Present simple – present continuous past simple- past continuous

PRESENT SIMPLE – PRESENT CONTINUOUS - PAST SIMPLE- PAST CONTINUOUS.
Name: ………………………………………………………………… Date: ……………………………………………………………..

1. 
   CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER:
   

I …. Kyriaki yesterday.

1. 
   didn’t visited
   
2. 
   didn’t visit
   
3. 
   don’t visit
   

I was washing my clothes …. my brother was doing his homework.

1. 
   once
   
2. 
   when
   
3. 
   while
   

What time… ?

1. 
   she came
   
2. 
   she comes
   
3. 
   did she come
   

Stavroulla was having lunch while her mother …. dinner.

1. 
   was cooking
   
2. 
   Is cooking
   
3. 
   Cooking
   

Andrew arrived ….

1. 
   before twenty minutes
   
2. 
   twenty minutes ago
   
3. 
   last twenty minutes
   

Were you studying when I …. you last night?

1. 
   phoned
   
2. 
   phones
   
3. 
   was phoning
   

Elena used ….. a hat with a pink flower, when she was six.

1. 
   wear
   
2. 
   to wear
   
3. 
   wears
   

They …. a very interesting film last night.

1. 
   watched
   
2. 
   watch
   
3. 
   are watching
   

I went to Italy …..

1. 
   once a month.
   
2. 
   in 1998.
   
3. 
   this morning.
   

‘What were you doing at three o’ clock yesterday?’ ‘I was ….. a picture’

1. 
   was drawing
   
2. 
   am drawing
   
3. 
   drew
   

My sister ….. the piano when she was at high school.

1. 
   use to play
   
2. 
   used to play
   
3. 
   used play
   

…. to Australia every Christmas?

1. 
   Are they going
   
2. 
   Do they go
   
3. 
   They go
   

‘Was Maria wearing a coat?’ ‘No…..’

1. 
   she isn’t.
   
2. 
   she didn’t.
   
3. 
   she wasn’t.
   

Elena! Please stop playing the drums, mum ….

1. 
   Is sleeping
   
2. 
   Sleeping
   
3. 
   Sleeps
   

Andrew what …. for lunch?

1. 
   you usually have
   
2. 
   do you usually have
   
3. 
   are you usually having
   

Stavroulla sometimes …. brownies.

1. 
   make
   
2. 
   is making
   
3. 
   makes
   

Kyriaki …. play with her Barbie doll when she was four years old.

1. 
   not used to
   
2. 
   doesn’t use to
   
3. 
   didn’t use to
   

Miss Theklia is in London and Andrew, Elena, Kyriaki, Maria and Stavroulla ….. her dog.

1. 
   are looking after
   
2. 
   look after
   
3. 
   looking after
   

2. 
   COMPLETE. USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE OR THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
   

a. Miss Theklia …………………………………………………………………….…………. salad for dinner. (often/ have)
b. Elena don’t call Kyriaki. She ………………….………………………………...……………………………… lunch. (make)
c. Stavroulla ………………………….……………………………………………………………….. studying every day. (study)
d. I can’t go shopping. ………………………………………………………….…………..….. my homework Andew. (do)
e. Why ……………………………………………………………………….…………. ? Did you get an A+ in English? (smile)
f. Maria ………………………………………………………………. to the radio. You can turn it off Kyriaki. (not listen)

3. 
   WRITE SENTENCES. USE THE PAST SIMPLE.
   

a. he/ go/ to the park last week?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
b. I/ have/ lunch three hours ago.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
c. she/ visit/ her grandparents yesterday.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
d. when / they/ buy/ tickets for Rihanna’s concert?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. 
   CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER.
   

a. Kyriaki was getting ready for school when Andrew was calling/ called.
b. Maria was walking her dog when/ while Stavroulla was walking her cat.
c. Elena was hurting/hurt her leg while she was playing volleyball.
d. Andrew was falling/ fell asleep while he was listening to his favourite song.
e. Kyriaki was doing a puzzle while Elena studied/ was studying for her test.
f. Maria moved to this house now/ in 2010.
e. Miss Theklia was teaching when Stavroulla called/ was calling.

5. 
   COMPLETE. USE THE PAST SIMPLE OR THE PAST CONTINUOUS.
   

a. The sun …………………,…..……………. when I ………………….……………………….. this morning. (shine, get up)
b. While Maria ………………………………… the wall, she ……………………………………… the brush. (paint, drop)
c. Andrew ………………………………….. dinner when his mother ……………………………. for work (have, leave)
d. While Stavroulla …………..…………………..……… Elena ……….……………………………… the dishes. (sleep, do)
e. When Kyriaki ……………………. we ………………….........….… the Beauty Contest on Mega. (arrive, watch)