Tenses review

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

VERB TENSES

THIS IS A QUIZ ABOUT 

THE PRESENT SIMPLE
THE PRESENT PERFECT
THE PAST SIMPLE

THE PAST CONTINUOUS 

Find the present simple

1. He plays football
2. He's playing football
3. He was playing football
4. He played football

Find the past simple

1. He has slept well
2. He is sleeping well
3. He sleeps well
4. He slept well

Find the present perfect

1. He was listening
2. He listens
3. He has listened
4. He listened

Find the past continuous

1. I am going to play a game.
2. I played a game.
3. I will play a game.
4. I was playing a game.

"Yet" is a signal phrase for the….

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

"Usually" is a signal phrase for the...

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

"Last Wednesday" is a signal phrase for the….

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

One of these sentences is wrong. Which one is it?

1. I bought a book next week.
2. My parents bought a car yesterday
3. I never play football on Sundays
4. I'm watching a Netflix film at the moment

The next slides are open questions. Fill in the correct forms of the verb. In the first few questions you are told which verb tense to use. As it gets harder, you have to decide this for yourself. 

My brother……………... (present simple, live) in a really nice house.

We …………………. (past continuous, study) English when the janitor knocked on the door.

Last year we ………………. (past simple, go) to Italy

We …………. (present perfect, have) the same car for ten years.

My best friend and I ……………….. (play) on the same football team.

Yesterday our teacher ………………. (tell) us how to study for the test

I …………….. (play / not) the piano since I was a little kid.

My sister never ………………… (worry) about getting good grades.

That's a really nice shirt, where did you ………………… (buy) it?

I like school but I …………………… (not like) homework.

On the following slides, you get the whole verb. You write down the PRESENT PERFECT form of that verb. 
Example: 
The verb is buy - your answer is bought

Drink

Hold

Believe

Know

Spend

think

come

Catch

DONE!