ACTIVITIES (SIMPLE PRESENT AND SIMPLE PAST)

Simple tense activities.

A. Use the correct tense. (Simple Present / Present Progressive)

1. Normally I __________ (start) work at eight o'clock but I __________ (start) at 7 this

week. We are busy just now.

2. We __________ (go) camping every year. It's a good cheap holiday. Hotels

__________ (cost) too much.

3. What's that smell? Something __________ (burn) in the kitchen.

4. I (work) overtime this month because I __________ (save up) to buy a car.

B. Use the correct tense. (Simple Past / Past Progressive / Simple Present)

1. The dentist's waiting room was full of people. Some __________ (read) magazines,

others __________ (just / turn) over the pages. A woman __________ (knit), a child

__________ (play) with a toy car. Suddenly the door __________ (open) and the nurse

__________ (say) "Next, please."

2. What __________ (you / do) between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday?

3. Yesterday Luis __________ (cross) a street when a truck __________ (turn) the corner

very fast and almost __________ (hit) him.

4. Last Saturday while Sally __________ (clean) out the attic, she __________ (find) her.