TENSES - EXERCISES

Present Simple and Continuous

Complete the sentences using the verbs in the brackets:
1. The president of the USA (live) in the White House. 2. 3. 4. I (not/ go) to the theatre very often. Jet engines (make) a lot of noise. Loud music (give) me a headache.

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Ben and his wife (stay) at a seaside resort for their holidays.
If you (not/watch) television, why dont you switch it off? 7. Is George (have) a shower?

Choose the correct option:

1. I am going / I go to bed now. Goodnight. 2. Dont forget your umbrella when you go out. It is raining/ It rains outside. 3. I always sleep / am sleeping eight hours every night.

Present perfect simple

Complete the sentences using present perfect simple of the verbs in the brackets:
My name is Jane Carter. I work for a travel company called Timeways Travel. I (be) a travel agent for 6 years now. I am the manager of Timeways Travel London office. I (have) this job for 3 years. I have got a new flat in London. I (live) there for 6 months. My husband's name is Bruno. We (be) married for two years. Bruno is Italian but he (live) in England for over 5 years. He works for BBC radio. He (have) had this job for a year.

Present Perfect Continuous

Choose the correct form: 1. They have been repairing /They have repaired the road all this week, but they have not finished it yet. 2. Someone has been eating/ has eaten my chocolates. There arent many left. 3. I have been walking / I have walked all morning. 4. How long has she been working / has she worked for the company?

Past Simple:
Complete the questions in the past simple:
1. I went to the cinema last night. Which film (see)? 2. What (do) last night? I stayed at home and watched TV. 3. The First World War (end) in 1918. 4. We (not/play) tennis last Monday because it (rain) all day. 5. He (not/write) to me because he (not/have) my address.

Past Simple and Continuous:

Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form:
1. When she (come) into the room I was (listen) to the radio. 2. I (stand) outside the bus station. It (get) late and I (feel) tired. I (wait) for a man called Johnny Mars. 3. When Kate (come) home, Ken (make) dinner.

Past Perfect Simple: Convert the verbs in brackets to past perfect simple:
1. He was very nervous when he first drove in Britain because he (not/drive) before.
When I opened the safe, the money (disappear). I (not/laugh) at the joke because I (hear) it before. When I found my wallet I (discover) that somebody (took) the credit cards out of it. The train (already/ leave) when we (get) to the station.

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the verbs in brackets to past perfect continuous tense:

1. I (work) hard all day, so I felt tired.
2. I (stand) there for nearly half an hour when I realized I was at the wrong station. 3. The strange thing was that we (just/talk) about ghosts when we heard the noise upstairs. 4. Robert moved from Manchester to London in 1988. How long (he/live) in Manchester? Past Perfect Continuous:

Convert

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