This document provides examples of verbs in different tenses including: 1. Simple present (e.g. washes, doesn't play) 2. Present continuous (e.g. are watching, isn't sitting) 3. Simple past (e.g. had, made) 4. Questions formed from statements (e.g. Where do you work?, When did they start to play the piano?) The document contains exercises for learners to practice conjugating verbs into the specified tenses and identifying questions based on statements.

1. 1 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of
the simple present tense
1. Mrs Smith (wash) her hair twice a week.
2. Mike (not/play) football.
3. Lara (always/cook) .
4. Jerry (never/read) horoscopes.
washes
doesn’t play
always cooks
never reads

2. 5. I (not/understand) Michael.
6. Sandra (hate) ironing (stirare)
7. (you/speak) Greek?
8. (Mike/ever/write) letters?
hates
don’t understand
Do you speak
Does Mike ever write

3. 9. Liam (always/try) to get good
marks .
10. (you/sometimes/sleep)
till midday?
always tries
Do you sometimes sleep

4. 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the present continuous tense
1 They (watch) TV in the living room
2 He (swim) in his friend’s pool.
3 She (not/listen) to the teacher.
4 We (learn) a foreign language.
5 The baby (sleep) upstairs.
6 Jack (not/sit) outside at the moment.
are watching
is swimming
isn’t listening
are learning
is sleeping
isn’t sitting

5. 3 Complete the sentences with the simple past tense
1 Yesterday afternoon I (have) a lot of homework.
2 Last night my brother and I (make) the dinner.
3 The day before yesterday my parents (catch) a taxi to
go to the airport.
4 Two days ago we (do) a history project at school.
had
made
caught
did

6. 5 Last week my friends and I (swim) in the sea.
6 Last month our English teacher (teach) us different
parts of the body.
7 Last year I (come) to school by bus.
8 Three years ago my parents (buy) me a pet for my
birthday.
swam
taught
came
bought

7. 4 Find the questions
1
I work in a big building.
2
Last year I worked in a big building.
3
Yes, I wear a blue uniform.
4
Mark plays the piano.
5
They started to play the piano in 2008.
Where do you work?
Where did you work?
Do you wear a uniform?
What does Mark play?
When did they start to play the piano?

8. 6
Sue visits her grandmother every week.
7
Sue visited her grandmother every week.
8
The children are going to school.
9
A lot of people are travelling to Greece for their holidays.
10
I’m laughing because I read a funny story.
How often does Sue visit her grandmother ?
How often did Sue visit her grandmother ?
Where are the children going?
Where are a lot of people travelling (for their holidays) ?
Why are you laughing?