Verb Tense Exercise 5
Simple Past / Present Perfect 1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"
B: I don't know. I (see, never) ____________ thad movie.
2. Sam (arrive) ___________ in San Diego a week ago.
3. My best friend and I (know) __________each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.
4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) __________ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.
5. I (have, not) _________this much fun since I (be) ________a kid.
6. Things (change) ________a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start)_______ working here three years ago, the company (have, only) _______six employees. Since then, we (expand)_________ to include more than 2000 full-time workers.
7. I (tell) ______ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander)_______ off into the forest and (be) _______ bitten by a snake.
8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) _______ the bus this morning. You (be) _______ late to work too many times. You are fired!
9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) _______ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami. 10. How sad! George (dream) _______ of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) _______ the ocean. 11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) _______ much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) _______very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) _______a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. 12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change) _______since the last time I (see) _______you. You (grow) _______at least a foot! 13. This tree (be) _______planted by the settlers who (found) _______our city over four hundred years ago.
14. This mountain (be, never) _______climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try) _______to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever) _______ The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) _______trying to reach the summit.
15. I (visit, never) _______Africa, but I (travel) _______to South America several times. The last time I (go) _______to South America, I (visit) _______Brazil and Peru. I (spend) _______two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) _______for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly) _______over the Nazca Lines.
B: I don't know. I (see, never) ____________ thad movie.
2. Sam (arrive) ___________ in San Diego a week ago.
3. My best friend and I (know) __________each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.
4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) __________ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.
5. I (have, not) _________this much fun since I (be) ________a kid.
6. Things (change) ________a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start)_______ working here three years ago, the company (have, only) _______six employees. Since then, we (expand)_________ to include more than 2000 full-time workers.
7. I (tell) ______ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander)_______ off into the forest and (be) _______ bitten by a snake.
8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) _______ the bus this morning. You (be) _______ late to work too many times. You are fired!
9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) _______ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami. 10. How sad! George (dream) _______ of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) _______ the ocean. 11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) _______ much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) _______very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) _______a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. 12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change) _______since the last time I (see) _______you. You (grow) _______at least a foot! 13. This tree (be) _______planted by the settlers who (found) _______our city over four hundred years ago.
14. This mountain (be, never) _______climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try) _______to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever) _______ The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) _______trying to reach the summit.
15. I (visit, never) _______Africa, but I (travel) _______to South America several times. The last time I (go) _______to South America, I (visit) _______Brazil and Peru. I (spend) _______two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) _______for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly) _______over the Nazca Lines.
Verb Tense Exercise 6
Simple Past / Present Perfect
Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology (change) ________ a great deal. The first computers (be) ________ simple machines designed for basic tasks. They (have, not) ________ much memory and they (be, not) ________ very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often (pay) ________ thousands of dollars for machines which actually (do) ________ very little. Most computers (be) ________ separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games.
Times (change) ________ Computers (become) ________ powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers (create) ________ a large selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's games (become) ________ faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer users (get, also) ________ on the Internet and (begin) ________ communicating with other computer users around the world. We (start) ________ to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual machines of the past (evolve) ________ into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.
Times (change) ________ Computers (become) ________ powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers (create) ________ a large selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's games (become) ________ faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer users (get, also) ________ on the Internet and (begin) ________ communicating with other computer users around the world. We (start) ________ to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual machines of the past (evolve) ________ into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.
Verb Tense Exercise 7
Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous
Robin: I think the waiter (forget) _________ us. We (wait) _________ here for over half an hour and nobody (take) _________ our order yet.
Michele: I think you're right. He (walk) _________ by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already) _________.
Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) _________ here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food.
Michele: He must realize we (order, not) _________ yet! We (sit) _________ here for over half an hour staring at him.
Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) _________ us. He (run) _________ from table to table taking orders and serving food.
Michele: That's true, and he (look, not) _________ in our direction once
Michele: I think you're right. He (walk) _________ by us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we (order, already) _________.
Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) _________ here for five or ten minutes and they already have their food.
Michele: He must realize we (order, not) _________ yet! We (sit) _________ here for over half an hour staring at him.
Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) _________ us. He (run) _________ from table to table taking orders and serving food.
Michele: That's true, and he (look, not) _________ in our direction once
Verb Tense Exercise 17
Present and Past Tense Review
Lars: Excuse me, which movie are you waiting for?
Tony: We (wait) ________ for the new Stars Wars movie. In fact, we (wait) ________ here for more than five hours.
Lars: Five hours? When did you arrive?
Tony: We (get) ________ here at 6:00 o'clock this morning. More than forty people (stand, already) ________ here waiting for tickets when we arrived.
Lars: I can't believe that! Are you serious?
Tony: Yeah, people (take) ________ Star Wars movies seriously. In fact, this particular showing has been sold out for over a week. We (wait, just) ________ in line to get a good seat in the theater.
Lars: When did you buy your tickets?
Tony: I (buy) ________ them last week by phone. I (know) ________ tickets would be hard to get because I (see) ________ a news interview with a group of people standing in line to get tickets. They (wait) ________ in line for almost a month to buy tickets for the first showing.
Lars: I don't believe that!
Tony: It's true. They (camp) ________ out in front of Mann's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles for about a month because they (want) ________ to be the first people to see the movie.
Tony: We (wait) ________ for the new Stars Wars movie. In fact, we (wait) ________ here for more than five hours.
Lars: Five hours? When did you arrive?
Tony: We (get) ________ here at 6:00 o'clock this morning. More than forty people (stand, already) ________ here waiting for tickets when we arrived.
Lars: I can't believe that! Are you serious?
Tony: Yeah, people (take) ________ Star Wars movies seriously. In fact, this particular showing has been sold out for over a week. We (wait, just) ________ in line to get a good seat in the theater.
Lars: When did you buy your tickets?
Tony: I (buy) ________ them last week by phone. I (know) ________ tickets would be hard to get because I (see) ________ a news interview with a group of people standing in line to get tickets. They (wait) ________ in line for almost a month to buy tickets for the first showing.
Lars: I don't believe that!
Tony: It's true. They (camp) ________ out in front of Mann's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles for about a month because they (want) ________ to be the first people to see the movie.
Verb Tense Exercise 19
Will / Be Going To
Mark: What are you doing with those scissors?
Beth: I (cut) _________ that picture of the ocean out of the travel magazine.
Mark: What (you, do) _________ with it?
Beth: I (paint) _________ a watercolor of the ocean for my art class, and I thought I could use this photograph as a model.
2.
Mark: (you, do) _________ me a favor, Sam?
Sam: Sure, what do you want me to do?
Mark: I (change) _________ the broken light bulb in the lamp above the dining room table. I need someone to hold the ladder for me while I am up there.
Sam: No problem, I (hold) _________ it for you.
3.
Gina: Where are you going?
Ted: I (go) _________ to the store to pick up some groceries.
Gina: What (you, get) _________?
Ted: I (buy) _________ some milk, some bread, and some coffee.
4.
John: Wow, it's freezing out there.
Jane: I (make) _________ some coffee to warm us up. Do you want a piece of pie as well?
John: Coffee sounds great! But I (have) _________ dinner with some friends later, so I'd better skip the pie.
Jane: I (go) _________ to dinner tonight too, but I'm having a piece of pie anyway.
5.
Frank: I heard you're taking a Spanish class at the community college.
Tom: Yeah, I (go) _________ to Guatemala next spring and I thought knowing a little Spanish would make the trip easier.
Frank: I (visit) _________ my brother in Marseilles next year. Maybe I should take a French class.
Tom: I have a course catalog in the other room. I (go) _________ get it, and we can see whether or not they're offering a French course next semester.
Mark: What are you doing with those scissors?
Beth: I (cut) _________ that picture of the ocean out of the travel magazine.
Mark: What (you, do) _________ with it?
Beth: I (paint) _________ a watercolor of the ocean for my art class, and I thought I could use this photograph as a model.
2.
Mark: (you, do) _________ me a favor, Sam?
Sam: Sure, what do you want me to do?
Mark: I (change) _________ the broken light bulb in the lamp above the dining room table. I need someone to hold the ladder for me while I am up there.
Sam: No problem, I (hold) _________ it for you.
3.
Gina: Where are you going?
Ted: I (go) _________ to the store to pick up some groceries.
Gina: What (you, get) _________?
Ted: I (buy) _________ some milk, some bread, and some coffee.
4.
John: Wow, it's freezing out there.
Jane: I (make) _________ some coffee to warm us up. Do you want a piece of pie as well?
John: Coffee sounds great! But I (have) _________ dinner with some friends later, so I'd better skip the pie.
Jane: I (go) _________ to dinner tonight too, but I'm having a piece of pie anyway.
5.
Frank: I heard you're taking a Spanish class at the community college.
Tom: Yeah, I (go) _________ to Guatemala next spring and I thought knowing a little Spanish would make the trip easier.
Frank: I (visit) _________ my brother in Marseilles next year. Maybe I should take a French class.
Tom: I have a course catalog in the other room. I (go) _________ get it, and we can see whether or not they're offering a French course next semester.
