This document contains a grammar worksheet with multiple sections testing verb forms in the past simple and present simple/continuous tenses. The sections include: 1. Completing sentences with past simple verbs. 2. More sentence completion with past simple verbs. 3. Reordering words to form past simple questions. 4. Underlining the correct past time expression. 5. Using present simple verbs to complete sentences. 6. Reordering words to form present continuous sentences. 7. Completing dialogues using present simple and continuous verbs. 8. A short text about a person with vocabulary to complete. The worksheet tests a variety of verb forms and tenses through fill-in-

1. Name:_____________ Class:____________ Date:____________
Grammar
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
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Use the past simple.
0 Were you on holiday yesterday? (be) ___/5 marks
1 My father .................... at work this morning. He worked at home. (not be)
2 .................... your uncle a good tennis player? (be)
3 My friends .................... my grandmother yesterday. (visit)
4 My little sisters .................... at school today. They’re ill. (not be)
5 I .................... my room yesterday. (tidy)
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple.
0 I visited (visit) my brother in Australia last year. We didn’t want (not want) to leave. ___/5 marks
1 I .............................. (not go) out last night because it .............................. (not stop) raining.
2 Tom .............................. TV (watch) last night and he .............................. (not study) for his Biology exam.
3 I .............................. (start) painting the living room at seven o’clock last night and .............................. (finish) it all
by 12 o’clock.
4 We .............................. (study) together at Harvard University and then she .............................. (marry) a famous
politician.
5 I .............................. (not realise) that Jenny .............................. (played) the piano when she was young.
3 Reorder the words to make past simple questions.
0 you / did / to / go / disco / night / last / ?
___/5 marks
Did you go to the disco last night?
1 Sam / did / you / invite / to / party / your / ? .................................................................................................
2 the / friends / players / did / become / ?.........................................................................................................
3 have / this / you / morning / breakfast / did / ?..............................................................................................
4 your / did / get / brother / late / home / ?.......................................................................................................
5 you / tired / were / very / night / last / ?.........................................................................................................
4 Underline the correct answer.
0 I played football yesterday / last morning. ___/5 marks
1 I went on holiday last yesterday / year.
2 I started my new school a year last / ago.
3 My mother made me a lovely breakfast yesterday morning / afternoon.
4 It rained a lot last / yesterday night.
5 I saw that film two weeks last / ago.
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2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the
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present simple.
0 Scott works in a factory. (work)
1 Sylvia and Brian ............... with their parents. (live)
2 Scott ............... football in his free time. (play)
3 My brothers ............... dancing. (love)
4 Nadia ............... watching TV. (like)
5 My mother ............... Maths. (teach)
___/5 marks
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3. _____________________________________________________
Name:_____________ Class:____________ Date:____________
2 Reorder the words to make sentences in the present continuous.
0 Mike / working / in / is / Africa / .
Mike is working in Africa.
1 watching / DVD / I / a / am / .
.........................................................................................................
2 going / you / are / to / today / work / ?
.........................................................................................................
3 is / dinner / not / mum / cooking / .
.........................................................................................................
4 you / your / doing / homework / are / ?
.........................................................................................................
5 snowing / is / it / outside / .
.........................................................................................................
___/5 marks
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4. Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the verbs in the box. Use the
3 present simple or the present continuous. There is one verb you do not need
to use.
do go learn like cook go
0 Jim: Hi, Ben. Do you want to play football?
Ben: Sorry, I’m doing my homework right now.
1 Tom: What do you normally do on Saturday mornings?
Cindy: I usually .............................. to the cinema on Saturdays.
2 Mandy: Where’s your mum?
Sally: In the kitchen, she .............................. lunch.
3 Tom: Sally .............................. to the disco every Friday.
Jim: Let’s go too.
4 Mandy: Does Jim .............................. dancing?
Ben: Yes, he loves dancing.
5 Sally: Tom .............................. salsa dancing this week.
Cindy: I can’t dance.
___/5 marks
Read about George. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the
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words in the box. Use the present simple or the present continuous.
live get up not speak train love not like play go want swim do
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George lives in Dublin, Ireland but he .............................. Irish. He .............................. to a secondary
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school near his house. Today he isn’t at school because he .............................. in a basketball
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tournament. George .............................. to be a professional basketball player one day. He normally
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.............................. very early. He .............................. every day, usually in the gym. This morning he is
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in the pool. He .............................. . In the evening George normally .............................. his homework.
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George .............................. listening to music but he .............................. going to discos because they
are too noisy.
___/10 marks
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5. _____________________________________________________
Name:_____________ Class:____________ Date:____________
Vocabulary
Complete the text with words about hobbies and interests. The first letter has
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been given to you.
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We see pop star Jodie Glam every day singing and dancing on pop videos but she has a different life when
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she’s not working. At home she loves r.................... her bike in the countryside and going s....................
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in the lake. Jodie also loves t.................... p.................... of the mountains near her home. She hates
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listening to p.................... m.................... and playing c.................... g.................... .
___/5 marks
9 Match the phrases in A with the phrases in B.
A B
0 do .... lunch
1 do the 0 the cooking
2 tidy up .... the washing
3 make .... the windows
4 do .... a room
5 clean .... ironing
___/5 marks
10 Match the phrases in A with the phrases and sentences in B.
A B
0 Take off .... the magazine. Don’t drop it on the ground.
1 Get in .... your shoes. It’s time for school.
2 Pick up 0 your coat. It’s hot in here.
3 Cut down .... your pens. Now listen to me.
4 Put on .... that tree, please. It’s too big.
5 Put down .... the car. It’s time to go.
___/5 marks
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6. Complete the sentences with the multi-word verbs in the box. There are two
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you do not need to use.
cut down put on climb up get out put down pick up come down take off
0 Put down your mobile phone and eat your dinner, please.
1 It’s very cold outside. Don’t forget to .................... your hat and gloves.
2 Please .................... your coat. Don’t leave it on the ground.
3 Before you come in, please .................... your shoes. They’re very dirty.
4 The Amazon jungle is getting smaller every year because people .................... many of the trees.
5 Can you .................... that tree and get the cat down?
___/5 marks
Total: _________ / 65
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