TENSES EXERCISE Direction

Choose the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

Direction
Underline the correct future tense phrase in the
following sentences.
1. I am feeling energetic. So, I think I (will / am going
to) wash my car.
2. It has been decided that we (will / are going to) to
climb Mount Everest tomorrow.
3. Cindy suggests that we should go to the movie
tonight. I think it is a good idea. So, I say I (will/
going to) come with her.
4. We have already made plans for the vacation. We
have decided that we (will / are going to) go to the
Bahamas.
5. Tonight seems like a nice night to be outside. I think
I (will / am going to) go for a walk after dinner.
6. -Have you thought about what you want to do after
college? -Yes, I have decided that I (will / am going
19. (He / eat) _____________________ rice every day?
20. I (work) _______________________at the moment.
21. He (play) ___________________tennis now.
22. They (not / come) ________________________to
the party tomorrow.
23. He (not / play) ________________________ golf
now.
24. She (not / go) __________________ to the cinema
very often.
25. He normally (eat) ________dinner at home.
26. (She / work) ___________________ at the
moment?
27. I (not / drink) _________________ coffee very
often.

to) become an engineer. 28. Julie (sleep) _______________now.

7. I guess I (will / am going to) help you clean the
kitchen if no one else will.
8. My car tires look low on air. I think I (will / am going
to) fill them up at the next gas station.
9. The weather man said that it (will / is going to) rain
Directions
Choose Present Perfect or Past Simple.
29. Hey, don’t sit on that bench. The paint is still wet.

tomorrow. Someone _____________ (just/paint) it. It looks

10. Okay, I have an idea. After we play the game, we
(will / are going to) get some ice cream!
11. I think my dad said we (will / are going to) go to the
beach this weekend.
Directions
Jenny is telling her teacher why she couldn't study for an
exam. Complete what Jenny says using the following
verbs in the Past Continuous or Past Simple.
new now. The last time I saw it, it _____________
(still/look) bad.
30. And yesterday, I ____________(buy) a book about
the Grand Canyon. I ______________ (read) 30
pages already. It’s really interesting.
31. The students ______________(understand) the
topic well. They (study) very hard last night.

Watch listen sing clean cook play lie 32. I ______________(download) a new computer
game last night. But, I ______________ (not/get)
It was impossible for me to concentrate! I went to my
the time to play it yet.
bedroom and my mother ______________________ (12)
33. Last week, Paul and Mary __________ (go) to the
the carpet with the vacuum cleaner. Then I went to the
cinema.
living room but my brother Paul
_______________________ (13) on the sofa. He 34. Sandra __________ (live) in Portugal when she was
__________________________ (14) his guitar. young.

35. Susan _______________ (never/like) action movies

After that I decided to go to the kitchen. There, my before.
grandmother _________________________ (15) and she
___________ also ____________________ (16) TV.
Finally, I went out to the garden where I found my sister.
She _________________________ (17) to her Walkman
and she ___________________ (18) at the top of her
voice.
 TENSES QUIZ Part Three – Directions
Read the situations very carefully. Decide the right
Part One – Directions tense then change the verbs accordingly.
Combine these activities into a sentence using Past
Continuous and Past Simple. 1. They _____________ (visit) Malaysia before.

2. The students should use the restrooms in High

1. A. She wrote an email.
School because the school _______________ (have)
B. The computer went off.
water problem at the moment.
2. A. The tumbler fell down. 3. Sorry, I don’t think I ______________ (go) to café
B. We mopped the floor. with you. I am still full. I _____________ (just eat)
my snack.
3. A. The boy filled the tumbler.
B. The housekeeping staff cleaned the glass 4. I am so thirsty. But I can’t drink now. I __________
window. (fast). I have decided that I ___________ (break)
the fast by drinking ice tea.
4. A. The baby cried.
B. His mother left for work. 5. Let me tell you an interesting story. There is a
group of grade 9 students. They are so wonderful.
5. A. I opened the wooden door.
B. She ate the delicious snack. They __________ (wake up) very early in the
morning. They ________ (work) hard and ________
Part Two – Directions
Read the following situations carefully. Then, decide (pray) hard. Now, they ______ (study) seriously.
whether they are FIXED or SPONTANEOUS plans. Use Days before today, they also __________ (study)
the right tense accordingly. hard. When I visited them in their boarding house,

1. I don’t think I ___________ (attend) the party. I
am so tired.
2. She looks so pale now. Yesterday, she got home
earlier because she could not stand the headache.
Last night, her mother told me that they
______________ (take) her to the hospital this
afternoon.
3. Wow! The prize is fantastic. I really should join
the competition. So, I ______________ (pay) the
registration fee now.
4. Last week, she was so sad because of her Math
Quiz score. It was far below her target. At that
time, I could hear her saying; ‘I _____________
(study) harder to get better score.’
5. After losing the last match with a football team
from a school in Tanjung Karang, they have
changed. They become a better football team.
They practice harder. After each practice, they
always say ‘we _________________ (win) the
match!’.
6. Sandy looks so silent today. He should not listen
to the information. It is only a forecast made by a
fortune teller. Something bad ________________
(not happen) to him.
they ________________ (study) seriously. When I
ask, they _________ (explain) that they don’t want
to fail in the National Exam. They say that they
__________ (pass) with excellent results.
6. Hello, Sir. We ___________ (call) you because we
need to inform you that our bus is broken. The
driver _____________ (still fix) it at the moment.
So, we think that we _____________ (be late) to
school.
7. Even though she _____________ (come) from
Australia, she ______________ (speak) Indonesian
very fluently. When I asked her last night, she
_____________ (tell) me that she _____________
(start) learning Indonesian in 1994. It was the first
time she _____________ (arrive) in this country.
8. Andrea _________ (like) chocolate very much. Two
days ago, as I walked into the shop, she
_____________ (take) many chocolate bars from the
rack. Now, she _____________ (sit) in the café. She
_______________ (enjoy) the chocolate.
9. We _________ (start) the activity at 7.20 am every
day. The first activity ________ (to be) homeroom
session. We _________ (to be) always happy during
the session. Our homeroom teacher is very kind. She
usually ___________ (check) our grooming. She also
__________ (ask) us to always bring our call card.

7. We don’t want to have another remedial test on Even though we often ___________ (make)

History next week. So, this weekend, we mistakes, she _____________ (not give) misconduct

____________ (have) a study club in Nata’s house.
8. Yuki and his sister got bored. They have decided
that they need to do an interesting activity. They
told me that they ______________ (come) with us
to the swimming pool this evening.
slips very often. She only _____________ (remind)
us to be more responsible. Last month, when our
nails ___________ (to be) long, she _____________
(ask) us to stand in line and _______________
(request) us to cut our nails. She even ____________
(lend) us the nail cutter.