GRAMMAR EXERCISES- PRACTICE ON TENSES( BY MARY DANIEL)

GRAMMAR EXERCISES- PRACTICE ON TENSES( BY MARY DANIEL)

PRESENT SIMPLE vs. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Look! The sun………………………………….(set)
2. Father…………………….……(go) to his office at eight o’clock in the morning
3. What………………………………….(you/look) at?
4. I……………………………….…….(look) at a wonderful picture.
5. The pupils…………………..……..(stand) and then…………….……(sit) down.
6. That woman…………………..…..(play) tennis very well.
7. You…………………….…(always/talk) during lesson.

          PAST SIMPLE vs. PAST CONTINUOUS

1.      While I………..………….(play) in the school yard, I…………….……(fall) down.

2.      When I was on holiday I………………………..…(go) for a walk early in the morning.

3.      Last week I…………………….………(see) him every day.

4.      I………………..…………..(go) to my office on foot this morning.

5.      He……………………….(be) to Greece on 3^rd November.

6.      At this time last year I……………….…….(work) as a typist.

7.      While mother…………………..……….(cook) I…………………….....(wash up).

8.      I wish he …………………..…….(be) here now.

9.      Where I met him, he said he…………..………..(study) medicine.

 FUTURE SIMPLE vs. FUTURE CONTINUOUS

    

1.      At this tine tomorrow I……………..………….(travel).

2.      We……………………….(visit) them next Sunday.

3.      I………………………..(tell) her the whole truth about this matter.

4.      When she goes to the baker’s, she……………..……(buy) some bread for you too.

5.      They……………………………….(see) us at the airport, if we get there on time.

6.      If you……………………..….(help) me, I’ll help you too, said the boy.

7.      They………………………….(leave) at once.

8.      Before you leave,……………………………(you/do) me favor?

FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE vs. FUTURE  PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1.      The house……………………(build) the end of this year.

2.      We…………………..……(finish) this book by June.

3.      They…………………...(leave) before we return.

4.      Will you……………………………(type) these letters by five o’clock?

5.      I……………………….(teach) English for ten years by next September.

6.      The children…………………………(not/study) before their parents return.

7.      The play………………..……..(start) by the time we get there.

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE vs. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1.      When I went to his house he……………..…………(leave).

2.      The bell…………………………(ring) for three minutes before I opened the door.

3.      Mother…………………..…….(cook) for two hours, when  I went home.

4.      No sooner………………..……..(he/come in) than he began singing.

5.      He said that he………………………(work) as a secretary before he came here.

6.      I wish they……………………..………..(take) a decision earlier.

7.      She said she………….……..……(see) him for a long time.

8.      Ann……………………..…….(lie) on the beach long before I saw her.