2021/22
English 6th grade
MIT
Grammar exercises
I.
Decide – Simple past or past progressive?
Put in the correct forms: Past Tense – Simple and Progressive
1. Why _______________________ (you, not tell) her that I had been here before?
2. _______________________
(They,
be
_______________________
don’t
able)
know.
to
solve
the
problem?
I
just
know
that
-
I
they
_______________________ (work) on it all day yesterday.
3. The inspector _______________________ (think) hard about the murder when he suddenly
_______________________ (realise) that he _______________________ (follow) the
wrong track.
4. I happened to be in London when they _______________________ (repair) London bridge.
5. _______________________ (You, see) the new George Clooney film at nine p.m.
yesterday _______________________? - No, at nine, I _______________________ (still,
work) on the computer.
6. I
_______________________
(see)
Mrs.
Carrington
yesterday.
She
_______________________ (sit) in the train to Bristol. I _______________________
(wonder)
where
she
_______________________
(go)
because
she
_______________________ (not have) any relatives anywhere.
7. When _______________________ (they, buy) your house?
8. He
_______________________
(have)
breakfast
when
my
mother
_______________________ (suffer) a heart attack.
9. What _______________________ (you, do) when I gave you a ring?
10. Father _______________________ (watch) TV when he _______________________
(hear) the news.
11. The war _______________________ (start) in 1939.
12. At eight o’clock I _______________________ (listen) to the radio.
2021/22
MIT
English 6th grade
II.
Fill in the gaps!
Decide – simple present or present progressive?
1. I _______________________ I can do the homework all by myself. (THINK)
2. She _______________________ to be a nice girl. (APPEAR)
3. I _______________________ for a nonprofit organisation at the moment. (WORK)
4. Ian _______________________ a shower at the moment. Could you call back later?
(TAKE)
5. Jack _______________________ in a few minutes. You have to hurry. (LEAVE)
6. I _______________________ to go swimming during the hot summer months. (LOVE)
7. That book _______________________ to me. Give it back. (BELONG)
8. I _______________________ what you are saying, but I _______________________ it.
(UNDERSTAND, NOT BELIEVE)
9. My mum _______________________ a day off during the summer months. (NOT GET)
10. What _______________________ for a living? (YOUR DAD, DO)
11. I usually _______________________ the bus to school but today my sister
_______________________ me. (TAKE, DRIVE)
12. What _______________________? - I _______________________ a glass of wine. Would
you care to join me? (YOU DRINK, HAVE)