Tailored by JKS, 2019
Choose Present Simple or Past Simple.
1. James _________ (be) a surgeon. He __________ (be) a volunteer many years ago.
2. Jill ___________ (like) vegetables. When she was a child, she _____________
(not/like) any vegetables.
3. They ____________ (live) in a big house. But they ______________ (live) in a flat a
year ago.
4. Peter _____________ (want) to be a businessman when he was a child. Today he
_____________ (be) a professional tennis player.
5. ___________ (you/like) porridge? Which one __________ (you/prefer)? Actually, I
_____________ (not/like) porridge in my childhood. But I _____________ (love) it now.
6. Susan _____________ (normally/eat) three times a day. That’s why she
_____________ (look) fit. Last year she _____________ (eat) a lot and she
_____________ (be) really fat.
7. When _____________ (usually/you/go) to bed?
8. I _____________ (have) a meeting an hour ago.
9. We _____________ (often/meet) for lunch.
10. He _____________ (not/have) many friends. What’s more, he _____________
(not/have) many friends as a child.
11. _____________ (you/enjoy) parties? I _____________ (not/enjoy) the last one. It
_____________ (be) boring.
12. How many times a day _____________ (you/smoke)?
13. _____________ (he/ride) a bike?
14. They _____________ (meet) every day. They _____________ (meet) last year and
they _____________ (be) really happy now.
15. _____________ (she/walk) her dog early in the morning?
16. When _____________ (you/read) books? _____________ (you/read) books as a
child?
17. It _____________ (rain) a lot yesterday. It _____________ (be) sunny today.
18. We _____________ (not/watch) this film yesterday.
19. He _____________ (not/speak) Spanish. But he _____________ (speak) French
fluently.
20. _____________ (normally/they/arrive) in time? It _____________ (be) 12 o’clock now.
I _____________ (not/see) any calls from them.