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Simple Present or Past Simple

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SIMPLE PRESENT or PAST SIMPLE

(affirmative and negative)


I. Put these sentences into the Past Simple tense III. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb: Present
Simple or Past Simple.
1. Sally eats all the sweets.
______________________________________ 1. Jane always __________ her relatives at Christmas, but she
___________________them last year. (visit, not visit).
2. Sam doesn’t speak Spanish and Italian very
well. 2. Sam ______much fruit last year. This year he _______
_______________________________________ only apples. (eat, eat).

3. My brother usually tells us funny stories. 3. Ann usually_________ many letters to her friend. Last
______________________________________ month she ________ only one letter to her. (write, write).

4. Monica doesn’t cook every day. 4. Sometimes Adam __________landscapes, the other day he
_______________________________________ _________ a portrait. (draw, draw).

5. They go to the bus stop. 5. Tom ________ for John yesterday and he
______________________________________ ____________________to wait for him now.
(wait, want).

II. Put the sentences into the Present Simple IV. Rewrite the text in the Past Simple tense.
tense.
Mark is a pilot. He flies all over the world but he doesn’t fly
1. She drank coffee in the kitchen yesterday. to work. He usually goes to his work by bus. Mark visits many
_______________________________________ places but he doesn’t stay there. He comes back home the
same day.
2 .The Browns went to the cinema last Sunday. On Monday Mark wakes up when it is already quite light. He
________________________________________ looks at his watch. It’s quarter to seven. Mark jumps out of his
bed and runs to the bathroom. He has just time to take a
3. My mother bought me a nice dress last week. shower and drink a cup of coffee. He is in a hurry to catch the
________________________________________ bus.
In less than 30 minutes Mark gets off the bus and walks
4. Jill didn’t wake up late in the morning. quickly to the airport.
_______________________________________ ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________ ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
5. Our classmates sang a beautiful song at the ____________________________________________________
school concert last month. ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________ ____________________________________________________
________________________________________ ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
6. They didn’t sleep after dinner yesterday. ____________________________________________________
_______________________________________ ____________________________________________________
________________________________________
7. The cat ate the whole fish. ________________________________________
__________________________ ________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________

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KEY
Exercise I

1. Sally ate all the sweets yesterday.

2. Sam didn’t speak Spanish and Italian very well last year.

3. My brother told us funny stories yesterday.

4. Monica didn’t cook every day last month.

5. They went to the bus stop an hour ago.

Exercise II

1. She drinks coffee in the kitchen

2. The Browns go to the cinema

3. My mother buys me a nice dress.

4. Jill doesn’t wake up late in the morning.

5. Our classmates sing a beautiful song at the school concert.

6. They don’t sleep after dinner.

7. The cat eats the whole fish.

Exercise III

1. Jane always visits her relatives at Christmas, but she didn’t visit them last year.

2. Sam ate much fruit last year. This year he eats only apples.

3. Ann usually writes many letters to her friend. Last month she wrote only one letter to her.

4. Sometimes Adam draws landscapes, the other day he drew a portrait.

5. Tom waited for John yesterday and he doesn’t want to wait for him now.

Exercise IV

Mark was a pilot. He flew all over the world but he didn’t fly to work. He usually went to his work by
bus. Mark visited many places but he didn’t stay there. He came back home the same day.
On Monday Mark woke up when it was already quite light. He looked at his watch. It was quarter to
seven. Mark jumped out of his bed and ran to the bathroom. He had just time to take a shower and drink
a cup of coffee. He was in a hurry to catch the bus.
In less than 30 minutes Mark got off the bus and walked quickly to the airport.

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