Prectice with verbs

 

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive) her kids to football practice.

2. Usually, I (work) as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study) French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

3.Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) .

4. Don’t forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) .

5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always) .

6. I’m sorry I can’t hear what you (say) because everybody (talk) so loudly.

7. Justin (write, currently) a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.

8. A: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
    B: Oh, I’m sorry, I can’t. I (go) to a movie tonight with some friends.

9. The business cards (be, normally ) printed by a company in New York. Their prices (be) inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.

10. This delicious chocolate (be) made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland

                     Past Simple / past Continuous                         

1.- Complete the gaps.-

 

– This morning while my friends played football I ________ my homework (to do)

– Last Saturday when my brother arrived, I ________ TV (to watch)

– My uncle ________ all his fortune playing in casinos (to lose)

– Yesterday it rained all day and the river almost ________ its banks (to burst)

– Last night when I left the party two gangs of hooligans ________ (to fight)

– Last Friday my father ________ to Paris to visit my brother who works there (to go)

– They ________ the new bridge in time for the Olympic Games (to finish)

– My girlfriend didn’t come with us to the cinema because she ________ (to study)

– That terrible accident ________ yesterday evening (to happen)

– When the teacher entered the classroom the students ________ very loudly (to speak)

– Last night when the thieves ________ into my house I was sleeping (to break)

– My parents ________ in the Cathedral of Seville 40 years ago (to get married)

– The Socialist Party ________ the last elections and is now in power (to win)

– Philip ________ at home in very strange circumstances (to die)

– The other day when I ________ tennis I hurt my leg (to play)

– Susan ________ Law in the university of Madrid (to study)

– He ________ late at the station and missed his train (to arrive)

– Yesterday when you came home I ________ the dog (to walk)

– The mother went to calm her little baby because she ________ (to cry)

– The plane ________ into the mountains due to the weather conditions (to crash)

– This morning while my friends played football I ________ my homework (to do)

– My neighbour ________ a heart attack last year and still hasn’t fully recovered (to have)

– Yesterday night it was raining when we ________ the Theatre (to leave)

– This morning the dog ________ the postman when he was delivering the mail (to attack)

– Last summer we ________ to the south of Spain for our holiday (to go)

 

1.-Fill in the blanks with the simple past or past continuous form of the verbs.

B: Hello, Bob. I ____________ (come/neg.)on Monday. I wasn’t ___________ (feel) well, so I ________ (decide) to go to the doctor.

A: Oh! ________ (be) it serious?

B: No, the doctor ___ ________(examine) me and ________ (tell) me I _________ (have) the flu. He __________(prescribe) some medicine and _________ (tell) me to go home and rest.

A: ___ you ___ ________(stay) home all day last Monday?

B: No, only in the morning. I __________ (have) to work in the afternoon, and guess what?

A: What?

B: When a friend __________ (drive) me home, he _________ (crash) his car. He _________ (see/neg.) the red light.

A: ___ anyone _________ (get) hurt?

B: Thank God, nobody _________ (do).

A: I’m happy to hear that. Well, Mary, I have to rush now. While I ________ (listen) to your story, I ________ (remember) that my wife ________ (ask) me to go to the mechanic to get our car. See you later. Take care.

B: You too. Bye.

1. She ________(write) the email but doesn’t know how to send it.
2. Here is your jacket. I __________(just/have something done).
3. Hurry up! The concert ___________(begin) and we are late.
4. Madonna ___________(record) many albums and will probably make many more.
5. Nat King Cole ___________(record) many albums during his wonderful career.
6. How many books ___________(read) this year?
7. How many books _________(read) last year?
8. __________ (newspaper/arrive)? Yes, Ken is reading it at the moment.
9. Where _______(you/find) that book? I _______(find) it in the library.
10. __________ (you/smoke) a lot before becoming a non-smoker?
11. He ________(leave) the house a few minutes ago.
12. She _________(leave) the house.
13. I ________(not know) you ________(be) here! ________(you/be) here long?
14. __________ (you/see) today’s paper?
15. I’m tired. I __________(not get) much sleep last night.