Find the Mistake - Present Simple or

Present Continuous

1. Tom works at the moment. Can I take a message?

1. I am often playing tennis on Saturdays.

2. We're working on the Smith account this week. We usually take three weeks to complete a
project.

3. We rarely go out for dinner, but this week we go out on Saturday.

4. He is believing every word she says.

5. Angela gets up at 7 o'clock and is having breakfast every day.

6. Peter is asking a lot of questions every day.

7. Jason doesn't know the answer to this question. He is knowing the other answers.

8. We attend a meeting in Chicago this weekend.

9. She is wanting to purchase a new computer.

10. I'm hoping that this quiz is easy.

11. Janet has breakfast at the moment.

12. My friends works in a factory twenty miles from their apartment.

13. She are always complaining about how much she hates her job.

14. The children is being dressed at the moment by the nanny.

SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE PAST

Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

1 I feeled excited before my holiday. ………………………………………………

2 I didn’t be at school yesterday. ………………………………………………

3 Were they at home tonight? ………………………………………………

4 We not did like the film. ………………………………………………

5 Did go they to the disco last night? ………………………………………………

6 Did she be at school last week? ………………………………………………

7 My best friend were upset this morning. ………………………………………………

8 Did you go to London the month past? ………………………………………………

9 I didn’t went shopping yesterday. ………………………………………………

10 I read this book ago a year. ………………………………………………

11.- Did you saw Lucia this morning? ………………………………………………

12.- Does Sam get a parcel yesterday? ………………………………………………

13.- She make that cake herself? No, she didn’t. ………………………………………………

14.- What did you did last night? ……………………………………………….

15.- How he got home ? ……………………………………………….

16.- Maria lives in Dublin all her life. She died last year. …………………………………………………………..

17.- I have seen him last Tuesday. …………………………………………………………..

18.- The bus didn’t stopped. …………………………………………………………..

19.- Did you rang Mark yesterday afternoon? ……………………………………………………………

20.- I losed my purse. ……………………………………………………………..

21.- Who did build the Eiffel Tower? ……………………………………………………………..

22.- Look! You droped your keys. ……………………………………………………………...

23.- Where stayed you in Los Angeles? ……………………………………………………………..

24.- Does your cousin go to school yesterday? ……………………………………………………………..

25.- I didn’t saw John. He wasn’t there. …………………………………………………………….

26.- We buy a car a few weeks ago. ……………………………………………………………..

27.- We didn’t have got much sun here yesterday. ……………………………………………………………..

28.- He didn’t knew the answer. ……………………………………………………………..

29.- Who did say that? ……………………………………………………………..

30.- Did you have a swim? No, I didn’t have. ……………………………………………………………..

31.- We traveled to Liverpool last summer. ……………………………………………………………..

32.- Paul is very tired because he didn’t slept well last night.
………………………………………………………………

33.- I hadn’t time to go shopping yesterday. ……………………………………………………………….

34.- It rainned a lot in April. ……………………………………………………………….

35.- John and Mary was born in 1964. ……………………………………………………………….

36.- How long it took you to get to school this morning? ……………………………………………………………….

37.- I break my arm when I was 12. ……………………………………………………………….

38.- When did you go first climbing? ……………………………………………………………….

39.- Did you understand what she say? ……………………………………………………………….

40.- Where was you last weekend? I was at home. ……………………………………………………………….

Present Simple or Present Continuous?

Make the present simple or present continuous:

1. You (not / like) _________________________________ chocolate.

2. She (not / study) _________________________________ at the moment.

3. We often (go) _________________________________ to the cinema.

4. He usually (not / do) _________________________________ his homework.

5. They (not / eat) _________________________________ rice every day.

6. We (not / study) _________________________________ every night.

7. (You / like) _________________________________ spicy food?

8. (She / go) _________________________________ to Scotland often?

9. (He / eat) _________________________________ now?

10. We (go) _________________________________ to the cinema this weekend.

11. They (study) _________________________________ now.

12. I (clean) _________________________________ the kitchen every day.

13. She (work) _________________________________ every Sunday.

14. We (not / sleep) _________________________________ now.

15. He (not / go) _________________________________ to the park very often.

16. It (rain) _________________________________ a lot here.

17. I (go) _________________________________ on holiday tomorrow.

18. How long (she / stay) _________________________________ in London?

19. I often (read) _________________________________ at night.

20. We (not / drink) _________________________________ much wine.

At, in, on – Time prepositions

1. Complete with at, in, on.

1. ...... night 6. ...... the evening 11. ...... 1996

2. ...... Christmas Day 7. ...... Tuesday 12. ...... the 15th century

3. ...... 17.30 8. ...... 8th June 13. ......the end of my course

4. ...... May 9. ...... weekends 14. ...... the morning

5. ...... summer 10....... Tuesday afternoon 15. ...... half past two 2.

Write at, in, on or /.

1. We often go on holiday ...... summer.

2. I saw Brenda ...... last week.

3. Do you want to go to the cinema ...... the weekend?

4. James isn´t here ...... the moment.

5. Are you coming ...... Tuesday morning?

6. See you ...... next Friday!

7. I´m almost ready. We can go out ...... 10 minutes.

8. The film starts ...... 7.30.

9. The factory opened ...... 2002.

10. We live ...... the 21st century.

11. Her birthday is ...... 22nd May.

12. Sally met her boyfriend ...... last summer.

13. We have lunch ...... midday.

14. They´re coming ...... the afternoon.

15. His friends got married ...... New Year´s Eve.

3. If the preposition is wrong, write the correct one in the blank. If it´s correct, write ok.

1. My birthday is in 23rd May. ......

2. The train leaves in 10 minutes. ......

3. It doesn´t rain much on winter. ......

4. The film starts at 10 o´clock. ......

5. The plane arrives at Tuesday. ......

6. We have lessons on Monday morning. ......

7. In Christmas Day the shops close. ......

8. I play tennis in the weekend.

Fill in the blanks below with the correct prepositions of time.

1. My brother has a new job. He works ________ the evening.

2. We’re going to have a picnic ________ Saturday afternoon. Would you like to come?

3. I’ll be finished my work ________ an hour. Then, I can go home.

4. When is the meeting? Is it ________ 2:00?

5. I like to get up really early, ________ sunrise, when the birds start to sing.

6. Tom’s birthday is next week, ________ January 14.

7. My grandfather was born ________ the 1950s.

8. Will we be ________ time, or will we miss our flight?

9. My family and I like to ski ________ winter.

10. Are there any holidays ________ October?

11. Our school cafeteria opens for lunch ________ noon.

12. What time does your son go to bed ________ night?

13. We moved to this city ________ 2012.

14. Are you going to do anything special ________ your birthday?

15. I’m not going to watch that TV show. It starts ________ midnight!

Complete the sentences with one of the prepositions from the box.

AT – BY – FOR - IN - ON

1. She was _____________ university when she heard about the death of her father.

2. We usually go on holidays _____________ plane but this year we are going to Italy
_____________ car.

3. Let's go _____________ a walk. The weather is so great!

4. The train was travelling _____________ a speed of over 150 km an hour.

5. She got _____________ the bus at Oxford Street and got off five stops later.

6. Despite the bad weather all trains are running _____________ time.

7. Bats are mammals that are highly active _____________ night.

8. This village isn't even _____________ the map. It's so small.

9. We usually go to dance class on Mondays.

10. _____________ nightfall over 10 inches of snow had fallen.

11.Doctors hope that the spread of the virus will slow down _____________ the summer.

12.Dad always reads his daughter bedtime stories _____________ the evening.

13. Let's meet _____________ noon. We can have lunch and sort things out.

14.The cat was playing with a ball _____________ the corner of Michael's room.

15.She has been a member of the committee _____________ 6 years.

16.What are we having _____________ dinner today?

17. _____________ average, the unemployment rate has been going up 1 per cent a year.

18.Take a seat. I'll be with you _____________ a minute.

19.We decided to meet _____________ the station.

20.The boss would like to have the report _____________ the end of the day at the latest.