NAME: _______________________________________________GRADE _________ DATE___________________
Exercise 1. Fill in the correct form of the verb given.
1. Last night, when I ___________________ dinner, my mom ___________________. I totally
___________________ about the roast in the oven, and I ___________________ everything.
(MAKE, CALL, FORGET, BURN)
2. Most police officers ___________________ uniforms to work. Only detectives in higher positions
__________________ their street clothes. (WEAR, WEAR)
3. His family ___________________ to Singapore when he was three, then they
___________________ back again when he started high school. (MOVE, MOVE)
4. Your car is fine now. There was a problem with the gears, but we ___________________ it. (FIX)
5. Look, Mary ___________________ the windows. Nobody ___________________ them for over
a month. (CLEAN, CLEAN))
6. Living in a foreign country was strange at first, but we ___________________ used to it. (GET)
7. I ___________________ I want any dessert. I ___________________ too much to eat already.
(NOT THINK, HAVE)
8. In our history lesson yesterday my friend and I ___________________ to each other and we
___________________ attention. Suddenly, our history teacher ___________________ right next
to us. (TALK, NOT PAY, STAND).
9. Wendy ___________________ her boyfriend every afternoon. (PHONE)
10. John ___________________ our flight this morning, but he ___________________ hotel
arrangements yet. (BOOK, NOT MAKE)
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer:
1. Someone ___________ at the door. Can you answer it?
A. knocks B. is knocking C. has knocked D. knocked
2. John ___________ at the moment, so he can’t answer the telephone.
A. works B. is working C. has worked D. will work
3. The river is___________ after last night’s rain.
A. flowed B. flows C. is flowing D. will flow
4. She ___________ English at RMIT these days.
A. studies B. is studying C. will study D. is going to study
5. We ___________ next vacation in London.
A. spend B. are spending C. will spend D. are going to spend
6. Robert ___________ arrived tomorrow morning on the 10:30 train
A. arrived B. is going to arrive C. has arrived D. would arrive
7. Look! The bus ___________.
A. left B. has left C. leaves D. is leaving
8. Mike ___________ one hour ago.
A. phoned B. was phoning C. had phoned D. has phoned
9. Michael ___________ a word with Lisa this morning.
A. has B. has had C. had D. had had
10. I ___________ TV at 8:30 last night.
A. watched B. was watching C. has watched D. had watched
Exercise 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
Tom Wilson 1) .... is.... (be) an explorer. He 2) …………. (be) to nearly every country in the world,
but the most exciting time he 3) …………………………. (Ever/have) was when he 4)
…………………… (go) to the Congo jungle. A magazine 5)………………….. (ask) him to retrace
the route of a famous explorer who 6) …………………. (disappear) in the 1920's. As he 7)
………………. (follow) a small river he got separated from his guides. He 8) ………………………….
(go on) alone, hoping he 9) ………………….. (find) them, but instead he 10) …………………
(encounter) a group of natives. He 11) …............... (stay) with them for several days and 12)
…………………….. (find out) that a very old woman
13) …………………… (actually/meet) the famous explorer. She 14) …………… (know)
how he 15) …………………………….(die). Tom 16) …………………………. (become) very
friendly with the natives and now he 17) …………………………… (plan) to go back and see them
again. He is sure they 18) …………………………………..(welcome) him back.
