Verb Tense Practice 1
The following sentence should be completed by putting the verb in parentheses in the
correct verb tense.
1. You look really great! (You, exercise) _______________________ at the fitness center?
2. A: What (you, do) ___________________ when the accident occurred?
B: I (try)___________________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
3. I (have)______________________ the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about
buying a new one.
4. If it (snow)____________________ this weekend, we (go)______________________ skiing near
Lake Tahoe.
5. A: What do you call people who work in libraries?
B: They (call)______________ librarians.
6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago. When I return
to Australia, I (study)________________________ for nine months and I
(be)__________________________ in England for exactly one year.
7. Sam (arrive)___________________ in San Diego a week ago.
8. Samantha (live) ________________________ in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she
(live)_________________________ there when the Berlin wall came down.
9. If Vera (keep)_____________________ drinking, she (lose, eventually)
______________________ her job.
10. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their
culture (disappear, virtually) _____________________ by the time Europeans first
(arrive)____________________ in the New World.
11. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep)_________________.
12. It (rain)______________________ all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to
the beach.
13. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss)____________________ the bus this morning. You
(be)_____________________ late to work too many times. You are fired!
14. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we (wake)_______________________ up
tomorrow morning, the sun (shine)_________________________.
15. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit)_______________________ the Grand Canyon
and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States.
16. I (see)_______________________ many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt.
Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are quite small.
17. In the last hundred years, travelling (become)_______________________ much easier and very
comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) _________________________ two or three months to
cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be)________________________ very rough and
often dangerous. Things (change)_________________________ a great deal in the last hundred and
fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.
18. Joseph's English (improve, really) ________________________, isn't it? He
(watch)_____________________ American television programs and
(study)______________________ his grammar every day since he first arrived in San Diego. Soon
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