ENGLISH PLUS
PRESENT TENSE
The present tense is a grammatical tense used for verbs that describe an action happening right
now.
simple present tense
Simple present tense is tense that are used when an event is happening right now or an event
that happens repeatedly (habit) is done every day.
example:
1. Some teachers ____________ much homework.
a. give
b. gives
c. are give
d. is give
2. Taylor and Adam __________ good friends.
a. be
b. is
c. are
d. does
3. _______ your parents let you go to bed late?
a. Are
b. Does
c. Do
d. Is
4. How many books __________ you read in a year?
a. are
b. were
c. did
d. do
5. He is good at football but he _____ want to play now.
a. isn't
b. wasn't
c. doesn't
d. don't
present continuous tense
Present continuous tense denotes actions/events that are already in progress while we speak
about them.
example:
1. What happened? Why _______ you ______?
a. are / cried
b. were / cried
c. are / crying
d. did / cried
2. Listen! Somebody ______________ the door.
a. is knocking
b. knocks
c. is knocks
d. knock
3. Please be quiet. My baby ___________.
a. is slept
b. slept
c. sleeps
d. is sleeping
4. Why are you ___________ that fish? It smells terrible.
a. eat
b. eating
c. ate
d. eats
5. My mother is busy at the moment. She ______________ her favourite programme.
a. watches
b. is watching
c. has watched
d. watched
present perfect tense
The present perfect tense is a tense used in present to indicate the action that has taken place
at some specific time.
example:
1. Sue ________ a quitar lessons. Se is a. taking her lesson now.
a. started
b. have started
c. has started
d. starts
2. I_____________ a cup of tea for you. It is on the table.
a. made
b. have made
c. make
d. am making
3. Pete ____________ his glasses. He hasn't got his glasses now.
a. have lost
b. lost
c. was lost
d. has lost
4. David's hair is very short. He ______________ his hair off.
a. has cut
b. cut
c. have cut
d. cuts
5. A: Is your father at home now? B: _________________________.
a. No, he went to Paris
b. No, he has gone to Paris
c. No, he left home
d. No, he didn't come
present perfect continuous tense
is a verb tense used to talk about something that started in the past and is continuing at the
present time
example:
1. It has _____ snowing a lot this week.
a. be
b. been
c. being
2. _____ your brother and sister been getting along?
a. Have
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3. Rick _____ been studying hard this semester.
a. 's
b. s
c. 've
4. I'm tired because I _____ been working a. a. out.
b. 've
c. has
d. am
5. Julie ________ living in Italy since May.
a. has being
b. is been
c. has been
PAST TENSE
the past tense is the verb form you use to talk about things that happened in the past.
simple past tense
The simple past tense is a verb form used to refer to an action or series of actions that were
completed in the past.
example:
1. David __________ a new cartoon last night.
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2. We ___________ football yesterday afternoon.
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3. Did your father __________ his car?
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4. Milly __________ study for English test. So she __________.
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5. My sister ______ to make a strawberry milkshake, but she couldn't.
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past continous tense
tense which is used to indicate a continuing action or event that was happening at some point in
time in the past.
example:
1. Yesterday, at six I ___________ dinner.
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2. My father __________ a novel while I _______ TV.
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3. We ___________ our school when he came in.
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4. The kids _____________ in the garden when it suddenly started to rain.
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5. Most of the time we __________ in the park.
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past perfect tense
had + [past participle]
example:
1. We ________ finished eating dinner.
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c.'d had not
2. Had they _____ to her before?
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3. You _____ not left yet.
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4. I had never _____ her before.
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5. We arrived at 8:05, but the train _____ already left.
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past perfact continous tense
actions or events which started before a particular time in the past and were still in progress up
to that time in the past.”
example:
1. My dad ________ smoking in the garage.
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2. The printer ________ working well.
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3. Had the players _____ playing by the rules?
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4. She ________ expecting the worst.
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5. Had the teachers ________ before the strike?
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future tense
The simple future is a verb tense that's used to talk about things that haven't happened yet
simple future tense
a verb tense that's used to talk about things that haven't happened yet.
example:
1. Will your folks _____ before Tuesday?
a. leaving
b. leave
c. leaves
2. We _____ get there until after dark.
a. will
b. won't
c. will'nt
3. We will _____ what your father says.
a. see
b. to see
c. seeing
4. I don't ________ go swimming today.
a. think I
b. think I'll
c. thinking
5. It ________ tomorrow.
a. will snow
b. snows
c. is snowing
future continuous tense
a verb tense that shows an action happening over a period of time in the future.
example:
1. I ________ during rush hour.
a. will be driving
b. will have drive
c. will be drive
2. He will not be _____ the bus today.
a. take
b. taken
c. taking
3. They ________ the cottage that weekend.
a. using
b. 'll be using
c. 're be using
4. Nigel _____ be coming to the picnic.
a. won't
b. won't not
c. willn't
5. Where ________ sleeping?
a. you be
b. will you
c. will you be
future perfect tense
something that will be completed before a specific time in the future
example:
1. I ________ by then.
a. will be leave
b. will have left
c. will leaving
2. Will you ________ by 8am?
a. have arrived
b. be arrive
c. have arriving
3. You ________ the bill by the time the item arrives.
a. 'll have received
b. will receiving
c. 've received
4. Melissa and Mike will be exhausted. They ________ slept for 24 hours.
a. will not
b. will not have
c. will not be
5. He will have ________ all about it by Monday.
a. forgetting
b. forgotten
c. be forgetting
future perfect continuous tense
used to say that an event or action is, was, or will be continually occurring (progressive) but that
it is, was, or will be completed at a later time, or that it relates to a later time (perfect).
example:
1. My mom ________ for two days by the time I see her.
a. has been travelling
b. will have been travelling
c. will has been travelling
2. They'll be exhausted by dinner. They will have been _____ hockey for seven hours.
a. playing
b. played
c. play
3. Will you ________ here for ten years by the time of the Christmas party?
a. have been worked
b. have to work
c. have been working
4. It's a 24-hour relay. They'll only have been ________ for half the time by 6pm.
a. ran
b. run
c. running
5. We ________ been waiting long.
a. will not have
b. have not will
c. will have not
PASSIVE VOICE
used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the object of a sentence rather than
subject.
example:
1. They were interviewing her for the job.
She ________________ for the job.
a. was being interviewed
b. was interviewed
c. has been interviewed
2. Tom is writing the letter.
The letter ________________ by Tom.
a. was written
b. is being written
c. has been written
3. Everyone understands English.
English ________________ by everyone.
a. is understood
b. has been understood
c. was understood
4. The employees brought up this issue during the meeting.
This issue ________________ by the employees during the meeting.
a. has been brought up
b. is brought up
c. was brought up
5. The professor told him not to talk in class.
He ________________ by the professor not to talk in class.
a. has been told
b. was told
c. was being told
CAUSATIVE
A verb used to indicate if the subject is not directly responsible for the action that occurs, but
rather someone or something else who performs the action.
example:
1. He _____ him ______ his ears.
a. will have, to pierce
b. will have, pierce
c. will have, pierced
Q2. Neha _____ Avyan______ music class.
a. had, join
b. has, join
c. had, to join
3. She______ her face ________by Roma.
a. had, bleach
b. have, bleach
c. had, bleached
4. She_______ her daughter______ her ears.
a. get, to pierce
b. got, pierced
c. got, to pierce
5. She ______ her family ready_______ the excursion tour of Leh.
a. got, to join
b. got, joined
c. get, joined
