FORM MIX 7 Ed's English esl verb practice simple and continuous - past and present tenses

1. you
get on very well

2. .
You weren’t getting on very well.

3. you
bring enough water

4. .
You’re not bringing enough water.

5. the family
say
they’re
very sorry

6. The family don’t say they’re very
sorry.

7. the postman
get very few
complaints

8. The postman gets very few
complaints.

9. you
be nervous

10. .
Were you nervous?

11. it
taking a long time

12. .
Was it taking a long time?

13. they
go away

14. .
They were going away.

15. she
say who she was

16. .
She didn’t say who she was.

17. the children
do as they’re told

18. Do the children do as they’re told?

19. he
make lunch

20. .
Is he making lunch?

21. Tim’s dad
say his prayers

22. .
Is Tim’s dad saying his prayers?

23. the builder
do
something to
the walls

24. .
The builder was doing something to
the walls.

25. she
have time

26. .
She didn’t have time.

27. she
take
any hand
luggage

28. .
Was she taking any hand luggage?

29. they
think
it will rain
tomorrow

30. Do they think it will rain tomorrow?

31. you and Alex
know each other

32. Do you and Alex know each other?

33. you
have pizza for dinner

34. .
Are you having pizza for dinner?

35. they
do a lot of research

36. .
They did a lot of research.

37. I
think
about going
to Granada

38. .
I’m thinking about going to Granada.

39. Vicky and I
be
perfectly
reasonable

40. .
Vicky and I were being perfectly
reasonable.

41. the company
have a good year

42. .
The company wasn’t having a good
year.

43. you
make glass by
heating sand

44. You make glass by heating sand.

45. he
know me

46. .
He knew me.

47. you
get many likes

48. .
Are you getting many likes?

49. Travis and I
get
bad marks in
the exam

50. .
Did Travis and I get bad marks in the
exam.

51. your friends
say anything new

52. .
Your friends weren’t saying anything
new.

53. the
minister
think about you!

54. .
The minister’s thinking about you.

55. you
be very kind

56. You’re very kind.

57. we
see many people
around here

58. We don’t see many people around
here.

59. we
get tired

60. .
We were getting tired.

61. I
think about you

62. .
I wasn’t thinking about you.

63. you
go to university

64. .
You didn’t go to university.

65. I
be
strict enough
with them

66. .
Am I being strict enough with them?

67. we
live for today

68. .
We’re living for today.

69. Tom
be a good worker

70. Is Tom a good worker?

71. Tim’s dad
make this pizza

72. .
Did Tim’s dad make this pizza.

73. they
do everything they were
supposed to do.

74. .
Did they do everything they were
supposed to do?

75. he
go to the shops

76. .
He isn’t going to the shops.

77. the team
have any ideas

78. The team don’t have any ideas.

79. the staff
working day and night

80. .
The staff were working day and
night.

81. she
stand at the bus stop

82. .
Is she standing at the bus stop?

83. you
do much more than
you should

84. You do much more than you should.

85. the company
use much water

86. .
The company wasn’t using much
water.

87. I
see Mothman!

88. .
I saw Mothman!

89. it
happen today

90. .
It isn’t happening today.

91. they
do any exercise

92. .
Were they doing any exercise?

93. the machine
use much fuel

94. .
The machine didn’t use much fuel.

95. she
do much work

96. She doesn’t do much work.

97. you
take them to school
by car

98. Do you take them to school by car?

99. they
go sailing

100. .
They went sailing.

101. you
have a good time

102. .
Did you have a good time?

103. she
do her homework

104. .
She’s doing her homework.

105. he
calling the police

106. .
He was calling the police.

107. my Friends
and I
watch the video

108. .
My friends and I aren’t watching the
video.

109. they
think I’m guilty

110. Do they think I’m guilty?

111. the suspect
want
to leave the
police station

112. .
The subject wanted to leave the
police station.

113. she
have an affair

114. .
She wasn’t having an affair.

115. I
be mentioned

116. .
Was I mentioned?

117. the man
get
home very
early

118. The man doesn’t get home very
early.

119. you
write a book

120. .
You aren’t writing a book.

121. they
pay the bill

122. .
They’re paying the bill.

123. he
go
to bed
quite late

124. He goes to bed quite late.

125. you
be unkind to him

126. .
Were you being unkind to him?

127. she
say
anything to
anyone

128. .
She wasn’t saying anything to
anyone.

129. I
think
very much
about it

130. .
I didn’t think very much about it.

131. Dereck
go
to all the
matches

132. Dereck goes to all the matches.

133. they
do the books

134. .
They were doing the books.

135. you
lose your magic
touch

136. .
You’re not losing your magic touch.

137. we
know the way

138. We don’t know the way.

139. the builder
do a good job

140. .
The builder did a good job.

141. you
run away

142. .
Are you running away?

143. Travis and you
get
much positive
feedback

144. .
Were Travis and you getting much
positive feedback?

145. I
have much luck

146. .
I’m not having much luck.

147. we
get cold

148. .
We got cold.

149. you
come from a large
family

150. Do you come from a large family?

151. a wise man
say
everything
he thinks

152. A wise man doesn’t say everything he
thinks.

153. we
say we’d never part

154. .
We said we’d never part.

155. she
take him to England

156. .
Did she take him to England?

157. you
go to work

158. .
You weren’t going to work.

159. the people
sit at the table yet

160. .
The people aren’t sitting at the table
yet.

161. Tim’s dad
make bread

162. .
Was Tim’s dad making bread?

163. you
take
things without
asking

164. You take things without asking.

165. they
be
completely
hysterical

166. .
They’re being completely hysterical.

167. people
do
anything
around here

168. People don’t do anything around
here.

169. your friends
say what was wrong

170. .
Your friends didn’t say what was
wrong.

171. we
be too optimistic

172. .
Are we being too optimistic?

173. he
get the milk

174. .
He didn’t get the milk.

175. we
see
one another
regularly

176. .
We were seeing one another
regularly.

177. Brenda
have a Mac

178. Does Brenda have a Mac?

179. you
have dinner

180. .
Were you having dinner?

181. we
get dressed

182. .
We’re getting dressed.

183. the company
have a good year

184. .
The company didn’t have a good
year.

185. they
be realistic

186. .
Were they being realistic?

187. I
know
what day it
is today

188. I don’t know what day it is today.

189. I
think quickly enough

190. .
I didn’t think quickly enough.

191. I
do the accounts

192. .
I’m doing the accounts.

193. you
get
to work
on time

194. Do you get to work on time?

195. we
take
it back to the
shop

196. .
We’re taking it back to the shop.

197. we
say
that we didn’t
agree

198. .
We were saying that we didn’t agree.

199. Vicky and I
be very disappointed

200. .
Vicky and I were very disappointed.