Do the exercises below on the English tenses.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)
Example: Look! Sara (go) is going to the movies.
1. On her right hand, Sara (carry) _is carrying_____ her handbag.
2. The handbag (be) ____is__ very beautiful.
3. Sara usually (put) puts______ on black shoes but now she (wear) __is
wearing_____ white trainers.
4. And look, she (take) __takes____ 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 prepare____ breakfast.
2. We (go) ___went__ to London because our friends (invite) ____invited___ us.
3. He (hear) __was hearing the news____ the news, (go) ____went__ to the
telephone and (call) __called___ a friend.
4. When she (start) ____tarted___ learning English she (already /learn) ____has
already learnt___ 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 already knew___ him a long time before I
(meet) __met___ his family.
9. They (not / know) ___didnt know___ where to meet because nobody
(tell) _____told_ them.
10. It (be) __had already been___ / _____ cloudy for days before it
(begin) ___began___ to rain.

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Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect).
1. I (just / finish) __ve just finished____ my homework.
2. Mary (already / write) _has already wrote_____ five letters.
3. Tom (move) ___moved___ to his hometown in 1994.
4. My friend (be) _were____ in Canada two years ago.
5. I (not / be) __is not ____ to Canada so far.
6. But I (already / travel) __have already travelled____ 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) __looked___ and (tell) _told____ me to
tidy up my room.
5. While one group (prepare) were preparing______ dinner the others
(collect) ____were collected___ wood for the campfire.
6. While the parents (have) _were having ______ breakfast the children
(run) _____were running_ arround.
7. Martha (turn) __turnt___ off the light and (go) __went___ to bed.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

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 1. At the reception, the receptionist (welcome) _welcomed______ the guests and
(ask) __asked_____ them to fill in the form before check in.
2. The guys (play) ___were playing_____ beach volleyball while the girls
(sunbath) __were sunbathing_____.
3. Sarah’s father (come) ______came_ in, (look) ____looked__ and
(tell) __told___ her to tidy up her room.
4. While girls (prepare) ___were preparing____ dinner the boys
(collect) _______were colllecting wood for the campfire.
5. While the parents (have) ____were having _____ breakfast the children
(watch) _____were watching_ television.
6. Marsha (turn) __turned____ off the light and (go) _went_____ to bed.

Choose the most suitable answer for each gap bellow.

1. When John and Jane heard the police knocking on their door, they scared and
__hid____ under the bed.
a. hid b. had hidden c. was hiding

2. The police arrested James and his girlfriend Amanda because they ___b____ a
gun.
a. carried b. were carrying c. had carried

3. When they arrived at the police station, they said that they __a_____ anything
wrong.
a. didn’t do b. wasn’t doing c. hadn’t done

4. They were very late. When they arrived the conference ___a____.
a. was already starting b. started c. has already started

5. When Sarah said that James loved her, she knew that he __a_____.

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 a. was lying b. lied c. had lied

6. She looked at her lover and she knew he __a___ in a fight, because he had a
black eye and bruises in the face.
a. was b. was being c. had been

7. The thief pulled out a gun and everybody __a___ away.

a. ran b. was running c. had run

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