Tenses Exercise

I. Choose the correct answer!

1. Safira ___ always ___ at the restaurant 6. What’s the gardener doing?
He _____ The flower
every Saturday night.
a. To water
a. Do not, eats
b. Water
b. Does not, eat
c. Are watering
c. Do not, ate
d. Is watering
d. Does not, ate
7. Listen! Your father ______ to a friend
2. My mother and I ___ to market to buy
right now.
vegetables every morning.
a. Talk
a. Go
b. Talks
b. Goes
c. Is talking
c. Went
d. Are talking
d. Gone
8. I’m sorry about the noise you are
3. He and she ___ not pay attention of
hearing. She ____ a concert.
teacher’s announcement.
a. Practice
a. Do
b. Is practicing
b. Does
c. Practicing
c. See
d. Practiced
d. Listening
9. Look! The students _____ Football in
4. On 17th August, we always ___ our
the field now.
independence day in city park.
a. Play
a. Celeberate
b. Plays
b. Celeberates
c. Is playing
c. Celeberating
d. Are playing
d. Do celeberate
10. The children are _____ by the river at
5. Every morning, my mother always
that moment.
___ me up on 5 a.m.
a. Fished
a. Waken
b. Fish
b. Wake
c. Fishing
c. Woke
d. Fishes
d. Wakes

II. Put the verb in the brackets into the correct form.
Example:
• Please do not disturb me. I am working (work) now.
• Do you want to play outside? It is not raining (not/ rain) anymore.
• She looks very serious. What is she talking (she/ talk) about?
• We have been (have / be) in Singapore many times.

1. Please don’t be so noisy! I …………………………. (try) to focus on my study for

Math test.
2. Hey look! It ………………………….. (rain) outside!
3. Why ……………………………. (you / look) at her like that? Do you know her?
 4. They ……………………………. (not / go) to school today. They are on holiday.
5. You ……………………………. (make) a lot of noise. Try to be quiet.
6. My sister has ………………………….. (not / bake) a bread.
7. Arthur ………………………….. (climb) the tree since 2 hour ago.
8. Mia ………………………….. (have / be) sick since yesterday.
9. We ………………………….. (live) in Jakarta since 1998.
10. She ………………………….. (work) in this company for 5 years.

III. Translate this conversation into English

Rio : Nina, sudahkah kamu sarapan?
Nina : Belum, aku terburu-buru pagi ini
Rio : Apakah kamu mau memakan roti ku?
Nina : Oh, tidak. Terimakasih
Rio : Tidak apa-apa, aku sudah kenyang.
Nina : Terimakasih, Rio.
Rio : Ibuku membawakan roti untuk sarapan sejak aku SD
Nina : Apakah kamu merasa bosan sarapan roti setiap pagi?
Rio : Iya, tentu.
Nina : Semoga ibumu membawakan sarapan yang lain