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English Grammar Exercises

The document contains English grammar exercises focusing on present continuous, present simple, past simple, past continuous, and past perfect tenses. It includes various exercises such as filling in the blanks, choosing the correct tense, and completing sentences. The exercises are designed for B1 level learners to practice and reinforce their understanding of verb tenses.

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English Grammar Exercises

The document contains English grammar exercises focusing on present continuous, present simple, past simple, past continuous, and past perfect tenses. It includes various exercises such as filling in the blanks, choosing the correct tense, and completing sentences. The exercises are designed for B1 level learners to practice and reinforce their understanding of verb tenses.

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English Grammar Exercises: Present continuous and present simple 1

ex.1

1. +
2. is boiling
3. is trying
4. are they talking
5. +
6. it is getting
7. +
8. am coming
9. –
10. he always gets
11. ok
ex.2

1. It isn’t raining
2. she speaks
3. Everybody waiting for you
4. Are you listening’
5. Do you listen
6. flows
7. Is flowing
8. we usually grow
9. we aren’t growing
10. it is improves
11. i am starting
12. i learns, teaches/ i’m learning, is teaching
13. i finish, i’m working
14. live , do your parents live
15. looks is looking , She is staying
16. do your brother do, he isn’t working
17. i usually enjoy, i am not enjoy i’m not enjoying

English Grammar Exercises for B1- Present


tense contrast
ex.1 Circle the correct tense.
1 ‘What do you do / are you doing tonight?’ ‘I stay / I’m staying at
home.’
2 Can you text me when you get / ‘re getting home?

3 The sun rises / is rising in the east and sets / is setting in the west.

4 Why do you laugh / are you laughing? It isn’t funny!

5 My dad leaves / is leaving home every day at eight o’clock.

6 My sister always borrows / is always borrowing my clothes. It’s


really annoying!

7 What time does your train arrive / is your train arriving?

English Grammar Exercises for B1- Past


tense contrast
Circle the correct answers.
1 My parents bought / were buying a house just after they got married.

2 John had not engaged / was getting engaged before he left


university.

3 Liam inherited a lot of money and was emigrating / emigrated to


Australia.

4 Did Pam phone / Had Pam phoned while you watched / were
watching television?

5 I opened the door and stepped / had stepped outside. It rained / was
raining.

6 I didn’t know where you were because you weren’t phoning / didn’t
phone.

7 I had / ‘d had this watch for two years when the battery ran out.
Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the past simple,
past continuous or past perfect.
go out leave not listen lose shine snow

1 I couldn’t pay for the pizzas because I ………………………………..


my money at home.

2 I put on my coat and ………………………………..

3 You didn’t understand the question because you


………………………………..

4 When we woke up, everything was white because it


……………………………….. during the night.

5 I borrowed my brother’s jacket because I ………………………………..


mine.

6 It was a really cold day, but the sun ………………………………..

1. had left
2. went
3. weren’t listening
4. had snowed
5. had lost
6. was shining

6. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the past
simple, past continuous or past perfect.
When Sarah Knauss 1……………………… (die) on 30 December 1999,
she 2……………………… (live) in Pennsylvania, USA, where she
3……………………… (spend) all her life. At the time of her death, only
one person before her 4……………………… (live) longer. Sarah
5……………………… (have) one daughter, who 6………………………
still ……………………… (live) when Sarah died.

1. dyed
2. was living
3. had spent
4. had lived
5. had
6. was living

7. Complete the text with the correct past tense form of the verbs in
brackets.
Fauja Singh used to take part in amateur races when he was younger,
but he 1…………………………… (not start) running marathons until he
was in his eighties. He 2…………………………… (not run) a race since
1947 when he joined his local running club at the age of 84. The coach
nearly 3…………………………… (send) him home on the first day
because he 4…………………………… (wear) a suit. Mr Singh’s first race
was the London Marathon, which he 5……………………………
(complete) in six hours and 54 minutes, a new record for the over-
nineties. The previous record holder 6…………………………… (set) a
time of seven hours and 52 minutes. Today, at the age of 103, Mr Singh
is still running marathons.

1.

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