VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(1):
CHOOSE THE RIGHT TENSE:
1.I ____ English two years ago.
a)studied
b) have studied
2) My friend____ English for a long time.
a)studied
b) has studied
3) My father ____ in Algeria during the war.
a)lived
b) has lived
4) Kamal ____ in France all his life. He's happy living in Paris.
a)lived
b) has lived
5) ____ you ___ your homework yet? It's getting late.
a)Did...finish
b) Have...finished
6) ____ you ever ___ in a limosine? When my sister got married, we rode in one.
a) Did...work
b)Have...ridden
7) Badra and Laila ___ each other since they were children.
a)knew
b) have known
Badra ____ Laila at school. They were in the same class.
a)met
b)has met
VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(2):
WRITE THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT TENSE;(SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT):
1.When I was young I (write) poems.
2.When (you see) this film?
3.We (not have) any problem when we were on holiday last summer.
4.my sister (learn) English for five years.She still takes English lesson
5.They (already sell) their nice house.
6.She (not show) us her new skirt yet.
7.My mother (send) me a postcard last week.
8. It (not rain) for a long time.
9. I can't give you her address. I (forget) it.
10. I (not read) today's newspaper yet.
11. I (never think) about being an actor.
12. She (never swim) in the river.
13. he (never be) Agadir .
14. I (meet) her English friend yesterday.
15. I (know) Tom when he was just five years old.
16. I (have) a lot of work recently.
17. They (buy) my car a week ago.
18. THey (live) here for ten years. They are living in the country now
19.she read that story severa times
20.He (do) his homework on Saturday
VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(3):
CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE FROM THE ONES SUGGESTED:
1:
A: ____________ to LONDON?
B: Once, when I was a little girl, we went to London and saw the famous BIG BEN and Windsor Castle
a)Did you ever go
b)Were you ever
c)Had you ever been
d)Have you ever been
2:
A: ____________ any foreign languages? B: Yes, I do, I’ve been studying Arabic at night school.
a)Do you speak
b)Are you speaking
c)Have you spoken
d)Did you speak
3:
A: What ____________ at the weekend?
B: Nothing much, I went shopping on Saturday and spent Sunday with my family
a)did you do
b)were you doing
c)you did
d)have you done
4:
I didn’t see him, when I arrived at the party, he ____________ home.
a)was leaving and going
b)left and went
c)had left and gone
d)leaves and goes
5:
Apparently, Sophia ____________ married in May - but she hasn’t invited me.
a)is getting
a)is getting
c)will get
d)will have got
6: :
The bus for My school ____________ at 7.30 every day.
a)has left
b)due to leave
c)to leave
d)leaves
VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(4):
FUTURE TENSES:
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:
1: :
A: '__________ anything tonight?'
a)Are you doing
b)Will you do
c) do you do
d)Would you like to do
2:
B: 'Sorry, __________ my hair'.
a)I'm washing
b)I will wash
c)I wash
d)I washed
3:
'Do you want to come and see a film? We ________ outside school at 7'.
a)meet
b)will meet
c)'re meeting
d) met
4:
'I might meet you at the cinema, what time _____________?.
a)is the film starting
b)will the film start
c)does the film start
d)did the film start
5:
'If you're not there, I _________ you a bell on your mobile'.
a) 'm going to give
b)give
c)gave
d)'ll give
6:
'What ________ we have for dinner?'.
a)will
b)do
c)shall
d)are
VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(5):
MIXED TENSES:Choose the correct tense
1.I'll see you in August when I _____ back.
a) will come b) came c) will have come d) come
2. Alex didn't come to see the film last night because he _____ it before.
a)saw b. had seen c) has seen d) was seen
3. July 10th is my wedding anniversary. Next month, my husband and I will _____ for twenty years.
a) marry b) have married c) be married d) have been married.
4. Something extremely strange _____ yesterday while we were out jogging.
a) was happened b) happened c) has been happening d) has happened.
5. Ouch! I _____ my finger!
a) have cut b) cut c) had cut d) had been cut.
6. I was very sick, but I've been feeling better since I _____ the doctor.
a) have visited b) visit c) had visited d) visited.
7. I haven't heard from my son _____.
a. for several weeks b) for several weeks ago c) since several weeks before d) .
since a long time.
8. The guests _______ by the time you finish the cleaning.
a. will have arrived b. arrived c. arrive d. have arrived.
9. By May, I _________ enough money to go on holiday.
a. will be earning b. will be earned c. will have earned d. will have been earned.
10. When the police arrived at the accident place, everyone _______They couldn't find anyone.
a. will have left b. has left c. had left d. was leaving.
11. " I _______________ there for two years by the end of this?"
a. will work b. will have worked c. will be working d. have been working
12. Just as we ........... down to lunch, John ................ the bell.
a.are sitting/ rang b.will sit/rang c.were sitting/rang d.were sitting/has been ringing
CHOOSE THE RIGHT TENSE:
1.I ____ English two years ago.
a)studied
b) have studied
2) My friend____ English for a long time.
a)studied
b) has studied
3) My father ____ in Algeria during the war.
a)lived
b) has lived
4) Kamal ____ in France all his life. He's happy living in Paris.
a)lived
b) has lived
5) ____ you ___ your homework yet? It's getting late.
a)Did...finish
b) Have...finished
6) ____ you ever ___ in a limosine? When my sister got married, we rode in one.
a) Did...work
b)Have...ridden
7) Badra and Laila ___ each other since they were children.
a)knew
b) have known
Badra ____ Laila at school. They were in the same class. a)met
b)has met
VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(2):
WRITE THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT TENSE;(SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT):
1.When I was young I (write) poems.
2.When (you see) this film?
3.We (not have) any problem when we were on holiday last summer.
4.my sister (learn) English for five years.She still takes English lesson
5.They (already sell) their nice house.
6.She (not show) us her new skirt yet.
7.My mother (send) me a postcard last week.
8. It (not rain) for a long time.
9. I can't give you her address. I (forget) it.
10. I (not read) today's newspaper yet.
11. I (never think) about being an actor.
12. She (never swim) in the river.
13. he (never be) Agadir .
14. I (meet) her English friend yesterday.
15. I (know) Tom when he was just five years old.
16. I (have) a lot of work recently.
17. They (buy) my car a week ago.
18. THey (live) here for ten years. They are living in the country now
19.she read that story severa times
20.He (do) his homework on Saturday
VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(3):
CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE FROM THE ONES SUGGESTED:
1:
A: ____________ to LONDON?
B: Once, when I was a little girl, we went to London and saw the famous BIG BEN and Windsor Castle
a)Did you ever go
b)Were you ever
c)Had you ever been
d)Have you ever been
2:
A: ____________ any foreign languages? B: Yes, I do, I’ve been studying Arabic at night school.
a)Do you speak
b)Are you speaking
c)Have you spoken
d)Did you speak
3:
A: What ____________ at the weekend?
B: Nothing much, I went shopping on Saturday and spent Sunday with my family
a)did you do
b)were you doing
c)you did
d)have you done
4:
I didn’t see him, when I arrived at the party, he ____________ home.
a)was leaving and going
b)left and went
c)had left and gone
d)leaves and goes
5:
Apparently, Sophia ____________ married in May - but she hasn’t invited me.
a)is getting
a)is getting
c)will get
d)will have got
6: :
The bus for My school ____________ at 7.30 every day.
a)has left
b)due to leave
c)to leave
d)leaves
VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(4):
FUTURE TENSES:
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:
1: :
A: '__________ anything tonight?'
a)Are you doing
b)Will you do
c) do you do
d)Would you like to do
2:
B: 'Sorry, __________ my hair'.
a)I'm washing
b)I will wash
c)I wash
d)I washed
3:
'Do you want to come and see a film? We ________ outside school at 7'.
a)meet
b)will meet
c)'re meeting
d) met
4:
'I might meet you at the cinema, what time _____________?.
a)is the film starting
b)will the film start
c)does the film start
d)did the film start
5:
'If you're not there, I _________ you a bell on your mobile'.
a) 'm going to give
b)give
c)gave
d)'ll give
6:
'What ________ we have for dinner?'.
a)will
b)do
c)shall
d)are
VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(5):
MIXED TENSES:Choose the correct tense
1.I'll see you in August when I _____ back.
a) will come b) came c) will have come d) come
2. Alex didn't come to see the film last night because he _____ it before.
a)saw b. had seen c) has seen d) was seen
3. July 10th is my wedding anniversary. Next month, my husband and I will _____ for twenty years.
a) marry b) have married c) be married d) have been married.
4. Something extremely strange _____ yesterday while we were out jogging.
a) was happened b) happened c) has been happening d) has happened.
5. Ouch! I _____ my finger!
a) have cut b) cut c) had cut d) had been cut.
6. I was very sick, but I've been feeling better since I _____ the doctor.
a) have visited b) visit c) had visited d) visited.
7. I haven't heard from my son _____.
a. for several weeks b) for several weeks ago c) since several weeks before d) .
since a long time.
8. The guests _______ by the time you finish the cleaning.
a. will have arrived b. arrived c. arrive d. have arrived.
9. By May, I _________ enough money to go on holiday.
a. will be earning b. will be earned c. will have earned d. will have been earned.
10. When the police arrived at the accident place, everyone _______They couldn't find anyone.
a. will have left b. has left c. had left d. was leaving.
11. " I _______________ there for two years by the end of this?"
a. will work b. will have worked c. will be working d. have been working
12. Just as we ........... down to lunch, John ................ the bell.
a.are sitting/ rang b.will sit/rang c.were sitting/rang d.were sitting/has been ringing