Workshop

Name:_________________________________________________________

I. Correct the mistakes. If the sentence is correct just write C

1. Tom works at the moment. Can I take a message?

2. I am often playing tennis on Saturdays.

3. We're working on the Smith account this week. We usually take three weeks to complete a

project.

4. We rarely go out for dinner, but this week we go out on Saturday.

5. He is believing every word she says.

6. Angela gets up at 7 o'clock and is having breakfast.

7. Peter is asking a lot of questions every day.

8. Jason doesn't know the answer to this question. He is knowing the other answers.

9. We attend a meeting in Chicago this weekend.

10. She is wanting to purchase a new computer.

II. Fill in the gaps with the present simple or continuous of the verbs in brackets.

(Use the short forms don't / doesn't / isn't / aren't / 'm not instead of the long

forms).

1. I _______ (not like) Chinese food. It _______ (be) horrible!

2. _______ (you /read) the newspaper at the moment?

3. Helen_______ (do) the shopping every Monday.

4. Football players _______ (train) every morning.

5. _______ (John / go) out at the weekend?

5. You _______ (swim) at the moment.

5. I _______ (work) at a restaurant this month.

6. Listen! _______ (Mark / sing) a song?

7. Be quiet! My father _______ (sleep) in the living room.

III. Correct the mistakes of the following sentences (all of them have mistakes).

Write the contractions (don't / doesn't / isn't / aren't / 'm not).

1. I doesn't like computer games_______

2. Do you be tall? _______

3. Sarah is wanting to be a doctor. _______

4. Paul is studing in the library now. _______

5. Look! The baby is smileing _______

6. Do you are listening to music at the moment? _______

7. She doesn't studies Japanese at school _______

8. I am not making my bed every morning. _______

IV. Match the beginning of the sentences with the ends.

1. I go to the French now? _______

2. Are you studying diary every night _______

3. I write in my cinema once a month. _______

4. Do you brush play the guitar at the weekend? _______

5. Sandra is cleaning her bedroom at the moment. _______

6. Does Pablo your teeth three times a day? _______

V. Look at these sentences that use the past simple and past continuous. Are they

correct?

1. When the phone rang during Bill's dinner, he was answering the phone.

2. All the students were listening to the professor's lecture very carefully.

3. It rained when we left the apartment, so we took the umbrella.

4. Kathy was injuring her knee when we played tennis on Saturday.

5. What were you doing last night when I called you?

6. We arrived at the concert late. People danced and the band played loudly.

7. Did it rain when you were on vacation?

8. What was the policeman doing when the accident was happening?

VI. Complete the sentences using past simple or past continuous.

1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"

B: I don't know. I (see, never) _______________________________that movie.

2. Sam (arrive) _______________________________ in San Diego a week ago.

3. My best friend and I (know) _______________________________each other for over

fifteen years. We still get together once a week.

4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) _______________________________ ten

very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.

5. I (have, not) _______________________________ this much fun since I

(be) _______________________________a kid.

6. Things (change) _______________________________a great deal at Coltech, Inc.

When we first (start) _______________________________working here three years ago,

the company (have, only) _______________________________six employees. Since then,

we (expand) _______________________________to include more than 2000 full-time

workers.

7. I (tell) _______________________________him to stay on the path while he was

hiking, but he (wander) _______________________________off into the forest and

(be) _______________________________bitten by a snake.

8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) _______________________________the bus

this morning. You (be) _______________________________late to work too many times.

You are fired!

9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see,

never) _______________________________the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.

10. How sad! George (dream) _______________________________of going to California

before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see,

never) _______________________________the ocean.

11. In the last hundred years, traveling

(become) _______________________________much easier and very comfortable. In the

19th century, it (take) _______________________________two or three months to cross

North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) _______________________________very

rough and often dangerous. Things (change) _______________________________a great

deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in

a matter of hours.

12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you

(change) _______________________________since the last time I

(see) _______________________________you. You

(grow) _______________________________at least a foot!

13. This tree (be) _______________________________planted by the settlers who

(found) _______________________________our city over four hundred years ago.

14. This mountain (be, never) _______________________________climbed by anyone.

Several mountaineers (try) _______________________________to reach the top, but

nobody (succeed, ever) _______________________________. The climb is extremely

difficult and many people (die) _______________________________trying to reach the

summit.

15. I (visit, never) _______________________________Africa, but I

(travel) _______________________________to South America several times. The last

time I (go) _______________________________to South America, I

(visit) _______________________________Brazil and Peru. I

(spend) _______________________________two weeks in the Amazon,

(hike) _______________________________for a week near Machu Picchu, and

(fly) _______________________________ over the Nazca Lines.

VI. Write a short story about a girl who lost her dog. Use present simple/ present

continuous/ past simple/past continuous/ present perfect/ past perfect. (70-90 words). Finish

the story with a happy ending.