This document provides examples sentences using different verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple and past continuous. The sentences are incomplete and require the correct form of the specified verb. This is a test to identify the appropriate verb tense to complete each sentence.
This document provides examples sentences using different verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple and past continuous. The sentences are incomplete and require the correct form of the specified verb. This is a test to identify the appropriate verb tense to complete each sentence.
This document provides examples sentences using different verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple and past continuous. The sentences are incomplete and require the correct form of the specified verb. This is a test to identify the appropriate verb tense to complete each sentence.
PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, or PAST SIMPLE?
1. Can I talk to you? – No, you can’t. I _______________________ a bath.
2. She _____________________ (listen) to music every morning. 3. We ____________________ (not/like) metal music, we _____________________ (prefer) rock. 4. When he _________________ (see) the accident yesterday, he ________________ (help) the driver. 5. What ___________________ (you/do)? I ______________________ (look) for my glasses. 6. They __________________ (bring/always) present when they ___________________ (visit) us. 7. When we ____________________ (be) younger, we ___________________ (think) Prague was in France. 8. He ___________________ (not/win) the award in 2008. 9. That’s typical! He __________________ (want) to win every time he _____________________ (participate) in a competition. 10. Why ________________________ (you/bring) that toy to school last week? – Because I ____________________ (want) to show it to my classmates. 11. Be quiet, please! My children ______________________ (try) to sleep. 12. They ______________________ (not/go) to school at weekends. 13. Why ______________________ (you/believe) him? He ____________________ (tell/never) the truth. He ____________________ (lie/always) 14. She _____________________ (decide) to visit London last month. She _____________________ (meet) interesting people, ____________________ (see) wonderful sights, and __________________ (enjoy) herself a lot. 15. Where ______________________ (she/be)? I ________________________ (wait) for her. 16. _______________________ (they/know) that water _________________ (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius? 17. My parents ____________________ (build) the house in 1985. 18. He _____________________ (not/marry) her because she ___________________ (break) up with him last month. 19. Look at her! She ________________________ (sit) in the park over there. Isn’t she wonderful? 20. ________________________ (he/like) the book he _____________________ (borrow) yesterday? PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, or PAST CONTINUOUS?
1. Yesterday my uncle ___________________ (repair) the car while I _______________________ (do)
my homework. 2. Today ______________ (be) Monday and we ___________________ (have) dinner in the dining room now. 3. I ________________ (have) two brothers and a sister. We _________________ (have) a great fun at the moment. 4. What _____________________ (you/do) when the accident ___________________ (happen)? 5. My elder brother ________________ (be) very intelligent. He ___________________ (want) to be a doctor. 6. She _____________________ (have) a terrible headache right now. She ___________________ (need) to take an aspirin. 7. A: Where _____________________ (be/your sister) born? B: I _____________________ (not/know), to be honest. 8. When my parents _______________ (be) young, they _________________ (listen) to Rolling Stones. 9. My sister _______________ (believe) in magic. She always __________________ (try) tricks on me! 10. Every morning I ______________ (get) up at 7 o’clock and ________________ (have) my breakfast. When I ___________________ (eat), my mom ___________________ (prepare) my lunch. When I _______________ (finish) having breakfast, I always _______________ (take) my bike and I _______________ (go) quickly to school. I always _________________ (arrive) late! My teacher _______________ (not/like) this. 11. A: Hey! What ________________________ (you/do)? B: I __________________________ (do) my homework. I ____________________ (not/want) to get a bad grade tomorrow. 12. Once upon a time, there ____________ (be) a horrible witch. She ____________ (love) scaring children and she _______________ (live) near a school. Every day, she ______________ (invite) children to her house with a really scary face, but the children ________________ (not/want) to go. 13. _________________________ (you/send) an email to Bill now? 14. When the postman ___________________ (arrive), my dad ___________________ (have) a shower. 15. Every week, I __________________ (go) to the cinema. 16. I _____________________ (not/go) to work today. 17. Colin and Barbara Boyle ______________________ (not/be) born in Dublin but they ________________ (travel) there a lot of times. 18. He ______________________ (not/wear) a jacket every day. 19. We ______________________ (have) a great fun last weekend. 20. Helen ____________________ (not/want) a new job. 21. We ______________________ (not/know) him very well. 22. As a child, I ____________________ (enjoy) playing guitar. 23. She ______________________ (have/usually) breakfast at 6.30am. 24. I ______________________ (study) Italian at the moment. 25. When I _________________ (be) 10, I ___________________ (eat) sandwich every morning. 26. Why _____________________ (she/wear) that horrible hat? 27. The supermarket ___________________ (not/open) till 9.00. 28. It _______________________ (rain) in Paris this morning. 29. My car ____________________ (be) old, but it ____________________ (work) well even now. 30. _____________________ (you/be) usually this hyperactive when you __________________ (be) a kid?
Are You Browsing - Aren't Studying - Doesn't Always Have - Isn't Using - Don't Remember - de They Usually Go - Am Not Doing - Is Looking - Does He Usually Leave - Am Doing