9° practice

PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS 

Read and complete with the best option according to the situation

Ex: I have cabin fever, I really want to go outside.

Who is that girl? Why ______________ she ____________________ (dance) alone?

The sun _________________________ (set) in the west.

PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS 

Complete with the best option accordi

Last Saturday when my brother arrived, I __________________________________TV (to watch)

Last night when I left the party two gangs of hooligans __________________________________(to fight)

PRESENT PERFECT 

Use for or since with the following time references

Ex: I haven't phoned home since Christmas.

1. We've been here __________________ nine o'clock.

2. I have worked for International House____________________ more than eight years.

PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE 

Use the answer prompts to write questions using either the present perfect or the past simple.

1. What job _________________________________- before retiring?

He worked in the army.

2. ______________________________________ he in the army?

For 51 years

PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE 

Complete the sentences wih the correct form of the verb ito brackets.

Ex: We went (go) to the movies last night.

1. Tom __________________________ (see) that movie three times already.

2. I ______________________________ (read) yesterday's newspaper, but I _____ (read, not) today's.