GRAMMAR : Verb tenses with key and answer

REVIEW YOUR IRREGULAR VERBS

 be /was/been

become/became/become
begin/began/begun
bite/bit/bitten
bleed/bled/bled
break/broke/broken
bring/brought/brought
bradcast/broadcast/broadcast
build/built/built
burn/burnt/burnt
buy/bought/bought
catch/caught/caught
choose/chose/chosen
come/came/come
cost/cost/cost
cut/cut/cut
deal/dealt/dealt
do/did/done/
draw/drew/drawn
dream/dreamt/dreamt
drink/drank/drunk
drive/drove/driven
eat/ate/eaten
fall/fell/fallen
feed/fed/fed
feel/felt/felt
fight/fought/fought
find/found/found
fly/flew/flown
foget/forgot/forgotten
get/got/got
give/gave/given
go/went/gone
grow/grew/grown
have/had/had
hear/heard/heard
hit/hit/hit
hold/held/held
hurt/hurt/hurt
keep/kept/kept
know/knew/known
learn/learnt/learnt
leave/left/left
lend/lent/lent
let/let/let
light/lit/lit
lose/lost/lost
make/made/made
meet/met/met
melt/melted/melted
pay/paid/paid
put/put/put
read/read/read
ride/rode/ridden
ring/rang/rung
rise/rose/risen
run/ran/run
say/said/said
see/saw/seen
sell/sold/sold
send/sent/sent
set/set/set
shine/shone/shone
shoot/shot/shot/
show/showed/shown
shut/shut/shut
sing/sang/sung
sit/sat/sat
sleep/slept/slept
smell/smelt/smelt
speak/spoke/spoken
spend/spent/spent
stand/stood/stood
steal/stole/stolen
stick/stuck/stuck
sweep/swept/swept
swim/swam/swum
take/took/taken
teach/taught/taught
tell/told/told
think/thought/thought
throw/threw/thrown
understand/understood/understood
wake/woke/waken
wear/wore/worn
win/won/won
write/wrote/written

GRAMMAR: SIMPLE PAST VS PRESENT PERFECT

  

VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(1):
CHOOSE THE RIGHT TENSE:
1.I ____ English two years ago.   
 a)studied       
 b) have studied


2) My friend____ English for a long time. 
 a)studied       
 b) has studied


3) My father ____ in Algeria during the war. 
 a)lived       
 b) has lived   


4) Kamal ____ in France all his life. He's happy living in Paris. 
 a)lived       
 b) has lived   


5) ____ you ___ your homework yet? It's getting late. 
 a)Did...finish       
 b) Have...finished   


6) ____ you ever ___ in a limosine? When my sister got married, we rode in one. 
 a) Did...work     
 b)Have...ridden   


7) Badra and Laila ___ each other since they were children. 
 a)knew           
 b) have known     


8) Badra ____ Laila at school. They were in the same class. 
 a)met       
 b)has met   
VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(2):
WRITE THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT TENSE;(SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT):
1.When I was young I (write)   poems.
2.When (you see)    this film?
3.We (not have)   any problem when we were on holiday last summer.
4.my sister (learn) English for five years.She still takes English lesson   
5.They (already sell)   their nice house.
6.She (not show)   us her new skirt yet.
7.My mother (send)    me a postcard last week.
8. It (not rain) for a long time.
9. I can't give you her address. I (forget)   it.
10. I (not read)    today's newspaper yet.
11. I (never think)  about being an actor.
12. She (never swim)   in the river.
13. he (never be)   Agadir .
14. I (meet)   her English friend yesterday.
15. I (know)   Tom when he was just five years old.
16. I (have)    a lot of work recently.
17. They (buy)     my car a week ago.
18. THey (live)        here for ten years. They are living in the country now
19.she read    that story severa times 
20.He (do)    his homework on SaturdayVERB TENSES : EXERCISE(3):
CHOOSE THE CORRECT TENSE FROM THE ONES SUGGESTED:
1: 
  A: ____________ to LONDON? 
  B: Once, when I was a little girl, we went to London and saw the famous BIG BEN and Windsor Castle 
   a)Did you ever go   
   b)Were you ever     
   c)Had you ever been   
   d)Have you ever been

2: 
  A: ____________ any foreign languages? B: Yes, I do, I’ve been studying Arabic at night school.     

   a)Do you speak   
     b)Are you speaking
   c)Have you spoken   
     d)Did you speak   

3: 
  A: What ____________ at the weekend? 
  B: Nothing much, I went shopping on Saturday and spent Sunday with my family 
 a)did you do       
 b)were you doing   
 c)you did         
 d)have you done   

4:
  I didn’t see him, when I arrived at the party, he ____________ home. 
 a)was leaving and going
 b)left and went         
 c)had left and gone     
   d)leaves and goes       

5:
  Apparently, Sophia ____________ married in May - but she hasn’t invited me. 
 a)is getting     
 a)is getting     
 c)will get       
 d)will have got

6: :
  The bus for My school ____________ at 7.30 every day. 
 a)has left     
 b)due to leave
 c)to leave   
 d)leaves     
VERB TENSES : EXERCISE(4):
FUTURE TENSES:
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:

1: :
  A: '__________ anything tonight?' 
 a)Are you doing 
   b)Will you do   
   c) do you do
   d)Would you like to do

2: 
  B: 'Sorry, __________ my hair'.
 a)I'm washing
 b)I will wash
 c)I wash       
 d)I washed   

3: 
'Do you want to come and see a film? We ________ outside school at 7'.

 a)meet   
 b)will meet   
 c)'re meeting
 d) met   

4: 
'I might meet you at the cinema, what time _____________?. 
 a)is the film starting 
 b)will the film start 
 c)does the film start   
 d)did the film start   
5:   
'If you're not there, I _________ you a bell on your mobile'. 
 a) 'm going to give   
 b)give     
 c)gave     
 d)'ll give

6: 
'What ________ we have for dinner?'. 
 a)will   
 b)do     
 c)shall
 d)areVERB TENSES : EXERCISE(5):
MIXED TENSES:Choose the correct tense



1.I'll see you in August when I _____ back.
a) will come b) came c) will have come d) come
2.   Alex didn't come to see the film last night because he _____ it before.
a)saw b. had seen c) has seen d) was seen
3. July 10th is my wedding anniversary. Next month, my husband and I will _____ for twenty years.
a) marry b) have married c) be married d) have been married.
4. Something extremely strange _____ yesterday while we were out jogging.
a) was happened b) happened c) has been happening d) has happened.
5. Ouch! I _____ my finger!
a) have cut b)   cut c) had cut d) had been cut.
6. I was very sick, but I've been feeling better since I _____ the doctor.
a) have visited b) visit c) had visited d) visited.
7. I haven't heard from my son _____. 
a. for several weeks b) for several weeks ago c) since several weeks before d) .
since a long time.
8. The guests _______ by the time you finish the cleaning.
a. will have arrived b. arrived c. arrive d. have arrived.
9. By May, I _________ enough money to go on holiday.
a. will be earning b. will be earned c. will have earned d. will have been earned.
10. When the police arrived at the accident place, everyone _______They couldn't find anyone.
a. will have left b. has left c. had left d. was leaving.
11. " I _______________ there for two years by the end of this?"
a. will work b. will have worked c. will be working d. have been working 
12. Just as we ........... down to lunch, John ................ the bell.
a.are sitting/ rang b.will sit/rang c.were sitting/rang d.were sitting/has been ringing

CORRECTION :EXERCISE(1):**FROM VERB TENSES PAGE:SIMPLE PAST OR PRESENT PERFECT**

1.have studied   2). Has studied   3) lived 4)   has lived   5)   Have...finished   6)   Have...ridden   7)   have known   8)   met   
CORRECTION :EXERCISE(2):**FROM VERB TENSES PAGE:SIMPLE PAST OR PRESENT PERFECT**
WRITE THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT TENSE;(SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT)

1.wrote 2.did you see 3.didn’t have 4.has learned/learnt   5.have already sold 6.hasn’t shown 7.sent 8.hasn’t rained 9. i’ve forgotten 10. haven’t read 11.have never thought 12. has never swum 13.has never been .14.met 15. have known.16. have had.17. bought18.lived 19.has read   20. didCORRECTION :EXERCISE(3):**FROM VERB TENSES PAGE:ALL TENSES**

1: d)Have you ever been ---->   (Have you ever been...?’ is used to ask about life experience)
2: a)Do you speak----> ('Do you speak...?' asks about something which is constant or always true )     
3: a)did you do ---->( What did you do...?’ asks about a finished time in the past, such as the weekend )   
4: c)had left and gone ---->( He had left and gone’ tells us he left before I arrived) 
5: a)is getting ---->( 'She’s getting' describes an arrangement)     
6: d)leaves ---->(For something which happens at the same time regularly, we can use the present simple to describe the future.)CORRECTION :EXERCISE(4):**FROM VERB TENSES PAGE:FUTURE TENSES**
1: a) Are you doing---->Use the present continuous tense to ask a question about someone's future plans or arrangements.   
2: a) I'm washing---->Use the present continuous tense to talk about future plans or arrangements.   
3: c. 're meeting ---->Use the present continuous tense to talk about future plans or arrangements.   
4: c. does the film start ---->Use the present simple to talk about a schedule e.g. The flight takes just over an hour.   
5: d. 'll give ---->We use 'will' when we make an instant decision.   6: c. shall---->If you ask someone's opinion, and use 'we' or 'I', you can use 'shall'CORRECTION :EXERCISE(5):**FROM VERB TENSES PAGE:Mixed tenses**


1. a) will come 
2.b) had seen 
3.d)have been married.
4.b) happened 
5 .a) have cut 
6.d) visited.
.7a.) for several weeks 
8.a.) will have arrived 
9.c.) will have earned 
10. c) had left 
11.b) will have worked 
12. c)were sitting/rang