Verbs

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VERB TENSES

Which of the sentences is correct?

1. Last year I go to India.
2. Last year I went to India.
3. Last year I am going to India.
4. Last year I will go to India.

Which of the sentences is correct?

1. I usually getting the bus to work.
2. I usually gets the bus to work.
3. I am usually getting the bus to work.
4. I usually get the bus to work.

Which of the sentences is correct?

1. Next week I am going to the cinema.
2. Next week I will going to the cinema.
3. Next week I is going to the cinema.
4. Next week I went to the cinema.

Which verb is NOT in the past tense?

1. He walked.
2. He went.
3. He works.
4. He bought.

Which verb is NOT in the present tense?

1. She listened.
2. She talks.
3. She waits.
4. She watches.

Which verb is NOT in the future tense?

1. He will go.
2. He leaves.
3. He will come.
4. He will arrive.

What tense is the verb in this sentence?
'I got home from work at 6.30 pm.'

1. Past
2. Present
3. Future

'Drove' is the past of 'drive'.

1. True
2. False

'Felt' is the past of 'fill'.

1. True
2. False

'Shut' is the past of 'shout'.

1. True
2. False

'Was' is the past of 'is'.

1. True
2. False

Which word goes in the gap?
____ you come again tomorrow?

1. Did
2. Do
3. Will

Which word goes in the gap? ____ you eat meat every day?

1. Did
2. Do
3. Will

Which word goes in the gap?
How many times a week _____ the family eat together these days?

1. did
2. do
3. does

Which word goes in the gap?
When ____ the children start school in the mornings?

1. did
2. do
3. does

Choose the most appropriate tense for the following sentences.

a) A clever web designer recently creates this user-friendly website.
b) A clever web designer recently created this user-friendly website.
c) A clever web designer has recently created this user-friendly website.

1. Present simple
2. Past simple
3. Present perfect

Answer: present perfect – something that happened recently

Choose the most appropriate tense for the following sentences.

a) The lecturer later doubts the integrity of the writing and gave it a ‘fail’ mark.
b) The lecturer later doubted the integrity of the writing and gave it a ‘fail’ mark.
c) The lecturer has later doubted the integrity of the writing and gave it a ‘fail’ mark.

1. Present simple
2. Past simple
3. Present perfect

Answer: past simple – a completed action in the past. ‘Later’ and ‘gave’ also put the sentence into the past simple.

Choose the most appropriate tense for the following sentences.

a) The students estimate how much time the task had taken.
b) The students estimated how much time the task had taken.
c) The students have estimated how much time the task had taken.

1. Present simple
2. Past simple
3. Present perfect

Answer: past simple – a completed action in the past. The past perfect, ‘had taken’, shows that something (i.e. the action of doing the task) happened before another event in the past.

Choose the most appropriate tense for the following sentences.

a) People nowadays often hate the effort required to write an essay.
b) People nowadays often hated the effort required to write an essay.
c) People nowadays often have hated the effort required to write an essay.

1. Present simple
2. Past simple
3. Present perfect

Answer: present simple – a fact in the present. The present is shown by the word ‘nowadays’.

Which is the correct verb form – singular or plural?

The newest book on the library shelf is/are green.

1. is
2. are

Which is the correct verb form – singular or plural?

The computers in the library is/are always available.

1. is
2. are

Which is the correct verb form – singular or plural?

There was/were a large increase in enrolments for the course this year.

1. was
2. were

Which is the correct verb form – singular or plural?

Recent graduates has/have found employment in many different areas.

1. has
2. have

Simple Present / Simple Future

When you (arrive) ............. in Stockholm, call my friend Gustav. He (show)......... you around the city and help you get situated.

Simple Present / Simple Future

If it (snow) ............... this weekend, we (go) ................... skiing near Lake Tahoe.

Simple Past / Present Perfect

I (have, not) ..................... this much fun since I (be) ................. a kid.

Simple Past / Present Perfect

Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so
he (see, never) .............. the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.

Simple Present / Present Continuous

Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) .........