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BEGINNER GRAMMAR 6
by Elek Máthé

Put the following sentences into the correct tense, Simple Past, Simple Present, Present Continuous or Past Continuous.


1. I (listen) to the radio while Mary (cook) dinner.
 
2. You (buy) this book yesterday?
 
3. Last Friday Jill (go) home early because she (want) to see a film.
 
4. When your brother usually (get) home in the evening?
 
5. Jane always (bring) us a nice present.
 
6. What those people (do) in the middle of the road?
 
7. You (read) this book?
 
8. While Fred (sleep), Judy (watch) TV.
 
9. When I (be) young, I (think) Mary (be) nice - but now I (think) she's fantastic.
 
10. Jill (walk) home when she (see) her husband's car outside the cinema.
 
11. Look there! Sue and Tim (run) to school?
 
12. Jack's father not (work) in London - he not (speak) English.
 
13. Joe (buy) a car yesterday.
 
14. Their father often (go) to rock concerts.
 
15. While you (sleep), mother (arrive).
 


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