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EXERCISE 1

Simple Present Tense (Basic English, 3rd Ed)


Fill in the blank with the correct continuous tense form of the verb in brackets. 


1. Shamsul always ______________ (wash) his car when he _____________ (get) home every evening.


2. The children usually _______________(go) to school by bus. The bus sometimes _____________ (arrive) late.


3. My parents seldom ________________(visit) me at the hostel because they _______________(be) busy.


4. Everyday Uncle Jo _______________(eat) the bread that he _____________(buy) from the bakery.


5. My father always ______________ (read) the newspaper at breakfast. He especially _____________(like) the sports section.


6. The teacher regularly ______________(advise) the students to study hard so that they can get good results in the examination.


7. Nowadays there ________________(be) many robberies reported within the Klang Valley.


8. The college _______________(organize) an English Drama Competition annually.


9. She _____________(know) that you __________ (write) to the newspaper every week.


10. The lawyer ____________(be) responsible for the murder case.




Present Continuous Tense 


Fill in the blank with the correct continuous tense form of the verb in brackets. 


1. Please be quiet! The baby _____________(sleep).


2. Sham ______________(clean) the house at the moment.


3. The parents _____________(wait) for their children now.


4. Listen! Someone ____________(knock) on the door.


5. It _____________(rain) so the boys ____________(play) in the house.


6. At present, all the shops _____________(sell) their goods at half price.


7. Siti _____________(have) lunch in the cafeteria now.


8. We _______________(go) to the conference now.


9. Janet _________________(work) on her assignments.


10. She _____________(practise) on the piano at the moment.




Present Perfect Tense


Underline the correct answers.


1. She (has done,have done) her homework which is due tomorrow.


2. My brother and his friends (has seen, have seen) the movie and they like it.


3. Encik Hassan and his family (has recently moved, have recently moved) to another housing area.


4. The students (have already heard, has already heard) about the news.


5. The house (has been ransacked, have been ransacked) by thieves recently.


6. The new student (has won, have won) the essay competition which was organized by the faculty.


7. The human resource department (has decided, have decided) to hold a family day sometime next week.


8. The committee members (have agreed, has agreed) to attend the meeting every week.


9. The policemen who found the orphan boy (has returned, have returned) him to the orphanage.


10. The organizers of the concert (have cancelled, has cancelled) the show which is to be held tomorrow night.




Present Perfect Continuous (www.ego4u.com)

Write sentences in present perfect progressive.

1. Kevin / read → 
2. you / TV / watch / all day → 
3. Paul / to the radio / listen / not → 
4. the men / cards / play → 
5. the girls / cycle / not → 

Write questions in present perfect progressive.

1. Carol / shout → 
2. you / dance → 
3. Kevin / run → 
4. they / on the phone / talk / how long → 
5. these books / lie / on the floor / how long → 

EXERCISE 2

Simple Future Tense (Basic English, 3rd Ed) 


Fill in each blank with a correct form of the verb in parentheses.


1. I __________(eat) at an expensive restaurant tonight.


2. My mother _______________(see) the doctor tomorrow.


3. Anis___________(water) the plants when she finishes her homework.


4. She______________(return) my book next week.


5. My family and I______________(visit) my grandparents in Kota Bharu this coming Hari Raya. 


6. Safiah and Ju_____________(go) to the National Library this Sunday.


7. Miss Chong____________(teach) us English next semester.


8. We plan to go jogging tomorrow. We______________(wake) up early.


9. She______________(be) 21 years old soon. We_______________(give) her a surprise birthday party.


10. I_______________(help) my mother prepare breakfast tomorrow morning. I am sure she ___________(be) happy. 




Future Continuous Tense (www.ego4u.com)

Put the verbs into the correct form (future I progressive).

1. At midnight we (sleep) .
2. This time next week we (sit)  at the beach.
3. At nine I (watch)  the news.
4. Tonight we (cram up)  for our English test.
5. They (dance)  all night.
6. He (not / play)  all afternoon.
7. I (not / work)  all day.
8. (eat / you)  at six?
9. (drive / she)  to London?
10. (fight / they)  again?

Future Perfect Tense

Choose the correct form.

In twenty years' time most people  will be using will have been using  the Internet.

By this time next year we  will be moving will have moved  into our new house.

When he retires, he  will have been working will work  for fifty years.

By 2050 holidaymakers  will have been travelling will be travelling  to the Moon.

As soon as we reach the coast, we  will have sailed will have been sailing  for a week.

They  will have built will build  the station by November.

I  will get will have got  a job as soon as I leave school.

He will come back in summer. By then he  will be staying will have been staying  in Cork for two years.

At midnight the speakers  will have been presenting will have presented  their projects for ten hours.

When we go to see our kids, they  will be will have been  at the camp for a fortnight.

EXERCISE 3

Simple Past Tense (Basic English,3rd Ed)


Fill in the blank with 'was' or 'were'.


1. Imran _____________sick last Sunday.


2. They _______________with me last weekend.

3. You _____________absent the whole of last week.


4. The cows___________on the hill yesterday evening.


5. The children_____________at the zoo yesterday.


6. Sara___________very cute when she was a baby.


7. Her house____________next to mine when we were children.


8. I______________very hungry, so I ate all the food on the table.


9. The antic vase_____________in that yellow box a minute ago.


10. Her dress_____________the most glamorous among all the guests at the party last night. 


Past Continuous Tense (www.ego4u.com) 

Write sentences in past progressive.

1. he / the car / wash → 
2. she / home / go → 
3. they / not / the match / watch → 
4. you / in the shop / work → 
5. I / not / a magazine / read → 

Write questions in past progressive.

1. she / on a chair / sit → 
2. you / your bag / pack → 
3. his head / ache → 
4. we / tea / drink → 
5. you / the bike / repair → 

Past Perfect Tense

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

1. The waiter served something that we (not / order) .
2. He went to Alaska where he (not / be)  before.
3. She put on the red dress, which she (not / wear)  for ages.
4. He (not / play)  tennis before that day.
5. His mother was angry because he (not / help)  her with the shopping.

Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.

1. (you / finish)  your homework before you went to the cinema?
2. (why / you / clean)  the bathroom before you bathed the dog?
3. (you / have)  breakfast before you came here?
4. (she / find)  a place to stay when she went to Boston?
5. (where / she / live)  before she moved to Chicago?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense


Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (positive).

1. I lost the key that he (give)  to me.
2. She told me that she (see)  a ghost.
3. I went downstairs because I (hear)  a noise.
4. When they came home, Sue (cook)  dinner already.
5. We could not send you a postcard because we (forget)  our address book.

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

1. The waiter served something that we (not / order) .
2. He went to Alaska where he (not / be)  before.
3. She put on the red dress, which she (not / wear)  for ages.
4. He (not / play)  tennis before that day.
5. His mother was angry because he (not / help)  her with the shopping.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense (www.englishtenseswithcartoons.com)

Fill in the blank with the correct answer. 

1	By 2005 we _________ (live) in London for 14 years.
2	He __________  (write) a book by the end of the week.
3	He ____________ (write)  this book for 3 months by the end of this week.
4	__________(finish, you) this project by the next week?
5	We __________ (married, be) a year on June 25th.
6	If it doesn't come tomorrow, I ___________ (be) without the projector for a month.
7	____________ (be, she) pregnant for 5 month this week?

14: FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

We use the Future Perfect Continuous to show that something will continue up until a particular event or time in the future. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Friday" are all durations which can be used with the Future Perfect Continuous. 

Examples: 

• They will have been talking for over an hour by the time Thomas arrives.
• She is going to have been working at that company for three years when it finally closes.
• James will have been teaching at the university for more than a year by the time he leaves for Asia.
• How long will you have been studying when you graduate?
• We are going to have been driving for over three days straight when we get to Anchorage.

Using the Future Perfect Continuous before another action in the future is a good way to show cause and effect.

Examples:

• Jason will be tired when he gets home because he will have been jogging for over an hour.
• Claudia's English will be perfect when she returns to Germany because she is going to have been studying English in the United States for over two years.

That's all about the four forms of tense,,enjoy the lesson and don't forget to do the exercise!

13: PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past. "For five minutes" and "for two weeks" are both durations which can be used with the Past Perfect Continuous. 

Examples:

• They had been talking for over an hour before Tony arrived.
• She had been working at that company for three years when it went out of business.
• How long had you been waiting to get on the bus?
• Mike wanted to sit down because he had been standing all day at work.

Using the Past Perfect Continuous before another action in the past is a good way to show cause and effect.

Examples:

• Jason was tired because he had been jogging.
• Sam gained weight because he had been overeating.
• Betty failed the final test because she had not been attending class.

12:PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

FORM

[has/have + been + present participle]

We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all durations which can be used with the Present Perfect Continuous.

Examples:

• They have been talking for the last hour.
• She has been working at that company for three years.
• What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes?
• James has been teaching at the university since June.

You can also use the Present Perfect Continuous WITHOUT a duration such as "for two weeks." Without the duration, the tense has a more general meaning of "lately." We often use the words "lately" or "recently" to emphasize this meaning.

Examples:

• They have been talking for the last hour.
• She has been working at that company for three years.
• What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes?
• Recently, I have been feeling really tired.