Tong Mei Road Government Primary School

Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )

Tense 1
1. Mary often ________(play) the piano in the evening.
2. Everybody in our class _________(like) playing football.
3. Mr. Lee __________(write) a report now.
4. In those years they __________(work) very hard.
5. The first bell for class __________(ring) when I reached the school gate.
6. The new students _________(arrive) at our school in a few days.
7. I _________(go) and see my aunt the day after tomorrow.
8. When I got to the station yesterday morning, the train to Shanghai _______
already _______(leave).
9. My mother ________(cut) the meat when I got home yesterday.
10. Listen! Mary _________(sing) in the next room.
11. My grandfather _________(not watch) TV, he _________(listen) to the
radio now.
12. I _________(get) a letter from Tom the day before yesterday.
13. Carol _________(be) born in 1948 and ________(die) in 1995.
14. Mary _________(not look) very well when we ________(see) her last
time.
15. Today our life _________(get) better and better.
16. I _________(be) very glad to meet you again.
17. ________ you _______(see) Betty last week? Yes, I _______.
18. Alice ________(play) the violin from eight to nine this morning.
19. When she arrived at the cinema, the film ________(begin).
20. It _________(rain) when school was over.
 Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )

Tense 2
1. ________(not disturb) them. They ____________ (do) their homework.
2. What _______ you _______(do) at about four o’clock yesterday
afternoon?
3. He usually ________(have) breakfast at home.
4. There ________(be) no hospital in the town two years ago.
5. They ________(build) a swimming pool last year.
6. I think Tom ________(be) back in a day or two.
7. If it is fine tomorrow, we ________(have) the volleyball match.
8. Miss Chan _________(teach) us English twice a week.
9. Dr. Wong said he ______ already _______(save) twenty lives by the end of
last year.
10.The boy _________(work) hard when their parents returned home.
11.Our monitor _________(write) a letter in English this morning.
12.Don’t go out! It ________(rain) outside.
13.No one ________(know) what has happened here.
14.The baby ________(sleep) when the telephone rang.
15.Tom didn’t go to see the film yesterday because he _________(see) it
twice.
16.Joan and Jane ________(be) late for class again yesterday morning.
17.The teacher ________(start) the lesson when I arrived school.
18._______ you please _______(give) Mary a message?
19.I’ll let you know as soon as Joyce _________(come) back.
20.I _________(not go) and see Tony if I am busy next Sunday.
Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
 Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )

Tense 3
1. There _________(be) a piano concert in the Hong Kong Coliseum next
Thursday evening.
2. My mother _________(wake) me up when she _________(hear) a knock at
the door last night.
3. The Chung’s family _________(have) dinner when I called him yesterday
evening.
4. The crowd ________(swim) when the shark came.
5. Go down this street, at the end of the road you _________(find) McDonald.
6. She ________(not attend) the meeting yesterday because she _______ (be)
very busy.

Dear Kate,
It 7._________(be) a month since you left us for Germany. How are
you 8._________(get) on there? I 9.__________(hope) you 10._________
(get) used to your new life.
School has just 11.__________(begin). Our new form master
12._________(be) Mr. Lee. I 13.__________(not think) you
14._________(know) him. He 15._________(be) very kind and we all
16._________(like) him.
There 17.________(be) two new students in our class. Although they
have only 18.________(be) here for a few weeks, they 19._________(get)
along well with us. Usually we 20._________(have) lunch together in our
favourite fast-food shop and sometimes we even 21._________(go) shopping
together.
 I 22._________(be) afraid I must stop now. I 23._________(not
prepare) for the test tomorrow.
Lily, Betty and John 24._________(ask) me to send their regards.
Please 25._________(write) to us when you 26._________(have) time. And
27.__________(not forget) to give us your recent photos if you
28.__________(have) any.
Yours sincerely,
Ann
 Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )

Tense 4
1. I ______just ______(receive) a Christmas card from my pen pal in Japan.
2. The concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum last night ________(be) a great
success. When Faye Wong 3.________(sing) one after another favourite hit,
the fans 4._________(clap) their hands.
5. At the moment Peter ______ still ______(do) his homework, but I
6._________(think) he 7.________(finish) soon.
8. We _________(turn) on our air-conditioner only when it 9.________(be)
very hot, otherwise we just 10.________(use) our fan.
11.Kitty ________(leave) for Australia and she 12._________(not return)
until January next year.
12.The Lees ________(live) here for almost ten years but they
14._________(move) to a new flat next week.
15.I ________(go) to bed now. I 16._________(feel) very tired.
17.Yesterday Tom _________(throw) a stone at a dog but he 18.
________(miss) and 19.________(break) a window.
20.______you _______(know) how to answer this question?
21.We __________(sleep) when a fire 22._________(break) out in our
neighbour’s flat last night.
 Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )

Tense 5
I 1. go (go) to school in the afternoon. In the morning I
2._________(stay) at home with my sister when my mother 3.________ (go)
to market. I 4.________(not leave) home for school until after lunch.
My sister and I 5.________(stay) at home as usual yesterday
morning. It 6.________(be) ten o’clock. I 7.________(do) my homework and
my sister 8.________(play) with her doll when the doorbell 9.________(ring).
My sister 10.________(think) it 11.________(be) my mother. She
12.________(run) to open the door.
When my sister 13.________(open) the door, she
14.________(see) a stranger standing outside the iron gate. The stranger
15.________(tell) my sister that he had come to see my father.
“My father 16.________(not be) at home,” my sister said to the
stranger. “He 17._________(go) to work.” The stranger 18.________(reply),
“I 19.________(have) something for him. Please 20.________(let) me in.”
“Sorry,” my sister 21.________(say). “We can’t let you come in.
we 22.________(not know) you.”
The stranger 23.________(leave) without saying another word. He
24.________(seem) to be very angry.
When the stranger had left, I 25.________(tell) my sister that she
had done the right thing. She 26.________(be) very pleased.
 Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )

Tense 6
It 1. was (be) midnight. After Mr. Chan 2._________(turn) off the
television, he 3.________(go) to bed. Not long after he 4.________(be)
asleep, he was awakened by people crying ‘Fire! Fire!’
Mr. Chan 5._________(jump) out of his bed and 6.________(run)
for the switch. The power supply had been cut. He 7.________(wake) his wife
and children and together they 8.________ (make) for the door.
When Mr. Chan 9.________(open) the door, he
10._________(can) not see anything. The building 11.________(be) in
complete darkness. There 12._________(be) a strong smell of smoke and cries
for help 13.________(keep) reaching his ears.
As there 14._________(seem) to be no chance of getting out of the
building, Mr. Chan 15.________(decide) to retreat to his flat and
16._________(wait) for help.
They 17._________(wait) for about twenty minutes when some
firemen finally 18._________(arrive) and 19._________(lead) them out of the
building.
Later Mr. Chan 20._________(learn) that four people
21._________(kill) in the fire and fifty others injured.
 Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )

Tense 7
Put in the correct tenses (Simple Present or Present Continuous) of the
verbs in brackets:
1. The ferry __________(leave) the pier at noon every day.
2. The sun ___________(set) in the west.
3. The sun ___________(set). What a beautiful sight!
4. I __________(live) in Tuen Mun.
5. This house __________(belong) to my father now.
6. The bell __________(ring) now.
7. Our team ___________(lose) in this match.
8. It ____________(rain) heavily outside.
9. John ___________(own) a lot of property.
10. These students __________(tour) round South East Asia.

Put in the correct tenses (Present Perfect or Simple Past) of the verbs in
brackets:
1. They __________(arrive) at the station just in time to catch the train.
2. So far our team _________(win) three matches.
3. I ___________(see) Jane last Monday.
4. The Chinese ___________(inhabit) China for a very long time.
5. Tom ___________(leave) a minute ago.
6. World War II ____________(fight) from 1939 to 1945.
7. I ____________(tell) you many times not to do it!
8. It ___________(rain) heavily this morning.
9. It ___________(rain) heavily since this morning.
10. They ___________(go) out. You are just one minute late.