Simple
Simple OR Simple Progressive
Past Perfect
Perfect Progressive
Grab Bag
100

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

visits

100

CHOOSE the correct form of the verb (Simple or Simple Progressive) to fill in the blank for (a).

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. 

(a) comes (Simple)

100

We ______(visit) another country before.

Which is correct?:
"have never visited" or "didn't visit"

have never visited

100

We ______________(visit) our grandparents since we were kids.

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. 

have been playing
came

200

The strong storm ________ (bend) the tree yesterday.

bent

200

CHOOSE the correct form of the verb (Simple or Simple Progressive) to fill in the blank for (b).

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. 

(b) is (Simple)

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 up. 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

CHOOSE the correct form of the verb (Simple or Simple Progressive) to fill in the blank for (c).

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. 

(c) is studying  (Simple Progressive)

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

joined (simple past)

has been (present perfect)



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

CHOOSE the correct form of the verb (Simple or Simple Progressive) to fill in the blank for (d).

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. 

(d) is taking  (Simple Progressive)

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

have had

500

Create a sentence that uses a simple tense to describe an habitual action (something you do regularly, often without thinking abaout it). 

Example: Mabel is brushing her pearly whites.*

*beautiful teeth 

500

Create one sentence that uses Simple Progressive verb to describe an action that is in progress at the moment the statement is made.

Example: Teddy's toad, Gorgeous, is wondering whether dinner is ready.

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

When September arrived, 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   (They are all correct.)