Put the verbs into the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, and Present Perfect Continuous.

1. The plane (to leave) at 5 o’clock tomorrow morning.

2. They (to have) the cat since last year.

3. I (to see) my cousin next Monday.

4. How long you (to know) Mary Brown?

5. My friend (to look) for a new job at the moment.

6. My friend is upset because he (not find) a new job yet.

7. What a mess! What you (to do) with the kitchen?

8. The population on the planet (to grow) very fast.

9. I to wait) for you for an hour. Where you (to be)?

10. I can’t (to find) my passport. I am afraid I (to lose) it.

11. It’s time for them to be back. I’m afraid they (to lose) their way.

12. The Richards (live) here for 5 years.

13. You (to have) a lunch today?

14. How long it (to take) you to get to the office?

15. How often she (to go) to the Fitness Club?

16. He already (to type) three letters today.

17. She (not like) coffee.

18. She (not drink) coffee since she was a child.

19. How long he (to study) English? He is perfect at it.

20. Look at them! They (to play) very badly. 

21. The fabric (to feel) like silk.

22. Why you (to feel) the radiator?

23. I just (to begin) doing my homework.

24. What perfume you (to smell)?

25. How long he (know) you?

26. Your hands are so dirty. What you (to do)?

27. Listen! What the kids (to do)?

28. Why you (to shout)? I am very angry with you.

29. I can’t visit her tomorrow. I (to have) an exam.

30. I’ve bought the tickets. On Sunday I (fly) to London.

31. The plane (to leave) at 5 o’clock tomorrow morning.

32. They (to have) the cat since last year.

33. I (to see) my cousin next Monday.

34. How long you (to know) Mary Brown?

35. Why you (smell) the flowers?

 

Task 4

Put the verbs into the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, and Present Perfect Continuous.

1. The plane (to leave) at 5 o’clock tomorrow morning.

2. They (to have) the cat since last year.

3. I (to see) my cousin next Monday.

4. How long you (to know) Mary Brown?

5. My friend (to look) for a new job at the moment.

6. My friend is upset because he (not find) a new job yet.

7. What a mess! What you (to do) with the kitchen?

8. The population on the planet (to grow) very fast.

9. I to wait) for you for an hour. Where you (to be)?

10. I can’t (to find) my passport. I am afraid I (to lose) it.

11. It’s time for them to be back. I’m afraid they (to lose) their way.

12. The Richards (live) here for 5 years.

13. You (to have) a lunch today?

14. How long it (to take) you to get to the office?

15. How often she (to go) to the Fitness Club?

16. He already (to type) three letters today.

17. She (not like) coffee.

18. She (not drink) coffee since she was a child.

19. How long he (to study) English? He is perfect at it.

20. Look at them! They (to play) very badly. 

21. The fabric (to feel) like silk.

22. Why you (to feel) the radiator?

23. I just (to begin) doing my homework.

24. What perfume you (to smell)?

25. How long he (know) you?

26. Your hands are so dirty. What you (to do)?

27. Listen! What the kids (to do)?

28. Why you (to shout)? I am very angry with you.

29. I can’t visit her tomorrow. I (to have) an exam.

30. I’ve bought the tickets. On Sunday I (fly) to London

 

 

Past Tenses

2.1. Use of Past Simple Tense

Action finished in the past

Series of completed actions in the past

Together with the Past Progressive/Continuous - The Simple Past interrupted an action which was in progress in the past.

Wishes

Talking about people who are not alive

Adverbs of frequency: yesterday, last week, a month ago, in 2002

 

Grammar Exercises (Past Simple and Present Perfect Simple)

Task 1

Put the verbs into the Past Simple and Present Perfect Simple, Present Simple

1. He (go) to school when he was 6.

2. Look at the man! You (know) him?

3. You (have) your lunch yet?

4. I (not go) to the office last week because of my illness.

5. You ever (be) to Paris?

6. We (know) each other since we (be) children.

7. My parents (not go) on holiday this year.

8. Alexander Pushkin is a famous Russian poet. He also (write) novels and stories.

9. What were you doing when I (call) you?

10. I’m busy, I still (work) on my project.

11. How long he (have) this dog?

12. Marilyn Monroe (star) in a lot of Hollywood films.

13. My sister (come) to visit me last week.

14. I (be) in the hospital before.

15. It (rain) a lot last summer.

 

Task 2