Present Verbs

Directions: Use the given verb to complete each sentence. Use simple present or
present continuous/progressive.
1. Eat I ________________________ bananas right now.
2. Drink I ________________________ coffee in the mornings.
3. Chew I ________________________
4. Do I ________________________ my homework.
5. Eat I usually ________________________ breakfast at home, but right now, I
________________________ breakfast at the office.
6. Read I often ________________________ the newspaper, so right now, I
________________________ an article.
7. Do I ________________________ homework every day. Right now, I
________________________ the last problem of this practice.

Which is right?
A) We want to have dinner.
B) We are wanting to have dinner.

A) The students think that their class is easy.

B) The students are thinking their class is easy.

A) Look! A dog is running at us.

B) Look! A dog runs at us.

A) This is fun. I am having a good time.

B) This is fun. I have a good time.

A) I need to borrow some money.

B) I am needing to borrow some money.

A) My family is preferring chicken to pork.

B) My family prefers chicken to pork.

A) We are having a new computer now.

B) We have a new computer now.

Fill in the blank.

1. Look outside! It ______________________ (snow). Everything is beautiful and
white.
2. My father ______________________(ride) the 8:00 bus to work every morning.
3. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I walk to work for exercise. On other days, I
______________________(take) my car to work.
4. I can’t pick up the phone! I ______________________ (watch) my favorite TV show.
5. I’m drinking tea, but I ______________________(prefer) coffee.
6. These pants are too short. I ______________________(need) a longer pair of pants.
7.
Simple past
Irregular Verbs:
 To take  took
 To speak  spoke
 To give  gave
 To be  was
 To break  broke
 To build  built
 To catch  caught
 To fly  flew
 To hold  held
 To have  had
 To keep  kept
 To sell  sold
 To say  said
 To sing  sang
 To tell  told
 To understand  understood
 To wear  wore
 To write  wrote

Past versus Present

Directions: Change the sentences to past tense. Use yesterday or last.
1. I walk to my office every morning.
I ________________________ to my office ________________________ morning.

2. I talk to my coworkers everyday.

I ________________________ to my coworkers ________________________.

3. She dines with her friends every week.

She ________________________ with her friends ________________________ week.

4. Mr. Tanaka goes to the market every Monday.

Mr. Tanaka ________________________ to the market ________________________ Monday.

5. The last bus to the city leaves at 10pm every night.

The last bus to the city ______________________ at 10pm ______________________ night.