Review of Verb Tenses

Simple

Continuous

Perfect

Perfect Continuous

Grab Bag

100

Our family ________(visit) my grandparents after church every Sunday.

visits

100

Andre (a)________(come) from Brazil and (b) ______ (be) a native speaker of Portuguese. Currently he (c) _______(study) English at the University of Colorado. He (d) _____ (take) two courses. Simple or progressive? Answer a

comes

100

We ______(visit) another country before. Have never visited or didn't visit?

have never visited

100

We ______________(visit) our grandparents since we were kids. Present perfect or present perfect progressive?

have been visiting (present perfect progressive)

100

In the evenings, I often play chess with my next door neighbor. I ---- chess with him ever since I ---- to live here ten years ago. What are the correct verb tenses?

have been playing, came

200

The strong storm ________ (bend) the tree yesterday.

bent

200

When I ______(show)up to take a look around, there were at least 20 people who _______(arrive) before me. What are the correct verb tenses?

"showed" and "had arrived"

200

Do you think we should give them a break? They ___________________(work) for hours.

have been working

200

Ann ----(fail) her driving test three times because she's so bad at backing. But she ----(practice) backing since last week and I think she has gotten a bit better at it. What are the correct verb tenses?

has failed, has been practicing

300

By next month, Hannah _________(have) a new computer.

will have

300

is studying

300

They ______(want) me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I _______(have) some problems with him in the past. Which verb tenses?

"wanted" and "have had"

300

Alfredo _____(join) the Friends of the Theater in his community five years ago and ______(be) an active participant in this group ever since. simple past, present perfect, or present perfect progressive?

simple past (joined) and present perfect (has been)

300

I have been waiting for the prices of the houses to come down before buying one, but I think I ----(wait) too long and the prices ---- (begin) to go up again. What are the correct verb tenses?

have waited, are beginning

400

What is one of the uses for present simple tense?

General truths/facts, habits, frequency, non-action verbs (emotions, characteristics, possession, etc)

400

is taking

400

By the time we got to Chicago yesterday evening, we ______(drive) more than 400 miles. We are exhausted.

had driven

400

He ______(find) an antique desk to use for one of the sets, and he also ______(make) a fireplace facade. Simple past? Present perfect? Present perfect progressive?

found, made (simple past)

400

This bicycle ----(be) in our family for fourteen years. My father used it for the first five years, my brother rode it for the next five and I ----(have) it for the last four. What are the correct verb tenses?

has been and have had

500

What is one sentence that uses a simple tense to describe habitual actions?

Various answers

500

Write one sentence that uses a progressive verb to describe actions already in progress at the moment of focus.

Various answers

500

I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course 3 months ago. When I return to Australia in 2024, I ______(study) there for 9 more months and then I ______(come back) to England. What are the correct verb tenses?

will study, am going to to study

500

This past June, we ___________________(live) in this house for 2 years.

had been living or had lived

500

Do you like my new haircut? I just ______ it ______ by my friend Kelsey last week.

had it cut

got it cut

had it done

got it done