Beginner's Tense Tests - # 1

This series of tests focuses on basic English tenses. Conjugate the verb in parantheses (). Click on the
arrow to check your answer. There are ten questions to each test.

1. "What ____________ you ____________ (do)?" "I'm studying."

2. ____________ you always ____________ (get up) at 7 o'clock?
3. ____________ John ____________ (have, got) a motorbike?
4. At the moment he ____________ (have) lunch.
5. John doesn't like playing football, but he ____________ (love) playing tennis.
6. Last winter he ____________ (go) by train from Rome to Paris.
7. Mary ____________ (not, be) at work at the moment. She's at home.
8. Next Tuesday my brother ____________ (go) to Rome.
9. They ____________ (take) their children to Spain last year.
10. What time ____________ he ____________ (arrive) home last Tuesday?

Beginner's Tense Tests - # 2

This series of tests focuses on basic English tenses. Conjugate the verb in parentheses (). Click on the
arrow to check your answer. There are ten questions to each test.

1. He ____________ (work) on the computer at the moment.

2. "What ____________ they ____________ (do)?" "They're sleeping."
3. When ____________ you ____________ (go) to Rome last year?
4. ____________ you ____________ (have, got) any brothers or sisters?
5. John doesn't like going to the beach, but he ____________ (love) going to the park.
6. Next Saturday John ____________ (come) to visit his friends.
7. Peter ____________ (be) on holiday now. He isn't at home.
8. She ____________ (teach) her husband cooking last winter.
9. ____________ he always ____________ (have) dinner at 7 o'clock?
10. Last winter she ____________ (drive) to Germany.

Beginner's Tense Tests - # 3

This series of tests focuses on basic English tenses. Conjugate the verb in parentheses (). Click on the
arrow to check your answer. There are ten questions to each test.

1. ____________ you ____________ (have, got) a good job?

2. Where ____________ she ____________ (study) English last year?
3. Mary likes visiting friends, but she ____________ (not, like) talking on the telephone.
4. She ____________ (watch) a video at the moment.
5. He ____________ (take) his friend to the theatre last week.
6. Mary ____________ (not, be) on holiday now. She's at home.
7. "What ____________ you ____________ (do)?" "I'm playing the piano."
8. Next Thursday my sister ____________ (come) to visit the new museum.
9. ____________ you always ____________ (finish) work at 5 o'clock?
10. They ____________ (take) the train to Sweden last summer.

Beginner's Tense Tests - # 4

This series of tests focuses on basic English tenses. Conjugate the verb in parentheses (). Click on the
arrow to check your answer. There are ten questions to each test.
 1. "What ____________ you ____________ (do)?" "I'm doing my homework."
2. ____________ she always ____________ (telephone) in the evening?
3. ____________ they ____________ (have, got) a car?
4. At the moment they ____________ (read) a book.
5. I ____________ (teach) my students about the USA yesterday.
6. Jennifer doesn't like working in the office, but she ____________ (love) working at home.
7. Next Wednesday my brother ____________ (go) to dinner in that new restaurant.
8. She ____________ (fly) to the USA last winter.
9. Thomas ____________ (not, be) at the office at the moment. He's on holiday.
10. What ____________ she ____________ (do) yesterday afternoon?

Beginner's Tense Tests - # 5

This series of tests focuses on basic English tenses. Conjugate the verb in parentheses (). Click on the
arrow to check your answer. There are ten questions to each test.

1. ____________ Thomas ____________ (have, got) a television?

2. Where ____________ they ____________ (go) on holiday last summer?
3. Alice loves walking in the countryside, but she ____________ (not, like) going to the gym.
4. At the moment she ____________ (listen) to some music.
5. ____________ he always ____________ (play) tennis on Saturdays?
6. Mary isn't at work at the moment. She ____________ (be) at home.
7. "What ____________ he ____________ (do)?" "He's washing up."
8. They ____________ (fly) to Mexico last summer.
9. She ____________ (ask) her husband to help her yesterday evening.
10. Next Saturday my friend ____________ (come) to have lunch with us.