Our family ________(visit) my grandparents after church every Sunday.
visits
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)
We ______(visit) another country before.
Which is correct?:
"have never visited" or "didn't visit"
have never visited
We ______________(visit) our grandparents since we were kids.
have been visiting (present perfect progressive)
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
The strong storm ________ (bend) the tree yesterday.
bent
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)
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"
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
By next month, Hannah _________(have) a new computer.
will have
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)
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"
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)
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
What is one of the uses for present simple tense?
General truths/facts, habits, frequency, non-action verbs (emotions, characteristics, possession, etc)
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)
By the time we got to Chicago yesterday evening, we ______(drive) more than 400 miles. We are exhausted.
had driven
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)
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
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
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.
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
When September arrived, we _________________ (live) in this house for 2 years.
had been living OR had lived
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.)