Simple
Our family ________(visit) my grandparents after church every Sunday.
visits
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?
Andre comes from Brazil and is a native speaker of Portuguese. Currently he is studying English at the University of Colorado. He is taking two courses.
We ______(visit) another country before. Present perfect or past simple
have never visited
We ______________(visit) our grandparents since we were kids. Present perfect or present perfect progressive?
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. What are the correct verb tenses?
"have been playing" and "came"
The strong storm ________ (bend) the tree yesterday.
bent
When I_________ (walk) into the room, everyone ____________ (work).
When I walked into the room, everyone was working.
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"
Do you think we should give them a break? They ___________________(work) for hours.
have been working
Ann ----(fail) her driving test three times because she's so bad at reversing. But she ----(practice) reversing since last week and I think she has got a bit better at it. What are the correct verb tenses?
What is "has failed" and "has been practicing"?
By next month, Hannah _________(have) a new computer.
will have
Yesterday I ___________ (go) to the library, next I ________ (have) a swim, later I ___________ (meet) Julie for coffee.
Yesterday I went to the library, next I had a swim, later I met Julie for coffee.
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. simple past, present perfect, or present perfect progressive?
simple past (joined) and present perfect (has been)
I _________ hungry after work. So I _________ eat.
__________ they delicious? There are none left.
I wasn’t hungry after work. So I didn’t eat.
Were they delicious? There are none left.
He is so annoying! He ____________(always leave) his things everywhere.
He is always leaving his things everywhere.
By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we ______(drive) more than 400 miles. We will be exhausted.
will have 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)
Write one sentence that uses a simple tense to describe habitual actions.
Various answers
I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course 3 months ago. When I return to Australia, I ______(study) for 9 months and I ______(be) in England for exactly one year.
"will have studied" and "will have been"
In June, we ___________________(live) in this house for 2 years.
will have been living