Grammar

• Engels
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• Leerjaar 2

Present Simple - Present Continuous

Past Simple -Past Continuous

Present Simple

Present Continuous

always

every...

often

normally

sometimes

seldom

never

at the moment

at this moment

today

now

right now

Listen!

Look!

I love my new bike.

1. Present continuous
2. Present simple

Normally I go alone.

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous

They are feeding the tigers

1. Present continuous
2. Present simple

right now

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous

always

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous

sometimes

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous

never

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous

I ____ my homework at the moment.

1. do
2. does
3. am doing
4. are dong

She _____ cartoons every day.

1. watch
2. watches
3. are watching
4. is watching

We _____
out in the canteen this week.

1. help
2. helps
3. is helping
4. are helping

Listen! She _______
the piano.

1. practise
2. practises
3. is practising
4. are practising

Martin usually ____
to work.

1. drive
2. drives
3. is driving
4. are driving

My friend _____
the guitar every evening.

1. play
2. plays
3. is playing
4. are playing

Maria (want)
to improve her English.
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The film (not / begin)
at 7 o'clock.
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I (meet)
my friends in the youth club tonight.
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What time (you / get up)
in the mornings?
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I (visit)
my friends in Brighton today.
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Past Simple

Past Continuous

yesterday

last year

this morning

last week

when I was younger

In 1988

when

while

While Lynn WAS SLEEPING, Kim finished the presentation.

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

She PLAYED the piano.

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

WERE they DOING the dishes when you called?

1. Past Continuous
2. Past Simple

We ____ football when it started to rain.

1. played
2. plaid
3. was playing
4. were playing

She ____ an apple when her tooth broke.

1. ate
2. eaten
3. was eating
4. were eating

She ___ the man running away after the car crash.

1. seed
2. saw
3. was seeing
4. were seeing

Charlie ____ in the wardrobe when Lola found him.

1. hid
2. hide
3. was hiding
4. were hiding

Sylvia _____________ when she ___________ the DVDs.

1. was running / dropped
2. ran / dropped
3. was running / was dropping
4. ran / was dropping

While I was working, he __ to music.

1. listened
2. was listening

When we went to Barcelona, we __ in a lovely hotel.

1. stayed
2. were staying

While I __ in London, I met my best friend.

1. studied
2. was studying

While I __ (watch) TV, the doorbell
____ (ring).
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Jack _____ (finish) his presentation when the fire alarm ____ (start).
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While I ____ (walk) to work, I ____ (witness) an accident.
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When I ___ (wake) up, my alarm clock ____ (ring).

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Let's mix it up!

I ____ (not/ go) to the cinema very often.

When I was a child, I ______ (want) to be a doctor.
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You can turn off the radio. I
______ (not/ listen) to it.

Sue always
_____ (arrive) early at school.

What time
_______ (you/ go) to bed yesterday?

What _____ (you/do) at around 8 a.m. this morning?