Simple Present / Present Continuous
1. Every Monday, Sally (drive) ____________________
practice.
2. Usually, I (work) ____________________
her kids to football
as an English teacher, but this
summer I (study) ____________________
Paris. That is why I am in Paris.
French at a language school in
3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) ____________________
4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) ____________________
5. I dont like living in Canada because it (rain, always) ____________________
.
6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say) ____________________
everybody (talk) ____________________
because
so loudly.
7. Justin (write, currently) ____________________
Morocco. I hope I can read it when he is finished.
a book about his trip to
8. A: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
B: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) ____________________
tonight with some friends.
to a movie
9. The business cards (be, usually ) ____________________
printed by a
company in New York. Their prices (be) ____________________
inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.
10. This delicious chocolate (be) ____________________
Switzerland.
11. Today (be) ____________________
made in
my second day at the football
team. I am tired and my legs (hurt) ____________________
me; I just
hope I can join the team in the final match. I ______ (do) a great effort
, but I (want, still) ____________________
to continue.
England is a fascinating country, but I have a lotl to learn. Everything (be)
____________________
so different, and I (try) ____________________
to know some people. I (learn) ____________________
their
language but unfortunately, I (learn, not) ____________________
foreign
languages quickly. I (understand, not) ____________________
much of
their talk yet, but I think that I (improve, gradually) ____________________
.
This summer, I (travel) ____________________
with John, a student from
London school in England. He (be) ____________________
(walk, always) ____________________
a nice guy. He
faster tan me and (say)
____________________
that I am too slow. I (do)
____________________
my best to keep up with him.
Right now, John (sit) ____________________
They (talk) ____________________
with a student from Morocco.
the differences between life in England
and life in Morocco. I (know, not) ____________________
the name of the
morocco student, but everybody (call) ____________________
Hassan. Hassan (speak) ____________________
(try) ____________________
English very well and he
to teach John some Arabic words . Every
time Hassan (say) ____________________
____________________
him
a new word, John (try)
to repeat it._
Simple Present / Simple Future
1. Today after I (get) ____________________
____________________
out of class, I (go)
to a movie with some friends.
2. When you (arrive) ____________________
Gustav. He (show) ____________________
you get situated.
in Stockholm, call my friend
you around the city and help
3. A: Do you know what you want to do after you (graduate) ____________________
?
B: After I (receive) ____________________
University, I (go) ____________________
San Diego. I (plan) ____________________
cognitive science.
my Master's from Georgetown
to graduate school at UCSD in
to complete a Ph.D. in
4. If it (snow) ____________________
____________________
this weekend, we (go)
skiing near Lake Tahoe.
5. Your father (plan) ____________________
to pick you up after school
today at 3:00 o'clock. He (meet) ____________________
you across the
street near the ice cream shop. If something happens and he cannot be there, I (pick)
____________________
you up instead.
6. If the people of the world (stop, not) ____________________
cutting
down huge stretches of rain forest, we (experience) ____________________
huge changes in the environment during the twenty-first century.
7. If Vera (keep) ____________________
____________________
drinking, she (lose, eventually)
her job.
8. I promise you that I (tell, not) ____________________
your secret to
anybody. Even if somebody (ask) ____________________
me about what
happened that day, I (reveal, not) ____________________
single person.
the truth to a
9. She (make) ____________________
some major changes in her life.
She (quit) ____________________
her job and go back to school. After she
(finish) ____________________
____________________
to improve her life!
studying, she (get)
a better paying job and buy a house. She is going
10. Tom (call) ____________________
____________________
when he (arrive)
in Madrid. He (stay) ____________________
with you for two or three days until his new apartment (be)
____________________
available.
Simple Present / Simple Future
1.Michael: After you (leave) ____________________
drop by the grocery store and pick up some milk and bread.
work, will you please
Marie: No problem, I (pick) ____________________
up the groceries and
be home by 6 o'clock.
Michael: Great. You will probably get home before I (do) ____________________
.
2.Ari: By the time we (get) ____________________
to the movie theater,
the tickets are going to be sold out.
Sarah: Don't worry. I told Jane we might be arriving just before the movie (start)
____________________
. She (buy) ____________________
our tickets and meet us in the lobby.
Ari: That place is huge! We (find, never) ____________________
that crowded lobby.
Sarah: Calm down, we (meet) ____________________
entrance.
her in
each other near the
3. Terry: If the weather (be) ____________________
maybe we should go to the beach.
good tomorrow,
Jennifer: I have a better idea. If it (be) ____________________
nice out,
we'll go to the beach; and if it (rain) ____________________
movie.
, we'll see a
Terry: I guess we will have to wait until we (get) ____________________
up in the morning to find out what we are going to do.
4. Max: What are you going to do tomorrow after work?
Sean: I (meet) ____________________
some friends at the cafe across the
street. Would you like to come along?
Max: No thanks! My brother is coming to town and I (pick) ____________________
him up from the airport at 7 o'clock.
Sean: We (be, probably) ____________________
at the cafe until 9
o'clock. Why don't you join us after you (pick) ____________________
up.
Max: Sounds good. We (see) ____________________
5. Lucy: I (call) ____________________
you around 8 o'clock.
you as soon as I arrive in Dublin.
Dwain: If I am not there when you (call) ____________________
sure to leave a message.
Lucy: I will. And please don't forget to water my plants and feed the cat.
Dwain: I promise I (take) ____________________
you are in Ireland.
Simple Present / Simple Future
Present Continuous / Future Continuous
him
, make
care of everything while
1. Right now I am watching T.V. Tomorrow at this time, I (watch)
____________________
T.V. as well.
2. Tomorrow after school, I (go) ____________________
to the beach.
3. I am going on a dream vacation to Tahiti. While you (do) ____________________
paperwork and (talk) ____________________
to annoying
customers on the phone, I (lie) ____________________
tropical beach. Are you jealous?
on a sunny,
4. We (hiding) ____________________
____________________
when Tony (arrives)
at his surprise party. As soon as he opens the
door, we (jump) ____________________
____________________
out and (scream)
, "Surprise!"
5. We work out at the fitness center everyday after work. If you (come)
____________________
over while we (work) ____________________
out, we will not be able to let you into the house. Just to be safe, we (leave)
____________________
to wait outside.
a key under the welcome mat so you will not have
6. While you (study) ____________________
____________________
at home, Magda (be)
in class.
7. When I (get) ____________________
(dance) ____________________
to the party, Sally and Doug
, John (make) ____________________
drinks, Sue and Frank (discuss) ____________________
something controversial, and Mary (complain) ____________________
about something unimportant. They are always doing the same things. They are so
predictable.
8. When you (get) ____________________
____________________
off the plane, I (wait)
for you.
9. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we (wake)
____________________
up tomorrow morning, the sun (shine)
____________________
10. If you (need) ____________________
to contact me sometime next
week, I (stay) ____________________
at the Sheraton in San Francisco.
Simple Past / Past Continuous
1. A: What (you, do) ____________________
B: I (try) ____________________
out.
to change a light bulb that had burnt
2. After I (find) ____________________
the wallet full of money, I (go,
immediately) ____________________
____________________
when the accident occurred?
to the police and (turn)
it in.
3. The doctor (say) ____________________
that Tom (be)
____________________
too sick to go to work and that he (need)
____________________
to stay at home for a couple of days.
4. Sebastian (arrive) ____________________
at Susan's house a little
before 9:00 pm, but she (be, not) ____________________
(study, at the library) ____________________
French.
there. She
for her final examination in
5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she (watch,
also) ____________________
television. That's all she ever does!
6. A: I (call) ____________________
(be, not) ____________________
B: I (work) ____________________
7. When I (walk) ____________________
secretary (talk) ____________________
you last night after dinner, but you
there. Where were you?
out at the fitness center.
into the busy office, the
on the phone with a customer,
several clerks (work, busily) ____________________
two managers (discuss, quietly) ____________________
improve customer service.
at their desks, and
methods to
8. I (watch) ____________________
a mystery movie on T.V. when the
electricity went out. Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends.
9. Sharon (be) ____________________
in the room when John told me
what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she (listen, not)
____________________
10. It's strange that you (call) ____________________
just) ____________________
because I (think,
about you.
11. The Titanic (cross) ____________________
____________________
the Atlantic when it (strike)
an iceberg.
12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants (bargain, busily)
____________________
and (try) ____________________
sell their goods to naive tourists who (hunt) ____________________
to
for
souvenirs. Some young boys (lead) ____________________
their donkeys
through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of men (argue)
____________________
over the price of a leather belt. I (walk)
____________________
over to a man who (sell) ____________________
fruit and (buy) ____________________
a banana.
13. The firemen (rescue) ____________________
____________________
the old woman who (be)
trapped on the third floor of the burning building.
14. She was so annoying! She (leave, always) ____________________
dirty dishes in the sink. I think she (expect, actually) ____________________
her
me to do them for her.
15. Samantha (live) ____________________
in Berlin for more than two
years. In fact, she (live) ____________________
came down.
there when the Berlin wall
Simple Past / Past Continuous
Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) ____________________
. She said she (call) ____________________
me on her cell
phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she (wait)
____________________
for class, but she said that the professor was at
the front of the hall lecturing while she (talk) ____________________
me. I couldn't believe she (make) ____________________
during the lecture. I asked what was going on.
to
a phone call
She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep,
actually) ____________________
____________________
in class. Some of the students (talk)
about their plans for the weekend and the student
next to her (draw) ____________________
Angela (tell) ____________________
a picture of a horse. When
me she was not satisfied with the
class, I (mention) ____________________
that my biology professor was
quite good and (suggest) ____________________
class.
that she switch to my
While we were talking, I (hear) ____________________
her professor yell,
"Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang)
____________________
up the phone and went to the kitchen to make
dinner. As I (cut) ____________________
vegetables for a salad, the
phone rang once again. It (be) ____________________
time she wasn't sitting in class.
Angela, but this
