Present Simple and Present Continuous

EXERCISE TO PRACTISE

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Passive Voice

Examples of Passive

Tense Subject Verb Object

• Simple Present: Active: Rita writes a letter.
Passive: A letter is written by Rita.
• Simple Past: Active: Rita wrote a letter.
Passive: A letter was written by Rita.
• Present Perfect: Active: Rita has written a letter.
Passive: A letter has been written by Rita.
• Future Simple: Active: Rita will write a letter.
Passive: A letter will be written by Rita.
• Present Progressive: Active: Rita is writing a letter.
Passive: A letter is being written by Rita.
• Past Progressive: Active: Rita was writing a letter.
Passive: A letter was being written by Rita.
• Past Perfect: Active: Rita had written a letter.
Passive: A letter had been written by Rita.

Passive Sentences with Two Objects

Subject Verb Object 1 Object 2

Active: Rita wrote a letter to me.
Passive: A letter was written to me by Rita.
Passive: I was written a letter by Rita.


Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

1. John collects money. -
2. Anna opened the window. -
3. We have done our homework. -
4. I will ask a question. -
5. The sheep ate a lot. -
6. We do not clean our rooms. -
7. William will not repair the car. -
8. Did Sue draw this circle? -

Past Simple and Past Continuous

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. While Tom (read) …………………. , Amely (watch) …………………. a documentary on TV.
2. Marvin (come) …………………. home, (switch) …………………. on the computer and (check) …………………. his emails.
3. The thief (sneak) …………………. into the house, (steal) …………………. the jewels and (leave) …………………. without a trace.
4. Nobody (listen) …………………. while the teacher (explain) …………………. the tenses.
5. While we (do) ………………….a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) …………………. on the beach.
6. He (wake) …………………. up and (look) …………………. at his watch.

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Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense
Simple Past gap-fill exercise

William Shakespeare …………………. (be) born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. He …………………. (go) to the local Stratford Grammar School, where he …………………. (be) …………………. (teach) by Master Walter Roche. Lessons began at six o'clock in the morning in the summer in order to make the most of daylight.

His father …………………. (be) …………………. (call) John Shakespeare a Stratford upon Avon glove-maker. He …………………. (send) William to the local grammar school in 1571, but when William …………………. (be) only 14 years old his fortunes fell so low that William …………………. (have) to leave school. Some historians say he …………………. (work) in his father's shop.

At the age of 19 William …………………. (to marry) Anne Hathaway the daughter of a rich farmer near Stratford. Three years later Shakespeare …………………. (go) to London. How he …………………. (live) there we do not know.

In about 1587 he …………………. (become) a member of one of the few theatrical companies which …………………. (exist) in those days. Around 1590 he …………………. (begin) to try his hand at writing plays. There …………………. (be) no female actors in those days, all the female parts …………………. (be) …………………. (play) by boys. It is thought that he …………………. (write) his first major play, Henry VI., Part One, in 1592.

His most famous play, Hamlet, …………………. (be) probably first seen in 1601 at the Globe Theatre. Shakespeare …………………. (continue) to write about 2 plays a year.

He …………………. (return) to Stratford in 1612, where he …………………. (live) the life of a country gentleman. He …………………. (die) of a fever on his birthday in 1616.

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Present Continuous

Put in the verbs in the Present Continuous into the gaps.

Example: ___ he ______ the newspaper? (to read)

Answer: Is he reading the newspaper?


1) …………………. Richard …………………. in the garden? (to work)
2) …………………. she …………………. a cup of tea? (to have
3) …………………. the children …………………. their homework? (to do)
4) …………………. you …………………. the kitchen, Tom? (to clean)
5) …………………. the cat …………………. in the basket? (to sleep)
6) …………………. Cliff and Oliver …………………. friends? (to meet)
7) …………………. your mother …………………. sandwiches? (to make)
8) …………………. the birds …………………. water? (to drink)
9) …………………. Carmen …………………. a pullover? (to wear)
10) …………………. they …………………. a pizza? (to eat)

ANSWERS

1) Is Richard working in the garden?
2) Is she having a cup of tea?
3) Are the children doing their homework?
4) Are you cleaning the kitchen, Tom?
5) Is the cat sleeping in the basket?
6) Are Cliff and Oliver meeting friends?
7) Is your mother making sandwiches?
8) Are the birds drinking water?
9) Is Carmen wearing a pullover?
10) Are they eating a pizza?

MORE PRACTICE

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/present_progressive2.htm

ARGENTINA 25 May 2010 Argentina Celebrates Bicentenary of Revolution

On 25 May 1810, revolutionaries deposed the Spanish viceroy and formed a junta. The royalists were defeated in the war that followed, and independence was declared on 9 Jul 1816. Argentina is one of several South American countries marking a bicentenary in 2009-2010. It is likely to celebrate the milestone by trying to rescue its own revolutionary heroes from relative obscurity on the continent, where Venezuelan independence leader Simón Bolívar has acquired cult status.
Street parties, tango-dancing, music and traditional food will mark the occasion, and Argentina will open a Bicentennial Cultural Center for the occasion. It plans to stage many exhibitions and festivities throughout the country on May 25, which is an annual holiday. The country is restoring historical monuments for the bicentenary, and special stamps and coins can be expected.
Ministers of culture of the Ibero-American group met in 2007 to form the Bicentennial Group. Made up by Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela and Chile--nations that began their emancipation process from the Spanish crown between 1809 and 1811--it aims to coordinate independence activities across the continent. Bolivia and Ecuador celebrate their bicentennials in 2009, followed by Argentina, Chile, and Mexico in 2010. Venezuela' celebrated in 2010, though the actual date is in 2011. Paraguay's is due in 2011. Colombia has decided to commemorate its anniversary in 2019. Guatemala and Peru follow in 2021.
On the continent, the Argentine José de San Martín, has lost ground as a hero of the fratricidal wars that broke Spain’s hegemony over the American continent to Bolivar. Many statues, plazas, streets, schools, monuments are dedicated to san Martín, and the bicentennial will be an opportunity to set him back in the spotlight with other Argentine leaders in the struggle.
Dr. Mariano Moreno, an Argentine writer, lawyer, politician and journalist, is considered among the founding fathers of the Republic of Argentina. He emerged as a leader in the first years of the 19th Century, first in the fighting against the British and then in the movement for independence from Spain. His promising political career ended prematurely when he died at sea under suspicious circumstances: he was only 32.
Brief summary of the May Revolution
The so-called Revolution of May was a historical process that resulted in the breaking of colonial ties with Spain in 1810 and enabled the road to independence, on July 9, 1816. The events of May did not crystallize over a liberating movement that came looking for, since 1806, greater political and economic participation of the Creoles. Thus, May 22, 1810, after he received news of the fall of the Spanish crown in the hands of French, Creole convened an open forum which had to be accepted by the Viceroy Cisneros, representing Spain in the country . After 4 days of debates and uprisings, it was decided to form a Board Creole assuming the national government until the Spanish Crown was liberated from French domination. Thus, the popular government was formed by intellectuals and military Creoles who came many years fighting for independence revolution: Cornelio Saavedra, Juan José Castelli, Manuel Belgrano, Miguel de Azcuénaga Manuel Alberti, Domingo Matheu, Juan Larrea, Juan José Paso and Mariano Moreno. From this fact, the struggle for independence was an inevitable path that led to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816.