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Open brackets in correct tense: Present simple or present continuous. It's 7 a.m. on the first day of the new school year. Mum (to make) breakfast.
is making
Open brackets in correct tense: Present simple or present continuous. Dad has already left for work. He often (to leave) very early, so we (not see) usually him in the mornings.
leaves / don't usually see
Open brackets in correct tense: Present simple or present continuous. My brothers (to complain) that they're tired.
are complaining
Open brackets in correct tense: Present simple or present continuous. They (to prefer) the summer holidays to school.
prefer
Open brackets in correct tense: Present simple or present continuous. Mum (not listen) to them!
isn't listening
Complete the sentences with the past perfect and past simple in each sentence. After Josey .......... her driving test, her dad ........... her a car. (buy / pass)
had passed / bought
Complete the sentences with the past perfect and past simple in each sentence. We ............ in the cafe after our exams ...........(celebrate / finish)
had finished / celebrated
Complete the sentences with the past perfect and past simple in each sentence. By the time he ........... ten, David ............. that he wanted to be a doctor. (be / decide)
had decided / was
Complete the sentences with the past perfect and past simple in each sentence. I ......... the school where my dad ............ a student. (be / see)
saw / had been
Complete the sentences with the past perfect and past simple in each sentence. Joe ....... any of my friends before he ...... to the picnic. (come / not meet)
hadn't met / came
Complete the sentences with the past perfect and past simple in each sentence. Jessie ........... scared because she .........on a plane before. (not be / feel)
felt / hadn't been
Complete the sentences with the past perfect and past simple in each sentence. They ....... me to hospital because I ....... pneumonia. catch / take
took / had caught
Past simple or past continuous? While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ..........(prepare) to land on the moon, their computer ..... to have problems. (start)
were preparing / started
Past simple or past continuous? They also ........(notice) that their spacecraft ........ (travel) towards the wrong part of the moon.
noticed / was traveling
Past simple or past continuous? In the end, they .......... (land) safely , but with only a little fuel left.
landed
Past simple or past continuous? On the moon, the two astronauts ............(take) photos while the third astronaut, Michael Collins, ....... (control) the spacercaft above them.
took / was controlling
