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Verb Tenses
Downloadable worksheets:
Present simple
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-17
Downloads:
10424
Introducing the "Passive Voice" (1) - Basic rules for Upper elementary and Intermediate students
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-14
Downloads:
5583
ALL ENGLISH TENSES (ACTIVE VOICE) - COMPLETE GRAMMAR-GUIDE IN A CHART FORMAT WITH FORM, USE, EXAMPLES AND TIME PHRASES (4 pages) FOR ALL LEVELS
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
5256
MULTIPLE CHOICE - FOUR TENSES 1
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-14
Downloads:
5174
PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-14
Downloads:
5203
THE PAST PERFECT TENSE
Level:
elementary
Age:
13-17
Downloads:
4125
VERB TENSES
Revise your verb tenses! PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, PRESENT PERFECT, PAST PERFECT, FUTURE SIMPLE, FUTURE CONTINUOUS, FUTURE PERFECT, CONDITIONAL.
1. Complete and match with the correct picture:
a) Peter
was riding
rode
had ridden
when he
was seeing
saw
had seen
the accident. The police came immediately.
b) I
check
have checked
will check
the weather forecast this evening. I
like
will like
would like
to know if it's going to rain in London at the weekend.
c) What
are you doing
do you do
would you do
this afternoon? I
am visiting
have visited
will have visited
my grandmother. She's in hospital.
d) What time
do the train leave
does the train leave
has the train left
this evening? At quarter to nine.
e) By this time next week, I
have finished
had finished
will have finished
this novel. I'm planning to read it this weekend.
f) Peter works from 8:00 to 15:00. Tomorrow at 10:00 he
will have worked
will be working
will work
g) David
has arrived
arrived
had arrived
home when I finally got there. He was watching TV.
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2. Choose the correct option:
a) Jane didn't come to the theatre with us because...
she had already seen that play.
she hadn't seen that play yet.
she didn't see that play.
b) I think our plane ... at 16:20 at Heathrow airport tomorrow.
has landed
lands
was landing
c) Peter ... to India, but he would like to go there one day.
had never been
has never gone
has never been
d) This is the first time ...
Peter has driven a car
Peter drives a car
Peter would be driving a car
e) What time ...?
did you saw Mary yesterday night?
did you see Mary yesterday night?
have you seen Mary yesterday night?
3. Complete with a suitable verb from the box in the correct tense. (Use the short form for negative sentences) :
complain - travel - find - look for - apply for - eat - drive - forget - watch - live
a) This time next year, I
in Cambridge with my sister. I'll have already started university there.
b) David
a job as a solicitor last week and he's expecting an answer from the law firm.
c) What
(you)? I'd like to buy a pair of jeans.
d) I've been looking for my sunglasses all morning, but I
them yet.
e) Peter
about the homework at the moment. He's always complaining about something!
f) By this time next year, we
to Hawaii and we'll be back home.
g) I
home from work when I saw Jane.
h) We have a wonderful plan for the weekend. We
pizza at the new restaurant.
i) Anne was really angry because her boyfriend
her birthday again!
j) Carlos
TV in the evenings because he comes home very tired from work.
