Name : ____________________________________

Score : _________

Exercise 1 ( B : Tenses )

Directions : Use the Simple present tense of the words in brackets.

1. It _______________ (hurt) to know what he said.
2. I sometimes ______________(play) football with my friends.
3. The often ___________(swim) in the river.

Directions : Use the Present continuous tense of the words in brackets.

4. He ______________ (come) on the one oclock train tomorrow.
5. One of you _____________always ___________ (complain) about something.
6. Do you not understanding what I ______________(say) ?
7. Why ______ he __________________ (break) up those boxes?

Directions : Use the present perfect tense of the words in brackets.

8. We _________________(not see) her since we last met her.
9. He ______________ (teach) us for two years and is still teaching us.
10. ________ you _________ (be) to see your old uncle recently?

Name : ____________________________________

Score : _________

Exercise 2 ( B : Tenses )

Directions : Use the Simple Present tense of the words in brackets.

1. My sister ______________(want) to be a teacher.
2. We __________(like) to do our homework together.
3. His father ____________(smoke) a pipe.
4. The train ____________(leave) in a hour.

Directions : Use the Present Continuous tense of the word in brackets.

5. We are too late. The train ________________(leaving).
6. She says she ______________(cook) for dinner this evening.
7. They _______________(widen) the road.

Directions: Use the Present perfect tense of the words in brackets.

8. She ________________(already throw) away her old dresses.
9. I _________ already _________(tell) them to hurry up.
10. They ______________(just meet) your brother.

Name : ____________________________________

Score : _________

Exercise 3 ( B : Tenses )

Directions : Use the Past Simple tense of the words in brackets.

1. She ____________ (cut) her finger last night.
2. We ___________(go) for a ride and ____________(come) home late.
3. Her former husband always ____________(drink) heavily.

Directions : Use the Past Continuous tense of the words in brackets.

4. While I ___________(wait) for you. I fell asleep.
5. He ________________(swim) at 4o clock yesterday.
6. Some students _________________(not listen) while the teacher
___________(speak).
7. We ____________________(play) football when it started to rain.

Directions : Use the Past Perfect tense of the words in brackets.

8. After we _______________(see) the movie, we went for a ride.
9. He ______________already __________(leave) when we arrived.
10. I __________ just _____________(shut) the door when the telephone rang.

Name : ____________________________________

Score : _________

Exercise 4 ( B : Tenses )

Directions : Use the Simple present tense of the words in brackets.

1. Does your mother _____________(cook) every day?
2. He ____________(wash) his car on Sunday.
3. My friend _______________(ride) a bike to work.

Directions : Use the Present Continuous tense of the words in brackets.

4. Look at what he ____________(do).
5. My father _______________(go) to Paris next month.
6. I think she ______________(write) a letter at the moment.

Directions : Use the Past Simple tense of the words in brackets.

7. He ____________(lend) me some money last week.
8. There ____________(are) lots of people at the party.
9. My father ____________(lose) his car keys this morning.
10. She often ______________(quarrel) with her neighbor.

Name : ____________________________________

Score : _________

Exercise 5 ( B : Tenses )

Directions : Use the verbs in brackets to fill the gaps. (Simple Future tense)
1. Both of them _______________. (come)
2. We _____________ (visit) you.
3. Nobody _____________ (give) you the car.

Directions : Fill the gaps with the verb in Future Continuous tense.
4. A : I wonder if the kids are enjoying the party?
B : They _____________________ havoc, Im sure. (to cause)
5. A : Sara and Marc are in Somerset.
B : They __________________________a great time. (to have)
6. Hopefully tomorrow, we _____________________ on the beach all day. (to lie)
7. If I know my brother, he ___________________hard about what to do next. (to
think)

Directions : Fill in the blanks with the correct answers. (Perfect Future tense)

8. ____________________(she /arrive) by 10o clock?

9. ____________________(eat ) by six?
10. _____________________(it / stop) raining by tomorrow morning?

Name : ____________________________________

Score : _________

Exercise 6 ( B : Tenses )

Directions : Use the Present perfect tense of the words in brackets.

1. My parents ___________________(never be) to London.
2. Our baby ____________________(sleep) for more than eight hours.
3. I not________________(choose) the one I want yet.

Directions : Use the Past Simple tense of the words in brackets.

4. The vagrant _____________(lay) a mat on the pavement and
____________(sleep) on it.
5. I ___________(meet) my uncle on Sunday afternoon.
6. __________(Can) you please help me carry this?

Directions : Use the verbs in brackets to fill the gaps. (Simple Future tense)
7. I ________________ (call) you afterwards.
8. Several of them _____________ (sweep) the floor.
9. They _________________ (slap) you.
10. Ramlah and ______________ (fly) to England tomorrow.

Name : ____________________________________

Score : _________

Exercise 7 ( B : Tenses )

Directions : Use the Past Continuous tense of the words in brackets.

1. When I _________________(walk) home. I saw a dog barking at the postman.
2. She and her friends ___________________(shop) yesterday evening.
3. When they arrived, I __________________(bathe).
4. While one worker ________________(paint), another _______________(mix)
some paint.

Directions : Use the Past Perfect tense of the words in brackets.

5. They ate the food that I __________________(buy).
6. She _________________(eat) her lunch when I reached home.
7. My father ________________(drink) a glass of milk before he slept.

Directions : Fill the gaps with the verb in Future Continuous tense.
8. This time tomorrow, I ______________________ class to 20 spotty adolescents.
(to give)
9. What _____________you _____________ in a year a from now? (to do)
10. At this rate you ____________________ Spanish fluently in a question of
months. (to speak)

Name : ____________________________________

Score : _________

Exercise 8 ( B : Tenses )

Directions : Put the verbs into the correct form (simple future)
1. You (be) _____________very happy.
2. Your friends (envy) ____________ you.
3. You and your wife (travel) ______________around the world.

Directions : Use the Past Perfect tense of the words in brackets.

4. I feel down. He said that he _______________(down)
5. I cut my finger. She said she ______________her finger.
6. The train ________ already _________(go) when we reached the station.
7. I arrived at the cinema after the film ______________(start).

Directions : Fill the gaps with the verb in Future Continuous tense.
8. Before long, he ________________you for more money again. (to ask)
9. Just you wait. She _______________________you every night before you know
it. (to telephone)
10. If I know my boss, she __________________ better sales figures than that.
(to expect)

Name : ____________________________________

Score : _________

Exercise 9 ( B : Tenses )

Directions : Use the Present perfect tense of the words in brackets.

1. Puan Rahimah ___________________(never be) to Makkah.
2. You ________________(not eat) your dinner yet.
3. Encik Ariff ______________(teach) us for three years and is still teaching us.

Directions : Put the verbs into the correct form (simple future)
4. People (serve) _____________ you.
5. They (not/refuse) ______________to make you happy.
6. But all this (happen/only) _______________when you are 70 years old.
7. You (buy) ______________ a beautiful house.

Directions : Fill in the blanks with the correct answers. (Perfect Future tense)
8. Why _____________________ ( she / leave ) by Tuesday?
9. When _________________________( you / read ) my book?
10. When __________________________( we / be ) here for six months?

Name : ____________________________________

Score : _________

Exercise 10 ( B : Tenses )

Directions : Fill in the blanks with the correct answers. (Perfect Future tense)
1. I ____________________________ (leave) by six.

2. ______________________ (you / finish) the report by the deadline?

3. When ____________________ (we / do) everything?

4. She ________________________ (finish) her exams by then, so we can go out
for dinner.

5. You ____________________ (read) the book before the next class .

Directions : Fill the gaps with the verb in Future Continuous tense.
6. If you go now, you __________________around for ages without a doubt.
(to wait)
7. Ashraff ______________to hear all the news about Sandra. (to want)
8. This time tomorrow, we ________________on a train to Johor Bahru. (to sit)
9. Right now, I am watching TV. Tomorrow at this time, I (watch)

TV

as well.
10. When you (get)

off the plane, I (wait)

for you.