Revision of Tenses final version 4V

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

What tenses do you know?

Revision of the Tenses

present & past simple & continuous

present & past perfect & continuou

Indicators

present simple: always, never, often, sometimes, usually, frequently, seldom, ......

present continuous: at the moment, at this very moment, right now, look..., listen,........

Complete the sentences in the correct way.

Choose the present simple or the present continuous.

1. Teresa ....... (sometimes draw) pictures in her free time.

1. draws sometimes
2. sometimes draw
3. draw sometimes
4. sometimes draws

2. Denise (not like) listening to music?

1. doesn't like
2. isn't liking
3. hasn't liked
4. don't like

3 My brother ..... (study) Maths at the moment.

1. study
2. are studying
3. is studying
4. is study

4. What ..... (you/do)now?

1. you are doing
2. do you do
3. you do
4. are you doing

5. At home I ..... (often/surf) the internet.

1. surfing
2. am surfing
3. surf
4. to surf

6. Tania ..... (walk) to school in the mornings right now.

1. walks
2. is walking
3. has walked
4. walk

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Indicators

past simple: yesterday, last  ......, ..... ago, in 2017, when I was a child, when, .........

past continuous: while, ......... 

Complete the sentences.

Choose the past simple or past continuous.

7. Yesterday I ....... (visit) my grandparents in their cottage.

1. was visiting
2. visited
3. have visited
4. were visiting

8. Sam: Were you at home yesterday?
Tim: Yes, I .....

1. did
2. I was
3. I am
4. I do

9. Paul ..... (not phone) me last week.

1. didn't phone
2. not phone
3. doesn't phone
4. didn't phoned

10. While I ....... (take) I ...... (wash) my hair and ...... (brush) my teeth.

1. was taking/washed /brushed
2. took/was washing/ was brushing
3. took/washed/brushed
4. was taking/brushed/ washed

11. When her telephone ...... (ring) she ....... (read) her novel.

1. was ringing/was reading
2. rang/read
3. rang/was reading
4. read/rand

Indicators

past simple: yesterday, last  ......, ..... ago, in 2017, when I was a child, when, .........

present perfect: for + period, since + date, yet, ever, never, already, yet ('fijne jas'), the last few years, lately ......... 

Complete the sentences.

Use the present perfect or the past simple.

12. Jamie .... (visit) Canada, but he'd like to go there soon.

1. hasn't visited
2. didn't visit
3. have n't visited
4. didn't visited

13. My mother ....... (live) in this house since she was born.

1. lived
2. has lived
3. was living
4. have lived

14. At the end of the evening, my friends said goodbye and .....

1. were leaving
2. was left
3. left
4. are leaving

15. Mum ...... (ask) me not to be late for dinner last night.

1. has asked
2. was asking
3. asked
4. were asking

Complete the sentences.

Choose the present perfect or the past perfect.

16. They ..... (tell) us that they ...... (manage) to get tickets for the concert.

1. were telling/managed
2. told/managed
3. told/had managed
4. had told/managed

17. After we ...... (eat) all the scones and sandwiches, we ..... (feel) quite nauseous.

1. ate/fell
2. ate/felt
3. had eaten/had felt
4. had eaten/felt

18. There ....... (be) heavy rainfall, so the soil ...... (be) soaked.

1. was/was
2. had been/was
3. had been/had been
4. had been/will be

Choose the present perfect continuous or the past perfect continuous.

19. My sister ........ (try) to learn Chinese for years, but so far she hasn't been successful.

1. is trying
2. has been trying
3. had been trying
4. was trying

20. All of us ......... (suffer) from the restrictions concerning COVID-19 for months in a row now.

1. have been suffering
2. have suffered
3. had been suffering
4. were suffering

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