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English Tense Exercises

This document contains examples of verb tenses in English, including present simple and progressive, past simple and progressive, present perfect, past perfect, and future tenses. There are 10 multiple choice questions for each tense, testing understanding of how verbs are conjugated and used correctly in sentences based on time frames.

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English Tense Exercises

This document contains examples of verb tenses in English, including present simple and progressive, past simple and progressive, present perfect, past perfect, and future tenses. There are 10 multiple choice questions for each tense, testing understanding of how verbs are conjugated and used correctly in sentences based on time frames.

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ENGLISH TENSE EXERCISES :

Present Tense Simple and Progressive


1. Jeremy usually ______________ to school by bus but today his dad _________________ him.
(GO, DRIVE)
Jawaban: goes, is driving
2. How often ____________________ to the park for a picnic? (YOU GO)
Jawaban: do you go
3. Northern California _________________ a lot of rain during the wintertime but this winter it
_________________ at all. (GET, NOT RAIN)
Jawaban: gets, isn't raining
4. My sister often _________________ in bed but today she is so tired that she
___________________ anything at all. (READ, NOT READ)
Jawaban: reads, isn't reading
5. Look to your right! Mary _________________ her little sister to school. How sweet! (BRING)
Jawaban: is bringing
6. Mom can't help you right now because she _________________ dinner. (PREPARE)
Jawaban: is preparing
7. The neighbours' boys always _________________ to school late. (COME)
Jawaban: come
8. My parents never _________________ cigarettes in front of us. (SMOKE)
Jawaban: smoke
9. I can't understand him because I _________________ any French. (NOT KNOW)
Jawaban: don't know
10. Mary _________________ eating sweets. Every morning she _________________ coffee with
lots of sweets. (LIKE, HAVE)
Jawaban: likes, has

Past Tense Simple and Progressive


1. While the policeman __________________ out of the window, he __________________ that a
blue SUV __________________ down the road. (LOOK, NOTICE, PARK)
Jawaban: was looking, noticed, was parking
2. I __________________ on my report when the phone __________________. My wife
____________ to know when I __________________ home. (WORK, RING, WANT, COME)
Jawaban: was working, rang, wanted, i was coming.
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3. He __________________ down the street when he __________________ his old schoolteacher
on the other side. (WALK, SEE)
Jawaban: was walking, saw
4. During the time I __________________ in South Africa I never __________________ a serious
crime. (SPEND, SEE)
Jawaban: was spending, saw
5. While they __________________ lunch at the new restaurant, a journalist
__________________ up to them and __________________ to ask a few questions. (HAVE,
COME, WANT)
Jawaban: were having, came, wanted
6. The farmer __________________ the whole neighbourhood with fruit and vegetables.
(SUPPLY)
Jawaban: supplied
7. The hairdresser __________________ up her shop, __________________ into the car and
__________________ home. (LOCK, GET, DRIVE)
Jawaban: locked, got, drove
8. My brother __________________ to contact me at the office, but he __________________ me
because I __________________ lunch with a customer. (TRY, CANNOT REACH, HAVE)
Jawaban: tried, couldn't reach, was having
9. Jack __________________ over the carpet because he __________________ attention to
where he __________________. (TRIP, NOT PAY, GO)
Jawaban: tripped, wasn't paying/ didn't pay, was going
10. Where __________________ when I __________________ across you yesterday? (YOU GO,
COME)
Jawaban: were you going, came

Present Perfect Tense


1. The post office is not far from here. I _________________ there many times before. (BE)
Jawaban: i've been
2. You can go home now. You _______________________ emails for over three hours. You must
be very tired. (WRITE)
Jawaban: have been writing

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3. I _______________________ him at least four times but he _______________________ the
phone. (CALL, NOT ANSWER)
Jawaban: have called, hasn't answered
4. Bobby is so dirty because he _______________________ outside the whole afternoon. (PLAY)
Jawaban: has been playing
5. The president _______________________ for his speech the whole morning. He still isn't
finished. (PREPARE)
Jawaban: has been preparing
6. We _______________________ for over an hour now and _______________________ at the
village yet. (WALK, NOT ARRIVE)
Jawaban: has been looking, has found
7. She _______________________ for a good job for over a month, but now she finally
_______________________ one. (LOOK, FIND)
Jawaban: has been looking, has found
8. The phone _______________________ for half a minute. Why doesn't someone answer it.
(RING)
Jawaban: has been ringing
9. The maid _______________________ windows the whole morning. So far, she
_______________________ the ones on the ground floor. (CLEAN, CLEAN)
Jawaban: has been cleaning windows
10. Is Jack at home? No, He _______________________ out. (JUST GO)
Jawaban: just gone out

Past Perfect Tense


1. We were all happy because we __________________ in our homework in time. (HAND)
Jawaban: had handed
2. Mrs Shilton __________________ a primary school teacher for twenty years before she became
headmaster of the school. (BE)
Jawaban: had been
3. When we got there, we saw that they ______________________ for over 20 minutes. (REST)
Jawaban: had been resting
4. We ________________________ dance moves for over two hours, so you can imagine we were
very tired. (PRACTICE)
Jawaban: had been practicing
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5. The film ______________________ when we finally got to the cinema.(ALREADY START)
Jawaban: had already started
6. By the time I __________________ to school the lesson had already started. (GET)
Jawaban: got
7. I ____________________________ up for a few minutes when the doorbell rang and our friends
arrived. (ONLY WASH)
Jawaban: had only been washing
8. He __________________ about the accident before he saw it on TV. (HEAR)
Jawaban: had heard
9. I __________________ the office after I had finished writing my last email. (LEAVE)
Jawaban: left
10. The car __________________ down shortly after we had got on the motorway. (BREAK)
Jawaban: broke

Future Tenses
1. We _________________________ the room by the time you get back. (FINISH)
Jawaban: will have finished
2. The phone is ringing. – I _________________________ and answer it. (GO)
Jawaban: I'll go
3. I _________________________ tomorrow so we can go to the beach. (NOT WORK)
Jawaban: am not working
4. If you touch the stove, you _________________________ yourself. (BURN)
Jawaban: will burn
5. She _________________________ for the job that was advertised in the newspaper. (APPLY)
Jawaban: is going to apply
6. Next week at this time we _________________________ in the sun in Spain (LIE)
Jawaban: will be lying
7. My sister _________________________ in the USA next year. (STUDY)
Jawaban: is going to study
8. The Pope _________________________ Turkey in November. (VISIT)
Jawaban: is visiting
9. I _________________________ lunch with Mary at 12. (HAVE)
Jawaban: am having
10.I don't think the exam _________________________ very difficult. (BE)
Jawaban: will be.
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