Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question:
1. He (watch) ____________________________________TV right now.
2. At present they (sit) ___________________________ in the class.
3. This year we (learn) _________________________ English.
4. Look! Peter (play) ______________________ football in the schoolyard.
5. Be quiet! The baby (sleep) _______________________________.
6. Look! The man (smoke) ____________________________ there.
7. She (write) _______________________ to her parents now.
8. My father (work) ___________________________in the garden at the moment.
9. John (listen) _____________________________ to the radio now.
10. He (play) _______________________chess at the moment.
1. The workers (work) ______________________ in the firm at the moment.
2. Please be quite! You (make) ___ _________________so much noise so I can’t concentrate.
3. Tony (have) _______________ ___a bath at the moment.
4. Listen! He (read) _____________________a story by Shakespeare.
5. At present Richard (study) _______________in London.
6. This term I (study) _______________philosophy and economics.
7. Janet (have) _______________a shower at the moment.
8. They (not/study) _______________at present.
9. Yukiko (have) _______________a bath now.
10. We (make) _______________a cake at the moment.
11. Jane (watch) _______________television at the moment.
12. Look! The boy (cry) ____________________.
13. Alice and Mary (put) ___________ the dishes away right now.
14. The farmer (work) _________________ in the field now.
15. Look! It (snow) _______________.
16. Phong (sleep) _______________ right now.
17. Mother (cook) ________________ some food in the kitchen at present.
18. Just a minute! I (look up) ______________ that word in the dictionary.
19. _______________you (write) ______________ a letter now?
20. They (not read) ____________________ books in the sitting room right now.
21. Look! They (play) _________________ football.
22. She (sweep) _______________ the floor now.
23. What________ she (do) ____________ now?
24. She (wash) ______________ the clothes at the moment.
25. Listen! Peter and Daisy (sing) ________________ now.
26. My brother (not watch) ___________TV now. He (wash) __________ his car.
27. He (study) _____________ English this month.
28. ________you (work) __________ in the garden now?
29. Peter (talk) ________________ to Susan now.
30. She (listen) _______________to the radio in her bedroom at the moment.
III. The past simple tense.
Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question:
1. Mary (go) went shopping for me yesterday.
2. The policeman (drive) drived a way ten minutes ago.
3. The biscuit factory (close) closed last year.
4. The headmaster (come) came to the school in 1985.
5. You (spend) spent a lot of money last month.
6. I last (go) went to Spain in 1990.
7. The boy (finish) finished their homework yesterday.
8. Rolf (buy) bought the leather jacket last week.
9. I (have) had a little trouble with my car last week.
10. She wash wash her clothes last night.
Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense:
1. They (begin) began to study at this school 7 years ago.
2.She (lose) lost her handbag on the train yesterday morning.
3. We (visit) visited that city last year.
4. Peter and Daisy (be) were born in 1978.
5. Did you (spend) spend your holiday in Dalat last summer.
6. She (clean) cleaned the bicycle yesterday.
7. They (start) started school in 1978.
8. My friend and I (go) went to the seaside last week.
9. We (spend) spent hours on the beach last Sunday.
10. He (be) was in Ha Noi last year.
1.
1,went 2,drived 3.closed 4,c0me 5,spent 6,went 7,finished
8,bought 9,had 10,washed
2.
1,began 2,lost 3,visited 4,been 5,did\spend 6,cleaned 7,started 9,spent
10,was