Tenses flow chart and practice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

TODAY 

All verb tenses 

A flow chart with practice 

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Now: check your knowledge

Have a close look at the sentence and try to find a word that indicates a particular tense. 

Finish the sentence with the correct form of the verb.

This is a mix of all tenses!

You look really great! ............... a lot of exercise since the last time I saw you?

1. had you
2. did you have
3. have you had
4. are you having

A: What .......... when the accident occurred? B: I .............. to change a light bulb that had burnt out

1. were you doing / was trying
2. did you do / tried
3. were you doing / tried
4. did you do / was trying

I ...................... the same car for ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new one.

1. already have
2. have had
3. have
4. had

Fill in the correct verb: Jack ... ... (play) a tournament next month.

I can't play the match on Saturday. I ...................... to London in the morning.

1. am going to fly
2. fly
3. will fly
4. am flying

My dad's a mechanic. He ............... cars and buses.

1. fixed
2. fixes
3. is fixing
4. was fixing

Sam .............. in San Diego a week ago.

1. had arrived
2. was arriving
3. arrived
4. has arrived

Samantha ................... in Berlin for more than two years before she ............. to London

1. lived / moved
2. had lived / moved
3. lived / had moved
4. had lived / had moved

Fill in the correct verb: I.... never .... (be) on a cruise ship in my life.

In fact, she ................ in Berlin when the Berlin wall came down

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

Match the tenses with examples of their passive forms

Present simple

Past simple

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Future with will

had been invented

were sold

have been given

are manufactured

will be banned

If Vera keeps drinking, she.................... her job

1. will eventually lose
2. is eventually going to lose
3. eventually loses
4. eventually lost

The Maya culture ..................... by the time Europeans first arrived in the New World

1. was virtually disappearing
2. virtually disappeared
3. has virtually disappeared
4. had virtually disappeared

Shhhh! Be quiet! The baby ....................... ! (and we do not wake sleeping babies)

1. is sleeping
2. was sleeping
3. sleeps
4. slept

It ............. all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach

1. rains
2. has rained
3. had rained
4. has been raining

I don't care if you ............ the bus this morning. You .............. late for work too many times. You are fired!

1. missed / have been
2. miss / were
3. miss / have been
4. missed / had been

Use the correct PRESENT tense:
Listen! My brother ___ (play) his guitar at the moment.

Fill in the correct verb: My mom ... (kiss) me goodnight before she ... (leave) for her night shift last night.

When ...........................? Next week?

1. Do the First Aid training start?
2. Does the First Aid training start?
3. Is the First Aid training going to start?
4. Will the First Aid training start?

Tense	Active	Passive
	I teach English to the students.	The students are taught English by me.
	They are driving a car.	A car is being driven by them.
	He painted the wall.	The wall was painted by him.
	She was holding a meeting.	A meeting was held by her.

Tenses

present simple

present continuous

past simple

past continuous

I ............. the same car for ten years before someone drove into it.

1. had had
2. have had
3. have
4. had

Look how dark it's getting, it .................. any minute now.

1. is raining
2. rains
3. is going to rain
4. will rain

My sister .................. in a few weeks.

1. is going to have
2. will have
3. has
4. is having

By the time he ...................... his mistake, he ............... his test

1. realised/ has already handed in
2. realised / already handed in
3. realised / had already handed in
4. had realised / had already handed in

Fill in the correct verb:
"Last week 2B finally ... (go) to school again!"

What auxiliary do you need at a question in the Present tense?

1. to have
2. did
3. to do
4. to make

Write down a sentence in which you use the past simple and the past perfect