EXERCISE: VERB TENSE

I:Supply the correct verb forms: The Simple Present Tense or The Present Continuous Tense:
Hurry! The bus …………… (come).
Listion! Somebody …………………. (sing).
How often ……………………… (you/read) a newpaper?
The sun always ………………(rise )in the east. Look, it …………….(rise) now.
I ……………………..(hear) you: I …………………(know) what you ……………….(say).
The concert …………………….(strat) at 7.30 this evening.
Ann, we …………………..(go) to town. …………………. (you/come) with us?
She ………………..(have) coffee for breakfast every morning.
I ………………..(see) that you …………………..(wear) your best clothes.
She sometimes ………………..(buy) vegetables at this market.

II. Supply the corect verb forms: The Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous:
I ………………..(try) to learn English for years,but I …………………..(not succeed) yet.
Mary ………………. (rest) in the garden all day because she ……………(be) ill.
She ……………………(work) so hard this week that she ………………..(not have) time to go to the movies.
That bok ………………..(lie) on the table for weeks. You ……………….(not read) it yet?
He …………………(not/be) here since Christmas. I wonder where he ………………….(live) since then.
Jack ………………..(go) to Paris for a holiday. He never ………………(be) there.
You ………………(sleep) so far? I …………..(ring)the bell for the last twenty minutes.
He ………………….(write) a novel for two years, but he …………………..(not finish) it yet.
Mary ………………..(lose) her hat and she ………………..(look) for it until now.
I …………………(see) that film several times because I like it.

III. Supply the correct verb forms: Present Tenses.
Jack …………………( look) no trouble with my English lesson up to now.
The weather generally …………………(get) quite hot in July and August.
That brown briefcase ……………………(belong) to Dr.rice.
Yes, I …………………….(remember) that older fellow’s name now
Michael …………………..(work) thirty eight hours a week.
I ………………….(be) sorry. I …………………(forget) that girl’s name aready.
How many times you ……………..(see) him since he went to Edinburgh?
Fred’s brother just …………………(graduate) from Oxford University.
The earth ………………..( circles) the sun once every 365 days.
Verb Tenses (2)
Supply the correct verb form : Simple past or Past Continuous.
When I ……………….(arrive) at his house, he still ……………….(sleep).
She ……………………(water) the flowers in her garden while her next door neighbour …………………….(chat) with her over the fence.
As we ……………………(cross) the street, we …………………….(see) an the fence.
The bell ………………………(ring) while Tom ……………….(take)a bath.
She ……………………….( hear) a noise and ………………..(get) out of bed when the door ………………………(open)
The children …………….(play) football when their mother ……………………. (come) back.
Who ……………….(be) that man that you ………………….. (talk) to? I…………………(see) him at the gate when I ……………. (come) in.
We ……………………. (wait) for the bus when he ………………… ( pass) by in his car ………………… (offer) us a lift.
I ………………....... (be) ver tired because I …………………(work) all day yedterday.
When the students ………………… (hear) the bell, the ………………… (get up) and ……………………. (leave).
Give the right forms of the verbs in brakets: Simple Past or Past Perfect.

He …………………. (forget) what I ………………….. (tell) him. I ………………… (remind) him many times, but he still ……………….. ( not bring) what I ……………….. (want).
He …………………… (ask) me whether I ………………….. (see) his pen on the table. I …………………. ( tell) him that I ………………….( not see) it around.
If I ……………………. (wait) only a little while longer, I would have met her. I ………………….. (not see) her since we last …………………. (meet) two years ago.
They ………………..(go) home after they ………………… (finish) their work.
When we came to the stadium, the match ………………….. (already, begin).
They told me they ……………………. (not,eat) such kind of food before.
After they had gone, I ……………………(sit) down and …………….. (rest).
After talking a bath, he ……………….(go) to bed.
What …………………… (be) he when he ……………………(be) young?
It was the first time I ………………….. (ever,see) such a beautiful girl.
Give the right forms of the verbs brackets: Past Tenses
The house ………………….. (be) much smaller than he ……………….(think) at first.
Before you ……………………. (mention) him, I never …………….(hear) of that author .