Name: _________________________________Date: _______Score: _______

A. Circle the correct verb in each of the sentences below. Check your answers
on the following page.

1. Your friend (talk-talks) too much.

2. The man with the roses (look-looks) like your brother.
3. The women in the pool (swim-swims) well.
4. Bill (drive-drives) a cab.
5. The football players (run-runs) five miles every day.
6. That red-haired lady in the fur hat (live-lives) across the street.
7. He (cook-cooks) dinner for his family.
8. The boys (walk-walks) to school every day.
9. The weather on the coast (appear-appears) to be good this weekend.
10. The center on the basketball team (bounce-bounces) the ball too high.
11. Each of the girls (look-looks) good on skis.
12. Everybody (was-were) asked to remain quiet.
13. Neither of the men (is-are) here yet.
14. (Is-Are) each of the girls ready to leave?
15. Several of the sheep (is-are) sick.
16. Some members of the faculty (is-are) present.
17. Nobody in the class (has-have) the answer.
18. Each of the girls (observe-observes) all the regulations.
19. All of the milk (is-are) gone.
20. Most of the seats (was-were) taken.
21. Margo and her parents (visit-visits) each other often.
22. Either the cups or the glasses (are-is) in the dishwasher.
23. Vern and Fred (need-needs) a ride to work.
24. There (is-are) a dog, a cat, and a bird in the garage.
25. Neither Matt nor his brothers (was-were) at the party.
26. Here into the main ring of the circus (come-comes) the trained elephants.
27. Either the workers or the boss (deliver-delivers) the merchandise.
28. The committee (work-works) hard for better schools.
29. There (is-are) many things to do before the holidays.
30. The jury (was-were) polled for their verdicts.
31. Here (is-are) the nails you need for the projects.
32. Either Joyce or Ellen (was-were) here.
33. The United States (is-are) a country of contrast.
34. A magazine and a book (was-were) lying on the floor.
35. The family (is-are) occupied with their individual problems.
 B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE form of the
verb given in the brackets.

1. The plane _________________ at 6.30. (arrive)

2. I will phone you when he _________________ back. (come)
3. Unless we _________________ now we can’t be there on time. (start)
4. The sun _________________ in the east. (rise)
5. The next term _________________ on Monday. (begin)
6. She _________________ an engineer. (be)
7. They _________________ our relatives. (be)
8. When does the train _________________?(depart)
9. Let’s wait till he _________________ his work. (finish)
10. Please ring me up as soon as he _________________ (arrive)

C. Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in

parentheses:

a) They ____________________ (watch) TV last night.

b) Priscila ____________________ (talk) to her friends all day.
c) I ___________________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.
d) Bob _____________________ (come) home from school late.
e) They ____________________ (arrive) late and ___________________ (miss) the
bus.
f) She ____________________ (study) hard and ___________________(pass) the
exam.
g) He ____________________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.
h) I ___________________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.
i) Dr. Johnson ______________________ (get up) early this morning.
j) Mary _____________________ (do) her homework and ________________ (go) to
school.

D. Change SIMPLE FUTURE of the verb into the correct form.

 E. Circle the progressive verb phrase in each sentence. Then show the verb’s
tense by shading the matching arrow.

F. Recognizing the Perfect Tenses: Underline the verb in each sentence. On

the blank, write the tense of the verb.

1. The film house has not developed the pictures yet. _______________________

2. Fred will have left before Erin’s arrival. _______________________

3. Florence has been a very gracious hostess. _______________________

4. Andy had lost her transfer by the end of the bus ride. _______________________

5. By tonight, I will have finished my assignment. _______________________

6. Before the discovery of the buried chest, Joe had not believed

in buried treasure. _______________________

7. We have worked over an hour on one math problem. _______________________

8. Until his college years, Carl had not decided on his career. _____________________

9. The snow plows had cleared our street before the really heavy snowstorm. ________

10. Have the Ortons found their dog yet? _______________________

 G. Forming the Perfect Tenses: Complete each sentence by writing the form
of the verb indicated in parentheses.

H. Put the verbs into the correct form (PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE).

1) He (work) ______________________ has been working in this company since 1985.

2) I (wait) ______________________ for you since two o'clock.
3) Mary (live) ______________________ in Germany since 1992.
4) Why is he so tired? He (play) ______________________ tennis for five hours.
5) How long (learn / you) ______________________ English?
6) We (look for) ______________________ the motorway for more than an hour.
7) I (live) ______________________ without electricity for two weeks.
8) The film (run / not) ______________________ for ten minutes yet, but there's a
commercial break already.
9) How long (work / she) ______________________ in the garden?
10) She (not / be) ______________________ in the garden for more than an hour.

I. Put the verbs into the correct form (PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE).

1) We (sleep) ______________________ had been sleeping

for 12 hours when he woke us up.
2) They (wait) ______________________ at the station for 90 minutes when the train
finally arrived.
3) We (look for) ______________________ her ring for two hours and then we found it
in the bathroom.
4) I (not / walk) ______________________ for a long time, when it suddenly began to
rain.
5) How long (learn / she) ______________________ English before she went to
London?
6) Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he (sing) ______________________ in the rain
too long.
7) He (drive) ______________________ less than an hour when he ran out of petrol.
8) They were very tired in the evening because they (help) ______________________
on the farm all day.
9) I (not / work) ______________________ all day; so I wasn't tired and went to the
disco at night.
10) They (cycle) ______________________ all day so their legs were sore in the
evening.

J. Put the verbs into the correct form (FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE).

1) By midnight, you ___________________________ (dance) for 4 hours.

2) By dinner, she ___________________________ (cook) the whole afternoon.
3) He ___________________________ (work) there for 10 years by 2015.
4) By next year, I ___________________________ (study) English for 7 years.
5) By next week, we ___________________________ (renovate) for over a month.
6) In 2012, they ___________________________ (live) here for 4 years.
7) Before December, Barbara ___________________________ (teach) for a year.
8) By this time tomorrow, I ___________________________ (do) this exercise for a
long time.
9) Jessica ___________________________ (help) them for 12 months.
10) Bob and Sarah ___________________________ (cook) for 2 hours at 8 o'clock.

K. Change the underlined word into ACTIVE or PASSIVE voices.

___________________1) Ms Sullivan teaches us grammar.

___________________2) The teacher praised him.
___________________3) The firemen took the injured to the hospital.
___________________4) An earthquake destroyed the town.
___________________5) The boy’s work pleased the teacher.
___________________6) The fire damaged the building.
___________________7) Who taught you French?
___________________8) The manager will give you a ticket.
___________________9) Spectators thronged the streets.
___________________10) Everyone will blame us.
___________________11) The wind blew down the trees.
___________________12) The police caught the thieves.
___________________13) Alice posted the letter.
___________________15) The hostess received us.
___________________16) They/somebody killed the snake with a stick.
___________________17) They found him guilty of murder.
___________________18) John Mathews built this house in 1991.