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Exercises for be going to or will?

be going to or will? (A)

Complete the replies. Use be going to or will with the verbs.

§  Oh, you’ve got a ticket for the play. ~ Yes, I’m going to see it on Friday.              

§  The phone’s ringing. ~ OK, I’ll answer it.

1.      Did you buy this book? ~ No, Nancy did. She………………………………………..it on holiday.

2.      Tea or coffee? ~  I………………………………………..coffee, please.

3.      I’m going to miss this film on TV because I’ll be out tonight. ~Well,

I………………………………………..it on the video, then.

be going to or will?

Look at this conversation:

      Mrs. Wells:            How old are you now, Jackie?

      Jackie:                   I’ll be eighteen next Friday.

      Mrs. Wells:            Oh, really? Are you going to have a party?

      Jackie:                   I’m going to have a meal in a restaurant with a few friends.

      Mrs. Well:             That’ll be nice.

Exercices for be going to and will

be going to (A)

Add a sentence. Use the verbs in brackets.

§  (wash) Martin’s sweater is dirty. He’s going to wash it.

1.      (read) Mike has just bought a magazine.

2.      (fry) I’ve decided to eat these eggs.

3.      (sell) Mary doesn’t need the sofa.

4.      (correct) My work has several mistakes in it.

5.      (accept) Someone has offered Carol a job.

be going to and will

A.      Be going to in the present

Look at the examples:

I’m going to watch this next programme.           I am going to watch

We’re going to meet at the station.                      You/we/they are going to watch

When are you going to pay this bill?                    He/she/it is going to watch

Is it going to rain?

I hope she isn’t going to fall.

Exercise for Present Perfect and Past Simple

I have done/I did (A, B)

Put in the correct verb form.

·         Have done/did

I’ve done all the housework. The house is clean.

·         Have bought/bought

A young couple bought the house. But they didn’t live there long.

1.       Have arrived/arrived

Present Perfect and Past Simple

Present perfect or past simple?

A.      Introduction

Look at this:

Sam               : we’ve bought a new car.

Kay               : we bought it last week.

Now compare:

Sam and Kay have bought a new car. Sam uses the present perfect to tell us about the past and the present. They bought the car, and it’s theirs now.

They bought the car last week. Kay uses  the past simple to tell us about the past, a time which is finished.

Exercise 2 - Past Continuous and Simple

The past continuous (A)

Complete the conversation. Put in a past continuous form of the verb on the right.

Jeremy : I’m afraid I’ve broken this dish. Sue        : Oh no! What (1) ……………………………………………………………..? Jeremy : I (2) ………………………………………………………… it into the dining-room. I bumped into Emma. She (3) ………………………………… out just as I (4) ………………………………. In. Sue        : it was your fault. You (5) ………………………………. You (6) …………………………….. where you (7) ………..……………………….

1.       You do 2.       Take 3.       Come 4.       Go 5.       Dream 6.       Not look 7.       go

Exercise for Past Continuous and Simple

Use the SIMPLE PAST or the PAST PROGRESSIVE in the following.

1.       I am sitting in class right now. I  (sit) . . . was sitting . . . in class at this exact same time yesterday.

2.       I don’t want to go to the zoo today because it is raining.  The same thing happened yesterday. I (want, not) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to go to the zoo because it (rain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.       I (call)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger at nine last night, but he (be, not) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at home. He (study) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at the library.

Past Continuous and Simple

Past Continuous or Simple

A.      The past continuous

Look at this question  and answer:

Alice              : I rang yesterday, but you weren’t in. were you playing tennis?

Dave              : No, I was helping Bob. We were working on his car. I wasn’t playing yesterday.

The past continuous is the past tense of be + the ing-form:

I/He/She/It was working                                      you/we/they were working

I/He/She/It wasn’t working                                 you/we/they weren’t working

Was He/She/It working?                                     Were you/we/they working?

We use the past continuous to say that we were in the middle of an action.