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Tenses Practice

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. Yesterday, I _______________ (finish) my homework before dinner.
2. By the time she arrived, they _______________ (already/start) the meeting.
3. We _______________ (live) in this city for five years now.
4. They _______________ (travel) to Europe last summer.
5. I promise I _______________ (call) you as soon as I _______________ (arrive) home.

Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentences, changing the tense as indicated.


1. He reads a book every day. (Change to past tense)
2. I will eat dinner later. (Change to present continuous tense)
3. They have seen that movie before. (Change to future perfect tense)
4. She is studying for her exam. (Change to past continuous tense)
5. We had finished the project by Friday. (Change to present perfect continuous tense)

Exercise 3: Identify the tense of the underlined verb in each sentence.


1. Sarah will go to the party tomorrow.
2. The sun rises in the east.
3. I have been working on this project for three hours.
4. They were playing soccer when it started raining.
5. The concert starts at 7 p.m.

Exercise 4: Complete the following sentences with the correct tense of the verb.
1. I _______________ (read) that book last month.
2. They _______________ (not/finish) their homework yet.
3. We _______________ (visit) our grandparents every summer.
4. She _______________ (study) Spanish for two years.
5. By the time you arrive, we _______________ (prepare) ddinner

Exercise 5: Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence.


1. If I _______________ (see/saw/seen) him tomorrow, I will let him know.
2. She _______________ (has been/have been/have) to that restaurant many times.
3. They _______________ (were/was/have been) studying for the exam all night.
4. The train _______________ (leaves/left/will leave) at 8 o'clock in the morning.
5. By the time he arrived, she _______________ (already left/was already leaving/has
already left).

Exercise 6: Rewrite the following sentences in the passive voice.


1. They built a new bridge across the river.
2. The dog chased the cat up the tree.
3. John will clean the house tomorrow.
4. The teacher has explained the lesson to the students.
5. They are fixing the car in the garage.
Exercise 7: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets, using the appropriate
future tense.
1. By this time next year, I _______________ (graduate) from university.
2. We _______________ (travel) to Europe next summer.
3. She _______________ (start) her new job next Monday.
4. They _______________ (have) their wedding ceremony next month.
5. The company _______________ (launch) a new product in the market next week.

Exercise 8: Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct sentence using the given verb
tense.
1. visited / last year / I / Paris.
2. was / playing / they / soccer / when / it / started / raining.
3. at 9 a.m. / tomorrow / leaving / the train / is.
4. for three hours / been / have / they / waiting.
5. the exam / I / studied / last night / for.

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