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WorksheetsBACH - VERB TENSES
Total questions: 135
Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins
Choose the appropriate perfect verb tense: By next winter, Kai _____________ all of the practice sessions.
have completed
had completed
will have completed
Choose the appropriate perfect verb tense: The train _____________ and is now filling up with new passengers.
has arrived
had arrived
will have arrived
Choose the appropriate perfect verb tense: Sasha could not remember if she _____________ the front door earlier, so she went back to check.
has locked
had locked
will have locked
What is the verb in the following sentence: Jack carefully spreads the peanut butter on the bread.
Jack
carefully
spreads
on
What tense is the verb "spreads"?
Present
Past
Future
What is the verb in the following sentence: The bus will leave at 3:00pm on Friday.
bus
the
will leave
Friday
What tense is the verb "will leave"?
Present
Past
Future
What is the verb in the following sentence: Milan and his sister walked to the beach in the morning.
and
Milan
to
walked
What tense is the verb "walked"?
Present
Past
Future
Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined word(s) with the verb in the appropriate tense: Every time Aaliyah scored a goal, her team will yell loudly.
Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined word(s) with the verb in the appropriate tense: The parents will travel by car and the kids travels by bus.
Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined word(s) with the verb in the appropriate tense: All of the chimpanzees gather in the jungle and searched for ants.
Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined word(s) with the verb in the appropriate tense: Jaden cleaned his room and stacks his books in a neat pile.
The park opened in 1991 after people _____________________ demanded it.
(past perfect tense)
had
have
will have
has
Sadly, they __________ forgotten how important the park is.
(present perfect tense)
had
have
will have
has
Now the day _______ come to rebuild the playground.
(present perfect tense)
had
have
will have
has
By next summer, we _____________ rebuilt the entire playground.
(present perfect tense)
had
have
will have
has
Which words should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence correct?
A
B
C
D
Which words should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence correct?
A
B
C
D
Which words should replace the underlined phrase to make the sentence correct?
A
B
C
D
Choose the sentence in which the underlined verb phrase is correct:
A
B
C
D
Choose the sentence in which the underlined verb phrase is correct:
A
B
C
D
You will have known your teacher for a long time after this school year.
Mark has painted his sculpture green.
The boys had walked to the grocery store.
They had been playing for a long time when I got there.
What is the tense used in this sentence?
She will have fed us by the time Mom returns.
past perfect
present perfect
future perfect
Jill __________on her psychology experiment
still works
is still working
______________trouble sleeping?
Have you ever had
Are you ever having
Our teacher ____________ us to do more research
wants
is wanting
I _____________ to download this video for hours!
've tried
've been trying
We often ________________ what the teacher is talking about.
don't understand
aren't understanding
We __________________ our holiday this year.
've already booked
're already booking
She ____________photos for her project today.
takes
's taking
They _______________ for the concert all afternoon.
've been practising
've practised
Complete the sentences. Use the correct present tense forms of the verbs.
1 Donna (a) (hate) going to the gym.
2 I (a) (try) to buy tickets online for 2 hours now!
3 It’s 11 a.m. and my sister (a) (still sleep).
4 You (a) (ask) me that question three times already.
5 Nobody really (a) (understand) how the brain works.
Write sentences. Use the correct present tense.
1 Sally / practise / the piano at the moment.
2 I / love / classical music / since I was a child.
3 What / you / do / for the past hour?
4 I / think / you / need / a holiday.
5 Daniel / always / use / my laptop without asking!
I ... (CYCLE) and my legs are really tired now
(a)
How long ... (YOU KNOW) Peter?
(a)
I ... (READ) all afternoon.
(a)
I ... (READ) five chapters today
(a)
A: Can I borrow your calculator?
B: Sorry, but I ... (USE) it now
(a)
You are a great cook. This cake ... (TASTE) delicious
(a)
Thanks for this great time. I ... (HAVE) a lovely evening
(a)
I ... (NOT DECIDE) about buying a bike yet.
(a)
We ... (WALK) all day. Let's have a rest!
(a)
This coat ... (NOT FIT) me
(a)
Where _____ you _____ this car?
was ... buy
did ... bought
did ... buy
have ... buy
Alexander Graham Bell ____________ the telephone.
did invented
invented
was invented
I _______________English all afternoon yesterday.
learnt
was learning
were learning
had learnt
I ______________ (still / have) breakfast when he rang me up.
still had
still had had
was still having
It ____________ (still / rain) when the dam broke.
still rained
still had rained
was still raining
I _________ up, _________ and _________ breakfast.
was getting ... was dressing... was having
got... dressed ... had
had got... dressed... had
had got... had dressed... had had
While I ___________TV, mother __________ and my sister __________ the table.
watched... cooked... laid
was watching... was cooking... was laying
had watched... had cooked... had laid
He ____________ (already / leave) when I arrived.
has already left
had already left
was already left
They ___________ (to leave) at half past ten.
had left
left
was leaving
The standards of living in Europe ___________up during the 1960s.
had done
had gone
went
had went
Last year we _________ (to introduce) a number of new products and _____________ (to announce) record profits.
were introducing... were announcing
`introduced... announced
have introduced... have announced
had introduced... had announced
When I arrived, they ____________ (to discuss) the new project. (they were in the middle of it, they started before I arrived)
had discussed
were discussing
discussed
When I arrived, they ___________ (already / to have) dinner. (= they finished it before I arrived)
had already had
have already had
already had
was already had
After I arrived, I ___________ (to have) dinner with my family.
had
had had
was having
When we went out, it ____________ (already / to stop) snowing.
already stopped
had already stopped
was already stopped
was already stopping
They __________ (already / finish) discussing the new project when I arrived.
had already finished
have already finished
were already finished
already finished
It _____________ (to rain) all day yesterday.
rained
was raining
were raining
had rained
He _____________ (to write) a report by 6 o'clock yesterday.
had written
has written
wrote
was writing
I ____________ (to finish) my presentation by the time boss arrived.
had finished
finished
was finishing
When I ________ (go out) of the house, the sun __________ (to shine) and the birds __________ (to sing).
went out... was shining... were singing
had gone out... shoone... sang
went out... shone... sang
It ... all day! Why can’t it stop!
1. Joe ... for a new job all week since Friday.
Paul ... on the phone for half an hour now.
I'm afraid the books you ordered.............. by Friday.
won't have arrived
won't have been arriving
will have arrived
will have been arriving
By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we ......................... more than four hundred miles. We are going to be exhausted.
will have driven
will have been driving
Select the correct sentence on future perfect
I will be reading this book
I will have read this book by tomorrow
I go to read the book tomorrow
I won’t Reading the book tomorrow
When the soldiers got home, they discovered that their homes ... during the war.
had been destroyed
destroyed
had destroyed
When we got to the bookshop, we were too late! The last copy ... .
sold
had sold
had been sold
It was strange to see my old school again - all the walls ... a different colour by the new caretaker.
had been painted
had painted
painted
I was angry when I got to the shop because my bicycle ... .
had not been repaired
was not repaired
had not repaired
When I got to the party all the food ... .
eaten
had been eaten
had eaten
I am going to see you ______________________.
yesterday
a year ago
tomorrow
last night
She is _____________ cook a cake today
am going to
is going
are going to
going to
I think Steve ____________ .
will win
is going to win
I think I _____________ email my friends tonight.
will
an going to
I think he ______________ tomorrow.
won't come
is going to come
It's very hot. I ____________ the window.
will open
am going to open
Probably, he _________ Australia next year.
is going to visit
will visit
are going to visit
will visited
Choose the correct version.
By 2025, I will graduate from the university.
By 2025, I am going graduate from the university.
By 2025, I be going to graduate from the university.
By 2025, I am graduating from university.
