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English Grammar Worksheet - Verb Tenses Review

Teacher: Slvia Ribeiro

PRESENT TENSES (affirmative and negative)

PAST TENSES (affirmative and negative)

FUTURE TENSES (affirmative and negative)

INTERROGATIVE
Com os verbos To Be, To Have Got, Can, May, Must,() a interrogativa forma-se sem
verbo auxiliar:
(To Be) He is
(To Have Got) They have got

Is he?

(Can) I can
Have they got?

Com os outros verbos, a interrogativa forma-se com verbo auxiliar:

Can I?

Exercises:
A. Build up sentences in the Present Simple with the correct word order:
1. at / computers / we / school / to play with.
_______________________________________________________
2. not / Carol / in the evening / to go out.
___________________________________________________________
3. not / upset / he / to look?
_____________________________________________________________________
4. to do / they / what?
_________________________________________________________________________
B. Build up sentences in the Present Continuous with the correct word order:
1. at / I / not / him / to
look.______________________________________________________________________
2. by / here / to come / train / you?
_______________________________________________________________
3. to talk / them / she / with.
_____________________________________________________________________
4. the / you / not / road / to cross?
________________________________________________________________
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2.
3.
4.

C. Put the verb into the correct form - Present Simple or Present Continuous:
________________________________________ (she / not / generally / have) lunch at 12?
We _____________________________ (not / do) the homework now.
__________________________________________ (he / not / speak) at the moment?
Scientists _________________________ (not / believe) that our cities will die.

D. Build up sentences in the Past Simple with the correct word order:
1. it / something / to know / he / about._____
_______________________________________________________
2. him / to forgive / she / not?
____________________________________________________________________
3. cinema / they / outside / to meet / the?
__________________________________________________________
4. girls / there to be / at / party / the / any / not
_____________________________________________________
E. Build up sentences in the Present Perfect with the correct word order:
1. to see / an / I /
accident._______________________________________________________________________
2. to try / several / they / times / not?
______________________________________________________________
3. any / there to be / problem /
not._______________________________________________________________
4. ever / you / to / to be / London?
________________________________________________________________
F. Put the verb into the correct form - Present Perfect or Past Simple:
1. She ________________________________________ (not / post) the letter yet.
2. We _____________________________ (do) a lot of work today.
3. It ________________________ (not / rain) last week but it _________________________ (rain) a lot
this week.
4. I see that you __________________ (just / buy) a new pc. How much ___________________ (you /
pay) for it?
G. Build up sentences in the Present Perfect Continuous with the correct word order:
1. in / to live / village / they /
this._________________________________________________________________
2. any / he / alcohol / to drink?
___________________________________________________________________

3. it / to speak / they / not / about?

________________________________________________________________
4. a / in / to work / factory / he / not
______________________________________________________________
H. Put the verb into the correct form - Present Perfect or Present Perfect
Continuous:
1. ________________________________________ (you / clean) your shoes yet?
2. She _____________________________ (to stand) all day.
3. _________________________________ (you / to ring) the bell for the last ten minutes?
4. I __________________ (to wait) here for nearly half an hour Ben; do you think she
___________________ (to forget) to come?
I. Build up sentences in the Past Continuous with the correct word order:
1. loudly / to talk / very /
they.____________________________________________________________________
2. the / to stay / Jane / at / hotel?
_________________________________________________________________
3. to eat / they / not / a lot.
______________________________________________________________________
4. to write / I / not?
____________________________________________________________________________

J. Put the verb into the correct form Past Simple or Past Continuous:
1. He ___________________________ (cross) the road when I ____________________ (see) him.
2. I _______________________ (not / understand) what he _______________________ (try) to say.
3. Why ________________________ (they / shout) at you when I ___________________________
(arrive)?
4. When Ben ______________________ (arrive) home, his sister__ _____________________ (not /
watch) TV.
K. Build up sentences in the Past Perfect with the correct word order:
1. at / to arrive /midnight /
he.____________________________________________________________________
2. the / we / not / key / to lose.
___________________________________________________________________
3. to say / that / they / not?
______________________________________________________________________
4. already / to dress / they?
______________________________________________________________________
L. Put the verb into the correct form Past Simple or Past Perfect:
1. He ___________________________ (arrive) after we _______________________ (leave).
2. The lesson ________________________ (not / start) when I _________________________ (arrive).
3. I ______________________ (want) to know why he ___________________________ (not / visit) me
before.
4. The moment after I told her not to, the child__ _____________________ (do) it again.
M. Build up sentences in the Past Perfect Continuous with the correct word order:
1. hard / they / very / to
work.____________________________________________________________________
2. not / it / they / to
expect______________________________________________________________________
3. to cry / not / she?
____________________________________________________________________________
4. they / to wait / how long? _______
______________________________________________________________

N. Put the verb into the correct form Past Simple or Past Perfect Continuous:
1. She _____________________ (work) as a typist there for a month when she
_____________________ (get) ill.
2. Why ________________________ (she / stand) so long before she _____________________ (see)
the doctor?
3. __________________________ (not / to live) alone before she married?
4. It ________________________ (not / rain) yesterday, but it ______________________ (rain) the
week before.
O. Build up sentences in the Future Simple with the correct word order:
1. my / football / I / friends / to play / with.
_________________________________________________________
2. not / we / tonight / to go out.
__________________________________________________________________
3. not / upset / she / to be?
______________________________________________________________________
4. to do / they / what?
_________________________________________________________________________
P. Build up sentences in the Future Continuous with the correct word order:
1. with / I / not / him / to
talk.____________________________________________________________________
2. by / here / to come / plane / you?
______________________________________________________________
3. to be / them / he / with.
______________________________________________________________________
4. you / not / away / to go?
______________________________________________________________________
Q. Complete with the right form - Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect or
Present Perfect Continuous:

1. It ______________________ (never / rain) in summer but it ________________________ (now /

rain).
2. You look tired. ___________________________ (you / run) for a long time?
3. Our friends _____________________________ (just / to leave) for Mexico.
4. He________________________ (not / want) to know what they ________________________ (do)
now.
R. Complete with the right form - Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Past
Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous:

1. ______________________ (not / she / come) here yesterday?

2. When we _________________ (go) to see them last night, they ____________________ (play)
cards; they said they ________________________ (play) since six oclock.
3. On reaching the station, he _________________ (find) that his friend ___________________
(already / arrive).
4. After I ________________________ (hear) the news, I ____________________ (hurry) to see him.

Good Work!
Your teacher, Slvia Ribeiro