Oxford Practice Grammar (Focus: Tenses) (Intermediate)

Correct the mistake in the sentence below.

The girls are play tennis at the moment.

Correct the mistake in the sentence below.

My suitcase is weighing ten kilos.

2 verbs must be changed from Simple Past to Past Continuous to show that at a time in the past, we were in the middle of an action.

"Oh, I was helping Mike. We repaired his car. It took ages. We worked on it all afternoon." said Sarah.

'One' verb to be is missing in the question below.

Hint: Past Continuous

Why you wearing your new trousers to repair a car?

We often use the Past Continuous and Past Simple together, when one (shorter) action comes in the middle of another (longer) one.

Write the correct form of verbs in the sentence below.

As we (drive) down the hill, a strange object (appear) in the sky.

The Present Perfect is the present tense of have + a past participle.

Write the sentence below in Present Perfect form.

The students (finish) their exams.

Gone to or been to

Claire has gone to Australia.

Gone there means that she is still there.

Claire has been to Australia.

Been there means that the visit is over.

Read the sentence below and select the correct phrase to be used.

This is the first time we ( ______ ) to Scotland, so it's all new to us.

• have been

• gone

Present Perfect or Past Simple?

Read the sentence carefully and decide the correct description.

Emma packed her case last night.

• So her things are in the case now.

• Her things may be unpacked now.

Present Perfect or Past Simple?

Read the sentence carefully and decide the correct description.

Mike has repaired the chair.

• So it's all right now.

• It may be broken again now.

Present Perfect or Past Simple?

Present Perfect is used to indicate a state which has gone up to the present.

David is still in the hospital.

Past Simple is used to indicate a state in the past, in a period which is finished.

David's stay in the hospital is over.

Read the sentence below and select its correct Tense.

• We have lived here for 10 years.

• Present Perfect

• Past Simple