Name:
Date:
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SIMPLE PRESENT / PRESENT CONTINUOUS
SIMPLE PAST / PAST CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT / PAST PERFECT
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Mark:
1. WRITE THE FOLLOWING VERBS INTO THEIR CORRECT VERBAL TENSE:
1.1
I ______________________ (usually / go) to school by bus, but today I
______________________ (go) by train.
1.2
Last week, Fred ______________________ (fall) off a ladder and he
______________________ (break) his arm.
1.3
She ______________________ (not / always / start) work at 8 o’clock.
1.4
They ______________________ (eat) dinner by the time their friends
______________________ (come).
1.5
She ______________________ (not / work) tonight.
1.6
______________________ (can / he) walk when he was five years old?
1.7
Philip
______________________
(wash)
the
car
while
Tom
______________________ (read).
1.8
While Jeff _____________________ (build) the garden shed, he hurt himself.
1.9
He ______________________ (be / not) an important actor in 1998.
1.10
Where ______________________ (you / go) last summer?
1.11
I ______________________ (clean) the windows when the telephone
______________________ (ring).
1.12
______________________ (they / buy) the tickets before they left?
1.13
We ______________________ (know) her for six years.
1.14
______________________ (he / be) here since Monday?
1.15
We ______________________ (not / be) at home yesterday night.
1.16
She ______________________ (not / stay) at a camp-site one month ago.
1.17
I ______________________ (just / post) the letter.
1.18
What
______________________
(Lesley
/
do)
before
her
husband
______________________ (come) home?
1.19
How long ______________________ (you / live) here?
1.20
We ______________________ (not / answer) that letter yet.
Score
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2. CORRECT THE MISTAKES:
2.1
Rebecca wash her hair every day.
2.2
I am visiting my parents every week.
2.3
He sits on the floor at the moment.
2.4
Do you watch TV in the evenings always?
2.5
The bus usually isn’t late.
2.6
Dad was repairing the TV while Mum cooked dinner.
2.7
Brian drank tea at five o’clock yesterday afternoon.
2.8
Jim lives in Germany for three years.
2.9
My father has went fishing.
2.10
She just has moved house.
2.11
I am at school since nine o’clock.
2.12
They did their homework before they went out to play.
2.13
By the time Sarah’s husband had arrived, she washed the dishes.
Score
/ 13