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Present/Past Simple/Continuous

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Look! Vladimir ____ his bike over there.

a)

ride

b)

is riding

c)

ridding

d)

rides

2.

Peter ____ a lot of books every week.

a)

is reading

b)

reads

c)

read

d)

red

3.

Preslav often ____ funny videos at school.

a)

is showing

b)

show

c)

shows

d)

showing

4.

All of you often ____ a lot of mistakes.

a)

do

b)

does

c)

are doing

d)

make

5.
When ____ the holidays ____ ?
a)
is/begining
b)
are/begining
c)
do/begin
d)
does/begin
6.

I ........................ dinner now.

a)

cook

b)

cooking

c)

cooks

d)

'm cooking

7.

This coffee .............. nice.

a)

smell

b)

smells

c)

is smelling

d)

are smelling

8.

What .................. about war?

a)

do you think

b)

does you think

c)

is you thinking

d)

are you thinking

9.

............................. the story about space aliens?

a)

Do you believe

b)

Does you believe

c)

Are you believing

d)

Is you believing

10.

We ……….. what you are trying to say.

a)

understand

b)

understands

c)

is understanding

d)

are understanding

11.

Stacey ......................... at work.

a)

never is late

b)

is never late

c)

late is never

d)

never late is

12.

Danial and Stephen ........................

a)

are on time always

b)

on time are always

c)

are always on time

d)

always are on time

13.

Dorothy .............. on Sunday but today she .............. a project.

a)

doesn't usually work - is doing

b)

doesn't usually work - does

c)

isn't usually doing - is doing

d)

isn't usually doing - does

14.

Look at Sam! He ................about his assignment. He ............. tired.

a)

thinks - looks

b)

thinks - is looking

c)

is thinking - looks

d)

is thinking - is looking

15.

…………………………… (you / want) to come with me?

a)

Are you wanting

b)

Do you want

c)

Does you want

16.

………………………… (he / go) to work by bus everyday?

a)

Do he goes

b)

Is he going

c)

Does he go

17.

Marc usually ________ (go) to work at 7 but today he __________ (stay) at home because he __________ (be) very sick.

4 lines
18.

The plane __________ (not leave) until 9 p.m but I have to check in by 6.30 and I __________ (want) to look into the duty free shop too.

(a)  

19.

When I ____________ (get) home I make myself a snack but this week mum ___________ (bring) me something to eat because we ____________ (have) examinations at school.

4 lines
20.

____ you _____ (eat) cereal for breakfast every day?

(a)  

21.

When I .....(leave) the house, it ....(snow).

a)

left / snowed

b)

left / was snowing

c)

was leaving / was snowing

22.

When her train........ (get) to the station, we........ (wait) on the platform.

a)

got / were waiting

b)

was getting / were waiting

c)

got / waited

23.

What ..........(you/do) when I ...........(call) you last night?

a)

were you doing / called

b)

did you do / called

c)

were you doing / calling

24.

We ..........(play) tennis when John ...............(hurt) his ankle.

a)

played / hurt

b)

were playing / was hurting

c)

were playing / hurt

25.

What................ (they/do) at 10 pm last night - it was really noisy?

a)

did they do

b)

were they doing

26.

We ____ (play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock.

a)

were play

b)

was playing

c)

were playing

d)

was play

27.

The phone rang while I (have) ........breakfast.

a)

was having

b)

were having

c)

was have

d)

were have

28.
He .......................................... the glass while he ............................................the washing up. 
a)
was dropping / did
b)
dropped / did
c)
dropped / was doing 
29.
Where ............................................. these beautiful shoes?
a)
did you bought
b)
did you buy
c)
were you buying
30.
He ................................at 7, .........................a shower and left the house. 
a)
got up / was having
b)
got up / had
c)
was getting up / had
31.

I ......................my finger while I ..........................dinner.

a)

cutted / was cooking

b)

cut / cooked

c)

cut / was cooking

32.
Why .......................................................... when I came into the room?
a)
she was crying
b)
was she crying
c)
were she crying
33.
What ................................................ for dinner ?
a)
did you bought
b)
were you buying
c)
did you buy
34.

She (a)   (send) a text message when she spillt her coffee.

35.

He (a)   (run) when he tripped over.

36.

Mary was having breakfast when her telephone (a)   (ring).

37.

What (a)   (you/do) when it started raining?

38.

She was cycling to school when she (a)   (fall) off her bike.

39.

They (a)   (not, climb) a mountain on their last holidays.

40.

My mother (a)   (buy) me a new book last week.