Tenses

TENSES

NAME THE TENSE AND FIND THE KEY WORD(S)

I’m dead tired. I have been working all day long


I’m dead tired. I have been working all day long


When we returned we saw that somebody had broken into our house.


When we returned we saw that somebody had broken into our house.


Prices are getting higher and higher these days.


Prices are getting higher and higher these days.


I met him in the canteen every day.


Last week I met him in the canteen every day.


Every year large areas of rainforest are cut down.


Every year large areas of rainforest are cut down.


When the party started Susan was still cooking something in the kitchen.


When the party started Susan was still cooking something in the kitchen.


By this time tomorrow the work will have been finished.


By this time tomorrow the work will have been finished.


I can’t give you lift. My car is still being repaired.


I can’t give you lift. My car is still being repaired.


How long had they been walking before they saw the fire?


How long had they been walking before they saw the fire?


How often do you work out in the gym?


How often do you work out in the gym?


This volcano has been explored this year. Now we know a lot more about it.


By next summer Mr White will have been working in our school for twenty years.


By next summer Mr White will have been working in our school for twenty years.


When the mayor arrived the road was still being renovated.


When the mayor arrived the road was still being renovated.


I don’t understand him, we have known each other since childhood, though.


I don’t understand him, we have known each other since childhood, though.


Sue promised that she would come on time.


Sue promised that she would come on time.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT TENSE

He __________ here for five years now.

a) works

b) is working

c) has worked

d) has been working


He __________ here for five years now.

a) works

b) is working

c) has worked

d) has been working


Rome _________ in a day.

a) did not build

b) was not built

c) had not built

d) was not building


Rome _________ in a day.

a) did not build

b) was not built

c) had not built

d) was not building


Before he went to England he _______ tons of guide books.

a) read

b) has read

c) was reading

d) had read


Before he went to England he _______ tons of guide books.

a) read

b) has read

c) was reading

d) had read


Thomas is a writer. Altogether he ________ 7 novels.

a) wrote

b) has written

c) was writing

d) had written


Thomas is a writer. Altogether he ________ 7 novels.

a) wrote

b) has written

c) was writing

d) had written


By the time we got there he __________ for us for more than two hours.

a) had been waiting

b) had waited

c) was waiting

d) has been waiting


By the time we got there he __________ for us for more than two hours.

a) had been waiting

b) had waited

c) was waiting

d) has been waiting


Sam _______ to change a light bulb when he fell.

a) tried

b) had been trying

c) was trying

d) has been trying


Sam _______ to change a light bulb when he fell.

a) tried

b) had been trying

c) was trying

d) has been trying


She is so predictable. Tomorrow at this time she ________ in the park.

a) will walk

b) will be walking

c) will have walked

d) Will have been walking


She is so predictable. Tomorrow at this time she ________ in the park.

a) will walk

b) will be walking

c) will have walked

d) Will have been walking


By this time next week your studies _______.

a) will complete

b) will be completed

c) will be completing

d) will have been completed


By this time next week your studies _______.

a) will complete

b) will be completed

c) will be completing

d) will have been completed


The students ____usually___ by Mrs. Monty.

a) are taught

b) are teaching

c) are teached

d) is taught


The students ____usually___ by Mrs. Monty.

a) are taught

b) are teaching

c) are teached

d) is taught


However this week they _______ by Mr. Tanzer.

a) are taught

b) are teaching

c) are being taught

d) are being teaching


However this week they _______ by Mr. Tanzer.

a) are taught

b) are teaching

c) are being taught

d) are being teaching


By the next summer you _______ a job.

a) will find

b) will be finding

c) will be found

d) will have found


By the next summer you _______ a job.

a) will find

b) will be finding

c) will be found

d) will have found


Last year we ______out almost every week.

a) ate

b) were eating

c) had eaten

d) had been eating


Last year we ______out almost every week.

a) ate

b) were eating

c) had eaten

d) had been eating


She said she _______ that bag.

a) will not buy

b) would not buy

c) will not be bought

d) would not be bought


She said she _______ that bag.

a) will not buy

b) would not buy

c) will not be bought

d) would not be bought


Somebody informed the police that the painting ____.

a) was stolen

b) was stealing

c) had stolen

d) had been stolen


Somebody informed the police that the painting ____.

a) was stolen

b) was stealing

c) had stolen

d) had been stolen


You ___ always ______ on me! Stop it!

a) do pick

b) are picking

c) are picked

d) were picking


You ___ always ______ on me! Stop it!

a) do pick

b) are picking

c) are picked

d) were picking

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - COOK

Who _____ food in your family when mum is away?

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE

Who cooks food in your family when mum is away?

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - REPAIR

Where is John? He _________ his car in the garage.


Where is John? He is repairing his car in the garage.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - SEE

I love this film. I ______ it four times already.


I love this film. I have seen it four times already.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE – DO, HEAR

She _______ the room when she ______ a strange noise.


She was doing the room when she heard a strange noise.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - GET

I envy you. At this time tomorrow you ________ some tan on the beach.


I envy you. At this time tomorrow you will be getting some tan on the beach.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - SPEND

By the time you leave you ___________ seven days here.


By the time you leave you will have spent seven days here.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - WAIT

Where’s he? I __________ for him since three o’clock.


Where’s he? I have been waiting for him since three o’clock.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - BE

I went to Belgium last month. I _____ never_____ there before.


I went to Belgium last month. I had never been there before.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - BE

He said his mother _______ very upset when she learned the truth.


He said his mother would be very upset when she learned the truth.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - BUILD

A new shopping mall ________ in the city centre now.


A new shopping mall is being built in the city centre now.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - HOLD

Yesterday the meeting _______ in the conference room.


Yesterday the meeting was held in the conference room.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - TRANSLATE

Her new novel ________ into Russian in a few months.


Her new novel will be translated into Russian in a few months.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - WASH

Take off your shoes. The floor ____ just ______ .


Take off your shoes. The floor has just been washed .

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - FINISH

By this time tomorrow the project ________.


By this time tomorrow the project will have been finished.

FILL IN THE VERB IN THE RIGHT TENSE - COOK

The chicken ____ still ________ when I got home.


The chicken was still being cooked when I got home.

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