Tense of Verbs

Tense of Verbs

1. Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

a) I (go)  ---------- to school.

b) The brave (deserve)  ---------- the fair.

c) While (walk) ----------  on the road, we saw an accident.

d) Many years (pass) ----------  since I (see) ----------  you last.

e) The doctor (come)  ---------- before the patient died.

f) He came and he (conquer) ---------- .

g) Hardly I (go) ----------  out when he (come) ---------- .

h) What class you (read)  ---------- in?

i) He (read)  ---------- at this moment.

j) He (come)  ---------- here yesterday.

2. Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

a) They (live)  ---------- in a hut.

b) She (write)  ---------- well.

c) He always (read)  ---------- the Quran.

d) Rahim (go) ---------- to school regularly.

e) He often (go)  ---------- there.

f) The earth (to move)  ---------- round the sun.

g) The rich (be) ---------- not always happy.

h) He (watch)  ---------- TV in the evening.

i) Kamal (go)  ---------- to school now.

j) I go to school on foot daily. But today I (go)  ----------  bus. 

3. Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

a) He (go) ----------  to buy a colour T.V. soon.

b) The Manager (go) ----------  to open a new branch.

c) While we (walk) ----------  on the road, we saw an accident.

d) Kamal (go)  ---------- to school then.

e) He (read)  ---------- at that moment.

f) I (invite)  ---------- him last week.

g) She (meet)  ---------- him long ago.

h) When he finished the work, he (go) ----------  to bed.

i) He said that the sky (be) ----------  blue.

j) As soon as I (think) ----------  about her, she (call) ----------  me.

4. Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

a) No sooner Della (see) ----------  it than she (buy) ----------  it.

b) Hardly he (reach) ----------  the station when the train (leave) ---------- .

c) I just (to receive)  ---------- your letter.

d) He already (reach)  ---------- here.

e) I never (meet)  ---------- him.

f) It (to rain)  ---------- since morning.

g) She (be)  ---------- ill since last week.

h) I (read)  ---------- the book for two hours.

i) It (rain) ---------- since morning.

j) Two years (pass) ----------  since my father (die) ---------- .

5. Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

a) It (be) ----------  three years since I (come) ----------  in this school.

b) It was many years since I (come) ----------  in this school.

c) I (see)  ---------- him long since.

d) He reached the station after the train (leave) ---------- .

e) The sun (rise)  ---------- in the west.

f) Iron (float)  ---------- on water.

g) He (catch) ----------  fish?

h) He (write) ----------  a letter yesterday.

i) Why you (not come) ----------  yesterday?

j) Where you (go) ----------  yesterday?

k) Why (be) ----------  you not with her?

Tense of Verbs - Answers

1. Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

a) I go to school.

b) The brave deserve the fair.

c) While walking on the road, we saw an accident.

d) Many years have passed since I saw you last.

e) The doctor had come before the patient died.

f) He came and he conquered.

g) Hardly had I gone out when he came.

h) What class do you read in?

i) He is reading at this moment.

j) He came here yesterday.

2. Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

a) They live in a hut.

b) She writes well.

c) He always reads the Quran.

d) Rahim goes to school regularly.

e) He often goes there.

f) The earth moves round the sun.

g) The rich are not always happy.

h) He watches TV in the evening.

i) Kamal is going to school now.

j) I go to school on foot daily. But today I am going by bus.

3. Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

a) He is going to buy a colour T.V. soon.

b) The Manager is going to open a new branch.

c) While we were walking on the road, we saw an accident.

d) Kamal was going to school then.

e) He was reading at that moment.

f) I invited him last week.

g) She met him long ago.

h) When he finished the work, he went to bed.

i) He said that the sky is blue.

j) As soon as I thought about her, she called me.

4. Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

a) No sooner had Della seen it than she bought it.

b) Hardly had he reached the station when the train left.

c) I just have received your letter.

d) He already has reached here.

e) I never have met him.

f) It has been raining since morning.

g) She has been ill since last week.

h) I have been reading the book for two hours.

i) It has been raining since morning.

j) Two years have passed since my father died.

5. Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

a) It has been three years since I came to this school.

b) It was many years since I had come to this school.

c) I have seen him long since.

d) He reached the station after the train had left.

e) The sun rises in the east.

f) Iron does not float on water.

g) Did he catch fish?

h) He wrote a letter yesterday.

i) Why did you not come yesterday?

j) Where did you go yesterday?

k) Why were you not with her?