PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE (SIMPLE PRESENT OR
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE)
1. Look! Sara (go) ___________ to the movies.
2. On her right hand, Sara (carry) ___________ her handbag.
3. The handbag (be) ___________ very beautiful.
4. Sara usually (put) ___________ on black shoes but right now she (wear)
___________ white trainers.
5. And look, she (carry) ___________ an umbrella because it (rain)
___________ right now.
PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE (SIMPLE PAST OR PAST
PERFECT)
1. When he (wake up) ___________, his mother (already /prepare)
___________ breakfast
2. We (go) ___________ to London because our friends (invite)
___________ us
3. He (hear) ___________ the news, (go) ___________ to the telephone
and (call) ___________ a friend.
4. When she (start) ___________ learning English she (already /learn)
___________ French.
5. Jane (already / type) ___________ three pages when her computer
(crash) .
6. By the time the doctor (arrive) ___________ at the house the patient
(die) ___________ .
7. Before that day we (never / think) ___________ of traveling to Japan.
8. I (know) ___________ him a long time before I (meet) ___________ his
family.
9. They (not / know) ___________ where to meet because nobody (tell)
___________ them.
10. It (be) ___________ cloudy for days before it (begin) ___________ to
rain.
PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE (SIMPLE PAST OR PRESENT
PERFECT).
1. I (just / finish) ___________ my homework.
2. Mary (already / write) ___________ five letters.
3. Tom (move) ___________ to his home town in 1994.
4. My friend (be) ___________ in Canada two years ago.
5. I (not / be) ___________ to Canada so far.
6. But I (already / travel) ___________ to London a couple of times.
7. Last week, Mary and Paul (go) ___________ to the cinema.
8. I can't take any pictures because I (not /buy) ___________ a new film
yet.
9. (they / spend) ___________ their holidays in Paris last summer?
10. (you / ever / see ) ___________ a whale?
PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE (SIMPLE PAST OR PAST
PROGRESSIVE).
1. The receptionist (welcome) ___________ the guests and (ask)
___________ them to fill in the form.
2. The car (break) ___________ down and we (have) ___________ to walk
home.
3. The boys (swim) ___________ while the girls (sunbath) ___________.
4. My father (come) ___________ in, (look) ___________ and (tell)
___________ me to tidy up my room.
5. While one group (prepare) ___________ dinner the others (collect)
___________ wood for the campfire.
6. While the parents (have) ___________ breakfast the children (run)
___________ about.
7. Martha (turn) ___________ off the light and (go) ___________ to bed.
PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE (SIMPLE FUTURE OR FUTURE
PERFECT)
1. Tomorrow I think I (start) ___________ my new project.
2. I (finish) ___________ it by the end of this month.
3. The teacher (probably/assign) ___________ a test to his students next
Monday.
4. He (correct) ___________ it by the end of next week.
5. My friend (certainly/get) ___________ a good mark.
6. By 9 o'clock, we (finish) ___________ our homework.
7. They (leave) ___________ the classroom by the end of the hour.
8. I think I (start) ___________ my trip tomorrow