Tenses – Exercise 1

1. My friend ____  abroad last year.

2. Mathew ____  read the play Hamlet.

3. Martin ______  5 kilometers daily.

4. When I first met John,  he _____  playing Violin.

5. Before Thomas arrived here,  his friend  George _________  everything to give him a warm welcome.

6. John’s friend ________  next week.

7. My wife  teaches well.  ( re-write in present perfect continuous tense)

8. Since 2005, Merlin ______  in this software company.

9. My friend ______ reached here within 5 p.m.

10. To keep past events lively,   _________  tense is used.

11. They will be arranging the programme. ( identify the tense form)

12. Classes _________ on coming Thursday.

13. To denote a just completed action, ______________ tense is used.

14. They will have been shooting the film by next month.   ( identify the tense form)

15. To express a general truth or   a universal truth,  __________  tense is used.

16. Mathew’s friend has not come yet.  He ______  for his friend for 2 hours.

17. Thomas is coming next month. ( re-write in simple future tense)

18. Rahul said that he ________ his old friend last day.

19. My friend __________  in United States from 1990 to 2005.

20. One of the boys attended the seminar. ( rewrite in simple present tense)