Tense Exercise 1

 

Exercise 1 on Tense

Fill in the blanks with the tense from the verbs given in brackets

Exapmles:

 They ....... to the police station. (simple past) (go) 

Ans.  They went to the police station.


1. The doctor ..... the clinic soon. (simple future) (reach) 

2. The girls ........ the chores. (present perfect) (finish) 

3. All the food ....... on the table. (simple present) (be) 

4. I ....... my project soon. (simple future) (complete)

5. Pebbles ......... down the hillside. (simple past) (roll) 

6. It .......... impossible to convince her. (past continuous) (get) 

7. They ......... our group tomorrow. (future continuous) (join) 

8. She ........ for the last ten hours. (present perfect continuous) (sleep)

9. Florence ........ a caring nurse. (simple past) (be) 

10. The naughty boy .......  up the tall tree. (simple past) (climb) 

11. The policeman .......... the robber. (past continuous) (chase) 

12. Mini ....... medicine on the wound. (simple future) (apply) 

13. Charlie Chaplin ........... a famous comedian. (simple past) (be) 

14. Plato and Aristotle .......... prominent teachers. (simple past) (be) 

15, Anderson ....... an author of children’s stories. (simple past) (be) 

16, He ........ appointed as a headmaster the next year. (simple future) (be) 

17. In Romania, men and women ........ an apron. (simple present) (wear) 

18. The carpenter .......... the log into two pieces. (present continuous) (saw) 

19. The President ........ on a world tour tomorrow. (simple future) (go) 

20. Madan ......... a bright yellow cotton shirt. (simple past) (wear) 

21. The shepherd ......... his flock to the meadow. (past perfect) (take) 

22. Orville and Wilbur Wright ......... the first aeroplane. (simple past) [fly] 

23. 1 ......... these books from your school library. (present perfect) (borrow) 

24. He had scarcely ......... school that it started raining. (simple past) (reach) 


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