Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
MIMAROPA REGION
Schools Division of Oriental Mindoro
MARCELO I. CABRERA VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
San Aquilino, Roxas, Oriental Mindoro
1ST SUMMATIVE TEST in ENGLISH 9
QUARTER 1

Combined Tenses Exercises

NOTE: Please write your answer in 1 whole sheet of paper. Do not forget to write your name
and section.

A. Directions: Match the correct sentence structure to the given tenses of verb. Write only the letter of the
correct answer.
Column A Column B

1. Present Simple A. Subject + verb 2 + O

2. Past Simple B. Subject + verb 1 + O
3. Future Simple C. Subject + is/am/are + verb (-ing)
4. Present Continuous D. Subject + will be + verb (-ing)
5. Past Continuous E. Subject + will + verb 1
6. Future Continuous F. Subject + was/were + verb (-ing)
7. Present Perfect G. Subject + has/have been + verb (-ing)
8. Past Perfect H. Subject + had been + verb (-ing)
9. Future Perfect I. Subject + will have + verb 3
10. Present Perfect Continuous J. Subject + will have been + verb (-ing)
11. Past Perfect Continuous K. Subject + had + verb 3
12. Future Perfect Continuous L. Subject + has/have + verb 3

PART 2: Tense Check!

A. Directions: Identify the tense of the highlighted verb phrase in the sentence. Write only the letter of the
correct answer.

13. Yesterday, we were walking along the river when we saw two otters.
A. Present Continuous B. Past Continuous C. Future Continuous D. Present Simple

14. Tomorrow, I will go to the store around 4:00 PM.

A. Future Simple B. Future Continuous C. Future Perfect D. Future Tense

15. Medieval painters made their paintbrushes from squirrel or mink tails.
A. Present Simple B. Past Simple C. Past Perfect D. Present Perfect

16. My little sister pretends her stuffed animals can talk.

A. Present Simple B. Past Simple C. Future Simple D. Present Tense

17. My laptop is not working today.

A. Present Continuous B. Past Continuous C. Future Continuous D. Present Simple

18. I am so nervous about the upcoming test. I will be thinking about it all week.
A. Present Continuous B. Past Continuous C. Future Continuous D. Present Simple

19. I will have finished my chores by two hours from now.

A. Present Perfect B. Past Perfect C. Future Perfect D. Simple Perfect
20. We have been living in San Aquilino since 2016.
A. Future Continuous C. Past Perfect Continuous
B. Present Continuous D. Present Perfect Continuous

Part 3: Mixed Tenses

Directions: Supply each statement with the correct tenses of verbs
A. Present Simple Tenses
21. Mr. Anderson (teach) _______ chemistry at Hill High School.
22. When Dax take a shower, he (wash) _______ his hair with shampoo.

B. Present Continuous Tenses

23. The boys ____ in the pond. (swim)
24. I ____ Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. (read)

C. Past Simple Tenses.

25. My neighbor (buy)___________ a new car last week.
26. When I was ten years old, I (break)___________ my arm.

D. Past Continuous Tenses

27. The children ____ hide and seek in the park. (play)
28. I ___ the book you gave me on my birthday. (read)

E. Future Simple Tenses

29. The football match __________ after an hour. (begin)
30. _____ you __________ me a business email tomorrow? (send)

F. Future Continuous Tenses

31. Tom and Aron __________ around the world next week. (not/travel)
32. I __________ you to complete the assignment. (help)

G. Present Perfect Tenses.

33. Bill and Alicia (drive) _______ to the mountains every year.

H. Present Perfect Continuous Tenses

34. Anthony (talk) ____ with her friend on the phone for hours.
35. The baby ___ with her mother for half an hour. (giggle)

I. Past Perfect Tenses.

36. We _________ any game from yesterday. (not/play)
37. The police (catch)___________ all three of the bank robbers last week and now, they had to pay
their actions.

J. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

38. They ____________________ the overall budget of the party last night. (not/calculate)

K. Future Perfect Tense

39. John ________________ the job offer of GMA as newscaster. (reject)

L. Directions: Supply each statement with the correct future perfect continuous tenses.
40. Ben _________________ weight for three months. (not/lose)
II. Directions: Write the positive, negative and question sentencet of the given verbs. Remember to follow the correct
structure of present simple and present continuous.

Present Simple Sentences

Positive: Negative: Question:
Subject + V1 + O Subject + do/does + not +V1 +O Do/Does + Subject + V1 + O
Example: The birds sing sweetly in the The birds do not sing sweetly in the Do the birds sing sweetly in
sing trees. trees. the trees?

1. drink I

2. bake She

3. learn We

4. crawl The snake

5. work My father

Present Continuous Sentences

Positive: Negative: Question:
Subject + am/is/are+v1+ing + O Subject + am/is/are+ not +v1+ing Am/Is/Are + subject + v1+ing
+O +O
Example: The birds are singing sweetly in The birds are not singing sweetly in Are the birds singing sweetly
sing the trees. the trees. in the trees?

1. drink I

2. bake She

4. crawl The snake

5. work My father

Prepared by:
MARY WENNIE L. ANASTACIO
Subject Teacher