ENGLISH TENSE EXERCISES :

Present Tense Simple and Progressive

1. Jeremy usually ______________ to school by bus but today his dad _________________ him.
(GO, DRIVE)
Jawaban: goes, is driving
2. How often ____________________ to the park for a picnic? (YOU GO)
Jawaban: do you go
3. Northern California _________________ a lot of rain during the wintertime but this winter it
_________________ at all. (GET, NOT RAIN)
Jawaban: gets, isn't raining
4. My sister often _________________ in bed but today she is so tired that she
___________________ anything at all. (READ, NOT READ)
Jawaban: reads, isn't reading
5. Look to your right! Mary _________________ her little sister to school. How sweet! (BRING)
Jawaban: is bringing
6. Mom can't help you right now because she _________________ dinner. (PREPARE)
Jawaban: is preparing
7. The neighbours' boys always _________________ to school late. (COME)
Jawaban: come
8. My parents never _________________ cigarettes in front of us. (SMOKE)
Jawaban: smoke
9. I can't understand him because I _________________ any French. (NOT KNOW)
Jawaban: don't know
10. Mary _________________ eating sweets. Every morning she _________________ coffee with
lots of sweets. (LIKE, HAVE)
Jawaban: likes, has

Past Tense Simple and Progressive

1. While the policeman __________________ out of the window, he __________________ that a
blue SUV __________________ down the road. (LOOK, NOTICE, PARK)
Jawaban: was looking, noticed, was parking
2. I __________________ on my report when the phone __________________. My wife
____________ to know when I __________________ home. (WORK, RING, WANT, COME)
Jawaban: was working, rang, wanted, i was coming.
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3. He __________________ down the street when he __________________ his old schoolteacher
on the other side. (WALK, SEE)
Jawaban: was walking, saw
4. During the time I __________________ in South Africa I never __________________ a serious
crime. (SPEND, SEE)
Jawaban: was spending, saw
5. While they __________________ lunch at the new restaurant, a journalist
__________________ up to them and __________________ to ask a few questions. (HAVE,
COME, WANT)
Jawaban: were having, came, wanted
6. The farmer __________________ the whole neighbourhood with fruit and vegetables.
(SUPPLY)
Jawaban: supplied
7. The hairdresser __________________ up her shop, __________________ into the car and
__________________ home. (LOCK, GET, DRIVE)
Jawaban: locked, got, drove
8. My brother __________________ to contact me at the office, but he __________________ me
because I __________________ lunch with a customer. (TRY, CANNOT REACH, HAVE)
Jawaban: tried, couldn't reach, was having
9. Jack __________________ over the carpet because he __________________ attention to
where he __________________. (TRIP, NOT PAY, GO)
Jawaban: tripped, wasn't paying/ didn't pay, was going
10. Where __________________ when I __________________ across you yesterday? (YOU GO,
COME)
Jawaban: were you going, came

Present Perfect Tense

1. The post office is not far from here. I _________________ there many times before. (BE)
Jawaban: i've been
2. You can go home now. You _______________________ emails for over three hours. You must
be very tired. (WRITE)
Jawaban: have been writing

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3. I _______________________ him at least four times but he _______________________ the
phone. (CALL, NOT ANSWER)
Jawaban: have called, hasn't answered
4. Bobby is so dirty because he _______________________ outside the whole afternoon. (PLAY)
Jawaban: has been playing
5. The president _______________________ for his speech the whole morning. He still isn't
finished. (PREPARE)
Jawaban: has been preparing
6. We _______________________ for over an hour now and _______________________ at the
village yet. (WALK, NOT ARRIVE)
Jawaban: has been looking, has found
7. She _______________________ for a good job for over a month, but now she finally
_______________________ one. (LOOK, FIND)
Jawaban: has been looking, has found
8. The phone _______________________ for half a minute. Why doesn't someone answer it.
(RING)
Jawaban: has been ringing
9. The maid _______________________ windows the whole morning. So far, she
_______________________ the ones on the ground floor. (CLEAN, CLEAN)
Jawaban: has been cleaning windows
10. Is Jack at home? No, He _______________________ out. (JUST GO)
Jawaban: just gone out

Past Perfect Tense

1. We were all happy because we __________________ in our homework in time. (HAND)
Jawaban: had handed
2. Mrs Shilton __________________ a primary school teacher for twenty years before she became
headmaster of the school. (BE)
Jawaban: had been
3. When we got there, we saw that they ______________________ for over 20 minutes. (REST)
Jawaban: had been resting
4. We ________________________ dance moves for over two hours, so you can imagine we were
very tired. (PRACTICE)
Jawaban: had been practicing
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5. The film ______________________ when we finally got to the cinema.(ALREADY START)
Jawaban: had already started
6. By the time I __________________ to school the lesson had already started. (GET)
Jawaban: got
7. I ____________________________ up for a few minutes when the doorbell rang and our friends
arrived. (ONLY WASH)
Jawaban: had only been washing
8. He __________________ about the accident before he saw it on TV. (HEAR)
Jawaban: had heard
9. I __________________ the office after I had finished writing my last email. (LEAVE)
Jawaban: left
10. The car __________________ down shortly after we had got on the motorway. (BREAK)
Jawaban: broke

Future Tenses
1. We _________________________ the room by the time you get back. (FINISH)
Jawaban: will have finished
2. The phone is ringing. – I _________________________ and answer it. (GO)
Jawaban: I'll go
3. I _________________________ tomorrow so we can go to the beach. (NOT WORK)
Jawaban: am not working
4. If you touch the stove, you _________________________ yourself. (BURN)
Jawaban: will burn
5. She _________________________ for the job that was advertised in the newspaper. (APPLY)
Jawaban: is going to apply
6. Next week at this time we _________________________ in the sun in Spain (LIE)
Jawaban: will be lying
7. My sister _________________________ in the USA next year. (STUDY)
Jawaban: is going to study
8. The Pope _________________________ Turkey in November. (VISIT)
Jawaban: is visiting
9. I _________________________ lunch with Mary at 12. (HAVE)
Jawaban: am having
10.I don't think the exam _________________________ very difficult. (BE)
Jawaban: will be.
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