Drill 2: Past simple

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

Welcome to Grammar-drill

Learning objective

After this lesson you:

• can use the past simple

Negatives and questions

Present Simple

Negative (ontkennend) ❌	Question (vragend): ❓
I do not work You do not work He/She/It does not work We do not work They do not work	Do I work? Do you work? Do we work? Do they work? Does he/she/it work?

Present simple or present continuous?

When you are talking about something that happens at this very moment, you use ...

1. present simple
2. present continuous

Mrs. Jones (to drink) ... tea every Sunday.

1. drinks
2. drink
3. is drinking
4. am drinking

Now she (to drink) ... hot chocolate.

1. drink
2. drinks
3. is drinking
4. am drinking

Susan (to play)... a nice song on the piano.

1. play
2. plays
3. is playing
4. are playing

He (to play)... the guitar in a band every Friday.

1. play
2. plays
3. is playing
4. am playing

We always (to eat) ... chicken on Monday.

1. eat
2. eats
3. are eating
4. is eating

We use the ______ for something that always or regularly happens.

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous
3. Past simple
4. Past continuous

Choose the right answer: present simple or present continuous.

Janey ... cats.

1. loves
2. is loving

Let's practise

EXERCISES on bookwidgets

(to be)
He ..... my brother.

1. am
2. are
3. is