The simple present is used to talk about our habits, routines, likes, dislikes, jobs, hobbies etc. It is also used to talk about general truths.

The simple past is used to say that something happened sometime in the past.

Fill in the blanks with the simple past or simple present tense form of the verb.

1. He …………………… for a walk every morning. (go / goes / went)

2. My mother ……………………. for work at 8.30. (leave / leaves / left)

3. I ……………………. the parcel in the morning. (send / sends / sent)

4. The teacher …………………… the boy for misbehaving in the class. (punish / punishes / punished)

5. I …………………….. shopping yesterday. (go / goes / went)

6. The teacher ……………………… him to show his notebook. (ask / asks / asked)

7. He ……………………… stray dogs and cats. (feed / feeds / fed)

8. I …………………….. my grandparents very often. (visit / visits / visited)

9. I usually ……………………… up at 6.15. (wake / wakes / woke)

10. I ………………………. a movie yesterday. (watch / watches / watched)

11. The earth ………………………. round the sun. (move / moves / moved)

12. Grandmother ………………………. us last week. (visit / visits / visited)

Answers

1. goes, 2. leaves, 3. sent, 4. punished, 5. went, 6. asked, 7. feeds, 8. visit, 9. wake, 10. watched, 11. moves, 12. visited

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