Some exercises

Simple Present or Present Continuous Don´t forget to take your umbrella. It _____________ (rain). I don´t like living in England. It always _____________ (rain). Look!. It _____________ (snow). We are going to have a white Christmas. Maila _____________ (watch) TV every morning. I have to go now. It _____________ (get) dark. Right now I _____________ (spend) time with my father. We usually _____________ (go) to the gym on Mondays Simple Past or Past Continuous While Diana ______________(watch) her favourite television programme, there ________________(be) a power cut. Who ______________ (drive) the car at the time of the accident? I ____________ (do) some shopping yesterday when I _____________ (see) that Dutch friend of yours. What exactly _______________ (you/do) when I _____________ (come) into your office yesterday? While I ____________ (try) to get my car started, a man _______________(offer) to help me. Although it rained a lot, I _______________ (enjoy) my holiday last year. I ________________ phone) you yesterday but you _______________ (not answer). What ______________ (you/do)? Present perfect simple or continuous __________________ (you / buy) your train ticket yet? The kitchen is a complete mess! What __________________ (the children / do)? Julie ___________________ (learn) to drive for six years! Amanda ___________________ (already / have) lunch, so she’ll meet us later. How much coffee ___________________ (she / drink) this morning? Simon ___________________ (write) three books. I ___________________ (do) everything I needed to do today! Hurray! It ___________________ (not / rain) all summer, so the garden is dead. I ___________________ (read) your book. Here it is, thank you. She ___________________ (forget) how to get to my house. Past perfect or simple past We had already eaten when John ______________ (come) home. When I __________ (get) to the airport I discovered I _________ (forget) my passport. When we ____________ (arrive) at the station, the train had already left. We ____________ (get) home to find that someone _________ (break) into the house. I __________ (know) my husband for three years when we __________ (get) married. William ___________ (feel) ill last night because he _________ (eat) too many cakes. When Julie _____________(get) home from her holiday, the flat was a mess. John _________________ (have) a party.