I.

Choose the present simple or present continuous:

1. (You / come) _________________________________ tonight?

2. (He / eat) _________________________________ rice every day?
3. I (work) _________________________________ at the moment.
4. (He / come) _________________________________ to London often?
5. He (play) _________________________________ tennis now.
6. (You / come) _________________________________ to the cinema later?
7. They (not / come) _________________________________ to the party
tomorrow.
8. He (not / play) _________________________________ golf now.
9. (You / play) _________________________________ tennis this Sunday?
10. They (go) _________________________________ to a restaurant every
Saturday.

2.- Completa estos textos usando el Pasado simple o pasado continuo de los
verbos entre parntesis:

Beethoven _________ (write) nine symphonies: he ________ (write) another

symphony when he died.
- Last Saturday tom wanted to make two salads. He ________ (make) the
first one in 5 minutes. He ________ (make) the second one when his guests
_________ (arrive), and they ________(help) him to finish it.
- The artist Gaud _________ (design) several houses in Barcelona. Later, he
________(start) work in a church. He _________ (work) on the church when
he ________ (die).
- Last month a bank robber __________ (escape) while the police ________
(take) him to prison. Later, they _________ (catch) him again, and this time
they _________ (lock) him up without any problem.
- Philips football team were lucky last Saturday. After 20 minutes they
________ (lose),but in the end they __________ (win) the game by 4 goals to
2.
- John Lennon __________ (sing) and __________ (play) on many records with
The Beatles. After that he _________ (record) several songs without the
Beatles. He __________ (prepare) a new record when Mark Chapman
__________ (shoot) him.
The evening was getting darker, the street lights _________ (come) on. People
_________ (hurry) home after work. I _________ (stand) in a queue at the bus stop.
Suddenly somebody _________ (grab) my bag.

II.

Choose the past simple or the present perfect:

1. Last night I __________________ (lose) my keys I had to call my flatmate

to let me in.
2. I __________________ (lose) my keys can you help me look for them?
3. I __________________ (visit) Paris three times.
4. Last year I __________________ (visit) Paris.
5. I __________________ (know) my great grandmother for a few years - she
died when I was eight.
6. I __________________ (know) Julie for three years we still meet once a
month.
7. I __________________ (play) hockey since I was a child Im pretty good!
8. She __________________ (play) hockey at school, but she
__________________ (not / like) it.
9. Sorry, I __________________ (miss) the bus, so Im going to be late.
10. I __________________ (miss) the bus, and then I __________________
(miss) the aeroplane as well!

III.

Choose the past perfect, or the past simple:

1. We had already eaten when John ________________________________

(come) home.
2. Last year Juan ________________________________ (pass) all his exams.
3. When I ________________________________ (get) to the airport I
discovered I had forgotten my passport.
4. I went to the library, then I ________________________________ (buy)
some milk and went home.
5. I opened my handbag to find that I ________________________________
(forgot) my credit card.
6. When we ________________________________ (arrive) at the station,
the train had already left.
7. We got home to find that someone ________________________________
(break) into the house.
8. I opened the fridge to find someone
________________________________ (eat) all my chocolate.
9. I had known my husband for three years when we
________________________________ (get) married.
10. Julie was very pleased to see that John
________________________________ (clean) the kitchen.

IV.

Choose the correct tenses.

Hi Pablo!
How are you? A lot has happened since I
last wrote. The good news is that Ive
passed all my exams, and 1 Ill start /
Im starting university in September. 2
Im going to study / Ill study
Spanish and Catalan at Middlesex
University in London, so 3 Ill be able
to / Im being able to write e-mails in
Catalan soon!
Ive also got a new boyfriend called
Matthew.
Hes a year older than me and hes
really nice.
Next week 4 well go / were going to
a Blur concert in Manchester. Matthew
queued for six hours for the tickets!
Unfortunately 5 Im not seeing / I
wont see Matthew very often after I
start university.
6

Ill probably find / Im probably

finding a
flat in London, and 7 hell definitely
stay / hes definitely going to stay
in Manchester. But
8

were seeing / well see each other

at weekends.
9

Are you coming / Will you come

and visit me
in London? I hope so.
Love
Clare