REVIEW ACTIVITIES
1. Complete with past simple or continuous,
when, while, as.
1. What/ you/do yesterday at 6:00 oclock?
2. Accident/ happen/ it/ rain
3. He/ eat/ his father/ wash/ the dishes
4. Mum/ call/ I/ tidy up/ my bedroom
5. The dog/ sleep/ the wind/ close/ the door
6. She/ sing/ I/ write/ a letter
7. I/ drive/ my car/ I/ hear/ about/ the terrorist 6. My sister wrote a letter to her best friend.
attack
8. She/ run/ down/ the street/ she/ see/ a
monkey/ on a bench
9. I/ shout/ her name/ she/ listen/ to music
10. They/ swim/ the storm/ start
11. He/ do/ the washing-up/ she/ tidy up her
bedroom
12. Susan/ sit down/ Chris/ play football
13. My mum/ speak to my dad/ I/ watch/the
tennis match
14. She/ tell me/ the story/ I/ get dressed
15. The car/ break down/ we/ go/ to the concert
16. My parents/ buy/ food in the supermarket/ my 19. Did we send the email?
grandparents/ call
17. The wind/ blow/ it/ start/ to rain
18. We/ meet/ my sisters/have/ a class
19. She/ pay/ you/ wash/ your hands/ in the toilet 23. Ryan forgets my birthday every year.
20. The ship/ sink/ I/ last see/ it
2. Write questions for these answers.
1. Its blue, quite big and beautiful
2. She took it to the gym.
3. They left litter on the pavement.
4. They left litter on the pavement.
5. They left litter on the pavement.
6. I was writing a letter.
7. I was writing a letter.
8. Peter was writing a letter.
9. There were five people in the party.
10. Its a Gucci bag.
11. They are made of plastic and rubber.
12. She travels to London every year.
13. She travels to London every year.
14. We sent an email to Cathy.
15. We sent an email to Cathy.
16. We sent an email to Cathy.
17. We sent an email to Cathy.
18. He is an actor.
19. Shes kind and polite.
20. The dog is sleeping in a corner.
21. The dog is sleeping in a corner.
22. The dog is sleeping in a corner.
23. Yes, we did. We went to the cinema.
24. No, he isnt. Hes working now.
25. Yes, she does. Twice a week.
3. Make these sentences affirmative/ negative/
interrogative.
1. It is raining really hard now.
2. They dont call me every day.
3. Simon knows how to do it.
4. The students didnt study for the exam.
5. My brothers were cleaning the house when I
opened the front door.
7. My sister never writes letters.
8. Susan doesnt read magazines.
9. Was Neil making a cake?
10. That old car is polluting the air too much.
11. Did she look for me?
12. Ben teaches from Monday to Friday.
13. Stan is teaching a class right now.
14. I didnt understand anything.
15. They were swimming at that moment.
16. Mary doesnt respond to messages.
17. Do they live in the same building as you?
18. She won the lottery.
20. They didnt take the umbrella with them.
21. Is he fighting with Rebecca?
22. I forgot to tell him something.
24. He sold the house two years ago.
25. The tree fell down during the storm.
4. Complete these sentences with suitable
verbs. The verbs can be in the present or the
past, in the simple or the continuous,
affirmative or negative forms,
1. I didnt drive my car. I _____________ my bike there.
2. She ate a piece of cake but she _____________ drink
any punch.
3. We didnt run. We _____________ into the class.
4. He is not writing a letter now. He _____________ a
letter yesterday.
5. They didnt chose the first course. They
_____________ the dessert.
6. Anne is building a house now. She _____________ a
house two years ago.
7. Paul is studying at this moment. He _____________
yesterday when I went into his room too.
8. The telephone rang but he_____________ it. Instead,
he continued studying.
9. The house _____________ when the fire-fighters
arrived.
10. While I was fishing, he _____________ an email.
11. As they were cutting the vegetables, we
_____________ the table.
12. When I _____________ at them, they were laughing.
13. Joan was leaving when the postman ____________.
5. Open the brackets and put the verbs in Simple Past.
Larry ___________(have) a very strange day yesterday. Not only
did he lose his wallet but also his suitcase. Yes, thats how his day
___________(start). Either somebody___________ (steal) it while
he was waiting for a bus or he simply ___________( (forget) to take
it. He ___________ (not, know) how it ___________(happen).
Anyway, he ___________(begin) working as usual. He
___________ (take out) some papers from the drawer. Then, he
accidentally___________ (knock over) the ink bottle. The ink
___________ (ruin) all the documents on the desk. His boss
___________ (scream) at him and all he ___________ (can) do
was cry. After some time, he ___________ (pull) himself together
and ___________ (apologize) for all the mess.
Right after that, he ___________ (be) on his way to his office when he ___________ (trip over) a
book and almost ___________ (break) his arm. His friend, Linda, ___________ (see) it all and
___________ (decide) to bring him some coffee. It ___________ (be) too much for the poor man
that day. He ___________ (need) a break. When she ___________ (make) a cup of coffee for him,
she ___________ (take) it into his office and ___________ (put) it on his desk. He ___________
(want) to take a sip when, to his surprise and horror, he ___________ (notice) that there
___________ (be) false teeth in the cup. His friend, Linda, ___________ (say) later on that she
___________ (not, know) anything about it. ___________ (be) it just bad luck or was somebody
playing dirty tricks on him?
6. Complete this table
TIEMPO VERBAL ORACIONES TRADUCCIN
Vincent bought a painting.
Vicente compra cuadros.
Vicente est comprando un cuadro.
Vicente estaba comprando un cuadro.

Lynn draws really well.

Past continuous
Past simple
Lynn is drawing now.
Present simple
She didnt break it.
Past continuous