EXERCISES ON VERB TENSES

EXERCISE 7: The present perfect Directions: Complete the sentences using the present perfect tense.. EXERCISE 9: The present perfect Directions: Complete the sentences with the present

Verb Tenses

EXERCISE 1: The simple present & the present continuous.

Directions: Use the correct tense to complete each sentence

EXERCISE 2: The simple present & the present continuous.

Directions: Circle the correct verb

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EXERCISE 4: Non-progressive verbs

Directions: Underline the correct choice.

1 There you are! Behind the tree! I you (see/ am seeing)

2 My mother’s hearing has been getting worse for several months She _ a specialist right

now (sees/ is seeing)

3 Do you see that man? I _ him He was my high school English teacher (recognize/ am

recognizing)

4 My favourite actor at the Paramount Theater (currently appears/ is currently

appearing)

5 Is my voice loud enough? – Yes, _ (I hear you/ I am hearing you)

6 – Aren’t you having any coffee? – No (I prefer tea/ I’m preferring tea)

7 – What’s on your mind? I _ (think about my family/ am thinking about my family)

8 – Did you make a decision yet? – No, (I need your opinion/ I’m needing your opinion)

9 – Why are you staring at me? - _ (You resemble your mom so much/ You are

resembling your mom so much.)

10 – There’s Dr Jones on a motorcycle! Do you believe it?

- _ (Yeah, he owns several/ Yeah, he is owning several.)

EXERCISE 7: The present perfect

Directions: Complete the sentences using the present perfect tense Write the correct past

participle of the verbs in bold

EXERCISE 8: The present perfect

Directions: Complete each sentence with for / since

d ……… she was in college.

e ……… more than a month

f ……… she got married

g ………she became famous

2 Mehdi and Pat have been friends……

a ………they were in college

b ………about twenty years

c ………1990

d ……… a long time

e ………they began to work together

f ………they met

g ………their entire adult lives

EXERCISE 9: The present perfect

Directions: Complete the sentences with the present perfect tense of the appropriate verb from

the list Use each verb only once

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 THE PAST TENSES

EXERCISE 1: The simple past tense

Directions: Complete the sentences Write the simple past tense of the verbs in bold

EXERCISE 3: The simple past tense

Directions: Complete the sentences Write the simple past tense of the verbs in bold

EXERCISE 4: The simple past tense

Directions: Complete the sentences Write the simple past tense of the verbs in bold

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EXERCISE 5: The simple past tense

Directions: Complete the table.

EXERCISE 7: The simple past

Directions: Complete the sentences, using the simple past of the verb from the list

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EXERCISE 8: The simple past

Directions: Complete the sentences, using the simple past of the verb from the list

EXERCISE 9: The simple past & the past continuous.

Directions: Complete the sentences Write the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

EXERCISE 10: The simple past & the past continuous

Directions: Write “1” before the action that started first Write “2” before the action that started

second

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EXERCISE 11: The simple past & the past continuous.

Directions: Circle the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

EXERCISE 13: The present perfect & the simple past

Directions: Circle the correct verb

EXERCISE 14: The present perfect & the simple past

Directions: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

EXERCISE 16: The simple past & the past perfect

Directions: Underline each event Write “1” over the event that happened first and “2” over the

event that happened second

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EXERCISE 17: The past perfect

Directions: Complete the sentences, using the past perfect.

EXERCISE 18: The simple past & past perfect

Directions: Choose the best completion.

EXERCISE 19: The simple past & the past perfect

Directions: Write the simple past or past perfect In some cases, both forms are correct.

 THE FUTURE TIME

EXERCISE 1: Simple future: Will

Directions: Correct the errors with will Two sentences have no errors.

EXERCISE 2: Near future: Be going to

Directions: Complete the sentences with the correct form of Be going to + the verb in

parentheses

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EXERCISE 3: Will vs Be going to

Directions: Read the sentences Then check the box that describes the sentence.

EXERCISE 5: Will vs Be going to

Directions: Underline the correct response(s) More than one response may be correct

EXERCISE 7: Expressing the future in time clauses.

Directions: Underline the time clause in each sentence and circle its verbs

EXERCISE 14: Future continuous

Directions: Complete the sentences

EXERCISE 15: Future continuous

Directions: Complete the sentences with the future continuous or the simple present

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