Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)

1. Look! Sara (go) ………is going……… to the movies.

2. On her right hand, Sara (carry) ……………is carrying………………. her bag.
3. The handbag (be) …………is……………. very beautiful.
4. Sara usually (put) ……………puts………………. on black shoes but now she (wear)
………….…is wearing……………. white trainers.
5. And look, she (take) ………is taking……………………. an umbrella because it (rain) ……is
raining……………………………….

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect)

1. When he (wake up) …………woke up…………………………., his mother (already/prepare)

……had already prepared………………………………. breakfast.
2. We (go) ….…went……. to London because our friends (invite) ……had invited.……. us.
3. He (heard) ……………heared………………. the news, (go) ………………went……………. to the
telephone and (call) ………………called……………. a friend.
4. When she (start) ……………started………………. learning English she (already/learn)
……had already learned…………………. French.
5. Jane (already/type) …………had already typed…………. three pages when her computer
(crash) ………………crashed…………………….
6. By the time the doctor (arrive) …………arrived…………………………. at the house the
patient (die) ……had died…………………….
7. Before that day we (never/think) ………had never thought…………. of traveling to Japan.
8. I (know) …………had known………………. him a long time before I (meet)
………met………………. his family.
9. They (not/know) ………didn’t know…………………. where to meet because nobody (tell)
……had told………………. them.
10. It (be) ……had been…… cloudy for days before it (begin) ………began…………. to rain.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect)

1. I (just/finish) ………..……have just finished………………. my homework.

2. Mary (already/write) ………has already written………………………………. five letters.
3. Tom (move) ……………moved.…………………. to his home town in 1994.
4. My friend (be) ………………was……………………. in Canada two years ago.
5. I (not/be) …………haven’t been………………………. to Canada so far.
6. But I (already/travel) ………have already traveled…………. to London a couple of times.
7. Last week, Mary and Paul (go) ………………went…………………. to the cinema.
8. I can’t take any pictures because I (not/buy) ……haven’t bought……. a new film yet.
9. (They/spend) ……..Did they spend…..…. their holidays in Paris last summer?
10. (You/ever/see) …………Have you ever seen……………. a whale?
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past progressive)

1. The receptionist (welcome) ………………..…welcomed………………………………. the guests

and (ask) ………….……asked……………………………. them to fill in the form.
2. The car (break) ………………broke…………. down and we (have) ……….…had…..……. to walk
home.
3. The boys (swim) ………….…were swimming.……………. while the girls (sunbath)
……..…were sunbathing….………..……….
4. My father (come) ………came……………. in, (look) …………look………………. and (tell)
………told…………………. me to tidy up my room.
5. While one group (prepare) …………was preparing………………. dinner the others (collect)
………were preparing…………………. wood for the campfire.
6. While the parents (have) ……were having……………. breakfast the children (run)
……were running…………………. about.
7. Martha (turn) ………turned………………. off the light and (go) …………went……. to bed.