Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form. (The Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous)
1. He often ___brings___ (bring) me flowers.
2. _____________________ (you/meet) Paul yesterday?
3. Father _________________ (work) in the garden now.
4. What __________________ (you/do) at the moment?
5. Mr Jones _______________ (paint) his house last month.
6. He ____________________ (go) to school on foot every day.
7. It _____________________ (be) hot yesterday.
8. The baby __________________ (not/sleep) now.
9. He never ___________________ (drive) fast.
10. I ____________________ (not/take) John to school yesterday because he wasn’t well.
11. Planes _____________ (take off) and ______________ (land) at Heathrow all day.
12. “Where is Mike?” – “He ________________ (stay) with his grandmother this weekend.
13. I _________________ (not/like) peanut butter.
14. “What time ____________________ (your plane/leave)?” – “At 7.45.”
15. At what time _________________________ (the play/begin) last night?
16. “What ___________________ (you/read)?” – “It’s a book by Barbara Cartland.”
17. “_____________________ (you/play) the piano?” – “No, I don’t.”
18. Dennis Johnson ____________ (work) for an insurance company.
19. Mr Baker _______________ (come) home at 6 pm last night.
20. Uncle Victor is 88 years old. He _________ (see) everything and _________ (do) everything.
21. Dennis _______________ (not/like) his work much.
22. Last week he _____________ (sell) his car and _____________ (buy) a new one.
Exercise 3. Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets. Then decide if each sentence is True or False. Check the factual answers after the exercise.
1. Greek actors (wear) wore masks and special boots. True
2. Spartan children (take) ____________ baths only two or three times a year.
3. The philosopher Socrates (drink) ____________ poison and died.
4. Alexander the Great's army (go) ____________ as far as China.
5. Heron of Alexandria (make) ____________ a kind of jet engine.
6. The Roman Emperor Caligula's name (mean) ____________ “Happy Soldier”.
7. Roman mathematics (have) ____________ no zero.
8. Most Roman girls (get) ____________ married at the age of 18.
9. Roman soldiers (pay) ____________ for their own equipment and food.
10. The Romans (know) ____________ how to make soap and cement.
11. All true except: d the army went as far as India; f Caligula meant “Little Boot”; h girls married at 14.
