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Simple tenses of the verb
This document provides a review of 12 English verb tenses: simple present, present progressive, simple past, past progressive, future, future progressive, and going to future. It explains the meaning and usage of each tense through examples and exercises requiring the reader to identify, form, or apply the correct verb tense based on time cues in sentences. Practice questions cover topics like habits, ongoing actions, completed past events, future plans, and mixing tenses.
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Simple tenses of the verb
- 1. Reviewing Verb Tenses ©2001 by Ruth Luman References
- 2. Verb Tense Review The Importance of Time Verb tense expresses the time of an event or action. Time and how it is expressed in writing is very important to English readers. The English language has twelve different tenses. In this lesson, we will review the meaning of each verb tense.
- 3. The Simple PresentTense Expresses a habit or often repeated action. Adverbs of frequency such as, often, seldom, sometimes, never, etc. are used with this tense. She goes to work everyday. They always eat lunch together.
- 4. The Simple PresentTense This tense also expresses general truths or facts that are timeless. Snow falls in the December in Minnesota. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
- 5. Write the correctform of the verb. • I ( like) lemonade very much. • The girls always ( listen) to pop music. • Janet never ( wear) jeans. • Mr Smith ( teach) Spanish and French. • You ( do) your homework after.
- 6. Fill in thecorrect form of the verbs. • We (have) a nice garden. • She ( be) six years old. • Simon ( have) two rabbits and five goldfish. • I ( be) from Vienna, Austria. • They ( be) Sandy's parents.
- 7. Give the correctverb form • I ( listen) to music every day. • Simon ( collect) stamps. • We ( wash) the dishes once a day. • My mother always ( make) breakfast. • Sarah usually ( meet) Maria at the tennis club
- 8. Give the correctverb form • Mr. Williams often (teach) the dogs new tricks. • They always ( throw) their litter in the bin. • The referee usually ( stop) the game after 90 minutes. • The kids ( hurry) to open their presents. • This car can ( do) 250 km/h.
- 9. Long and ShortForms Rewrite the sentences in the short form (where the long form is given) or in the long form (where the short form is given). • She has got a nice mobile. → • We don't use a computer. → • Johnny does not swim in the lake. → • They are from Budapest, Hungary. → • This isn't my cup of tea. →
- 10. Negative Sentences Make negativesentences. • They go to the supermarket. → • Ben does his homework in the kitchen. → • Jenny takes photos. → • I learn French words. → • He has two older sisters. →
- 11. Questions Ask for thebold part of the sentence. • Danny goes to school from Monday to Friday. → • My rabbit has a cage in the garden. → • The children like cats because they are nice. → • Jenny is never late. → • Andrew's new mountain bike costs €1000. →
- 12. Negative Sentences • My father makes breakfast. → • They are eleven. → • She writes a letter. → • I speak Italian. → • Danny phones his father on Sundays. →
- 13. Questions • Make questions. • you / to speak / English → • when / he / to go / home → • they / to clean / the bathroom → • where / she / to ride / her bike → • Billy / to work / in the superm
- 14. The Present Progressive Thistense is used to describe an action that is occurring right now (at this moment, today, this year, etc.). The action has begun and is still in progress. She is typing a paper for her class. He can’t talk. He is fixing the sink right now.
- 15. The Present Progressive Thepresent progressive can also be used to describe an action that is occurring in the present, but is temporary. John is living in Modesto, but he might move soon.
- 16. Use a verbin the correct present progressive form. • Look! Andy ________in the garden. • I _________TV at the moment. • We ___________a book. • She ____________the piano. • Listen! Sue and John __________.
- 17. Use the presentprogressive. • My sister ( clean) the bathroom. • Look! They ( go) inside. • I ( wait) in the car now. • Mrs Miller ( listen) to CDs • We (to speak) English at the moment
- 18. Rewrite the sentencesusing the negative forms. • We are playing a game. • I'm drawing a picture. • He is making pizza right now. • Susan and her brother are taking photos. • Dad is working in the kitchen. •
- 19. „Was“ or „Were“? • I _______hungry. • You_______ in Australia last year. • She _________not there. • Charly Chaplin__________ a famous actor. • Lisa and James___________ at home.
- 20. The Simple Past Weuse the simple past to indicate exactly when an action or event took place in the past. I visited my sister yesterday. We went out to dinner last night.
- 21. The Simple Past The simple past is used to describe actions and/or events that are now completed and no longer true in the present. I attended MJC in 1998. (I no longer attend MJC.) I saw a movie every weekend when I was a teenager. (I don’t see movies very much anymore
- 22. Write the sentences into Simple Past Tense. Add a time expression in the past • you / cards / play • I / a car / want • we / the game / lose • not / I / early / get up • not / Jeff and Linda / home / cycle
- 23. Complete the Table in Simple Past Tense • Positive Negative Question Jane was tired. Sean did not work. Did I have a cat Mary did not sing. Did she see us?
- 24. Ask for thebold part of the sentence. • Billy ate an apple. • The children played in the garden. • Laura came home at six o'clock. • The boy read a book. • The girl wrote five letters.
- 25. Write the sentences in the simple past. • Janet / the bus / miss • she / her room / tidy • not / Rupert / the number / dial • she / a friend / phone • not / Andy / the ball / pass
- 26. The Past Progressive The past progressive is used to talk about an activity that was in progress at a specific point of time in the past. The emphasis is on the duration of the activity in the past. I was studying for an exam while my mother was cooking dinner. We were walking in the park around 7 p.m. last night.
- 27. The Past Progressive The past progressive is often used with the simple past to show that one action was in progress when another action occurred. I was taking a bath when the doorbell rang. They were eating dinner when the neighbors stopped by for a visit.
- 28. Complete the tablein past progressive. • Positive Negative Question It was raining. They were not playing. Was I listening? Caron was not eating. You were singing.
- 29. The Future Will andbe + going + to are often used to describe future actions. Thomas will graduate in June. Maria is going to go to Mexico next week.
- 30. The Future The simplepresent and present progressive are also used to express future time. These are often used used in connection with schedules. She is meeting a new client at eleven o’clock. The train leaves at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow.
- 31. Test 1 SimpleFuture •they / call / us /tomorrow –Positive: –Negative: –Question:
- 32. • you /copy / the homework –Positive: –Negative: • Question:
- 33. •the clouds /disappear –Positive: –Negative: –Question:
- 34. The Future Progressive Thistense is used to describe an event or action that will occur over a period of time at a specific point in the future. at 10 a.m. tomorrow by the time you arrive I will be teaching ESL 40 at 10 a.m. tomorrow. They will be moving their furniture out of the house by the time you arrive tomorrow.
- 35. Give the correctverb form in Future Progressive • he / marry / his girlfriend –Positive: –Negative: • Question:
- 36. Going to form(Future Tense) •they / share / a room –Positive: –Negative: –Question: