Every Monday, Sally (drive)

2. Usually, I (work)

her kids to football practice.

as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study)

French at a language

school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep)

4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain)

5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always)

6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say)

7. Justin (write, currently)

because everybody (talk)

so loudly.

a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good

publisher when he is finished.

8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?

Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go)
to a movie tonight with some friends.

9. The business cards (be, normally )

printed by a company in New York. Their prices (be)

inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.

10. This delicious chocolate (be)

made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.

attention to the underlined words.

1. Every day Mary

(clean) her room.

2. At the moment Mary

(sweep) the floor.

3. Yesterday Mary

(wash) the dishes.

4. Peter and Ann usually

5. The children

(rake) all the leaves last year.

6. Right now they

7. We

(help) their mother.

(walk) the dog.

(take) out the trash every week.

8. They

(wash) the windows today.

1. Look! Nina

(iron) the laundry.

2. My parents always
3. Listen! Mark
4. Sonya

(clean) up the closet.

(do) the dishes!

(fold) the laundry three weeks ago.

5. Every winter we

(decorate) the house.

6. At the moment she

(work) in the garden.

7. Last Christmas they

8. She

(work) in the garden every spring.

1. My sister
2. We

(cook) a tasty cake.

(sweep) the floor now.

(study) at school.

3. Parents

(love) their children.

4. My granny

(make) a surprise for my last birthday.

5. My granny

(make) a surprise for my birthday every year.

6. Right now they

(eat) soup.

7. Look! the child

(dust) the furniture!

8. Mother
9. We

(mop) the floor on Tuesdays.

(water) the grass two years ago.

We can go out now. It __________ (not/rain) any more.

Correct answer: is not raining
You answer: is not raining

Ann _________ (wait) for me ....

Correct answer: was waiting
You answer: was waiting

3
.... when I ________(arrive).
Correct answer: arrived
You answer: arrived

_____________ (get) hungry. Let's go and have something to eat.

Correct answer: I am getting
You answer: I am getting

5
What ____________ (you/do) in your spare time? Have you got any hobbies?
Correct answer: do you do
You answer: do you do

It's usually dry here at this time of the year. It ____________ (not/rain) much.
Correct answer: doesn't rain
You answer: is not raining

7
Yesterday evening the phone _________ (ring) three times ....
Correct answer: rang
You answer: rang

....while we ________ (have) dinner.

Correct answer: were having
You answer: were having

9
When I first _____ (tell) Tom the news, he ___________ (not/believe) me.... (separate the answers using a colon : )
Correct answer: told:did not believe
You answer: told

10
... He _________ (think) that I __________(joke). (separate the answers using a colon :)
Correct answer: thought:was joking
You answer: [No answer]

Put the verbs between brackets in the correct tense

1. We can go out now. It __________ (not/rain) any more.
2. Ann _________ (wait) for me ........ when I ________(arrive).
3. _____________ (get) hungry. Let's go and have something to eat.

4. What ____________ (you/do) in your spare time? Have you got any hobbies?
5. It's usually dry here at this time of the year. It ____________ (not/rain) much.
6. Yesterday evening the phone _________ (ring) three times ........while we ________
(have) dinner.

7. When I first _____ (tell) Tom the news, he ___________ (not/believe) me.... ... He
_________ (think) that I __________(joke).

Base Form
say
make
go
take
come
see
know
get
give

Past Tense Form

find
think
tell
become
show
leave
feel
put
bring
begin
keep
hold
write
stand
hear
let
mean
set
meet

met

run

ran

pay

paid

sit

sat

speak

spoke

lie

lay

lead

led

read

read

grow

grew

lose

lost

fall

fell

send

sent

build

built

understand

understood

draw

drew

break

broke

spend

spent

cut

cut

rise

rose

drive

drove

buy

bought

wear

wore

choose

chose