Grammar: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous

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Lesson 6, Unit 2, p. 18-19 Self-assessment test

Курс, 1 семестр (ДЛЯ САМОСТІЙНОГО ОПРАЦЮВАННЯ)

Ex. 1Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs from the box. Use Present Simple or Present Continuous.

Active words: cook; go; have; not like; live; read; run; stay; swim; train; not train; watch;

I … in an apartment in London, but at the moment I … with a friend in the country. We … for a triathlon. Every morning we … for a two-hour cycle. Then we … lunch. My friend … really healthy food – meat, fish, eggs and vegetables – but unfortunately he … pasta – and it's my favourite. In the afternoon, we … fifteen kilometres and in the evening we … in the river. On Sundays we … - that's today! So my friend … the newspaper and I … a triathlon on the TV.

Ex. 2 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple.

1. My parents … (meet) at university. 2. I … (not be born) in 1999, I … (be born) in 1998. 3. My dad… (buy) a new laptop yesterday. 4. I … (not go) out last night, I … (stay) at home. 5. I … (get) up at 7.30 this morning. 6. I … (have) lunch with my family yesterday. 7. I … (eat) pizza and salad for lunch yesterday. 8. I … (not watch) the football match on TV because I was busy.

Ex. 3 Write questions to the answers in Ex.2.

1. Where ________________________________________________________________?

2. Were ___________________________________________________________in 1999?

3. What _________________________________________________________________?

4. Did __________________________________________________________________?

5. What time _____________________________________________________________?

6. When ________________________________________________________________?

7. What _________________________________________________________________?

8. Did __________________________________________________________________?

Ex. 4Complete the text with the Past Simple.

Last month our school … (have) an idea to make money for charity. They … (ask) everyone to bring old clothes, books and CDs to school to sell. I … (decide) to go to school early to help put everything nicely on tables in the hall. I … (go) there at two o'clock and … (start) working. I … (see) a really nice shirt so I … (give) a teacher some money for it. Then I … (find) a jacket, a coat, some CDs and some books. I … (spend) $20 before my friends … (arrive). Now, everyone wants to help next year, so they can find things before anyone else.

Ex. 5 Complete the sentences about John's day using the Past Continuous.

1. At 7.30 a.m., I / have breakfast

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2. At 8.30 a.m., I / walk to school

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3. At 10.00 a.m., my friends / play football

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4. I / not / play because I've got a bad leg

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5. At 12.00, my friends and I / have lunch

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6. At 3.00 p.m., I / have a history lesson

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7. At 6.00 p.m., I / do my homework, my sister / make dinner and my parents / watch television ______________________________________________________________

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8. At 8.00 p.m., I / play computer games

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Ex. 6 Complete the sentences using the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

1. I … (wait) for a taxi when I … (see) my friend. 2. It … (rain) when I left home. 3. I … (watch) TV when I … (hear) a strange noise. 4. When we … (arrive) home from Egypt, we … (still / wear) T-shirts and shorts. We were freezing! 5. I … (look) at some old photos when I … (find) one of my dad when he was seventeen. He … (have) really long hair! 6. My friend… (talk) on his mobile phone, so I … (not / say) anything to him. 7. I ... (cook) dinner when my friends … (arrive) at my house. 8. Mike … (watch) a great film last night. 9. Tom … (come) home late, … (eat) a sandwich and … (go) to bed. 10. I always … (enjoy) reading fairy tales when I was young. 11. Mrs. Smith … (arrive) at the office, … (turn on) the computer and … (start) typing. 12. Last year, Tom … (give) his wife a new coat for her birthday. 13. He … (sleep) at 10 o'clock this morning. 14. We all … (go out) last night. 15. They … (eat ) breakfast when the phone … (ring).

Ex. 7 Complete the sentences using the Present Simple, the Past Simple, the Present Continuous or the Past Continuous.

1. Mary usually … (study) for about two hours every day. 2. … (your sister / help) you with your homework? 3. … (you / want) to go home now? 4. The lorry … (speed) when it crashed into the bus. 5. The boat … (stop) at three different islands before reaching its final destination. 6. My granny … (ride) her bicycle to work every day for 40 years! 7. While my mother … (drive), my father … (read) the map. That's why we got lost! 8. The rain … (fall) much harder now. I think we'll have to cancel the picnic. 9. My granny … (bring) us candies whenever she … (visit) 10. Sandra … (still/watch) a TV show. 11. It … (not / snow) outdoors at the moment. 12. He never … (drink) milk.