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Verb Tense Worksheet

1. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

a) He walked fast lest he (miss) ---------- the train.

b) The old man walks slowly lest he (fall) ---------- down.

c) We read so that we (pass) ---------- in the exam.

d) People work hard so that they (prosper) ---------- in life.

e) The students studied hard so that they (pass) ---------- in the examination,

f) The President speaks loudly in order that the audience (hear) ---------- him clearly.

g) But for your help I (fail) ---------- .

h) Would that I (go) ---------- to college.

i) I (have) ---------- a mobile phone.

j) I (have) ---------- a sound sleep last night.

2. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) The rich (be) ---------- not always hoppy.

(b) Three-fourths of the students (be) ---------- absent today.

(d) He (dare) ---------- not to go there.

(e) The book is worth (read) ----------.

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

(g) It is likely ( rain) ---------- today.

(h) Rome was not (build) ---------- in a day.

(i) He is bent on (do) ---------- this.

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

3. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) I went there with a view to (see) ---------- him.

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

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

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

(f) I went outside the cabin having (to forget) ---------- him.

(g) Walking (be) ---------- a good exercise.

(h) Two-thirds of the people of Bangladesh (live) ---------- in rural areas.

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

(j) I am (read) ---------- books.

4. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) The man has (reach) ---------- home.

(b) They will be (sleep) ----------.

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

(e) He (catch) ---------- fish?

(f) I cannot help (laugh) ----------.

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

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

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

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

5. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) I let him (go) ---------- there.

(b) I heard him (to say) ---------- this.

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

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

(f) That Shakespeare was a great dramatist (know) ---------- to all.

(g) It is I who (be) ---------- responsible.

(h) The virtuous (be) ---------- happy.

(i) Seventy miles (be) ---------- a long distance.

(j) I shall (go) ---------- home now.

6. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) To play (be) ---------- a good exercise.

(b) They are the boys who (go) ---------- there.

(d) You must (obey) ---------- the chair.

(e) Would you mind (take) ---------- a cup of tea?

(f) Twenty dollars a week (not go) ---------- far.

(g) A number of students (be) ---------- absent today.

(h) The virtuous look forward to (receive) ---------- reward in the next world.

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

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

7. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) Two-thirds of the population in Bangladesh (live) ---------- in rural areas.

(b) One should (do) ---------- one’s duty.

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

(e) Rice is (eat) ---------- mainly in Asia.

(f) Three-fourths of the water of the bottle (be) ---------- run out.

(g) One and a half mangoes (be) ---------- enough.

(h) I noticed them (to live) ---------- in a cabin.

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

(j) What is (lot) ---------- cannot be (blot) ----------.

8. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) More than a boy (be) ---------- present there.

(b) You ought to (go) ---------- there.

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

(e) The book fair was (open) ---------- by the DC.

(f) A number of problems (have) ---------- arisen.

(g) I cannot but (shed) ---------- tears.

(h) I saw the man (sleep) ----------.

(i)She (live) ---------- in a hut.

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

9. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) He (need) ---------- not go there.

(b) (Be) ---------- unhappy, Ali went away.

(d) He often (go) ---------- there.

(e) She (go) ---------- to school regularly.

(f) He (come) ---------- here every day.

(g) My pocket (pick) ---------- in the bus yesterday.

(h) Shiuli is (sing) ---------- a song.

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

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

10. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

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

(b) There (be) ---------- a high school in our village.

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

(e) It is time we (change) ---------- our eating habit.

(f) Iron (float) ---------- on water.

(g) You will (hear) ---------- the name of Kazi Nazrul Islam.

(h) It is high time he (prepare) ---------- his lessons.

(i) I (be) ---------- in class eight now.

(j) We (have) ---------- done the work.

11. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) She watched him (leave) ---------- the room.

(b) The principal desired the notice to be (hang) ----------.

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

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

(f) He made me (do) ---------- the work.

(g) I like (dance) ----------.

(h) Music (to hear) ---------- by him.

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

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

12. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) She as well as her sister (be) ---------- beautiful.

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

(d) I (have) ---------- a mobile phone.

(e) If he were there, I (to meet) ---------- him.

(f) I never (meet) ---------- him.

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

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

(i) There (be) ---------- two high schools in our village.

(j) You, he and I (be) ---------- friends.

13. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

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

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

(d) The teacher along with their students (be) ---------- busy.

(e) Either Rahim or his brother (be) ---------- present.

(f) I prefer (dance) ---------- to playing.

(g) He is likely (go) ---------- home.

(h) Rome not (to build) ---------- in a day.

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

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

14. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) Had I seen her earlier, I (tell) ---------- him the truth.

(b) He talks as if he (be) ---------- mad.

(d) We read so that we (pass) ---------- in the exam.

(e) Would that I (go) ---------- to college.

(f) He (be) ---------- a student.

(g) I (have) ---------- done my work.

(h) He talks as if he (know) ---------- everything.

(i) I wish I (to be) ---------- a child again.

(j) The old man walks slowly lest he (fall) ---------- down.

15. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) I saw him (go) ---------- in silence.

(b) (Walk) ---------- is a good exercise.

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

(e) Neither he nor his sons (be) ---------- present.

(f) If I saw him, I (to talk) ---------- to him.

(g) But for your help I (fail) ----------.

(h)The boy (read) ---------- a book.

(i) Every boy (have) ---------- a pen.

(j) Five and five (to make) ---------- ten.

16. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) If you came to me, I (help) ---------- you.

(b) He (go) ---------- to school regularly.

(d) One of the boys (be) ---------- absent.

(e) The jury (be) ---------- unanimous in his opinion.

(f) We behold him (reap) ---------- the crops.

(g) If he comes, I (to go) ----------.

(h) Each girl (know) ---------- the answer.

(i) No friend (care) ---------- for him.

(j) Rahim and Karim (be) ---------- playing.

17. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) You have to (do) ---------- this.

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

(d) People work hard so that they (prosper) ---------- in life.

(e) Gulliver’s Travels (be) ---------- an interesting book.

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

(g) It (be) ---------- raining today.

(h) He talked as if he (know) ---------- everything.

(i) All that glitters (be) ---------- not gold.

(j) You had better (go) ---------- home.

18. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) Let the other boys (to use) ---------- skates.

(b) I would rather (be) ---------- a sparrow than a snail.

(d) Nobody (want) ---------- to die.

(e) Somebody (be) ---------- present there.

(f) The author never thought of (to go) ---------- there.

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

(h) Hema (be) ---------- singing a song.

(i) The news (be) ---------- bad.

(j) Cattle (be) ---------- grazing in the field.

19. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) He is expert in (speak) ---------- English.

(b) The cow (be) ---------- sleeping.

(d) Anybody (be) ---------- allowed to enter his room.

(e) You had better (to help) ---------- him.

(f) You (be) ---------- in class eight now.

(g) Her hair (be) ---------- black.

(h) Let me (to go) ---------- now.

(i) The boys (read) ---------- a book.

(j) The President speaks loudly in order that the audience (hear) ---------- him clearly.

20. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) I am fond of (fish) ----------.

(b) You (be) ---------- in class seven last year.

(d) Four minus two (be) ---------- two.

(e) You would rather (to go) ---------- there.

(f) The boy was punished for (steal) ---------- the book.

(g) No birds (be) ---------- there.

(h) The Headmaster and secretary of the school (be) ---------- coming.

(i) The number of students in class eight (be) ---------- sixty.

(j) You had better (to leave) ---------- the place.

21. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) They (be) ---------- sleeping now.

(b) I (have) ---------- a sound sleep last night.

(d) The United States of America (be) ---------- a rich country.

(e) Many a man (be) ---------- present there.

(f) (Have) ---------- he or his friends done the work?

(g) If he had been a king, he (to help) ---------- the poor.

(h) Three dozen (make) ---------- thirty six.

(i) Water (be) ---------- a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.

(j) No one (be) ---------- present there.

22. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) She (be) ---------- absent yesterday.

(b) Each of the boys (have) ---------- a pen.

(d) All’s well that (end) ---------- well.

(e) They came to (see) ---------- you.

(f) You are to (go) ---------- there.

(g) None can pass without (read) ----------.

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

(i)The Arabian Nights (be) ---------- still very popular.

(j) Honesty (be) ---------- the best policy.

23. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) They (have) ---------- a camera with them last year.

(b) If he is there, I (to meet) ---------- him.

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

(e) None of my friends (are) ---------- here.

(f)The peasantry in Bangladesh (be) ---------- poor.

(g) Who (be) ---------- coming?

(h) Neither of the girls (be) ---------- present in the class.

(i) Rice and curry (be) ---------- my only food.

(j) No man and no woman (be) ---------- there.

24. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) Time and tide (wait) ---------- for none.

(b) Each boy and each girl (be) ---------- active.

(d) The jury (be) ---------- divided in their opinions.

(e) I am to (go) ---------- there.

(f) Would you mind (open) ---------- the window?

(g) She succeeded by (work) ---------- hard.

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

(i) If I were a bird, I (fly) ---------- in the sky.

(j) All (to be) ---------- happy.

25. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) They are likely (come) ---------- today.

(b) Having (to close) ---------- the door, I went to bed.

(d) Hardly I (go) — out when he (come) ----------.

(e) Not only Raka but also her friends (go) ---------- there.

(f) I fancy I (turn) ---------- a trifle pale.

(g) He (be) ---------- in class six last year.

(h) If he had been here, I (to meet) ---------- him.

(i) The number of participants in the meeting (be) ---------- not sufficient.

(j) Two times two (be) ---------- four.

26. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) The boy was punished for (steal) ---------- the book.

(b) No birds (be) ---------- there.

(d) The number of students in class eight (be) ---------- sixty.

(e) You had better (to leave) ---------- the place.

(f) He (be) ---------- a student.

(g) I (have) ---------- done my work.

(h) He talks as if he (know) ---------- everything.

(i) I wish I (to be) ---------- a child again.

(j) The old man walks slowly lest he (fall) ---------- down.

Verb Tense Worksheet - Answers

1. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

a) He walked fast lest he miss the train.

b) The old man walks slowly lest he fall down.

c) We read so that we pass in the exam.

d) People work hard so that they prosper in life.

e) The students studied hard so that they passed in the examination.

f) The President speaks loudly in order that the audience hear him clearly.

g) But for your help I would have failed.

h) Would that I went to college.

i) I have a mobile phone.

j) I had a sound sleep last night.

2. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) The rich are not always happy.

(b) Three-fourths of the students are absent today.

(d) He dares not go there.

(e) The book is worth reading.

(f) Kamal is going to school now.

(g) It is likely to rain today.

(h) Rome was not built in a day.

(i) He is bent on doing this.

(j) It has been raining since morning.

3. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) I went there with a view to seeing him.

(b) The brave deserve the fair.

(d) I invited him last week.

(e) I have been reading the book for two hours.

(f) I went outside the cabin having forgotten him.

(g) Walking is a good exercise.

(h) Two-thirds of the people of Bangladesh live in rural areas.

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

(j) I am reading books.

4. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) The man has reached home.

(b) They will be sleeping.

(d) The doctor had come before the patient died.

(e) Did he catch fish?

(f) I cannot help laughing.

(g) The earth moves round the sun.

(h) Kamal was going to school then.

(i) He came here yesterday.

(j) It has been raining since morning.

5. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) I let him go there.

(b) I heard him say this.

(d) He always reads the Quran.

(e) The rich are not always happy.

(f) That Shakespeare was a great dramatist is known to all.

(g) It is I who am responsible.

(h) The virtuous are happy.

(i) Seventy miles is a long distance.

(j) I shall go home now.

6. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) To play is a good exercise.

(b) They are the boys who go there.

(d) You must obey the chair.

(e) Would you mind taking a cup of tea?

(f) Twenty dollars a week does not go far.

(g) A number of students are absent today.

(h) The virtuous look forward to receiving reward in the next world.

(i) He is reading at this moment.

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

7. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) Two-thirds of the population in Bangladesh live in rural areas.

(b) One should do one’s duty.

(d) He watches TV in the evening.

(e) Rice is eaten mainly in Asia.

(f) Three-fourths of the water of the bottle has run out.

(g) One and a half mangoes is enough.

(h) I noticed them living in a cabin.

(i) He is going to buy a color TV soon.

(j) What is allotted cannot be blotted.

8. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) More than a boy is present there.

(b) You ought to go there.

(d) The Manager has gone to open a new branch.

(e) The book fair was opened by the DC.

(f) A number of problems have arisen.

(g) I cannot but shed tears.

(h) I saw the man sleeping.

(i) She lives in a hut.

(j) Rahim goes to school regularly.

9. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) He need not go there.

(b) Being unhappy, Ali went away.

(d) He often goes there.

(e) She goes to school regularly.

(f) He comes here every day.

(g) My pocket was picked in the bus yesterday.

(h) Shiuli is singing a song.

(i) He was reading at that moment.

(j) She met him long ago.

10. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) I have seen him long since.

(b) There is a high school in our village.

(d) The sun does not rise in the west.

(e) It is time we changed our eating habit.

(f) Iron does not float on water.

(g) You will hear the name of Kazi Nazrul Islam.

(h) It is high time he prepared his lessons.

(i) I am in class eight now.

(j) We have done the work.

11. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) She watched him leave the room.

(b) The principal desired the notice to be hung.

(d) He came and he conquered.

(e) I just received your letter.

(f) He made me do the work.

(g) I like dancing.

(h) Music was heard by him.

(i) He already has reached here.

(j) He reached the station after the train had left.

12. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) She as well as her sister is beautiful.

(b) He wrote a letter yesterday.

(d) I have a mobile phone.

(e) If he were there, I would have met him.

(f) I never met him.

(g) She has been ill since last week.

(h) Two years have passed since my father died.

(i) There are two high schools in our village.

(j) You, he and I are friends.

13. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

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

(b) Many years have passed since I saw you last.

(d) The teacher along with their students is busy.

(e) Either Rahim or his brother is present.

(f) I prefer dancing to playing.

(g) He is likely to go home.

(h) Rome was not built in a day.

(i) He said that the sky was blue.

(j) It was many years since I came to this school.

14. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) Had I seen her earlier, I would have told him the truth.

(b) He talks as if he were mad.

(d) We read so that we pass in the exam.

(e) Would that I went to college.

(f) He is a student.

(g) I have done my work.

(h) He talks as if he knew everything.

(i) I wish I were a child again.

(j) The old man walks slowly lest he fall down.

15. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) I saw him go in silence.

(b) Walking is a good exercise.

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

(e) Neither he nor his sons are present.

(f) If I saw him, I would talk to him.

(g) But for your help, I would have failed.

(h) The boy is reading a book.

(i) Every boy has a pen.

(j) Five and five make ten.

16. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) If you came to me, I would help you.

(b) He goes to school regularly.

(d) One of the boys is absent.

(e) The jury is unanimous in its opinion.

(f) We behold him reaping the crops.

(g) If he comes, I will go.

(h) Each girl knows the answer.

(i) No friend cares for him.

(j) Rahim and Karim are playing.

17. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) You have to do this.

(b) What class do you read in?

(d) People work hard so that they prosper in life.

(e) Gulliver’s Travels is an interesting book.

(f) Hardly had he reached the station when the train left.

(g) It is raining today.

(h) He talked as if he knew everything.

(i) All that glitters is not gold.

(j) You had better go home.

18. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) Let the other boys use skates.

(b) I would rather be a sparrow than a snail.

(d) Nobody wants to die.

(e) Somebody is present there.

(f) The author never thought of going there.

(g) Why did you not come yesterday?

(h) Hema is singing a song.

(i) The news is bad.

(j) Cattle are grazing in the field.

19. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) He is expert in speaking English.

(b) The cow is sleeping.

(d) Anybody is allowed to enter his room.

(e) You had better help him.

(f) You are in class eight now.

(g) Her hair is black.

(h) Let me go now.

(i) The boys are reading a book.

(j) The President speaks loudly in order that the audience hears him clearly.

20. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) I am fond of fishing.

(b) You were in class seven last year.

(d) Four minus two is two.

(e) You would rather go there.

(f) The boy was punished for stealing the book.

(g) No birds are there.

(h) The Headmaster and secretary of the school are coming.

(i) The number of students in class eight is sixty.

(j) You had better leave the place.

21. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) They are sleeping now.

(b) I had a sound sleep last night.

(d) The United States of America is a rich country.

(e) Many a man was present there.

(f) Has he or his friends done the work?

(g) If he had been a king, he would have helped the poor.

(h) Three dozen make thirty-six.

(i) Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.

(j) No one was present there.

22. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) She was absent yesterday.

(b) Each of the boys has a pen.

(d) All’s well that ends well.

(e) They came to see you.

(f) You are to go there.

(g) None can pass without reading.

(h) Where did you go yesterday?

(i) The Arabian Nights is still very popular.

(j) Honesty is the best policy.

23. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) They had a camera with them last year.

(b) If he is there, I will meet him.

(d) He goes to school regularly.

(e) None of my friends are here.

(f) The peasantry in Bangladesh is poor.

(g) Who is coming?

(h) Neither of the girls was present in the class.

(i) Rice and curry is my only food.

(j) No man and no woman was there.

24. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) Time and tide wait for none.

(b) Each boy and each girl is active.

(d) The jury was divided in their opinions.

(e) I am to go there.

(f) Would you mind opening the window?

(g) She succeeded by working hard.

(h) Why were you not with her?

(i) If I were a bird, I would fly in the sky.

(j) All are happy.

25. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) They are likely to come today.

(b) Having closed the door, I went to bed.

(d) Hardly had I gone out when he came.

(e) Not only Raka but also her friends are going there.

(f) I fancy I turned a trifle pale.

(g) He was in class six last year.

(h) If he had been here, I would have met him.

(i) The number of participants in the meeting is not sufficient.

(j) Two times two is four.

26. Fill in each gap with right forms of verbs in brackets.

(a) The boy was punished for stealing the book.

(b) No birds are there.

(d) The number of students in class eight is sixty.

(e) You had better leave the place.

(f) He is a student.

(g) I have done my work.

(h) He talks as if he knew everything.

(i) I wish I were a child again.

(j) The old man walks slowly lest he fall down.