EXERCISES
A. Choose the correct verb form:
B. What tense is it?
SENTENCE1. The sun sets in the East.
2. I lived in the country when I was young. 3. I have known my friend Ali for 7 years. 4. Dad didn't like zucchini as a child. 5. I had read the book before I saw the movie last night. 6. I will send you an email when I get it to Madrid. 7. I'm going to be a teacher when I grow up. 8. We are reading a novel now. 9. Mom was cooking while Dad was washing the dishes. 10. I will have finished this math homework in forty minutes time. 11. My parents have visited Ouarzazate three times. 12. Have you read the book yet? 13. Birds fly because they have wings 14. They were eating when the telephone rang. 15. My father had owned that car for ten years before sold it last month. 16. My sister played hopscotch when she was a child. 17. We are working on a new project at at the moment. 18. By next July, I will have gotten my baccalaureate. 19. I live in Morocco. 20. The children have grown since the last time I saw them. |
USE1. (repeated action)
2. (Completed action in the past) 3. (Unfinished action) 4. (Past fact) 5. (Completed action before sth in the past) 6. (promise) 7. (plan) 8. (at the moment) 9. (Parallel actions) 10. (Completed action before a time in the future) 11. (Experience) 12. (Unspecified time) 13. (Fact) 14. (Continuous action in the past) 15. (Completed action before something in the past) 16. (Habit in the past) 17. (Actions in progress now) 18. (Completed action before something in the future) 19. (The situation is now.) 20. (Change over time) |
TENSE?1. _____
2._____ 3. _____ 4._____ 5._____ 6._____ 7._____ 8._____ 9._____ 10._____ 12._____ 13._____ 14._____ 15._____ 16._____ 17._____ 18._____ 19._____ 20._____ |
KEY: 1. present, 2. simple past, 3. present perfect, 4. simple past, 5. past perfect, 6. simple future, 7. simple future, 8. present continuous, 9. past continuous, 10. future perfect, 11. present perfect, 12. present perfect 13. simple present, 14. past continuous, 15. past perfect, 16. simple past, 17. present continuous, 18. future perfect, 19. simple present, 20. present perfect.
C. Choose the correct verb tense:
1. My English teacher always (drives/drove) ………… to work.
2. Last week, it (is/was) ………… cold an rainy.
3. We (didn't phone/don't phone) ………………… grandma yesterday.
4. Mouna (had never gone/ has never gone) to the zoo before last Friday.
5. I (was listening/am listening) ………… to music and I didn't hear the phone call.
6. Brian (talks/talked) …………………on the phone for about one hour this morning.
7. Mom (will finish/will have finished) …………… cooking by the time the guests arrive.
8. My parents (speak/spoke) …………… four languages.
9. You (are not listening/were not listening) …………… to me when I told you to close the window.
10. Our neighbors (lived/had lived) ................. in Marrakesh for 8 years before they moved here last year.
2. Last week, it (is/was) ………… cold an rainy.
3. We (didn't phone/don't phone) ………………… grandma yesterday.
4. Mouna (had never gone/ has never gone) to the zoo before last Friday.
5. I (was listening/am listening) ………… to music and I didn't hear the phone call.
6. Brian (talks/talked) …………………on the phone for about one hour this morning.
7. Mom (will finish/will have finished) …………… cooking by the time the guests arrive.
8. My parents (speak/spoke) …………… four languages.
9. You (are not listening/were not listening) …………… to me when I told you to close the window.
10. Our neighbors (lived/had lived) ................. in Marrakesh for 8 years before they moved here last year.
KEY: 1. drives, 2. was, 3. didn't phone, 4. had never gone, 5. was listening, 6. talked, 7. will have finished, 8. speak, 9. were not listening, 10. had lived.
D. Put the verbs between brackets in the correct tense:
1. We (go) …………………………… to school yesterday and we (study) ……………………………… Math.
2. Mom (not/cook) ………………………… Couscous last Friday. She (make) …………………………… a pizza.
3. My Stomach hurts a lot; I ……………………… (throw) up.
4. Dad (enjoy) …………………………… doing crossword puzzle in his free time but he (not/read) ………………………… any reports.
5. I am thirsty. I (get) …………………………………… myself a glass of orange juice.
6 Scientists (recently/ discover) ……………………… a new family of viruses.
7. “(you/marry) ……………………… me?” Jack asked Emily.
8. The weather (look) ………………………… good today, but last week it (rain) …………………………… a lot.
9. Susan (not/come) ………………………… yesterday because she (be) …………………………… sick.
10. Ann (go) ……………………… to Australia in 1999 but she (not/like) …………………………… it.
11. Brian (not/ know) ………………………… how to cook, so he often (eat) ………………………… in restaurants.
12. I think it (rain) ………………………… tomorrow.
13. A Kangaroo usually (carry) …………………………………… its baby in a pouch.
14. I (play) ………………………………… hide-and-seek when I was young.
15. I don’t want to see that film. I (see) …………………………………… it before.
16. Look! Betty (go) ……………………………… to the swimming-pool.
17. Dad always (drive) ………………………………… to work.
18. My brother (leave) …………………………………… for England two days ago.
19. Water (boil) …………………………………… at 100 degrees.
20. She (study) ……………………… after she finishes dinner.
KEY: 1. went / studied 2. did not cook /made 3. am going to throw 4. enjoys / does not read 5. will get 5. will get 6 have recently discovered 7. Will you marry 8. looks / rained 9. did not come /was 10. went /did not like 11. does not know /eats 12. will rain.13. carries 14. played or used to play 15. have seen 16. is going 17. drives 18. left 19 boils 20. will study.
E. Put the verbs between brackets in the correct tense:
1. School (start) ………………………………… in September and (finish) ………………………………… in June.
2. Look! Betty (go) ………………………………… to the swimming-pool.
3. Next week I think I (start) ………………………………… my new project.
4. All I know about the Spanish Flu is that millions of people (die) ………………………………….
5. Picasso was a wonderful painter. He (paint) ………………………………… ever since he was a child.
6. This time tomorrow we (take) ………………………………… the English exam and we’ll be able to relax!
7. The injured man (remember) ………………………………… anything about the night of the accident.
8. After they broke up, she sold the ring that he (give) ………………………………… her for her birthday.
9. While I (clean) ………………………………… out my desk yesterday, I (come) ……………………………… across an old picture of mine.
10. (you tidy) ………………………………… up your room yet, Bill?
11. Jeremy (wait) ………………………………… for 20 minutes, when the bus finally arrived.
12. The pain (go) ………………………………… away by the time you get home.
13. Generally, I (learn) ………………………………… best by doing rather than watching.
14. My friend (go) ………………………………… to Venice, Italy, two years ago.
15. The English exam was difficult because I (revise) ………………………………… my lessons.
16. In three years' time, you (graduate) ………………………………… from university.
17. Yesterday I (buy) a T-shirt and shorts.
18. I'm pretty sure printed books (disappear) ………………………………… one day.
19. I wish I (spend) ………………………………… so much money last month.
20. Iman is engaged. By the end of August, she (get) ………………………………… married.
KEY: 1. starts /finishes 2. is going 3. will start 4. died. 5. had been painting 6.’ll have taken 7. doesn’t remember 8. had given 9. was cleaning / came 10. Have you tidied 11. had been waiting or had waited 12. will have gone 13. learn 14. went 15. hadn’t revised 16. will have graduated 17. bought 18. will disappear 19. hadn't spent 20. will have gotten married
F. Choose the correct tense:
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