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Tenses Exercises

The document provides examples of filling in verbs in the simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, and present perfect tenses. It gives sentence structures with blanks to be filled in by the appropriate verb form. There are 10 examples for each tense category, testing different verbs and sentence types. The purpose is to practice using different English verb tenses to fill in missing verbs in sentences.

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Tenses Exercises

The document provides examples of filling in verbs in the simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, and present perfect tenses. It gives sentence structures with blanks to be filled in by the appropriate verb form. There are 10 examples for each tense category, testing different verbs and sentence types. The purpose is to practice using different English verb tenses to fill in missing verbs in sentences.

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Simple Present or Present Continuous

Put in the verbs in brackets in the Simple Present or the Present


Continuous into the gaps.

Example: __ Chris _______ for his brother now? (to wait)


Answer: Is Chris waiting for his brother now?

1) Look! This lady ____________ a hamburger. (not/to eat)

2) Our cat seldom ____________ on the sofa. (to lie)

3) ____________ they __________ text messages at the moment? (to send)

4) I _________ supermarkets, but my father doesn't. (to like)

5) What ___________ the man __________ in our garden? (to do)

6) We ___________ the bus to school. (not/to take)

7) Where ___________ you _________ from? (to come)

8) ______________ your girlfriend always __________ green T-shirts? (to wear)

9) I ______________ a cup of tea now. (to have)

10) ____________ the boy ___________ in the pool right now? (to swim)

Simple Past or Past Continuous

Put in the verbs in brackets in the Simple Past or the Past Continuous into the
gaps.

Example: I ________ my keys while I ________ to school. (to lose) (to walk)
Answer: I lost my keys while I was walking to school.

1) While I _____________, the school bus _____________. (to text) (to arrive)

2) Cindy _____________ her leg while she ___________. (to break)


(to snowboard)

3) He __________ to the radio while he ____________ breakfast. (to listen) (to


prepare)

4) My father ___________ at 70 km/h when a policeman ____________ him. (to


drive) (to stop)
5) The girl ___________ that the boy ____________ her. (to notice) (to watch)

6) My dad ____________ the ladder while he ____________ the carport. (to fall
off) (to paint)

7) While we ____________, we _____________ crossword puzzles. (to wait) (to


do)

8) Nick ____________ sick while he ___________ in Texas. (to become) (to


travel)

9) What ___________ when you ______________ about 9/11? (to do) (to hear)

10) She said that she ____________ happy, so I ____________ to her. (not/to
feel) (to talk)

Present Perfect – Exercises


Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the Present Perfect. Watch
the punctuation and form sentences or questions.

Example: ____ you ______ the car yet? (to clean)


Answer: Have you cleaned the car yet?

1) Emma ____________ this film on TV. (not/to see)

2) How often ___________ she ___________ the office? (to phone)

3) ______________ the Millers ______________ yet? (to arrive)

4) John ____________ on a trip through Alaska. (not/to go)

5) ______________ they ever ___________ to New York? (to be)

6) Andy _____________ his sister's bike. (not/to repair)

7) What ______________ you _____________ in the kitchen? (to drop)

8) I _______________ a new laptop. (to buy)

9) ______________ Toby ______________ his blue pen? (to find)

10) The students _______________ their homework. (not/to forget)

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