24357 present past and future tenses

Tenses Assessment Name:___________________Simple present Tense Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form of the simple present tense.. Present Continuous Tense Fill in the blanks wit

Tenses Assessment Name: _

Simple present Tense

Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form of the simple present tense

1 We _accept _(accept) your apologies

2 Trams _(not/be) faster than buses

3 Water _(run) through the water pipes

4 These birds (sing) sweetly

Present Continuous Tense

Fill in the blanks with the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets

1 Peter _is writing (write) a letter now

2 Joe and Keith (run) around the classroom

3 The dog _(bark) loudly

4 That helicopter (not/fly) in the sky

Simple Past Tense

Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense of the words in brackets

1 I wish I had _(have) a new bike

2 We (not spend) much money in the shop yesterday

3 She _(live) in a small apartment in Kowloon 2 years ago

4 I (reply) an e-mail from Ted last night.

5 I (be) a fireman before I retired

Past Continuous Tense

Fill in the blanks with the past continuous tense

1 I was studying (study) at home all last night

2 We _(have) a test at nine o’clock this morning

3 The birds (sing) all morning

4 They _(not play) football when it started to rain

Simple Future Tense

Fill in the blanks with the words given using simple future tense or the ‘going to’ form

1 We will have (have) a long holiday next month

2 We are going to watch (watch) tv later this afternoon

3 Please wait! Your father (come) back in half an hour

4 I think he (help) us if we run into trouble

5 Mary is _ (not run) with her brother because she

is tired already

6 Dora _(not come) back to this shop because

of the poor customer service

7 Tom is (play) on his computer with his friends tomorrow

Future Continuous Tense

Fill in the blanks with the future continuous tense of the verbs in brackets

1 Jake will be going (go) to the post office later this afternoon

2 I (see) them in a few weeks from now

3 he (stay) at the same hotel again?

4 Mike _ (wear) his new shirt to his friend’s party

5 I _ (wash) the dishes after dinner

Part 2

Identify the tenses used to describe Picture 1

simple present (1) / simple past (2) / simple future (3)

present continuous (4) / past continuous (5) / future continuous (6)

She will read the magazine _

Is the old woman reading the magazine? _

She will be reading the magazine _

Is she going to read the magazine? _

The old woman did not read the magazine _

The old woman was reading the magazine _

The old woman does not read magazines _

Part 2 The words on the right are used to describe the pictures.

1 old / woman / read / magazine(s)

2 Tony / wear / his / jacket

3 cat / take / nap / sofa

4 William / carry / heavy / suitcases

5 students / not / listen / teacher

6 Jenny / play / chess / Kate

Use the given words next to the picture to write the following Picture 2

Present continuous tense question

Picture 3

Past continuous tense question

Picture 4

Future continuous tense question

Picture 5

Future continuous tense sentence, negative (not)

Picture 6

Past continuous tense sentence