Practice test grammar tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

Test your grammar knowledge

This quick test is meant to check whether you've understood the grammar of PTA period 2. 

The subjects: 

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

Past Simple vs. Present Perfect (HAVO STUDENTS)

Present Simple - Present Continuous

Fill in the correct form of the verbs in the gaps

This delicious chocolate ... (be)
usually made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.

He often ...
(come) over for dinner.

She ...
(not/study) at the moment.
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Look! Jim and Kerry ... on the lake! (surf)

Don't forget to wear a coat. It ... (freeze) outside at the moment!

Suzanne usually ... (study) from 19:00 until 21:00 in the evening.

I'm sorry I can't hear what you ... (say)
because everybody is talking
so loudly!

She ...
(take) a salsa dancing class every Tuesday.

Past simple - Past continuous

Fill in the correct form of the verbs in the gaps

My brother was ... (distract) all day yesterday.

She arrived when I ... (have)
a bath, so I couldn't answer the door!

Sam ... (play) basketball when he injured his knee.

She ... his phone away out of anger last week.

When her train
got to the station, we ... (wait) on the platform.

 Past simple - Present perfect

Fill in the correct form of the verbs in the gaps

I ...... (work) as a waitress a few years ago.

This house ... (belong)
to a rich women up till now.

We ... (sit)
here for two hours and he never came.

Jaffar ... (spend) 500 euros on clothes last month.

I have a lot of experience working with people -
I .... (wait) tables since I was fifteen years old.

He ... (play) football for 5 years but nowadays he plays hockey.

I ... (not/see) him since last Christmas.
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My best friend and I ... (know)
each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.

Tomorrow some friends are coming over.
I ... (see / not) them for ages

She is very ill, she ... (be)
here for two weeks.

Sam ... (arrive)
in San Diego a week ago.

Listen Donna, I don't care if you ... (miss)
the bus this morning.

She ... (work) at Leon van Gelder for three years.