The Perfect Tense

Instructions: Fill in the blanks with a correct form of the perfect tense.

1. John (write, not) ___________________ the report yet. He will write it tomorrow.

2. Rachel (clean) ________________ her living room for two hours. She is very very tired.

3. Peter was late for school because he (miss) _________________ the school bus.

4. Nicole is studying Spanish. She (study) ___________________ the language for two years.

5. The president (leave) _________________ the White House. He is going to Chicago for a vacation.

6. When the chef arrived at the restaurant yesterday, all the customers (leave) ___________________.

7. Rachel was very sad because her mother (die) __________________.

8. Rachel is very sad because her mother (die) _________________.

9. David is in the office now. He (be) _________________ in the office since 9AM this morning.

10. By the time the firefighters got to the apartment building last night, it (burn) _________________down.

Asking Questions

Instructions: Complete the questions for the following dialogues.

1. Jack: Who ________________________?

  Tom: The mad man. (The mad man shot the policeman.)

2. Susan: Who(m) _____________________?

  Tom: The police man. (The mad man shot the policeman.)

3.  Jack: ______________________?

   Tom: Yes, he is. (The policeman is dead.)

4. Anna: Where ______________________?

  Mariola: In the ESL office. (The teacher is in the ESL office.)

5. Anna: Why___________________________?

  Mariola: Because he has to talk to the director. (The teacher went to the ESL office because he has to talk to the director.)

6.  Mirna: __________________________?

       Maurice: Yes, I will. (I will play video games this weekend.)

7. Jorge: ________________________________?

       Iris: No, I haven’t. (I haven’t studied for the grammar test.)

8. Jorge: When _________________________________?

       Iris: Later this evening. (I am going to study for the test later this evening.)

9. David: You are tired, _____________?

       Susan: Yes, I am. (I am tired.)

10. David: You exercised (earlier) today, ___________?

       Susan: Yes, I did. ( I exercised today.)

L2 Verb Tenses

Instructions: Circle the letter to complete the following sentences grammatically.

1. John  _______________ in the gym now.
a. exercised
b. exercise
c. is exercising

2. John is in the gym now. He ________________ for two hours.
a. has exercise
b. has been exercising
c. exercising

3. John  _________________ in the gym yesterday.
a. exercise
b. exercised
c. exercises

4. When John  _________________ to the gym yesterday, Peter  ______________.
a. got....had left
b. got...has left
c. get...has left

5. When John  _________________ to the gym tomorrow, he  __________________.
a. gets...exercises
b. will get...will exercise
c. gets...will exercise

6. Peter: Why are you putting on your gym clothes?
    John: I ______________________.
a. am going to exercise
b. will exercising
c. will going to exercise

7. John _____________________ to that gym five times.
a. have been
b. has been
c. has been being

8. John is tired. He __________________ the gym.
a. is about leaving
b. is about to leaving
c. is about to leave

9. Last Christmas, John's wife _________________ him gym clothes.
a. give
b. gave
c. has given

10. John ____________________ in the gym every evening.
a. exercises
b. is exercise
b. has been exercised

The Future Tense

Instructions: Fill in the blanks with a verb form to complete the following sentences.

1. Our boss (be) _______________ in the office next Friday.

2. David is sick. He (not, come) _________________ to work tomorrow.

3. Hurry up! The train (leave) _________________ the station.

4. Ms. Thompson: We don't have any garbage bags.

    Mr. Thompson: Oh. I (buy) __________________ some at the supermarket later today.

5. John: Why are you taking more money out of the ATM?

   Tony: I (order) ____________________ Chinese food this evening.

6. When the manager (get) ___________________ to the factory tomorrow morning, she (check) ____________________ the machines.

7. If I (see) _____________ John tonight, I (tell) ________________ him about the meeting.

8. There is a lot of traffic. Maybe I (miss) _________________ my first class this morning.

9. Janet is not a good student. She (probably, fail) __________________ the final exam at the end of the month.

10. Susan has a lot of work to do. She (not, go) _____________ to bed until she (finish) __________________ her work.

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L2 Present/Past Tense Exercise

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

1. Yesterday Jack ____________ his finger.

a. cut

b. cutted

c. cutting

2. Peter ______________ his car now.

a. is wash

b. is washing

c. washs

3. Mary __________ some combs for her hair.

a. have

b. has

c. is having

4. Last night while Peter _____________ TV, his wife ________________ the internet.

a. was watched....was surfed

b. was watching...is surfing

c. was watching...was surfing

5. Mary ____________________ John, but now she ________________.

a. use to like...doesn't

b. used to like...doesn't

c. used to like...does

6. That book ________________ to you.

a. is not belonging

b. do not belong

c. does not belong

7. Mary: _____________________________ a sweater?
   Tom: Yes, I __________.

a. Are you wearing...am

b. Do you wearing...am

c. Are you wear...am

8. Tony _____________________ in a hotel last weekend.

a. stay

b. stayed

c. staid

9. John ________________ to bed at 10pm.

a. usually go

b. usually goes

c. goes usually

10. Maurice __________________a train to the city last night.

a. takes

b. is taking

c. took

Intermediate Grammar Exercise

Instructions: Choose the letter for the correct completion of each sentence.

1. Walter _____________________ food to poor people in New York City every weekend.
a. give
b. gives
c. giving

2. Natalie likes __________________ in her backyard pool.
a. swimming
b. swims
c. swim

3. You ______________ at a stop sign. It is the law!
a. can stop
b. must stop
c. prefer to stop

4. There are five _______________ in the restroom.
a. woman
b. women
c. womans

5. While Maurice __________________  in bed last night, a drunk driver ______________ his car on the street.
a. was sleep...hit
b. sleeps....hits
c. was sleeping...hit

6. When the boss _______________ to the office tomorrow, he _____________ the workers.
a. comes....will pay
b. will come...will pay
c. come...will pay

7. You practice English every day, ____________?
a. aren't you
b. did you
c. don't you

8. David: ______________________________?
    Susan: Mary.
a. Who did Peter marry?
b. Did Peter marry Mary?
c. Who Peter married?

9. ___________ you please lower the volume of the radio?
a. Should
b. Could
c. May

10. ______________ food will be ready in a few minutes.
a. You're
b. Yours
c. Your

11. Nathan ________________ in Colombia since 1999.
a. has lived
b. have lived
c. has living

12. Tony is not in class today. He is absent ________ the class.
a. to
b. at
c. from

13. ___________ students failed the second math quiz.
a. Much
b. Many
c. A little

14. Maurice ________________ a grammar exercise for his students now.
a. is makes
b. was making
c. is making

15. By the time Jack ___________ at the airport last night, the plane to Los Angeles _____________.
a. arrives...will leave
b. arrived...had left
c. arrived...has left

16. The turkey is delicious. Can I have ___________ slice of the turkey?
a. other
b. another
c. others

17. There is ______________ food in the kitchen.
a. a lot of
b. many
c. several

18. Richard cut ___________ with a knife. He is in the hospital now.
a. herself
b. itself
c. himself

19. Nadine _____________________  in New York City, but now she doesn't.
a. used to work
b. is working
c. use to work

20. Julia and her husband wake up __________ 5am every morning.
a. at
b. in
c. on