- •Identify the tenses in bold, then match them with the correct description.
- •Read the following extracts and put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Read the text and put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Underline the correct tense, present simple or present continuous, in the following sentences.
- •Complete these sentences using the present simple or the present continuous. Use the verbs given in brackets. Add never or always if this is also given.
- •Complete this letter with the correct form of the present simple or the present continuous. Use each verb in the list once. The first (0) is given as an example.
- •Choose the correct form of the verbs.
- •Put the verbs in the correct tense, present simple or present continuous.
- •Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •State Verbs
- •13. Some state verbs can be used in continuous forms but the meaning changes. Read the sentences below and match the verbs in bold with their meaning.
- •14. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
- •Present forms
- •Time expressions
- •15. Fill in for or since.
- •Have gone (to) / have been (to)
- •16. Fill in the gaps with have /has been (to) or have / has gone (to).
- •17. Fill in the gaps with recently, how long, yet, for, always, ever, already, since, so far or just. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
- •18. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect continuous, using short forms where appropriate.
- •19. Choose the correct answer.
- •20. Underline the correct tense.
- •21. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
- •22. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
- •23. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
- •24. Complete the following conversation with verbs from the list. Use the present perfect or the present perfect continuous. You will need to use some of the verbs more than once.
- •25. Use the words given to complete the sentences. Put the verbs in the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.
- •26. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •27. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •28. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present forms.
- •29. Identify the tenses, then match them with the correct description.
- •30. Choose the correct answer.
- •31. Correct the mistakes.
- •32. Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate present forms.
- •33. Make all the necessary changes and additions to make a complete letter.
- •Present forms
- •Friday afternoon at MacGruder’s department store
- •Time expressions
- •. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •35. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •36. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •37. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect.
- •38. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •39. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •40. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •41. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •42. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •Used to / Be used to / Get used to / Would
- •43. Choose the correct answer.
- •45. Choose the correct form of the verbs.
- •46. Write a sentence for each of the following using used to / didn’t use to.
- •47. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •Past forms
- •48. Identify the tenses, then match them to the correct descriptions.
- •49. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.
- •50. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •51. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •52. Complete the sentences below using the information in the box.
- •53. Complete the sentences using the past continuous, the past perfect or the past perfect continuous. Use the verb given in brackets. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
- •54. Choose the correct form of the verbs. Conference report
- •55. Most of the sentences have one verb in the wrong tense. Correct them or write right.
- •56. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past perfect.
- •57. Rewrite the following passage, making all the necessary tense changes.
- •58. Underline the correct tense.
- •59. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate past form.
- •60. Fill the gaps in this text with one suitable word. Disaster!
- •61. Supply suitable verbs for the following conversation.
- •62. Identify the tenses , then match them with the correct description.
- •63. Choose the correct answer.
- •64. Correct the mistakes.
- •65. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past forms.
- •66. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past forms.
- •Past forms
- •How I changed my life.
- •The present continuous tense as a future form
- •67. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous tense.
- •The be going to form
- •68. Put the verbs in brackets into the be going to form.
- •The future simple
- •69. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple.
- •The present continuous and the future simple
- •70. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous or the future simple using the present continuous where possible.
- •71. Fill in the gaps with shall, will or the correct form of be going to.
- •72. Replace the words in bold with will / won’t or shall I / we, as in the example.
- •The future continuous tense
- •77. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous tense.
- •The future perfect tense
- •79. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect tense.
- •The future perfect and the future perfect continuous tenses
- •80. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect or the future perfect continuous.
- •81. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous or the future perfect.
- •82. Put the verbs in brackets into the future perfect continuous or the future perfect.
- •83. Choose the correct answer.
- •C have lived
- •C will be seeing
- •C will be dancing
- •84. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •85. Underline the correct tense.
- •86. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense.
- •87. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense.
- •88. Underline the correct tense.
- •89. Put the verbs into the correct future tense.
- •90. Correct the mistakes.
- •91. Identify the tenses, then match them to the correct description.
- •92. Fill in the correct present or future forms.
- •Future forms
- •93. Choose the correct item.
- •B will have arrived d arrives
- •B will be finishing d will have finished
- •B are going to have worked d will work
- •94. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •95. Underline the correct item.
- •1. Choose the correct answer.
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into a correct tense.
- •3. Correct mistakes.
- •Choose the correct answer.
- •“Really? What sort of car?”
- •“Well, I ….. Him this afternoon. Why don’t you come along?”
- •Put the verbs in brackets into a correct tense.
- •Correct the mistakes.
- •Put the verbs in brackets into a correct tense.
- •Correct the mistakes.
- •Irregular verbs
Put the verbs in brackets into a correct tense.
A: “What 1) ….. (you / do) tonight?”
B: “I 2) ….. (study) for my exams.”
A: “What time 3) ….. (you / finish) studying?”
B: “I 4) ….. (finish) by 8 o’clock, I hope.”
A: “Good. Let’s go to the cinema then. The film 5) ….. (start) at 8:30.”
A: “1) ….. (you / see) “The Cure” concert last night?”
B: “No, but I 2) ….. (see) them before. I 3) ….. (go) to one of their concerts five years ago.”
A: “They 4) ….. (improve) a lot since then.”
B: “5) ….. (they / still / make) records?”
A: “Oh yes, they 6) ….. (just / release) a new one.”
This time next week I 1) ….. (be) on my honeymoon and I 2) ….. (forget) all about my problems at work. My husband and I 3) ….. (relax) by the pool and we 4) ….. (look forward) to spending romantic evenings together.
Correct the mistakes.
Ken was smoking for 30 years when he finally gave it up.
Who has written the play Hamlet?
Jim plays tennis since 2 o’clock.
What did you do at 10 o’clock last night?
Before you’ll leave, you must visit the museum.
When they get there, the film will already started.
I have been knowing you since 1999.
Margaret not go to work yesterday. She was ill.
Has you ever been to Paris?
Sam is going to on holiday next month.
Irregular verbs
Infinitive |
Past |
Past Participle |
be bear beat become begin bite blow break bring build burn burst buy can catch choose come cost cut deal dig do draw dream drink drive eat fall feed feel fight find fly forbid forget forgive freeze get give go grow hang have hear hide hit hold hurt keep know lay lead learn leave lend let lie light lose make mean meet pay put read ride ring rise run say see seek sell send set sew shake shine shoot show shut sing sit sleep smell speak spell spend spill split spoil spread spring stand steal stick sting strike swear sweep swim take teach tear tell think throw understand wake wear win write |
was / were bore beat became began bit blew broke brought built burnt (burned) burst bought could caught chose came cost cut dealt dug did drew dreamt (dreamed) drank drove ate fell fed felt fought found flew forbade forgot forgave froze got gave went grew hung (hanged) had heard hid hit held hurt kept knew laid led learnt (learned) left lent let lay lit lost made meant met paid put read rode rang rose ran said saw sought sold sent set sewed shook shone shot showed shut sang sat slept smelt (smelled) spoke spelt (spelled) spent spilt split spoilt (spoiled) spread sprang stood stole stuck stung struck swore swept swam took taught tore told thought threw understood woke wore won wrote |
been born(e) beaten become begun bitten blown broken brought built burnt (burned) burst bought (been able to) caught chosen come cost cut dealt dug done drawn dreamt (dreamed) drunk driven eaten fallen fed felt fought found flown forbidden forgotten forgiven frozen got given gone grown hung (hanged) had heard hidden hit held hurt kept known laid led learnt (learned) left lent let lain lit lost made meant met paid put read ridden rung risen run said seen sought sold sent set sewn shaken shone shot shown shut sung sat slept smelt (smelled) spoken spelt (spelled) spent spilt split spoilt (spoiled) spread sprung stood stolen stuck stung struck sworn swept swum taken taught torn told thought thrown understood woken worn won written |