movie theater in 2015.
11. Yesterday she ___________ (go) to the cinema and ___________ (watch) a horror movie.
12. Carlos always ___________ (eat) spaghetti but two days ago he ___________ (eat) soup.
13. We seldom ___________ (drink) alcohol during last month.
14. Somebody ___________ (take) the flowers from the graves
15. When ___________ your grandpa ___________ (come) home after war?
16. Some girls ___________ (not/ read) the book yesterday
17. When ___________ (be) they in London the last time? - I think in 2002
18. Why ___________ you ___________ (help) your brother with the homework?
- Because he ___________ (be) rather lazy
19. My dog ___________ (catch) a mouse and ___________ (bring) it to the front door yesterday night.
Exercise 3: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past simple
1. “Romeo and Juliet” ______________ (write) by Shakespeare
2. These pictures ________________ (take) during our last Christmas
3. All the reports ________________ (type) by secretary
4. The garbage ________________ (collect) every day.
5. The email ________________ (send) to you two hours ago.
6. When ________________ your mother ________________ (get up) in the morning?
7. I ________________ (not/ know) how to drive a car.
8. Tom always ________________ (eat) breakfast. Yesterday he ________________ (not to eat) breakfast because he
________________ (get up) late.
9. He never ________________ (shout) at his students. He ________________ (be) a wonderful teacher, I remember.
10. Who ________________ (ring) you up an hour ago?
11. I ________________ (have) dinner with my family yesterday.
12. She ________________ (know) all the works of Chopin. She ________________ (enjoy) listening to his waltz last
night.
13. Queen Elizabeth II ________________ (be) born in 1926. She ________________ (become) Queen of England in
1952.
14. - ________________ you always ________________ (get up) at seven o’clock?
- No, sometimes I ________________ (get) up at half past seven.
15. Her friends ________________ (be) ready at five o’clock.
16. We ________________ (not like) metal music, we ________________ (prefer) rock.
17. When he ________________ (see) the accident yesterday, he ________________ (help) the driver.
18. They ________________ (always, bring) present when they ________________ (visit) us.
19. When we ________________ (be) younger, we ________________ (think) Prague was in France.
20. He ________________ (not, win) the award in 2006.
Exercise 4: Choose the correct option
1. She (play/ plays) football every Sunday.
2. You (don’t like/ doesn’t like) milk.
3. The Titanic (sinked/ sunk) in 1912.
4. Where (do/ does) he (spend/ spends) his holiday?
5. When she was young, she (lives/ lived) in Seoul.
6. His brother (visited/ visitted) London last year.
7. We (tidy/ tidied) our rooms everyday.
8. I often (help/ helps) my mum.
Exercise 5: Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the past simple
1. Tommy Brown ________ (like) making up stories. No one ______ (believe) what he ______ (say) because he always
_____ (tell) lies. He ________ (live) in a small village and _______ (work) on a farm just outside the village. One night
last week, Tommy ______ (finish) work late. It _________ (be) dark and cold. Suddenly, he _______ (hear) a strange
noise, so he _________ (look) up. It __________ (be) a UFO bright flashing lights. The UFO ________ (come down)
towards him and he ________ (see) two green men looking him from outside. He ___________ (scream), ___________
(drop) his bag and ______________ (run away). When he ______________ (arrive) in the village, he ______________
(run) into some villagers and ______________(start) telling them about the aliens but they all ______________ (laugh) at
him. No one ______________ (believe) Tommy.

2. Steven’s friends _____________ (come) to his birthday party last night and _____________ (give) him wonderful
presents. His parents _____________ (cook) a special dinner for him. His girlfriend _____________ (promise) to come,
but she _____________ (not be) there. He _____________ (try) to phone but he couldn’t get through. He _____________
(be) really upset. Only she _____________ (not wish) him a Happy Birthday.