Tenses Exercise

Marks:
Time:
Q1. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1. When I opened my eyes, I _________a strange sight.
(Saw, was seeing, have seen)
2. Every morning she ___________up early and gets ready for work.
(is waking, wakes, has woken)
3. If I knew what he wanted, I ____________ this.
(will not permit, would not permit, would not have permitted)
4. I ___________ anything from her in a long time.
(didn’t hear, haven’t heard, am not hearing)
5. The headmaster ____________ to talk to you.
(want, wants, is wanting)
6. Jane ___________with her parents.
(is living, lives, has lived)
7. We _____________ Greece next month.
(visit, will visit, would visit, are visiting)
8. The moon ____________ around the earth.
(is revolving, has revolved, revolves)
9. She ____________ a novel.
(wrote, writes, has written)
10. All students ______________ in their work.
(handed, have handed, hand)
11. I ____________ English for twelve years.
(am teaching, have been teaching, will be teaching)
12. The students _____________ their dialogues.
(Rehearse, are rehearsing, either could be used here)
Q2. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)
1. Look! Sara (go) _____________ to the movies.
2. On her right hand, Sara (carry) _______________her handbag.
3. The handbag (be) _____________very beautiful.
4. Sara usually (put)______________on black shoes but now she (wear)
___________white trainers.
5. And look, she (take) _____________ an umbrella because it (rain) _____________.
Q3. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect)
1. When he (wake up) ____________ , his mother (already /prepare)
____________ breakfast
2. We (go) ____________ to London because our friends (invite) __________________
us
3. He (hear) ____________ the news, (go) _____________ to the telephone and (call)
___________ a friend.
4. When she (start) _______________learning English she (already /learn)
_________________ French.
5. Jane (already / type) _________________three pages when her computer (crash)
_____________.
6. By the time the doctor (arrive) _____________at the house the patient (die)
_____________.
7. Before that day we (never / think) ________________of traveling to Japan.
8. I (know) ______________ him a long time before I (meet) ___________his family.
9. They (not / know) ______________where to meet because nobody (tell)
______________them.
10. It (be) ________________ cloudy for days before it (begin) _____________to rain.
Q4. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect).
1. I (just / finish) ________________ my homework.
2. Mary (already / write) _________________ five letters.
3. Tom (move) ______________to his home town in 1994.
4. My friend (be) _____________in Canada two years ago.
5. I (not / be) _______________ to Canada so far.
6. But I (already / travel) __________________ to London a couple of times.
7. Last week, Mary and Paul (go) _____________to the cinema.
8. I can't take any pictures because I (not /buy) _______________ a new film yet.
9. (they / spend) _________________their holidays in Paris last summer?
10. (you / ever / see) _________________a whale?
Q5. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
1. The receptionist (welcome) _____________the guests and (ask) _____________
them to fill in the form
2. The car (break) ____________down and we (have) _____________ to walk home.
 3. The boys (swim) _______________while the girls (sunbath) _________________.
4. My father (come) ____________ in, (look) ____________ and (tell) ___________me
to tidy up my room.
5. While one group (prepare) ________________ dinner the others
(collect) ________________ wood for the campfire.
6. While the parents (have) ________________ breakfast the children
(run) ________________ about.
7. Martha (turn) _______________off the light and (go) ____________ to bed.
Q6. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple future or future perfect)
1. Tomorrow I think I (start) _____________ my new project.
2. I (finish) ______________ it by the end of this month.
3. The teacher (probably/assign) __________________ a test to his students next
Monday.
4. He (correct) __________________it by the end of next week.
5. My friend (certainly/get) ________________a good mark.
6. By 9 o'clock, we (finish) _________________our homework.
7. They (leave) _________________ the classroom by the end of the hour.
8. I think I (start) _________________ my trip tomorrow Top of Form
Q7. Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. I (learn) _________________English for seven years now.

2. But last year I (not / work) _________________hard enough for English, that's why
my marks (not / be) ___________really that good then.
3. As I (pass / want) ________________my English exam successfully next year,
I (study) ________________harder this term.
4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) _________me on a language
course to London.
5. It (be) _________ great and I (think) _____________I (learn) ________________ a lot.
6. Before I (go) _________ to London, I (not / enjoy) ________________ learning
English.
7. But while I (do) _____________the language course, I (meet) ________ lots of young
people from all over the world.
8. There I (notice)______________ how important it (be) _______to speak foreign
languages nowadays.
9. Now I (have) _________ much more fun learning English than I (have) ________
before the course.
10. At the moment I (revise) ______________ English grammar.
11. And I (begin / already) ________________ to read the texts in my English textbooks
again.
12. I (think) _________ I (do) __________ one unit every week.
13. My exam (be)________ on 15 May, so there (not / be) ___________ any time to be
lost.
14. If I (pass) _________my exams successfully, I (start) _____________an apprenticeship
in September.
15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) ___________back to London to work there
for a while.
16. As you (see / can) ____________, I (become) _______________a real London fan
already.
Q1. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1. Saw
2. Wakes
3. Would not permit
4. haven’t heard
5. wants
6. lives
7. are visiting
8. revolves
9. has written
10. have handed
11. have been teaching
12. are rehearsing
Q2. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)
1. is going
2. is carrying
3. is
4. puts, is wearing
5. is taking , is raining
Q3. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect)
1. woke up, had already prepared
2. went , had invited
3. heard , went, called
4. started, had already learned
5. had already typed , crashed.
6. arrived, had died.
7. had never thought
8. had known , met
9. did not know , had told
10. had been/’d been , began
Q4. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect).
1. have just finished
2. has already written
3. moved
4. was
5. have not been
6. have already travelled
7. went
8. have not bought
9. Did they spend
 10. have you ever seen
Q5. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
1. Welcomed, asked
2. Broke, had
3. were swimming, were sunbathing
4. came, looked, told
5. was preparing, were collecting
6. were having, were running
7. Turned, went
Q6. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple future or future perfect)
1. will start
2. will have finished
3. will probably assign
4. will have corrected
5. will certainly get
6. will have finished
7. will have left
8. will start

Q7. Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. have been learning

2. was not working , were not
3. want to pass , am going to study
4. sent
5. was , think, have learned
6. went, had not enjoyed
7. was doing , met
8. noticed, is
9. have , had
10. am revising
11. have already begun
12. think , will do
13. is , is not
14. pass , will start
15. will go
16. can see, have become