1. My parents (come) home at 8 o‘clock yesterday.
2. Steve (play) computer games when his mother came home from work.
3. She (do) her homework yesterday?
4. Adam and Mez (read) funny stories at this time yesterday?
5. What they (do) the whole morning yesterday?
6. He (not take) a shower 10 minutes ago.
7. Where he (be) in 2001?
8. Charlie (read) books yesterday evening, …?
9. Yesterday at 8 we (watch) a new film.
10. They (go) to Africa last year.
11. Kate (wait) for her friends the whole evening yesterday.
12. Who (sleep) at 10 o‘clock yesterday?
13. What you (do) 2 hours ago?
14. When I came to my friend he (sweep) the floor.
15. We (not skate) yesterday evening.

II. Open the brackets. Present Contiuous
1. Carol (help) her mother about the house now.
2. Where my parents (go)?
3. The cat (not run) across the street now.
4. Look! David (drive) his new car?
5. I (write) a report now, …?
6. I (drink) tea at the moment.
7. It (get) dark now?
8. He (not sit) in the library at the moment.
9. George (walk) across the street, …?
10. The Browns (listen) to the music now.
11. Who (read) a fairy-tale at the moment?
12. We (not do) shopping now.
13. The children (learn) a new song now?
14. What my mother (cook) in the kitchen?
15. The girls (not play) with their dolls, …?

III. Open the brackets. Present Simple
1. The Thames (to flow) through London.
2. How often you (to go) to the dentist?
3. It (to rain) for several days.
4. Tom (to write) a letter to his parents now.
5. How long you (to smoke)?
6. He (to know) many English poems?
7. Rice (not to grow) in Britain.
8. Listen! The teacher (to answer) the difficult question.
9. He (to play) tennis since he was 8.
10. The Browns (to have) supper at the moment.

IV. Read the text. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).
This is my family: my wife, my son, my daughter and I. My name is Peter Black. I‘m
40. My wife‘s name is Helen. She is 32. We have two children, a boy and a girl. My son John
is 12. He is a schoolboy. My daughter Mary is 6 years younger than John. I‘m an electronic
engineer. My wife is a teacher. She is always busy with her pupils. We have many relatives:
cousins, uncles and aunts. My parents are sixty years old. They are farmers. Helen‘s sister
Ann is her best friend. She is a nurse at the hospital. She is 24, she isn‘t married.

1. Peter Black has 3 children.
2. His wife is a nurse.
3. Their daughter is a schoolgirl.
4. The children have an aunt.
5. Ann is a teacher.
6. Peter is an engineer.
7. His parents are sixty-six.
8. Helen has a brother.
9. Helen‘s sister is not married.
10. John is the youngest in the family.
V. Open the brackets. The verb “to be”
1. I (be) an economist.
2. Jack (be) from Hungary.
3. My aunt (not be) twenty-nine.
4. These children (be) her daughters?
5. Susan (be) at home now, …?
6. You (be) thirsty?
7. My brother and I (be) students.
8. I (not be) at the blackboard.
9. His parents (be) in France now, …?
10. It (be) an interesting book?