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PRACTICE 2
Simple Present and Simple Past Tense
Date: ................, 2012

I Simple present tense: Making sentences:
1. I / not like / coffee / but I / like tea
2. She / usually/ get up / 5 o’clock / and then / have / breakfast / 6.30
3. What / he / usually / do / morning?
4. Why / he / not go to work / afternoon? – Because / he / always / work / home / then.
5. He / not / go / school / Sunday/ He / often / stay / home / and do / his homework
6. My mother / work / a school/ she / go there / bus
7. Their parents / travel / London / every summer
8. We / never / stay up / too late / winter
9. She / usually / write / them / she / never / come / visit them
10. He / study / university / or / work there?

II. Simple Past Tense: Join the sentences
1) Jane / watch/ a film yesterday
2) He / carry / a heavy box. an hour ago
3) They / help/ their father last weekend.
4) John and Amy / clean / everything this early morning.
5) I / talk / to Andrew / the truth last night.
6) Susan / dance/ Peter / Tom`s party.
7) The boys / try / basketball.
8) We / plan / a trip last month.
9) She / wash/ her hair.
10) The car / stop/ at the traffic lights.

III. Make negative and question form:
1) They ordered something to drink.
2) Last summer I went to Stuttgart.
3) She did her homework in the afternoon.
4) He counted to 10.
5) Our cat caught a big mouse.
6) In 2001 our class made a trip to Norwich.
7) The weather was really nice.
8) The secretary deleted the file yesterday.
9) Paul said nothing to me.
10) The people whispered something to each other

IV. Read and complete the sentences:
Jane’s family decided to go to London last week because they wanted to … (1) … a tour. The sign in London was so… (2) … that she’s been there a few days but it … (3) … to her only to be yesterday. It means … (4) … she enjoyed the trip very much. She and her father stayed … (5) … a very big hotel … (6) … two hundred rooms. From there they can … (7) … reach Hyde Park, … (8) … very big park in London. In here, people can buy from a needle … (9) … an elephant in two best … (10) … streets: Regent Street and Oxford Street

ANSWER FOR PRACTICE 2
Simple Present and Simple Past Tense
Date: ................, 2012
I Simple present tense: Making sentences:
1. I do not like coffee but I like tea
2. She usually gets up at 5 o’clock and then has breakfast at 6.30
3. What does he usually do in the morning?
4. Why does not he go to work in the afternoon?
Because he always works at home then.
5. He does not go to school on Sunday. He often stays home and does his homework
6. My mother works in a school and she goes there by bus
7. Their parents travel to London every summer
8. We never stay up too late in winter
9. She usually writes to them but she never comes to visit them
10. Does he study in the university or work there?

II. Simple Past Tense: Join the sentences
1) Jane watched a film yesterday .
2) He carried a box an hour ago.
3) They helped their father last weekend.
4) John and Amy swapped things this early morning.
5) I talked to Andrew about the truth last night.
6) Susan danced with Peter at Tom`s party.
7) The boys tried basketball.
8) We planned a trip last month.
9) She washed her hair.
10) The car stopped at the traffic lights.

III. Make negative and question form:
1) They ordered something to drink.
2) Last summer I went to Stuttgart.
3) She did her homework in the afternoon.
4) He counted to 10.
5) Our cat caught a big mouse.
6) In 2001 our class made a trip to Norwich.
7) The weather was really nice.
8) The secretary deleted the file yesterday.