Verb Tense review: Exercises

1) Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)
A. Look! Sara (go)____________ to the movies.
B. On her right hand, Sara (carry) ____________ her handbag.
C. The handbag (be) ____________ very beautiful.
D. Sara usually (put) ____________ on black shoes but now she (wear) ____________
white trainers.
E. And look, she (take) ____________ an umbrella because it (rain) ____________

2) Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect)
A. When he (wake up) ____________ , his mother (already /prepare)
____________ breakfast
B. We (go) ____________ to London because our friends (invite) ____________
us
C. He (hear) ____________ the news, (go) ____________ to the telephone and
(call) ____________ a friend.
D. When she (start) ____________ learning English she (already /learn)
____________ French.
E. Jane (already / type) ____________ three pages when her computer (crash)
____________ .
F. By the time the doctor (arrive) ____________ at the house the patient ( die)
____________ .
G. Before that day we (never / think) ____________ of traveling to Japan.
H. I (know) ____________ him a long time before I (meet) ____________ his
family.
I. They (not / know) ____________ where to meet because nobody (tell)
____________ them.
J. It (be) ____________ cloudy for days before it (begin) ____________ to rain.

3) Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect).
A. I (just / finish) ____________ my homework.
B. Mary (already / write) ____________ five letters.
C. Tom (move) ____________ to his home town in 1994.
D. My friend (be) ____________ in Canada two years ago.
E. I (not / be) ____________ to Canada so far.
F. But I (already / travel) ____________ to London a couple of times.
G. Last week, Mary and Paul (go) ____________ to the cinema.
H. I can't take any pictures because I (not /buy) ____________ a new film yet.
I. (they / spend) ____________ their holidays in Paris last summer?
J. (you / ever / see ) ____________ a whale?

4) Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
A. The receptionist (welcome) ____________ the guests and (ask) ____________
them to fill in the form
B. The car (break) ____________ down and we (have) ____________ to walk
home.
C. The boys (swim) ____________ while the girls (sunbath) ____________ .
D. My father (come) ____________ in, (look) ____________ and (tell)
____________ me to tidy up my room.
E. While one group (prepare) ____________ dinner the others (collect)
____________ wood for the campfire.
F. While the parents (have) ____________ breakfast the children (run)
____________ about.
G. Martha (turn) ____________ off the light and (go) ____________ to bed.