Task 1 - Present Simple or Present Continuous?

1. Where is your brother? I …...................….............( not / know ).

2. Where …................................ ( you / come from )?

3. What is so funny? Why ….........................…............( you / laugh )?

4. I am a good football player, but I ….............................. ( not / play ) very often.

5. Listen!! Somebody …......................... ( call ) us!!

6. I ….....................................( not / understand ). Can you please repeat?

7. How often.................................................. ( you / drink ) coffee?

8. What time …............................ ( you ) usually …............. ( eat ) your dinner?

9. You ….............................( not / like ) pop music.

10. She ….................................. ( not / sleep ) at the moment.

11. We never …............................. ( study ) at night.

12. …..................................... ( she / like ) spicy food?

13. Tom …............................... ( go ) to the cinema tomorrow morning.

14. I ….......................... ( clean ) my bathroom every day.

15. He usually …................................... ( work ) at night.

16. We …................................ ( not / drink ) much orange juice.

17. Stop shouting at me!!!! Why ….......................…..........( you / shout ) at me?

18. Your sister never …............................( do ) her homework.

19. I have to go now. My wife …........................... ( wait ).

20. We …........................................... ( not / like ) loud music.

Task 2 - Past Simple or Past Continuous?

1. Sam ....................................... (run) down the street when he ................................ (fall).

2. She ...................................... (do) her shopping when I ....................................(see) her.

3. They ...................................... (sing) while we ........................................... (dance).

4. Tom ................................. (watch) TV while I ....................................... (cook).

5. The cat ..................................... (jump) onto the table while I ......................................

(read) the newspaper.

6. While I ................................ (wait) for you, I ............................... (listen) to the news on TV.

7. What ............... they ............................ (do) you when you ................................. (phone) them?

8. I ......................................... (not / use) the computer between six and ten o’clock.

9. At 3 p.m. last Wednesday, our team ....................................... (practice)

10. That car ......................................... (not / go) fast when it …………………….(crash) into

a tree.

11. It ................................... (start) raining when I .................................... (water) flowers.

12. I ...................................... (see) John as I .................................... (buy) some books 22

in the bookshop round the corner.

13. I …………………… (go) in and …………………….. (buy) it.

14. As I .............................. (clean) the window, a flower pot ................................(fall) down.

15. He ............................... (come) in, I ............................... (give) him a drink and

we ................................ (start) talking about old times.

Task 3 - Choose the correct verb form. (Present Simple or Present Continuous):

1. Alice doesn’t often drink / isn’t often drinking coffee.

2. Look! They are laughing / laugh at you.

3. Are you liking / Do you like the new Victoria Beckham CD?

4. Bob isn’t sleeping / doesn’t sleep. He is watching TV.

5. Is Peter seeing / Does Peter see his girlfriend tonight?

6. What kind of things does our cousin hate / is our cousin hating ?

7. How often are she and her friends going / do she and her friends go to the cinema?

8. I am listening / listen to my favorite radio right now.

9. I always do / I am always doing my homework.

10. They are listening / listen to music at the moment.

Task 4 - Put the verbs into correct Present Continuous form.

try - tell -

sleep - take -

lie - shop -

Task 5 - Put the verbs into correct Past Simple form.

stay - hate -

carry - fit -

have - buy -

go - sleep -

Task 6 - Translate the verbs in brackets and put them into correct form (past tenses).

1. Grandma Barb (była) ...................... always a lot of fun. When I was a child, I (odwiedzałem) ................................... her every summer.

2. While Jess and Pat (grali) ............................... on the computer, Ron (próbował) .................................... to read on the sofa.