Day: May 15, 2024

Fill in the present simple or the present progressive.
1. Mr Cooper always buys a pound of sugar. (buy)
2. The shop assistant closes the door now. (close)
3. Kevin and Alan never throw away glass bottles. (throw)
4. Look! Freddy carries two baskets. (carry)
5. Now Mrs Caveman looks out of the window. (look)
6. Mrs Bingham goes shopping every Saturday. (go)
7. I count the money at the moment. (count)
8. Mr Root always opens a box of eggs before buying them. (open)
9. Mum often  her change. (forget)
10. Listen! The manager talks to a customer. (talk)
11. My friends often go to the computer shop. (go)
12. We always put our things in a basket. (put)
13. The shop closes at the moment. (close)
14. They play tennis every Sunday. (play)
15. She takes a shower now. (take)

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.
1. I have been learning (learn) English for seven years now.
2. But last year I was not working (not / work) hard enough for English, that’s why my marks were not (not / be) really that good then.
3. As I want to pass (pass / want) my English exam successfully next year, I am going to study (study) harder this term.
4. During my last summer holidays, my parents sent (send) me on a language course to London.
5. It was (be) great and I think I learned(learn) a lot.
6. Before I went (go) to London, I had not enjoyed (not / enjoy) learning English.
7. But while I was doing (do) the language course, I met (meet) lots of young people from all over the world.
8. There I noticed (notice) how important it is (be) to speak foreign languages nowadays.
9. Now I have (have) much more fun learning English than I had (have) before the course.
10. At the moment I am revising (revise) English grammar.
11. And I have already begun (begin / already) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.
12. I think (think) I will do (do) one unit every week.
13. My exam is (be) on 15 May, so there is not (not / be) any time to be lost.
14. If I pass (pass) my exams successfully, I will start (start) an apprenticeship in September.
15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I will go (go) back to London to work there for a while.
16. As you can see (see / can), I have become (become) a real London fan already.