Present Simple/Present Continuous

Past Simple/Past Continuous

1. School always _______ for Easter holidays. 10. While the lamb ____________, we were eating
a. closed c. closes cheese pie and sausages.
b. Is closing d. was closing a. cooked c. is cooking
b. was cooking d. cooks

2. This year we ____________ Easter at home. 11. My mother and sister ________ salads for the
a. are celebrating c. were celebrating table right now.
b. celebrate d. celebrated a. make c. are making
b. were making d. made

3. Last year we _______ the ferry to an island. 12. I ______ up early to help prepared the lamb
a. take c. took last year.
b. are taking d. were taking a. am getting c. got
b. was getting d. get

4. Every year we ________ lamb on the spit. 13. Every Easter all the nearby villages _________
a. cooked c. cook the lamb outdoors.
b. are cooking d. was cooking a. grilled c. grill
b. is grilling d. was grilling

5. The Easter Bunny always ________ us a basket 14. We _________ on the ferry, when we saw a
of chocolate eggs. school of dolphins.
a. is bringing c. was bringing a. travelled c. are travelling
b. brought d, brings b. travel d. were travelling

6. We __________ our Easter dinner when it 15. We ________ at Mykonos three hours ago
started to rain. after a pleasant ferry ride.
a. ate c. eat a. are arriving c. arrived
b. were eating d. are eating b. arrive d. were arriving

7. My grandmother _________ Easter bread but 16. I ________ about what I wanted to do over
now we buy it from a bakery. Easter vacation, when the Easter Bunny arrived.
a. bakes c. used to bake a. thought c. think
b. is baking d. was baking b. am thinking d. was thinking

8. At the moment, we _________ Easter eggs red. 17. At the moment we ___________ a walk
a. are dying c. were dying around a beautiful village.
b. dye d. dyed a. are taking c. were taking
b. take d. took

9. We always ______ to church at midnight on 18. When Easter holidays ________, I feel very
Easter Eve every year. sad.
a. went c. are going a. is ending c. end
b. go d. were going b. was ending d. ended