Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form

of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible.

1. She (run) because she's late for her lesson.
2. Our teacher always (give) us lots of homework.
3. We (not want) to go to the concert.
4. What time (you / meet) Pete tomorrow?
5. I (not work) today. I'm on holiday.
6. People (speak) English in Jamaica.
7. Archie (not use) his computer at the moment.
8. (Tony / live) near the park?
Use the words in brackets to put the following into the correct tense – the past simple or past
continuous.

1 I used my time well while I (wait) for my plane – I wrote some emails.

2 I (not/work) when my boss walked in my office: I was on Facebook.

3 I saw a car crash when I (wait) for the taxi.

4 Tom (have) long hair and a beard when he was at university.

5 It started snowing while I (drive) to work.

6 What (you/do) this time last year?

7 I (not/call) you at 9 o'clock as arranged because I was having a meeting.

8 I (still/sleep) when my wife left for work this morning.

9 Why did you bring your umbrella? (it/rain) when you left home?

1. A : - What (you / do) when these people arrived ? Watching

television ?

2. B : - No, we (play) cards with M. Wilson, the neighbour.

3. A : - But the woman (tell) me you were watching television

!

4. B : That's a lie ! We (not watch) television ! Ask M. Wilson !

5. He (want) to leave when they came in.

6. A : What (these people / say) when they saw M. Wilson ?

7. B : ' We (walk) past your house when we saw the light',

they said,

8. but we (not believe) them.

9. A : What (they / want) do you think ?

10. B : We don't know. First they (sit) and watched us play

but

11. suddenly the woman (begin) to cry.

12. A : What about the man ? (he / do) anything to comfort his
wife ?

13. B : Nothing. He didn't even notice. He (watch) us play.

14. A : Do you think these people (wait for) some help ?

I ( took - was taking ) my little girl to school when I ( saw - was
seeing ) a man run out of the bank. He ( wore - was wearing
) a mask and he ( carried - was carrying ) a
gun. While he ( got - was getting ) into a car in front of the bank, a
woman ( ran - was running ) out of the bank and ( shouted - was
shouting ) for help. The alarm in the bank ( rang - was ringing
) now and everyone ( looked - was looking ) to
see what ( happened - was happening ) . I ( went - was going
) to help the woman who ( cried - was crying ) . Then
the police ( arrived - was arriving ) .

Rita : I heard the lights (go) out in your flats last night. Emma :
Yes, I (watch) a documentary on TV ... ... when suddenly
we (lose) all the power. But it (come) on again after
about ten minutes. Vicky : Rachel (come) down the stairs ... ...
when the lights (go) out. She almost (fall) over. Daniel
: Matthew and I (play) tennis at the time. Andrew : I
(work) on the computer. I (lose) a whole hour's work. But this
morning I (get) up early ... ... and (do) it again.

Used to / didn’t use to get used to be used to

1 When I started to work here I needed a lot of help, but now I all the work on my
own.
2 He several books a month, but he doesn't have time any more.

3 We were surprised to see her driving – she when we first met her.

4 Don't worry, it's a simple program to use. You it in no time, I'm sure.

5 When I had to commute to work every day I very early.

6 I'm afraid I'll never in this place. I simply don't like it and never will.

7 Whenever we came to Coventry we always in the Central Hotel. We loved it.

8 When Pete Smith was the head of our office everything well organized. Now it's total
chaos here.
9 Mr Lazy was shocked when he joined our busy company because he doing much work
everyday.
10 At first the employees didn't like the new open-space office, but in the end they it.

For each sentence, choose a variety of "used to", "be used to" or "get used to".

1. European drivers find it difficult to _________________ (drive) on the left when they
visit Britain.

2. See that building there? I _________________ (go) to school there, but now it's a
factory.

3. I've only been at this company a couple of months. I _________________ (still not)
how they do things round here.

4. When I first arrived in this neighbourhood, I _________________ (live) in a house. I

had always lived in apartment buildings.

5. Working till 10pm isn't a problem. I _________________ (finish) late. I did it in my

last job too.

6. I can't believe they are going to build an airport just two miles from our new house! I
will _________________ (never) all that noise! What a nightmare.

7. His father _________________ (smoke) twenty cigars a day - now he doesn't smoke
at all!

8. Whenever all my friends went to discos, I _________________ (never go) with them,
but now I enjoy it.

9. I _________________ (drive) as I have had my driving licence almost a year now.

10. When Max went to live in Italy, he _________________ (live) there very quickly.
He's a very open minded person.