Write the correct verb form into the gap.

Use the Past

Progressive.

Example: ___ she ______ a book? (to read)

Answer: Was she reading a book?
1) Ashley on the computer? (to work)
2) they the bike? (to repair)
3) Melissa out a book? (to take)
4) you to music? (to listen)
5) Nicolas at a picture? (to look)
6) Emma and Bertha her friend? (to phone)
7) the girl the window? (to open)
8) he judo? (to do)
9) the friends home from school?(to come)
10) Tyler with the cooking? (to help)


Put in the verb in brackets into the gaps and form affirmative
sentences.

Example: Eddie __________ a comic. (to read)

Answer: Eddie was reading a comic.
1) She hockey. (to play)
2) They in the pool. (to swim)
3) It . (to rain)
4) We to music. (to listen)
5) The mobile . (to ring)
6) The students . (to text)
7) Max with two girls. (to dance)
8) I in front of the shop. (to wait)
9) The cat in the basket. (to sleep)
10) He Gerry's bike. (to repair)

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gap and form negative
sentences. You can use long or short (contracted) forms of the
auxiliary.

Example: Maggie _____________ volleyball. (not/to play)

Answer: Maggie was not playing volleyball. or Maggie wasn't
playing volleyball.
1) Julia tea. (not/to drink)
2) They the Internet. (not/to surf)
3) My brother yesterday. (not/to sail)
4) Oliver jokes. (not/to tell)
5) The children their room. (not/to tidy)
6) We ringtones. (not/to download)
7) Claire her T-shirt. (not/to wash)
8) He his homework. (not/to do)
9) Their parents e-mails. (not/to write)
10) Our dog after the white cat. (not/to run)

Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use the Simple
Past in the statements.

Example: I ______ to the teacher. (to talk)

Answer: I talked to the teacher.
1) Jane a film. (to watch)
2) He a box. (to carry)
3) They their father. (to help)
4) John and Amy things. (to swap)
5) I to Andrew. (to talk)
6) Susan with Peter. (to dance)
7) The boys basketball. (to try)
8) We a trip. (to plan)
9) She her hair. (to wash)
10) The car at the traffic lights. (to stop)

Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use the Simple
Past in the statements.

Example: She ______ her mother in the kitchen. (to help)

Answer: She helped her mother in the kitchen.
1) They something to drink. (to order)
2) Last summer I to Stuttgart. (to go)
3) She her homework in the afternoon. (to do)
4) He to 10. (to count)
5) Our cat a big mouse. (to catch)
6) In 2001 our class a trip to Norwich. (to make)
7) The weather really nice. (to be)
8) The secretary the file yesterday. (to delete)
9) Paul nothing to me. (to say)
10) The people something to each other. (to whisper)

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Present Perfect.

Example: I _____________ my father's car. (to wash)

Answer: I have washed my father's car.
1) Karen me an e-mail. (to send)
2) Dave and Pat the museum. (to visit)
3) I at the pet shop. (to be)
4) They already their rucksacks. (to pack)
5) Marcus an accident. (to have)
6) We the shopping for our grandmother. (to do)
7) I just my bike. (to clean)
8) Emily her room. (to paint)
9) Lisa and Colin to a concert. (to go)
10) My friends smoking. (to give up)

Use the verbs in brackts in the Present Perfect Progressive in the
sentences.

Example: She _______________ tennis for half an hour now. (to
play)

Answer: She has been playing tennis for half an hour now. or
She's been playing tennis for half an hour now.
1) I this website since 1999. (to run)
2) My parents for years. (to smoke)
3) He for his girlfriend since 6 o'clock. (to wait)
4) We in Greece since last August. (to live)
5) Max and Paul their bikes all day. (to ride)
6) They in the sun for hours. (to lie)
7) Emily on the computer for too long. (to work)
8) It since I came home. (to rain)
9) You to music since 12:30. (to listen)
10) Frank for the last 20 minutes. (to dream)

Write the correct verb form into the gap. Use the Past
Progressive.

Example: ___ she ______ a book? (to read)

Answer: Was she reading a book?
1) Ashley on the computer? (to work)
2) they the bike? (to repair)
3) Melissa out a book? (to take)
4) you to music? (to listen)
5) Nicolas at a picture? (to look)
6) Emma and Bertha her friend? (to phone)
7) the girl the window? (to open)
8) he judo? (to do)
9) the friends home from school?(to come)
10) Tyler with the cooking? (to help)

Put in the correct verb forms and the nouns into the gaps. Use
Simple Past.

Example: ____________ their friends? (they/to meet)

Answer: Did they meet their friends?
1) after the cat? (the dog/to run)
2) photos when you were on holiday? (you/to
take)
3) to music yesterday evening? (Steven/to
listen)
4) a cup of tea in the caf? (the ladies/to
have)
5) text messages during the lesson?
(Nancy/to send)
6) pullovers last Friday? (Melissa and
Ruth/to wear)
7) hello to people in the street? (your
brother/to say)
8) the windows in your classroom? (the
teacher/to open)
9) chess two weeks ago? (the girls in your
class/to play)
10) breakfast last morning? (your mother/to
make)

Put in the correct verb forms into the gaps. Use the Present
Perfect.

Example: ___ she _____ the car? (to clean)

Answer: Has she cleaned the car?
1) you the kitchen door? (to paint)
2) your brother the shopping? (to do)
3) Julian ever a spider? (to touch)
4) your father ever on an elephant? (to ride)
5) Lee already his parents? (to ask)
6) What you in your text? (to write)
7) Bill the radio? (to turn off)
8) you ever in a helicopter? (to fly)
9) Who the window? (to break)
10) you ever for your friends? (to cook)

Put in the correct verb form into the gap. Use Simple Past.

Example: ___ they ______ their friends? (to meet)

Answer: Did they meet their friends?
1) you the door? (to close)
2) Claire the housework? (to finish)
3) he a bath yesterday? (to have)
4) the boy into the lake? (to jump)
5) Ronald the Tower of London? (to visit)
6) Peggy and Olivia after the baby? (to look)
7) she the invitation cards herself? (to make)
8) the girl the ketchup bottle? (to drop)
9) Tim the green T-shirt last Monday? (to buy)
10) they karate this morning? (to practise)

since or for - Choose the correct answer.
1) Easter
2) two weeks
3) my birthday
4) last summer
5) 1999
6) ten days
7) a few minutes
8) 1st April
9) a long time
10) 6 o'clock

1) as long as I can remember
2) three days
3) my childhood
4) ten years
5) I was young
6) New Year's Eve
7) Wednesday
8) five seconds
9) breakfast
10) hundreds of years

Choose the correct words or phrases.
1) Peter football yesterday.
2) They the car. It looks new again.
3) Last year we to Italy.
4) John and Peggy the book. Now they can watch the
film.
5) I my friend two days ago.
6) We another country before.
7) She a new car in 2005.
8) I'm sorry, but I my homework.
9) the game of chess?
10) The girls their lunch yet.

Put in the verbs in brackets in the Simple Past or the Past
Progressive into the gaps.

Example: I ________ my keys while I ________ to school. (to
lose) (to walk)

Answer: I lost my keys while I was walking to school.
1) While I , the school bus . (to text) (to
arrive)
2) Cindy her leg while she . (to break) (to
snowboard)
3) He to the radio while he breakfast. (to
listen) (to prepare)
4) My father at 70 km/h when a policeman
him. (to drive) (to stop)
5) The girl that the boy her. (to notice) (to
watch)
6) My dad the ladder while he the carport.
(to fall off) (to paint)
7) While we , we crossword puzzles. (to
wait) (to do)
8) Nick sick while he in Texas. (to become)
(to travel)
9) What when you about 9/11? (to do) (to
hear)
10) She said that she happy, so I to her.
(not/to feel) (to talk)

Put in the adjective in bold from the first sentence into the second
sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative).

Example: I have a fast car, but my friend has a ______ car.

Answer: I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car.
1) This is a nice cat. It's much than my friend's cat.
2) Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is
.
3) This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk (*)
is the exercise on the worksheet.
4) He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the
hobby in the world.
5) In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me an
even one last weekend.
6) School is boring, but homework is than school.
7) Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is
than skateboarding.
8) This magazine is cheap, but that one is .
9) We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even
than ours.
10) Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the
joke I've ever heard.

Put in the adjective from the first sentences into the second
sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative).

Example: I have a fast car, but my friend has a ______ car.

Answer: I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car.
1) My father is heavy. My uncle is much than my father.
2) The test in Geography was easy, but the test in Biology was
.
3) Florida is sunny. Do you know the place in the USA?
4) Stan is a successful sportsman, but his sister is than
Stan.
5) My mother has a soft voice, but my teacher's voice is
than my mother's.
6) Amy has a beautiful baby, but my daughter has the
baby on earth.
7) I live in a large family, but my grandfather lived in a
family.
8) We have only little time for this exercise, but in the examination
we'll have even time.
9) Lucy is clever, but Carol is than Lucy.
10) Have you visited the old castle? It was the castle we
visited during our holidays.

Use either as as or not as as in the sentecnes below.

Example: Ben Nevis is __________ as Mont Blanc (not/high).

Answer: Ben Nevis is not as high as Mont Blanc.
1) The blue car is the red car. (fast)
2) Peter is Fred. (not/tall)
3) The violin is the cello. (not/low)
4) This copy is the other one. (bad)
5) Oliver is Peter. (optimistic)
6) Today it's yesterday. (not/windy)
7) The tomato soup was the mushroom soup.
(delicious)
8) Grapefruit juice is lemonade. (not/sweet)
9) Nick is Kevin. (brave)
10) Silver is gold. (not/heavy)

Find the regular verb in each line and write it into the gap.

Example: say, lose, dance, sing - _____

Answer: say, lose, dance, sing - dance
1) read, feel, play, see -
2) listen, do, go, make -
3) know, help, say, think -
4) like, write, forget, eat -
5) take, bring, cut, clean -
6) watch, be, have, meet -
7) put, buy, cook, teach -
8) catch, find, answer, lose -
9) want, tell, win, sit -
10) sell, build, drink, open -

Find the regular verb in each line and write it into the gap.

Example: swim, collect, tear, rise - _____

Answer: swim, collect, tear, rise - collect
1) understand, drive, feed, check -
2) fly, plan, shake, begin -
3) hit, love, hurt, lead -
4) happen, run, pay , wear -
5) stick, grow, look, speak -
6) beat , send, leave , cry -
7) break, live, cost, hear -
8) lie, throw, shine, stop -
9) sink, mean, choose, borrow -
10) collect, freeze, ring, shut -

Write down the sentences. Use present perfect.


Example: Snoopy / climb / onto his house. Snoopy has climbed onto his house.


1 Brian / play / football

.

2 Susan / read / her new book

.

3 I / find / some money in the street

.

4 Mr and Mrs Baker / have / an accident

.

5 Tom Davis / win / the volleyball match

.

6 Alison Brown / lose / the swimming match

.

7 Mr Martin / make / breakfast for the boys

.

8 The girls / bring / some wood for the fire

.

9 The Snows / buy / a van for their holidays

.

10 Mrs Black / wash / the dishes

.

Complete the following sentences with the correct present perfect forms.



1 Mrs Snow a fantastic cake. (make)

2 Debbie a new bike. (buy)

3 I my little dog yet. (not feed)

4 Sally and Jenny a new CD player. (get)

5 Chris wood for a raft. (not find)

6 The pupils their homework. (not do)

7 Nick can't play football today. He an accident with his bike. (have)

8 Liz her homework yet. (not finish)

9 Julia to school today? (be)

10 What you for lunch today, Mum? (make)

11 Bill his cage, but he the dishes yet. (tidy up, not wash)

12 Sandra a lot of things for her birthday party, but she the cakes yet.
(buy, not make)

PAST TENSE
Complete the questions.

1 I met somebody. Who ?

2 Harry arrived. What time ?

3 I saw Bob yesterday. Who ?

4 They wanted something. What ?

5 The meeting ended. What time ?

6 Pat went home early. Why home early?

7 We had fish for dinner. What for dinner?

8 It cost a lot of money. How much ?

9 He bought a T - shirt. What ?

10 We ate ham and eggs. What ?



Fill in the past form.

1 Mammoths big animals, bigger than elephants. (be)

2 Mammoths 100 years ago. (not live)

3 Mammoths a long time ago. (live)

4 Mammoths meat. They grass. (not eat / eat)

5 They two large tusks about three metres long. (have)

6 Some dinosaurs in the air and some in the sea. (fly / swim)

7 He some milk. He any water. (drink / not drink)

8 She only a pound. She 3 pounds. (spend / not spend)

9 I some elephants. I any lions. (see / not see)

10 They in the sea, but in the lake. (swim / not swim)

Complete these sentences. Use the verbs below.

clean . . . die . . . enjoy . . . end . . . happen . . . live . . . open . . . play . . . rain . . .
repair . . . start . . . stay . . . want . . . watch


1 Yesterday evening I TV.

2 I only my teeth four times last week.

3 Bruce his mountain bike yesterday evening.

4 The concert last night at 7.30 and at 10 oclock.

5 The accident last Sunday afternoon.

6 When I was a child I to be a doctor.

7 Mozart from 1756 to 1791.

8 We our holiday last week.

9 Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it .

10 It was hot in the room, so I the window.

11 The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we tennis.

12 William Shakespeare in 1616.

1 He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he to work by bus.

2 They always get up early. This morning they up late.

3 Bill often loses his key. He one last Saturday.

4 I write a letter to Jane every week. Last week I two letters.

5 She meets her friends every evening. She them yesterday evening, too.

6 I usually read two newspapers every day. I only a newspaper yesterday.

7 They come to my house every Friday. Last Friday they , too.

8 We usually go to the cinema on Sunday. We to the cinema last Sunday, too.

9 Tom always has a shower in the morning. Tom a shower this morning, too.

10 They buy a new car every year. Last year they a new car, too.

11 I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I two oranges.

12 We usually do our shopping on Monday. We our shopping last Monday, too.

13 Ann often takes photos. Last weekend she some photos.

14 We leave at 8.30 every morning. But yesterday we at 8.00.

Tell the story fill in the past simple tense

On Friday, the children (talk) about a day out together in the country. The
next morning, they (go) to the country with their two dogs and (play)
together. Ben and Dave (have) some kites. Some time later the dogs (be)
not there. So they (call) them and (look) for them in the forest. After
half an hour the children (find) them and (take) them back. Charlie
(be) very happy to see them again. At lunch time Nick (go) to the bikes and
(fetch) the basket with some meat sandwiches. Then they (play)
football. Nick and Dave (win). In the evening they (ride) home.

Put the sentences into past tense.

1. She wins the money. She the money.

2. They can eat. They eat.

3. She must go. She go.

4. We go shopping. We shopping.

5. She runs to school. She to school.

6. I can walk. I walk.

7. We buy a new car. We a new car.

8. They leave the party. They the party.

9. We collect coins. We coins.

10. You are allowed to eat. You allowed to eat.

11. Peter eats a hamburger. Peter a hamburger.

12. She has to wash it. She to wash it.

13. They want to go home. They to go home.

14. I close the windows. I the windows.

15. She studies for a test. She for a test.

16. They can drive. They drive.

17. Sam likes to laugh. Sam to laugh.

18. Mary goes home. Mary home.

19. We write a letter. We a letter.

20. She opens the window. She the window.

Fill in the correct simple past forms.

The pupils of class 8B (do) a project last week. First the pupils (choose)
what they wanted to do. Then they (get) information from books and brochures
and they (talk) to a lot of people. They (find) some interesting photos in
the library. Their teacher (help) them when they (ask) her. Then they
(make) a poster and a video and (tell) the other groups about their
project.



A project about Cornwall - Fill in the correct simple past form.


arrange bring choose decide find get go say start

Last month Jenny, Nick and Ben to do a project together. They
Cornwall. First Jenny to a travel agency and some brochures. Nick and Ben
some interesting books in the library. Then they work. A week later
they all their material to school and it on a poster. Your presentation
is interesting, Miss Hunt.

MODAL VERBS
1 George has travelled a lot. He speak many languages.

2 I can hear you quite well. You not shout.

3 Im not sure where I will go for my holidays but I go to Italy.

4 She ride her bike at night without lights. It's not allowed.

5 She not eat so much chocolate because it's bad for her figure.

6 I understand him.He should speak louder.

7 It's later than I thought. I go now.

8 You a better trainer if you want to improve yourself.

9 Talk to Ann about your problems. I'm sure she help you.

10 You not vacuum the carpets, Carol has already done it.

11 You be tired because you have worked very hard.

12 He come to my party because he is ill.

13 He go to the dentist when he has toothache.

14 It's not very important. You not do it now. You do it tomorrow.

15 you speak many languages?

16 I don't know what I'm doing this weekend but I go to London.

17 Smoking is very unhealthy. You stop it.

18 Playing football in this park.

19 You have got plenty of time. You not hurry.

20 You have a passport to visit most foreign countries.

1 He go skating because he broke his leg.

2 Many children in Britain wear school uniforms.

3 I'm not sure but Jane come to visit me this afternoon.

4 Didnt you see the sign? You drive more than 30 miles.

5 He speaks a lot of languages but he speak Chinese.

6 It snow. It looks like it.

7 You drive on the right in Britain.

8 He is a good boxer. You be careful.

9 You to smoke in the office.

10 This test will be very difficult. So you learn a lot.

11 You eat more vegetables because they are healthy.

12 I don't the car. You can take it.

13 He does everything himself. He no help.

14 It`s going to rain. You shut the window.

15 You start a fire in the forest.

Put the modal verbs into the tenses.

Present simple: They must work harder.

Past simple: They work harder.

Present perfect simple: They work harder.

Will-Future: They work harder.


Present simple: We can help you in the garden.

Past simple: We help you in the garden.

Present perfect simple: We help you in the garden.

Will-Future: We help you in the garden.


Present simple: She may invite friends.

Past simple: She invite friends.

Present perfect simple: She invite friends.

Will-Future: She invite friends.

Put the modal verbs into the tenses.

Present simple: I can speak English.

Past simple: I speak English.

Present perfect simple: I speak English.

Will-Future: I speak English.


Present simple: He must learn for the test.

Past simple: He learn for the test.

Present perfect simple: He learn for the test.

Will-Future: He learn for the test.


Present simple: I may go to the party.

Past simple: I go to the party.

Present perfect simple: I go to the party.

Will-Future: I go to the party.

QUESTION ORDER
Fill in the correct question word.

1 do you live? In Miami.

2 is his father? A pilot.

3 brothers have you got? One.

4 films do you like best? Action films.

5 do you have lunch? At school.

6 do you come home on Mondays? Usually at 6.

7 old are you? Twenty.

8 are your hobbies? Skiing and tennis.

9 is your English teacher? Mr Smith.

10 are you today? Fine, thanks.

11 are you learning? I'm learning Maths.

12 are you late? Because the bus was late.

13 is in the box? Sweets, I think.

14 is your mother? She's in the garden.

15 do you come from? I come from Spain.

Fill in who, what, how, when, where.

1. likes westerns? Brenda and John.

2. do you live? I live in a flat.

3. are your hobbies? Swimming and collecting stamps.

4. is your birthday? In April.

5. many minerals are in the box? Ten, I think.

6. is good at English? Tom.

7. old is her son? Seven.

8. are your posters? Over my bed.

9. much is this pullover? Twenty pounds.

10. colour is your car? Red.

11. are you, Peter? I'm fine, thanks.

12. has got a pencil for me? Claudia has got one.

13. do you watch Tom and Jerry? On Sunday at 9.

14. is your fish tank? On my desk.

15. is her telephone number? 86 39 749.

Fill in who, what, how, how much, how many, when, where.

1. are you? I'm okay.

2. are the socks? 1 pound 50.

3. are my shoes? Under the bed.

4. stickers has Michael got? I don't know.

5. is your mother? She's in the garden.

6. is your name? Sarah.

7. is you best friend? It's Nelly.

8. does George feel? Very good.

9. is the time? It's ten o'clock.

10. does the film start? At 8.

11. is your hamster? In the living room.

12. sits next to you? Bill.

13. are their names? Joe and Carol.

14. is in your schoolbag? Many books.

15. do you live? In a small house.