PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: Mary ______________ (swim) very well, but she ______________ (not run) very fast.
swims; doesn't run
PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: 6. Shh! The boss ______________ (come). We ______________ (meet) him in an hour and nothing is ready!
is coming, are meeting
PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: He _________________________ (sleep) when the doorbell _________________________ (ring).
was sleeping; rang
FUTURE TENSES: What will you do / are you going to do on Friday night?
are you doing
PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: When I (be) _____________on my way home, I (see) _____________an accident.
was; saw
FUTURE TENSES: It’ll rain/’s going to rain tomorrow according to the weather forecast.
It'll rain
FUTURE TENSES: I’ll go / 'm going to go to a concert. I got the tickets this morning.
'm going to go
PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: We _________________________ (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30)
were eating
PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: He ______________ (speak) German so well because he ______________ (come) from Germany.
speaks; comes
FUTURE TENSES: “I’ve got a headache”. “Oh dear, I’ll get / 'm going to get you an aspirin”.
I'll get
FUTURE TENSES: “It’s hot in here”. “I will open / am going to open the window”.
will open
PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: I (have) _____________dinner when I suddenly (hear) _____________a loud bang.
was having; heard
FUTURE TENSES: I will visit / 'm going to visit Peru one day, that’s my dreamed holiday.
'm going to visit
PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: He (drink) _____________some juice and then he (eat) _____________a few chips.
drank; ate
PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: When I (do)_____________the washing-up, I (break) _____________ a plate.
was doing; broke
PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: She ______________ (hold) some roses. They ______________ (smell) lovely.
is holding; smell
PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: Where's John? He ______________ (listen) to a new CD in his room.
is listening
PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: ______________ you usually ______________ (go) away for Christmas or ______________ you ______________ (stay) at home?
Do you usually go, do you stay
FUTURE TENSES: Look at those black clouds. It’ll rain / 's going to rain.
's going to rain
FUTURE TENSES: I’ll study / 'm going to study Japanese next year; at least that’s my intention.
I'm going to study
FUTURE TENSES: Probably I’ll stay / 'm going to stay at home.
I'll stay
PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: Oh no! Look! It ______________ (snow) again. It always ______________ (snow) in this country.
is snowing; snows
PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: While Dad _____ (print) an article, the printer _____ (run out) of paper.
was printing; ran out of
PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: While Tom (play) _____________the piano, his mother (do) _____________ the washing-up.
was playing; was doing
PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: I (have) _____________dinner when I suddenly (hear) _____________a loud bang.
was having; heard
PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: Yesterday I _________________________ (go) to the post office, _________________________ (buy) some fruit at the supermarket and _________________________ (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.
went; bought; read
FUTURE TENSES: I will meet / 'm going to meet Mary on Saturday at 5 o’clock at the cinema. Would you like to come?
'm going to meet
PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: Don't forget to take your umbrella with you to London. You know it always ______________ (rain) in England.
rains
PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: Jean ______________ (work) hard all day but she ______________ (not work) at the moment.
works; isn't working
PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS: Look! That boy ______________ (run) after the bus. He ____________________________ (want) to catch it.
is running; wants
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