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Present and past tenses
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TEST YOUR GRAMMAR. ALL THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TENSES.
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intermediate
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14-17
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FOUR TENSES REVIEW -PRESENT SIMPLE- PRESENT CONTINUOUS-PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (B&W VERSION+ KEY INCLUDED)
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elementary
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12-14
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Mixed Tenses Review � rules, examples and exercises [present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous] KEYS INCLUDED ((2 pages)) ***editable
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intermediate
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12-17
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FUNNY PAST PARTICIPLES - COLOUR, BLACK AND WHITE VERSION AND ANSWER KEY
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elementary
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10-14
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1 of 3 Long Time No See - Practise PAST Tenses - Reading and Speaking activity
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intermediate
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14-17
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798
PAST SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT
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intermediate
Age:
10-12
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775
Present and past tenses.
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Exercise 1.
Complete these sentences with the verbs in brackets using the simple present, present continuous, simple past and past continuous.
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Only two students in my class
�(pass) all the exams last year.
I�
�(talk) about you now.
What
�Elise
�(do) with that big book?
I�
�(play) football last Saturday with my football team.
Yesterday I
�(not watching) TV when you
�(arrive)
He
�(have) an exam every�Wednesday.
�they
�(walk) the dog yesterday when the storm
�(start)?
Last Sunday I
�(study) in my bedroom until 11 p.m.
My�mother �
�(work) very hard this week.
I
�(paint) a picture of my dog now.
I never
�(go) to the beach on summer becuse I
�(not like) suntanning.
I
�(write) a letter with my classmates last Wednesday while my mother
�(buy) a scarf.
My brother
�(surf) on the Internet in his bedroom.
The lion
�(eat)�meat.
I
�(hate) the advertisement on TV.
My sister
�(not like) the cinema because there
�(be) a lot of people.
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Exercise 2.
Transform these sentences into past. Make the necessary changes in the other words.
Example: This year I am twelve.
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Last year I was twelve.
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I can play football in the park.
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I am reading a good book this week.
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They are the best basketball team.
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She celebrates her birthday with a great party.
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I am buying a blue t-shirt and white trousers.
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Luc�a is my best friend, we are together in the Secondary school.
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The lion is the most dangerous animal.
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I think we have soup for dinner tonight, my mother is buying vegetables.
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He is drawing a castle with a princess.
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Exercise 3.
Change the verbs to a continuous form when possible. Make the necessary changes in the other words.
Example: I play football on Saturday.
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I�am playing football this Saturday.
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I go to Madrid on Wednesday.
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I watched a good movie yesterday.
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Sara isn't a good singer, she sings very bad.
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Do you listen to rap music?
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Luc�a doesn't recycle in the school, but in her house she always does.
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Did you drink a lot of water?
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Last summer we ate ice cream.
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The telephone rang at 3 a.m.
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I draw a house in New York.
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Do you look up the words you don't know?