Latihan Soal Tenses

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

1. I __________________ (write) to my pen-pal once a week.

2. The earth _________________ (move) round the sun.

3. Most birds ________________ (fly) but some _______________ (do not).

4. Mosquitoes _______________ (be) harmful insects. They ______________ (suck) our blood and _______________ (spread) diseases.

5. My grandfather never _________________ (smoke) cigarettes; he always _____________ (smoke) pipe.

6. We cannot have Mary in the choir. She ________________ (not sing) well although she ___________ (try) very hard.

7. Many insects ___________ (fly) from flower to flower to collect nectar. In this way, they ____________ (help) to pollinate the flowers.

8. A: ______________________________________________________________________.

    B: My grammar book. (I am reading my grammar book)

9. A: __________________________________________________.

    B: Because I need to buy some shoes. (I’m going downtown because I need to buy some shoes)

10. I ______________ (live) in a dormitory. It _______________ (be) a tall building. It __________(be) on Pine Street. My address ______________ (be) 3225 Pine St. I ___________ (be) happy to live on this street.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. The tap _____________ still ___________ (run). Please turn it off.

2. It’s going to rain. The people ______________ (hurry) home.

3. Someone _____________________ (knock) at the door. Please see  who it is.

4. The water  ___________________ (boil) now. Let’s make some tea.

5. Look at those clouds. They __________________ (come) this way. It ____________________ (go) to rain soon. Look at the people in the street. Some of them _________________________ (run) across the street. Many people _________________ (stand) at the bus-stop waiting for the bus. A few of them ______________________ (hold) up their umbrellas. Now the bus ________________ (come) down the street. All the people _____________________ (rush) to get into the bus.

6. Listen! Someone ____________________ (call) for help.

7. Peter has given me two dollars. I __________________ (buy) a book for him tomorrow.

8. She _________________ (leave) for Brunei this week-end.

9. Don’t disturb him. He ____________________ (do) his homework.

10. Don’t get down from the bus yet. It _______________ still _________________ (move).

PRESENT TENSE AND PRESENT CONTINUOS.

The Smiths are at home. It is evening. Paul (1)  ____________________ (sit) on the sofa. He (2) _________________ (read) a newspaper. Ellen (3) _______________________ (sit) at the desk. She (4) _____________________ (study). While she is studying, she (5) _____________________(listen to) music on her radio. Paul (6) _________________ (hear) the music, but he (7) ____________________ (listen to, not) it right now. He (8)  _______________________ (concentrate) on the weather report in the newspaper. He(9)  ________________________ (think about) the weather report. Ellen (10) ________ ______ (study) her chemistry text. She (11) ________________ (like) chemistry. She (12) _______________________ (think) that chemistry is easy.

Mrs. Smith is in the kitchen. She (13) _______________________ (cook) dinner. She (14) _________________ (cut) up vegetables for salad. Steam (15) ________________________ (rise) from the pot on the stove. Mrs. Smith (16) ____________________(like, not) to cook, but she (17) ____________________ (know) that her family has to eat good food. While she (18) ____________________(make) dinner, Mrs. Smith (19) ___________________ (think about) a vacation on the beach. Because she (20) _______________________ (want) her family to have vacation.

PAST TENSE

1. I __________________ (receive) his letter about a week ago.

2.The lights ____________________ (go) out last night, so we ________________ (light) some candles.

3. We _________________ (visit) Rudy last week, but she _______________ (be, not) at home.

4. We ______________ (catch) a lot of fish yesterday, but we _________________ (not eat) any of them.

5. She _________________ (be) ill yesterday, so she ________________ (not go) to school.

6. She __________________ (sew) the dress yesterday.

7. Some rats ___________________(eat up) the bread.

8. A snake _____________________ (bite) him on the leg a couple of minutes ago.

9. Last Sunday, we __________________ (repaint) the door.

10. They __________________ (put out) the fire an hour ago.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. What ____________ you both ______________ (discuss) at 11 o’clock last night?

2. I ________________________ (sleep) when he knocked on my door.

3. The farmer __________________ (plough) his field all yesterday afternoon.

4. I _______________________ (walk) home at 9 o’clock last Tuesday morning.

5. While Mr. Wang ________________ (read) the newspaper, his wife __________________ (prepare) breakfast.

6. As he ____________________ (blow) up the balloon it burst.

7. They ____________________ (laugh) loudly when she entered the room.

8.  We __________________ (cycle) to the farm at 7 o’clock yesterday morning.

9. She __________________ (shop) in town all yesterday afternoon.

10. The wind __________________ (blow) strongly throughout the night.

PAST TENSE AND PAST CONTINUOS

1. As I ____________________ (go) to school yesterday, I ________________ (see) a lorry crash into that shop.

2. He __________________ (hurt) his ankle while he __________________ (play) football.

3. I ____________________ (wash) my hands when the telephone ___________________ (ring).

4. When ___________________ (reach) his house last evening, he and his wife ___________________ (laugh) loudly.

5. Just as he ______________________ (come) out of the shop, he ____________________ (meet) his old neighbor.

6. When I _____________________ (walk) into the room, they ____________________ (have) their dinner.

7. I ____________________ (look) for my pen when I ___________________ (discover) that I _____________ (have) it in my pocket all the time.

8. While I ________________ (write) a letter, my mother ________________ (walk) in.

9. While the pupils _____________________ (shout) and  ____________________ (play) in the room, the headmaster _____________________ (walk) in.

10. While you _________________________ (play) with Mary, I __________________ (study) for my examination.