EXERCISE ON TENSES

PRESENT TENSE
Find out the correct form of the present tenses (Simple Present, Present Perfect, Present
Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous tenses):
1. I drive to home from work every day. (drive)

2. I'm listening to a great new CD now. (listen)

3. My brother lives in Chicago. At the moment he's between apartments, so he's lives with a friend. (live)

4. I'm warning you, this class is not for beginners.( warn)

5. We have a nice garden. ( (to have)

6. She is six years old. (to be)

7. Simon has two rabbits and five goldfish. (to have)

8. I am from Vienna, Austria. (to be)

9. They are Sandy's parents. (to be)

10. Jane doesn’t drink tea very often. (not/drink)

11. What time does bank open in Britain? (the banks/open)

12. The sun rises in the east. (rise)

13. It took me an hour to get to work. (take)

14. She wakes up early on Sundays. (not/wake)

15. Susan is digging in the garden at the moment.(to dig)

16. Jane goes to bed at 10 o'clock on weekdays. (go)

17. I am in London this summer. I am learning English. (To learn)

18. We will meet our friends next week. (To meet)

19. My brothers write letters every week. (writes)

20. The bus arrives sometimes in the morning. (arrive)

21. James is a student. But he must work this week. (To work)

22. Every Monday, Sally drives her kids to football practice. (drive)

23. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John is sleeping. (sleep)

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24. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It is raining. (rain)

25. I hate living in Seattle because it is always raining. (Rain, always)

26. I'm sorry I can't hear what you said because everybody is talking so loudly. (Say, talk).

27. Every morning, my dad goes for a walk in the park. (go)

28. I am visiting some old friends this week. (visit)

29. Don’t make a noise. The baby is sleeping. (sleep)

30. The kettle is boiling Shall I make tea? (boil)

31. I like this wine very much. (like)

32. Ms. Smith is working as a sales representative for three years.

33. The swimming pool opens at 7:00 in the morning. (open)

34. Today she has to travel 500 km to meet a customer.

35. She is tired now.

36. At the moment, Ms. Smith is in her hotel room.

37. She .

38. But she cannot take a little nap now because she must call her customer.

39. They are waiting for her phone call.

40. It closes at 9:00 in the evening. (close)

41. Bad driving causes many accidents. (cause)

42. The Olympic Games takes place every four years. (takes)

43. They are good students. They always do their homework. (did)

44. My students speak a little English. (speaks)

45. I always wake up early in the morning. (wakes up)

46. I lost my keys - can you help me look for them? (lose)

47. I knew my great grandmother for a few years - she died when I was eight. (know)

48. I have played Hockey since I was a child - I'm pretty good!

(play)

49. She lives in London since 1994. (live)

50. I'm sorry, John isn't here now. He went (go) to the shops.
PAST TENSE

1. A plumber came to our house yesterday. (come)

2. He wanted to repair our washing machine that broke a few days before. (want, break)

3. Before rang he at looked my door, he for a parking space for about ten minutes.
(Ring, look)

4. While the plumber repaired the washing machine, I watched the news. (Repair,
watch)

5. We entered the house quietly because everyone slept. (sleep).

6. By the time we went to the cinema, the film had already started. (go)

7. The children played in the garden while their parents were watching them. (play)

8. They left many hours before we arrived. (leave)

9. They got to the airport as the plane was landing. (get)

10. Rani left very early today. (leave)

11. Sam and Sue bought a new house last month. (buy)

12. I visited Germany the previous week. (visit)

13. You played very well. (play)

14. They found this book on their trip to Italy. (find)

15. He noticed that Peter haven’t painted the old chair. (not/to paint)

16. Before Leena laid the table, she had a talk with her mother. (to have)

17. She asked me if I learned the new words. (to learn)

18. She always danced (dance) in the summer

19. I heard a knock at the front door so I went to answer it. (go)

20. At this time yesterday, I wrote an essay. (write)

21. The football season began a month ago. (begin)

22. She from graduated school in 2015. (graduate)

23. There were no sausages left when I came back. The dog ate them. (eat)

24. It rained for three weeks, so the land was full of water. (rain)

25. I did not wait for my brother because I read his text message. (To read)

26. I baked this cake by myself. (bake)

27. We opened the store in 1995. (open)

28. The rain finally stopped, and we went home. (Stop, go)

29. She to planned come, but she had some problems. (Plan, have)

30. Kate had a big house, but she sold it. (Have, sell)

31. Ram fed his hamster before he left his house. (To feed)

32. Rose was very thin. (be)

33. You went at work yesterday morning. (be)

34. As it turned out, it is our plumber’s car that rolled down the street. (Turn, be, roll)

35. In his haste, the plumber forgot to put the handbrake on. (forget)

36. Raki heard a cry for help while he swam in the sea.(hear, swim)

37. We thought Paris was in England! (think)

38. They brought this from their trip. (bring)

39. She wore the shoes she bought the previous day. (buy)

40. I fell as I ran for the bus. (run)

41. Brinda never went to a magic show before yesterday evening. (never to be)

42. She told me that Frank was not tidy his room. (Not to tidy)

43. What did she said when he asked her to marry him?(do, say)

44. Suddenly, I realized that they showed our street on TV. (realize, show)

45. The reporter said that a car crashed into a stop sign just before reaching the
crossroads. (say, crash)

46. While I listened carefully to what , someone happened to knock at my door. (listen,
happen, knock)

47. When I was a student, I hadn’t much money. (Not have)

48. Why was she still worked at one o’clock in the morning? (is, work)

49. I opened the door and saw a police officer standing there. (open, see)

50. He asked for the plumber. (ask)

51. I was happy to see her, because we didn’t saw each other for years. (not see)

52. By the time we got to the shop, a long queue had already formed outside. (Has,
form)