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I. Fill in the blanks with the simple present or present continuous form of the verbs.

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive)_____________ her kids to football practice.

2. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) _____________.

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

4.

I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always) _____________.5. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say) _____________ because everybody (talk) _____________ so loudly.

6. Justin (write, currently) _____________ a book about his adventures in Tibet.

7. 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.

8. They ___ (usually/travel) to the mountains, but this summer they ___ (travel) to the beach.

9. Bob ___ (watch) the news on TV every morning.

10. I have to go now. It ___ (get) dark.

II. Fill in the blanks with the simple past or past continuous form of the verbs.

1. My brother and sister ____________ (play) tennis at 11am yesterday.

2. __________________ (you /arrive) at school yesterday when I ________________ (meet) you?

3. At 8.30am today I ____________ driving to work.

4. We _______________ (not sleep) at 11pm. We _______________ (watch) TV.

5. I ____________ (meet) John in town yesterday. He ____________ (shop).

6. Mary ____________ (wait) for me at the bus stop when I ____________ (arrive).

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He ____________ (have) a shower when I ____________ (call).8. I ____________ (not/know) what to say when he____________ (ask) that.

9. The telephone ____________ (ring) while we____________ (watch) TV.

III. Complete the blanks with while, during or for.

1. My uncle died ____________ the war.

2. The phone rang ____________ I was eating brunch.

3.

I lived in Denpasar ____________ several years.

4. ____________ I was in Geneva, I made lots of friends.

5. Last week I was held up ____________ four hours because of the traffic.

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Fill in the blanks with the simple past or past continuous form of the verbs. Then

click on the answer button to see the correct answers.

A: Hi, Mary. I ___ (see/neg.) Answerdidn't see you at school last Monday.

B: Hello, Bob. I ___ (come/neg.) Answerdidn't come on Monday. I wasn't ___ (feel)

Answerfeeling well, so I ___ (decide) Answerdecided to go to the doctor.

A: Oh! ___ (be) AnswerWas it serious?

B: No, the doctor ___ (examine) Answerexamined me and ___ (tell) Answertold me I

___ (have) Answerhad the flu. He ___ (prescribe) Answerprescribed some medicine

and ___ (tell) Answertold me to go home and rest.

A: ___ you ___ (stay) AnswerDid /stay home all day last Monday?

B: No, only in the morning. I ___ (have) Answerhad to work in the afternoon, and

guess what?

A: What?

B: When a friend ___ (drive) Answerwas driving(or) drove me home, he ___ (crash)

Answercrashed his car. He ___ (see/neg.) Answerdidn't see the red light.

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A: ___ anyone ___ (get) AnswerDid /get hurt?

B: Thank God, nobody ___ (do) Answerdid.

A: I'm happy to hear that. Well, Mary, I have to rush now. While I ___ (listen)

Answerwas listening to your story, I ___ (remember) Answerremembered that my

wife ___ (ask) Answerasked me to go to the mechanic to get our car. See you later.

Take care.

B: You too. Bye.

Online courses ___ (require) self-discipline.

They ___ (have) a great time at today's party.

Who _____ (he/wait for?) I guess for his mother.

How often _____ (you/eat out)? Not very often. Once a month.

You ___ (look) sad. What's the matter?

Would you like some chocolate? No, thanks. I ___ (hate) chocolate.

Don't go. Bob still ___ (need) to talk to you.

Who ___ (do) the dishes every day in your house? My sister.

Why ___ (you/believe/neg) him? He ___ (tell) you the truth.

Becky ___ (live) with some friends until she ___ (find) her own apartment.

1.You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library.

2.Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.

3.Marie-Claude isn't a Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.

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4.Don't give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!

5.I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?

6.Look! Junko ________ into the water.

7.Salman is rich he ________ a Mercedes.

8.It ________ quite hard perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.

9.I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.

10.I ________ you're crazy!