Trannhat quan g exercises for
ten ses
the simple present simple and the present continuous
1. The sun (set) …………in the West. The earth (circle) ……………the Sun once every 365 days.
2. It usually (rain) ……………in the summer. Rivers usually (flow) ………………to the sea.
3. They often (build) ………………… hotels, but this year they (build) ……………… hospitals.
4. Bees (make) …………………………honey.
5. Look!. Lan often (play)……………….badminton but this afternoon she (play) …………………… table
tennis.
6. I (not talk) …………………………to her at present.
7. How often…………………………she (go) …………………………fishing?
- She (go) …………………………once a year.
8. .............. your friends (be)…………………… students? - Yes, they (be)..........................
9. ................ the children (play)…………………………in the park at the moment?
- No, they aren’t. They (learn) ..................................... to play the piano.
10. ………….you (go)………………………….. to school on Sundays? – Yes, I do.
11. My mother (cook) ………………………a meal now. She ( cook) ………………………everyday.
12. What…………your mother (do)……………. at this time? - She (make) ………………a dress.
13. ............. she often (go)……………………… to the cinema every weekend?
- I don’t know. But she always (go) ......................... to the church on Sundays.
14. Hurry up! The bus (come) …………………………… .
15. Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt (read)………………………..it.
16. I’m busy at the moment. I (decorate)……………………………..the meeting room.
17. The students (not be) …………………………in class at present.
18. She always (wash) …………………………the dishes after meals
19. What____________ your father usually ____________ (do) in the evenings ?
20. Oxygen (be)………………….necessary for our life.
21. What you (wait)……………………………for? ~
I (wait)…………………….for the shop to open.
22. I can ____________ (see) the children. They____________ (play) in the yard.
23. You can’t see Tom now: he (have)………………..a bath.

The simple past and the past continuous
45.He (watch)………………………TV when the phone rang. Immediately, he (turn)……………………..down the
sound and (go)…………………….to answer it.
46.You (buy)……………………….this car last summer? ~
No, I (buy)…………………………. it along time ago.
47.I (make)…………………………a cake when the light went out. I (have)……………………..to finish it in the
dark.
48.When I arrived she (have)……………………….lunch. She (say)………………………that she always (lunch)
……………………..at 12:30.
49.The children (be) frightened because it (get) …………………………dark.
50.It was a fine day and the road were crowded because a lot of people (rush)…………………….to the seaside.
51.What you (think)………………………….. of his last book? ~
I (like) …………………….it very much.
52.I (share)………………………a flat with him when we were students. He always (complain)………………….
about my untidiness.
53.You looked very busy when I (see)…………………………..you yesterday. What you (do)…………………….?
54.When I (look)…………………………for my pen I (find)………………………..this old photo.
55.He suddenly (realize)……………………….that he (travel)………………………….in the wrong direction.
56.The boys (play)………………………..cards when they (hear)…………………………their father’s step. They
immediately (hide)……………………….the cards and (take)…………………….out their lesson books.
57.While he (water)…………………………the flowers it (begin)………………………to rain.
58.At this time yesterday we (sleep)………………………..on the train.
59.At 3 am. Mrs. Pitt (wake)……………………her husband and (say)…………………..that she (think)………….
that someone (try)…………………….to get into the house.
60. He (clean)……………………….his gun when it accidentally (go)…………….off and (kill)………………him.
61.The burglar (open)……………………the safe when he (hear)……………….footsteps. he immediately (put)
……………out the torch and (crawl)……………….under the bed.
62.Yesterday evening I (do)……………………. my homework while my parents (watch)………………….TV.
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