The document contains 5 tasks that provide exercises on using verb tenses correctly in English sentences, including the present perfect, present perfect continuous, present continuous, simple present, past continuous, past perfect continuous, simple past, and future tenses. The exercises test verb conjugations and tense usage across a variety of sentence structures focusing on time frames and sequences of events.
The document contains 5 tasks that provide exercises on using verb tenses correctly in English sentences, including the present perfect, present perfect continuous, present continuous, simple present, past continuous, past perfect continuous, simple past, and future tenses. The exercises test verb conjugations and tense usage across a variety of sentence structures focusing on time frames and sequences of events.
The document contains 5 tasks that provide exercises on using verb tenses correctly in English sentences, including the present perfect, present perfect continuous, present continuous, simple present, past continuous, past perfect continuous, simple past, and future tenses. The exercises test verb conjugations and tense usage across a variety of sentence structures focusing on time frames and sequences of events.
The document contains 5 tasks that provide exercises on using verb tenses correctly in English sentences, including the present perfect, present perfect continuous, present continuous, simple present, past continuous, past perfect continuous, simple past, and future tenses. The exercises test verb conjugations and tense usage across a variety of sentence structures focusing on time frames and sequences of events.
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TASK 1
Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or present perfect
continuous tense!
1. Look! Somebody __________ (break) that window.
2. I ____have been reading______ (read) the book you gave me but I ______haven’t finished ____ (not/finish) it yet. 3. “Sorry I’m late.” “That’s all right. I ______haven’t been waiting____ (not/wait) long. 4. Hello! I _have been cleaning_________ (clean) the window. So far I ___i have cleaned_______ (clean) five of them and there are two more to do. 5. There’s a strange smell here. __________ (you/cook) something? 6. My brother is an actor. He __________ (appear) in several films. 7. I __________ (lost) my key. Can you help me look for it? 8. You look tired. __________ (you/work) hard? 9. The ceiling was white, now it’s blue. She __________ (paint) the ceiling. 10. Jim __________ (play) tennis since 2 o’clock.
TASK II
Put the verb into the correct form; present continuous or simple present tense!
1. I __________ (not/belong) to a political party.
2. Hurry! The bus __________ (come). I __________ (not/want) to miss it. 3. The River Nile __________ (flow) into the Mediterranean. 4. The river __________ (flow) very fast today – much faster than usual. 5. __________ (It/ever snow) in India? 6. We usually __________ (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we __________ (not grow) any. 7. A: Can you drive?
B: No, but I __________ (learn). My father __________ (teach) me.
8. You can borrow my umbrella. I __________ (not/need) it at the moment.
9. (at a party) I usually __________ (enjoy) parties but I __________ (not/enjoy) this one very much. 10. George says he’s 80 years old but I __________ (not/believe) him. 11. Ron is in London at the moment. He __________ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel. He usually __________ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel when he’s in London. TASK III
Exercise:
Put the verb into the correct form, simple past or past continuous tense!
1. George __________ (fall) off the ladder while he __________ (paint) the ceiling. 2. Last night I __________ (read) in bed when suddenly I __________ (hear) a scream. 3. __________ (you/watch) television when I phoned you? 4. Ann __________ (wait) for me when I __________ (arrive) 5. I __________ (not/drive) very fast when the accident __________ (happen) 6. I __________ break a plate last night. I __________ (do) the washing-up when it __________ (slip) out of my hand. 7. Tom __________ (take) a photograph of me while I __________ (not/look) 8. We __________ (not/go) out because it __________ (rain) 9. What __________ (you/do) at this time yesterday? 10. I __________ (see) Carol at the party. She __________ (wear) a really beautiful dress.
TASK IV
Exercise:
Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect continuous or past
continuous tense!
1. Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He __________ (look) for his cigarette lighter. 2. We _____ (walk) along the road for about 20 minutes when a car stopped and the driver offered us a lift. 3. When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They __________ (eat) 4. When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table and talking. Their mouths were empty but their stomach were full. They __________ (eat) 5. When I arrived, Ann __________ (wait) for me. She rather annoyed with me because I was late and she __________ (wait) for a very long time.
TASK V
1.My father is so tired since he … our garden all day for planting vegetables.
a. has been preparing
b. has prepared
c. predared
d. have prepared
2. At this time yesterday Reny and I … our classmate.
a. are paying a call
b. were paying a call
c. call
d. called
3. He … the community college this night.
a. wouldn't be attending
b. won't be attending
c. won't be attend
d. be attended
4. We sometimes … by chance in the convenience store.
a. meets
b. meet
c. meeting d. will meets
5. I had slept when you … last night.
a. call
b. called
c. callinf
d. have call
6. Never … such a funny joke.
a. I had heard
b. had I heard
c. I heard
d. my heard
7. The class … the documentary film next monday.
a. would have watched
b. will have watched
c. will has watch
d. will watched
8. … the scholarship application?
a. Have you completed
b. Have you complete
c. Has you complete
d. Are you completed
9. My brother … English course for six months by the end of this year.
