Question forming: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Simple, Present Continuous

1. Gina went to the cinema with Tom lest night.

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2. Peter and Nancy were riding their bikes all afternoon yesterday.

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3. Mr. Johnson usually eats a sandwich for breakfast.

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4. Look! The cat is swimming with the ducks in our pool!

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5. Keira Nightly starred in The Pirates of the Caribbean as well as in Pride and Prejudice.

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6. John was painting his room when his dog spilled the paint on the floor.

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7. John is writing his homework at the moment, he cannot go out now.

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8. Listen! Jane and Peter are singing in the living room.

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9. Antonio Meucci invented the first telephone.

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10. Peter was tired yesterday because he was running for two hours in the park.

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11. The Earth goes around the Sun.

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12. Jane is having a bath because she has been working in the garden all morning.

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Fill in the gaps with the present simple, present continuous or the past simple.

1. I (to play) -------------------- tennis yesterday but I (not to win) -----------------------------.

2. John (not to write) -------------------------- letters very often; he (to prefer) -------------------------
phoning.

3. She (not to go) ------------------------to work yesterday because she (not to feel) -----------------------
well.

4. The polar ice cap (to consist) -----------------------------of millions of tons of ice.

5. You (not to help) ----------------------------- your brother, didn't you? - No, I (to go) --------------------to
the dentist.

6. Where (Mr Moore - to fish) ------------------------------ at the moment? I (not, to know) -----------------

7. How (you - to go) -------------------------- to school? - I (to go - always) ---------------------------- by

bike.

8. My grandfather (not to go) -------------------------- to school by bike, he (to go) ------------------- on

foot.

9. last month, we (to enjoy) ----------------- swimming in a five star hotel. It (to be)---------------
wonderful.

10. He last (to write) ----------------------------- three months ago.

11. Be quiet, please! I (to watch) ----------------------------- a film.

12. (you - to know) ----------------------------- where your brother is? - Oh, I (to meet) --------------------
him an hour ago, at Richmond Brigde.

13. (you - to know) -----------------------------where your brother (to be) -----------------------------

lastnight? - He (to spend) -------------------- the evening with his friends.

14. James!! Where (Dorothy - to be) -------------------------- ? - She is outside. She (to play) ---------------
----------- with her baby sister.

15. What (Dorothy - to do) ----------------------------- last night? - She (to study) -----------------------------
French and (to talk) ----------------------------- to her friends on the phone. => (she - to study) -----------
------------------ hard?- Yes, of course, she -------------------- .

16. John (to work) ----------------------------- in the garden at the moment. He (to like) ---------------------
-------- doing this, anyway. Although he (to hate) ------------------- it when he (to be) ----------------
younger.

17. => Last year, we (to spend) ----------------------------- our vacation in Greece.
- How (you - to travel) ----------------------------- ?

=> We (to fly) ----------------------------- .- (you - to like) ----------------------------- it here?

=> Yes, we (to have) ----------------------------- the time of our life.

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.

11. She (not / go) _________________________________ to the cinema very

often.

12. You usually (arrive) _________________________________ late.

13. He normally (eat) _________________________________ dinner at home.

14. (You / study) _________________________________ every night?

15. (They / work) _________________________________ late usually?

16. You (not / go) _________________________________ out later.

17. I (not / work) _________________________________ tonight.

18. (She / work) _________________________________ at the moment?

19. I (not / drink) _________________________________ coffee very often.