Fill
in the blanks with an appropriate simple present tense form of the verb given in
the brackets.
1. The plane ………………….. at
6.30. (arrive)
2. I will phone you when he
……………………. back. (come)
3. Unless we ………………………. now we
can’t be there on time. (start)
4. The sun ……………………… in the
east. (rise)
5. The next term …………………… on
Monday. (begin)
6. She ……………………… an engineer.
(be)
7. They …………………. our
relatives. (be)
8. When does the train
……………………? (depart)
9. Let’s wait till he
…………………….. his work. (finish)
10. Please ring me up as soon
as he …………………………. (arrive)
Complete
the following sentences using an appropriate simple present tense form.
1. Uma …………………. to quit her
job.
a) do not want b) does not
want c) does not want
2. Rohan …………………. for the
national basketball team.
a) play b) plays
3. Manu ………………….. to be a
nuclear scientist.
a) aspire b) aspires
4. Her mother ……………… younger
than her.
a) look b) looks
5. Rahul …………………. to get the
first rank.
a) hope b) hopes
6. Sania and Rohan …………………..
in the same neighbourhood.
a) live b) lives
7. ……………….. you know where
Rashmi lives?
a) Do b) Does
8. Who ……………….. not know him?
a) do b) does
9. What ………………… he want?
a) do b) does
10. She …………………. what she is
doing.
a) does not know
b) do not know
b) do not know
11. He ……………… a living by
selling balloons.
a) make b) makes
English
Grammar Exercise – Tenses
1. I …………… (go) for a walk in
the evening.
2. My mother ……………… (take) me
to school every day.
3. Father ……………… (drink) tea
in the morning.
4. Mother …………….. (wake) up
early.
5. My mother ……………… (work) at
a bank.
6. My brother and I ……………..
(live) with our grandparents.
7. The girls …………….. (want) to
go to the museum.
8. Rabbits …………… (run) fast.
9. Stars …………….. (shine) at
night.
10. It ………………. (rain) heavily
in the hills.
11. I ……………… (remember) his
face clearly.
12. We ……………… (live) in a
small apartment.
13. Sharath ……………… (live) in
Chennai with his parents.
Simple
Past Or Past Continuous Tense Exercise
Fill in the blanks with an
appropriate tense form.
1. I
............................. I didn't hear the doorbell.
[Slept, was sleeping]
2. I .........................
her many times but she didn't answer.
[Phoned, was phoning]
3. 'What ...........................
then?' 'I was watching TV.'
[did you do, were you doing]
4. He
......................... money from the rich and gave it to the poor.
[Stole, was stealing]
5. 'Did you meet James
yesterday?' 'Yes, I .................... him.'
[Met, was meeting]
6. The train
...................... at 6.30.
[Arrived. was arriving]
7. The children
............................. when their mother .................... home.
[slept, got, were sleeping,
was getting, were sleeping, got]
8. I cooked dinner while Mike
............................ the house.
[was tidying, tidied]
9. I .......................
dinner when the lights went out.
[Had, was having]
10. It
......................... me quite some time to learn French.
[Took, was taking]
11. As I ..............................
down the street, I saw a strange sight.
[Walked, was walking]
12. I ...................... a
car last month.
[Bought, was buying]
1. Hurry up! We ………………………..
for you.
[Waiting, are waiting, wait]
2. ‘What are you ……………………….?'
‘I ………………………. letters.’
[doing, writing, done, writing,
doing, write]
3. He …………………………. in Italy at
the moment.
[Works, working, is working]
4. She doesn’t like to be
disturbed when she …………………………..
[Works, working, is working]
5. That child ………………………………
bigger every day.
[Gets, getting, is getting]
6. Who is that girl
…………………………….. on the table?
[Stand, standing, is standing]
7. I …………………………….. for the
shops to open.
[Wait, am waiting, waiting]
8. I …………………………….. Jane
tomorrow.
[See, am seeing, seeing]
9. The universe ………………………, and
has been so since its beginning.
[Expands, is expanding, Expanding,
]
10. My sister ……………………. at
home for the moment.
[Lives, living, is living]
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