English Exercises: Present Tenses, Quantifiers & Past

Posted on Feb 7, 2026 in English and Catalan Studies

A. Present Simple vs Present Continuous

1. Ted is taking a shower right now.
2. My brother has a daughter and a son.
3. My grandfather often comes over for dinner on weekends.
4. My grandfather is not solving any math problems at the moment.
5. My school begins at nine every day.
6. What time do you wake up on weekdays?
7. What are you doing tomorrow night?
8. I usually don’t work on Sundays, but today I am working.
9. She is not sleeping now; she is studying.
10. How often do you review your lessons?
11. Can you speak slowly, please? I don’t understand you.
12. She works as a secretary in a big company.

B. Quantifiers – Circle the Correct Answer

13. There is an apple on the table.
14. There aren’t any bananas in the bowl.
15. Would you like some coffee?
16. There is a university nearby.
17. Can I have some water, please?
18. There isn’t any milk left.
19. Let’s buy some bread. We don’t have any.
20. There is an hour before the meeting.
21. Are there any … ?

C. Countable (C) or Uncountable (U)

• 23. children – C
• 24. milk – U
• 25. tea – U
• 26. environment – U (general concept)
• 27. butter – U
• 28. windows – C
• 29. glue – U
• 30. waiters – C

D. Simple Past – Conjugate the Verbs

• 31. collect → collected
• 32. watch → watched
• 33. catch → caught
• 34. visit → visited
• 35. study → studied
• 36. stay → stayed
• 37. eat → ate
• 38. give → gave
• 39. talk → talked
• 40. touch → touched

E. Classify Regular Past Endings

Regular past endings and examples:

/id/

• collected
• visited
• studied

/t/

• watched
• talked
• touched

/d/

• stayed

F. Write Sentences in Simple Past

A) My sister / tidy / her room / yesterday morning

48. My sister didn’t tidy her room yesterday morning.
49. Did my sister tidy her room yesterday morning?

B) We / live / in New York / yesterday

50. We didn’t live in New York yesterday.
51. Did we live in New York yesterday?

C) Tom / travel / to Dublin / last night

52. Tom didn’t travel to Dublin last night.
53. Did Tom travel to Dublin last night?

D) Sue and Pat / be / at home / 1997

54. Sue and Pat weren’t at home in 1997.
55. Were Sue and Pat at home in 1997?

G. Writing Task – Daily Routine (Model)

I usually wake up at 7:00 in the morning. I always have a quick breakfast, and there is usually some bread on the table. I don’t drink any coffee in the morning, but I drink a glass of milk. After breakfast, I go to school, and my classes start at 8:00. I sometimes study in the library after lunch. In the afternoon, I do my homework and I relax a little. There are always some chores to do at home, so I help my family. In the evening, I watch TV or read a book. I never go to bed late on weekdays.

C. Countable (C) or Uncountable (U)

• 23. children – C
• 24. milk – U
• 25. tea – U
• 26. environment – U (general concept)
• 27. butter – U
• 28. windows – C
• 29. glue – U
• 30. waiters – C

D. Simple Past – Conjugate the Verbs

• 31. collect → collected
• 32. watch → watched
• 33. catch → caught
• 34. visit → visited
• 35. study → studied
• 36. stay → stayed
• 37. eat → ate
• 38. give → gave
• 39. talk → talked
• 40. touch → touched

E. Classify Regular Past Endings

/id/

• collected
• visited
• studied

/t/

• watched
• talked
• touched

/d/

• stayed

F. Write Sentences in Simple Past

A) My sister / tidy / her room / yesterday morning

48. My sister didn’t tidy her room yesterday morning.
49. Did my sister tidy her room yesterday morning?

B) We / live / in New York / yesterday

50. We didn’t live in New York yesterday.
51. Did we live in New York yesterday?

C) Tom / travel / to Dublin / last night

52. Tom didn’t travel to Dublin last night.
53. Did Tom travel to Dublin last night?

D) Sue and Pat / be / at home / 1997

54. Sue and Pat weren’t at home in 1997.
55. Were Sue and Pat at home in 1997?

G. Writing Task – Daily Routine (Model)

I usually wake up at 7:00 in the morning. I always have a quick breakfast, and there is usually some bread on the table. I don’t drink any coffee in the morning, but I drink a glass of milk. After breakfast, I go to school, and my classes start at 8:00. I sometimes study in the library after lunch. In the afternoon, I do my homework and I relax a little. There are always some chores to do at home, so I help my family. In the evening, I watch TV or read a book. I never go to bed late on weekdays.