Ejercicios Prácticos de Tiempos Verbales en Inglés: Presente Continuo y Pasado Simple

Ejercicios de Gramática Inglesa: Presente y Pasado

1. Put the verb into the correct form. Sometimes you need the negative (I'm not doing, etc.)

(... points)

• 1) "You ......... (work) hard today." "Yes, I have a lot to do."
• 2) Please don't make so much noise. I ..........
• 3) It .......... (rain) any more.
• 4) I want to lose weight, so this week I ....... (eat) lunch.
• 5) You can turn off the radio. I .................. (listen) to it.
• 6) Kate phoned me last night. She's on holiday in France. She ......... a great time and doesn't want to come back.
• 7) Andrew has just started evening classes. He .......... (learn) to...
• 8) I ................... (get) tired. I need a rest.
• 9) Paul and Sally have had an argument. They ............. (speak) to...
• 10) Tim .............. (work) this week. He's on holiday.

2. Write am/is/are (present) or was/were (past)

(Score ..... / 5 points)

• 1) Today the weather ....... nice, but yesterday it ...... very cold.
• 2) I feel fine this morning, but I ............ very tired last night.
• 3) I like your new jacket. ................ it expensive?
• 4) Where .......... you at 11 o'clock last Friday morning?
• 5) Where ............... the children? "I don't know. They ...... here a..."

3. Write was / were / wasn't / weren't

(Score ...... / 5 points)

• We ................. hungry after the journey, but we ........... tired.
• When I .................. a child, I ............. afraid of dogs.
• Why .......... you late this morning?
• We weren't happy with the hotel. Our room ........ very small and it ...........
• Mark ................... at work last week because he ............. ill. He's better now.

4. Write questions from these words + was/were

Put the words in the right order. (Score ...... / ...)

• 1) (difficult / your exam) ----------------------------- NO, IT WAS EASY.
• 2) (last week / where / Sue and Chris?) ------------------ THEY WERE ON HOLIDAY.
• 3) (your new camera / how much?) ------------------------- SIXTY POUNDS.
• 4) (angry / you / yesterday / why?) ------------------------- BECAUSE YOU WERE LATE.
• 5) (nice / the weather / last week?) ------------------------- YES, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.