EXERCISE :TENSES (Present, past, future, continuous)

Simple Present Tense

1.   I ...... everyday at 5 o'clock.
A. get up C. got up
B. gets up D. getting up
2.   Ana ......... a shower every morning.
A. take C. is taking
B. takes D. took
3.   My  teacher always ...... us to practice our English.
A. is encourage C. encourages
B. encourage D. is encouraging
4.   Every night the watchman turns on all the lights and  .... around the building every half an
hour.
A. walk C. is walking
B. walks D. walked

5.   The earth ......... around the sun.

A. goes C. go
B. went D. gone
6.   Tigers .......... grass.
A. is not eat C. do not eat
B. are not eat D. does not eat
7.   Corn .... Indonesian staple food.(makanan pokok)
A. does C. does not
B. is D. is not
8.   ...... your father always read newspapers every morning?
A. Is C. Are
B. Does D. Do
9.   ...... he often ...... football on Sundays?
A. Does ..... plays C. Is ..... plays
B. Do ......... plays D. Does ..... play
10.   All students ....... the way Mrs. Jenny teaches.
A. love C. are love
B. loves D. does not love
11.    My father …… a farmer. He always …… to his farm every morning
A. is ..... go C. is..... is go
B. is......... goes D. Are ..... goes
12   My mother …… fried-chicken, but my father ……
A. Like ……. Do not C. Likes …… do not
B. Likes …. Does not D. Likes ……. does not

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Simple Past Tense

1.   When I was a child, I always ........ to grandpa's house on Sundays.
A. go C. gone
B. went D. did went
2.   I often ask my father to help me doing my English homework. He ....... an English
teacher in 1990s.
A. is C. was
B. am D. were
3.   A : "What did you have for breakfast this morning?"
B : "I ......... fried rice."
A. have C. will have
B. has D. had
4.   Anto .......... to school last Tuesday.
A. comes C. did not came
B. did not come D. come
5.   I ....... Jefri walking around the city park with Kiki last Saturday night.
A. see C. saw
B. seen D. have seen
6.   ........ you and your sister at home last night?
A. Did C. Was
B. Does D. Were
7.   In the past, our government often ........ people who ........... its policy in jail without trial.
A. put ....... opposed C. putted ......... opposed
B. puts ....... oppose D. was put ...... were oppose

8.   Andy was sleeping when I ............. him.

A. visit C. was visited
B. was visit D. visited
9.   I met Mr. Joko a week ago in Plaza super market. He ......... much older than his age.
A. looks C. was look
B. looked D. look
10.   A week ago we ...... the football game at Tambaksari stadium.
A. see C. seen
B. seeing D. Saw

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Present Future
1.   Ruli: "Can I borrow your bicycle?"
Andi: "No, you can't.   I ....... it this afternoon."
A. Fixed C. will fix
B. Fix D. am fixing.

2.   Reni : "Where will you go next holiday?".

Susi : "I don't know,  but my parents and I ........ my grandmother in Bali."
A. will
visit
B. visit
C. am visiting
D. Visited

3.    I am going to ........ at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.

A. left C. leaving
B. leave D. leaves
4.   Keren is tired tonight. She ........ probably go to bed early.
A. is C. will
B. is going D. was
5.   Ann didn't come to the class this morning, and she probably .......... come tomorrow
either.
A. won't C. don't
B. will D. doesn't
6.   If you lend me Rp. 20 millions, I ...... a second-hand car.
A. buy C. will buy
B. bought D. am buying
7.   Are you going to .......... a new bicycle?
A. bought C. buying
B. buy D. be buying
8.   The television movie ............ in a few minutes.
A. will finish C. finish
B. finishes D. finished
9.   She  ..... on the project only if she can have a full-time secretary.
A. worked C. will work
B. works D. is working
10.   The deposit ......... to be paid before the apartment can be rented.
A. have C. will
B. has D. will have

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Present Continuous

1.   "Shhhh. Be quite, please! The babies .........."

A. sleeps C. are sleeping
B. is sleeping D. Sleep

2.   "Hurry up! The bus .........."

A. comes C. are coming
B. is coming D. came
3.   Our teacher ............. right now  but she ............ on the corner of her desk.
A. is not standing up ...... is sitting C. does not stand up ..... is sitting
B. is standing up ....... is sitting D. does not stand up ...... sits
4.   A : "Do you know what Henny is doing now?'
B : "Yes. She ....... in the kitchen.

A. cooks C. is not cooking

B. is cooking D. was cooking
5.   ....... you going to Jakarta by bus or by train?
A. Do C. Does
B. Are D. What
6.   My father and mother ............ News on SCTV at this moment.
A. watch C. are watching
B. watches D. is watching
7.   "Mom can't get the phone right now because she ........... a bath."
A. takes C. took
B. have taken D. is taking
8.   "Look out the window!  It ....... so hard?"
A. is rain C. rains
B. is raining D. rained
9.   "Don't disturb me!. I ........... my English assignment".
A. do C. am doing
B. am done D. did
10.   "It's lunch time now. Many students ......... lunch at the cafeteria."
A. have C. had
B. has D. are having

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