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present/past simple/continuous

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
We _____ in college every day.
a)
study
b)
studies
c)
studys
d)
studie
2.
My family _________ TV after dinner.
a)
watch
b)
watches
c)
wacth
d)
watchs
3.

What .......... you do last weekend ?

a)

do

b)

does

c)

was

d)

did

4.

The children ............. lunch in the cafeteria last month

a)

eat

b)

eating

c)

ate

d)

eats

5.

Bob ................ that book yesterday.

a)

needs

b)

needed

c)

need

d)

needing

6.

You ................... the movie. I didn't.

a)

didn't liked

b)

likes

c)

liked

d)

liking

7.

When I was two years old ............................ computer games.

a)

I didn't play

b)

I don't play

c)

I not played

d)

I don't playing

8.

_________ Mary clean her room 30 minutes ago?

a)

Was

b)

Were

c)

Did

d)

Does

9.

George ________________ off the ladder while he ________________ the ceiling. (fall, paint)

a)

fell - painted

b)

fell - was painting

c)

was falling - was painting

d)

was falling - painted

10.

.Last night I ________________ in bed when I suddenly ________________ a scream. (read, hear)

a)

read - heard

b)

was reading - was hearing

c)

was reading - heard

d)

read - was hearing

11.

________________ at school yesterday? (you / be)

a)

Was you

b)

Did you be

c)

You were

d)

Were you

12.

While the waiter ________________ up the pieces of glass he ________________ his finger (pick, cut)

a)

picked - cut

b)

was picking - was cutting

c)

was picking - cut

d)

was picking - cutted

13.

She ________________ a bright yellow dress when I ________________ her last (wear, see)

a)

wore - saw

b)

was wearing - was seeing

c)

weared - was seeing

d)

was wearing - saw

14.

After I ___________________ (POST) the letter I ___________________ (REALISE) I ___________________ (WRITE) the wrong address.

a)

had posted - realised - wrote

b)

had posted - had realised - had written

c)

had posted - realised - had written

d)

posted - realized - writed

15.

.Last night I ________________ in bed when I suddenly ________________ a scream. (read, hear)

a)

read - heard

b)

was reading - was hearing

c)

was reading - heard

d)

read - was hearing

16.

He ________________ guitar when someone ________________ the window and ________________ out a bucket of water. (play, open, throw)

a)

played - opened - threw

b)

was playing - was opening - was throwing

c)

was playing - opened - threw

d)

was playing - opened - throwed

17.

Betty _____ a ride in an amusement park at 2:30 in the afternoon.

a)

was enjoing

b)

was enjoying

c)

were enjoying

d)

enjoyed

18.

While the soup was boiling, my brother .... .... sweets in the other room.

a)

had eaten

b)

have eating

c)

was eating

d)

has eating

19.

Hello Anna, what _______ (you / do) when I called you last night?

a)

do you do

b)

did you do

c)

didn't do

d)

were you doing

20.

While they were watching TV, their kids ________(sleep)

a)

sleeped

b)

slept

c)

was sleeping

d)

were sleeping

21.

I was listening to the radio when you ________(call) me.

a)

called

b)

calt

c)

were calling

d)

was calling

22.
When her train _____ (get) to the station, we ______ (wait) on the platform.
a)
was getting, waited
b)
got, waited
c)
got, were waiting
d)
was getting, were waiting
23.

I ______________in the pool at the moment.

a)

are swimming

b)

am swimming

c)

swim

d)

am

24.

He ____________________at the top of the mountain right now .

a)

is climbing

b)

are climbing

c)

am climbing

d)

climbs

25.

They________________in the park at this moment.

a)

are run

b)

is running

c)

run

d)

are running

26.

Every morning the sun _____ (shine) in my bedroom window and _____ (wake) me up.

a)

is shining - is waking

b)

is shining - wakes

c)

shines - wakes

d)

shines - is waking

27.

We ___ our friends tomorrow.

a)

do visit

b)

visiting

c)

are visiting

d)

visit

28.

What time ___ tomorrow?

a)

are they meeting

b)

they are meeting

c)

do they meet

d)

they meet

29.

___ her laptop now?

a)

Does Sue use

b)

Is Sue using

c)

Sue is using

d)

Sue uses

30.
You ___________that waiters are rude!
a)
is always complaining
b)
always complain
c)
are always complaining
d)
always complains