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Mixed Tenses - Present S, C and Past S, C

MIXED TENSES EXERCISES 1
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Mixed Tenses - Present S, C and Past S, C

MIXED TENSES EXERCISES 1
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Simple present Simple past

1. Peter __________________ (visit) his 1. Peter __________________ (visit) his


grandma. grandma.
2. The woman _____________________ (not / 2. The woman _____________________ (not /
ask about) the way. ask about) the way.
3. ________ the children ________________ 3. ________ the children ________________
(talk about) the concert? (talk about) the concert?
4. Everybody _______________ (sing) at 4. Everybody _______________ (sing) at
school. school.
5. We _______________ (not / feel) the ball. 5. We _______________ (not / feel) the ball.
6. ____________ Sally ___________ (bring) 6. ____________ Sally ___________ (bring)
the folder to school? the folder to school?
SIMPLE PRESENT AND SIMPLE PAST - PRACTICE
I. Simple present or simple past? Fill in the correct form and underline the signal word.
a) We never __________________ (stay) at my friend’s house.
b) ___________ you often _____________ (wear) the green T-Shirt?
c) I _________________________ (not / understand) your question yesterday.
d) The football team always __________________ (lose) the game.
e) How ______________ he ________________ (look) last week?
f) My friend ______________________________ (not /eat) pizza on Mondays.
g) My parents ______________ (get) a new car last Christmas.
h) _________ you _________________ (enjoy) dinner last evening?
i) One week ago I __________ (see) that the children ______________ (break) the window.
j) Where ___________ you always______________ (find) my teddy bear?
k) Why _________________ we ______________ (not / go) to the movies every week?
l) _______________ (be) you in London last year? I _________________ (not/see) you there.

II. What’s wrong? Find the mistake and rewrite the sentence correctly.
Simple present:
a) My cat always eat. __________________________________________________
b) Does he plays football? __________________________________________________
c) My best friend didn’t like my parents. _____________________________________
d) Sleep you at my place? __________________________________________________
e) The streets is full of cars. __________________________________________________
f) My classmates don’t be nice to me. ____________________________________________
g) They drink not. __________________________________________________
h) Peter clean the windows. __________________________________________________
i) We leave never the house. ____________________________________________

Simple past:
a) Yesterday we wake up late. __________________________________________________
b) They build the houses in 2001. ___________________________________________
c) Do you said sorry? ________________________________________________________
d) Why did you watched TV ? __________________________________________________
e) I did go to school. ________________________________________________________
f) We wasn’t at school. __________________________________________________
g) His girlfriend hads a new car. ____________________________________________
h) We didn’t went home. __________________________________________________
i) The basketball team lost yesterday the game.
______________________________________________________________________
SIMPLE, CONTINUOUS PRESENT AND SIMPLE PAST
Part 1 Verb Table
Infinitive Simple Past Infinitive Simple Past
come buy
draw catch
drive steal
take build
dig feed

Part 2 Practice at sentence level


1. My father (watch) TV every night.
2. My sister (listen) to the radio now.
3. Bobby (feed) his dog every day.
4. I (buy) a present for my mother yesterday.
5. Look! The cat (run) after the hamster!
6. The old couple usually (keep) their money in a safe.
7. I (not feel) well at the moment.
8. Miss Chan (teach) us English this year.
9. My family and I (go) to Japan and Korea last year.
10. Mellie (not go) to school by bus every day.
11. My brother (hurt) his leg two days ago.
12. We (do) revision for the dictation right now.

Part 3 Passage
Martin and I (1) (play) in the park every Friday. I (2) (like) playing hide and seek. He (3)
(like) playing football.
Last week, Martin (4) (have) a fever, so we (5) (not go) to the park. I (6) (be) a bit upset.
Today is Friday. We (7) (go) to the park after school. Look! Lots of children (8) (play) hide
and seek now. I (9) (want) to join them too!
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.

MIXED TENSES: PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS & PRESENT SIMPLE,


PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. I ____________________ (complete) the project last night. What a relief!
2. She ____________________ (commute) to work every weekday.
3. ____________________ (they/explore/often) new places? – Yes, ____________________.
4. Look at them! They ____________________ (talk) and the teacher ____________________ (look) at
them.
5. What ____________________ (you/do) from 5 to 7 last Sunday evening? – I
____________________ (watch) TV.
6. He ____________________ (buy) a new car two weeks ago.
7. My brothers ____________________ (work) in the garden while I ____________________ (bake) a
cake with my mom. It was a good day, really.
8. We ____________________ (write/always) a test on Tuesdays, but this week we
____________________ (write) it on Thursday.
9. I remember that when I ____________________ (be) ten years younger, I ____________________
(spend) weekends with my grandparents and I ____________________ (enjoy) that time a lot. They
____________________ (teach) me plenty of important life lessons and I ____________________
(love) it!
10. Don´t disturb me, please! I ____________________ (draw) a character for our art lesson.
11. My day ____________________ (start/usually) with stretching, after that I ____________________
(take) a shower, ____________________ (brush) my teeth, ____________________ (prepare)
breakfast, and then I ____________________ (leave) house for school. But my sister
____________________ (be) always late for school, because she ____________________ (get) up
too late and ____________________ (not/have) enough time for her morning routine. We
____________________ (be) way too different.
12. Last week ____________________ (be) a disaster! I ____________________ (run) back home when
I suddenly ____________________ (sprain) my ankle. It ____________________ (be) so painful.
13. ____________________ (she/know) who he ____________________ (be)? – I
____________________ (not/be) sure, but I ____________________ (think) she
____________________ (meet) him somewhere last week.
14. What ____________________ (your parents/do)? – They both ____________________ (work) as
doctors.
15. What ____________________ (your parents/do) right now? – They ____________________ (swim).

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