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ENG 9 Review: Verb tenses

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Complete the sentence with a verb in present simple.

I ________ in the lake.

a)

swim

b)

swimming

c)

swims

d)

swam

2.

Complete the sentence with a verb in present simple.

Walter and Frank ________ hello.

a)

say

b)

saying

c)

says

d)

said

3.

We ________ the family car.

a)

don’t wash

b)

don’t washed

c)

doesn’t wash

d)

washes

4.

Where ________ they ________ after work? → They _________ in a café.

a)

do – meet – meet

b)

do – meet – meeting

c)

does – meet – meets

d)

do – meets - meets

5.

________ he ________ the guitar? → No, he ________.

a)

Does – play – doesn’t

b)

Does – plays – don’t

c)

Do – play – doesn’t

d)

Does – play – does

6.

________ Tim and Harry ________ in Sydney? → No, they ________.

a)

Do – live – don’t

b)

Do – live – do

c)

Are – live – aren’t

d)

Does – live – doesn’t

7.

Use the words in brackets and form questions with question words. Use present simple and mind the punctuations and uppercase/capital letter!

Where (your friends/to work)

(a)  

8.

Use the words in brackets and form questions with question words. Use present simple and mind the punctuations and uppercase/capital letter!

Where (Lenny/to live)

(a)  

9.

Complete the sentence with pronouns and verbs in present continuous.

________ to help?

a)

Are they trying

b)

Are they try

c)

Do they trying

d)

They are trying

10.

Complete the sentence with a verb in past simple.

He ________ the new smartphone last Monday.

a)

bought

b)

buys

c)

is buying

d)

was buying

11.

Complete the sentence with a verb in past simple.

We ________ the text message at 10 o'clock am.

a)

sent

b)

send

c)

sends

d)

sending

12.

Complete the sentence with verbs in past continuous.

The students ________.

a)

were texting

b)

was texting

c)

are texting

d)

texted

13.

Complete the sentence with verbs in present perfect.

Emily ________ her room.

a)

has painted

b)

have painted

c)

painted

d)

is painting

14.

Complete the sentence with verbs in present perfect.

Marcus ________ an accident.

a)

has had

b)

has

c)

had

d)

have had

15.

Which one is the correct structure of a present perfect sentence?

a)

Have the Millers arrived yet?

b)

Has the Millers arrived yet?

c)

Are the Millers arrived yet?

d)

Have the Millers yet arrived?

16.

Complete the sentence with verbs in past simple and past continuous.

The students ________ cards when the teacher ________ in.

a)

were playing – came

b)

played – was coming

c)

play – comes

d)

was playing – came

17.

Complete the sentence with verbs in the correct past tense.

I ________ my keys while I ________ to school.

a)

lost – was walking

b)

lost – walked

c)

was losing – was walking

d)

lost – were walking

18.

Complete the sentence with verbs in past simple OR past continuous.

Hint: think about whether it’s finished [past simple] or unfinished [present perfect]

Columbus ________in the New World in 1492.

a)

arrived

b)

has arrived

c)

have arrived

d)

is arrive

19.

Complete the sentence with verbs in past simple OR past continuous.

Hint: think about whether it’s finished [past simple] or unfinished [present perfect]

I ________ Paul today, but I ________ him last Sunday.

a)

haven’t seen – saw

b)

saw – have seen

c)

didn’t see – have seen

d)

didn’t saw – saw

20.

Rewrite the sentence and complete it with the verb given.

Use the present perfect tense.

Mind the punctuations and uppercase/capital letter!

The girls (a)   their lunch yet. [not / to eat]