Tenses worksheet

Complete the following sentences using appropriate verb form.

1. Please ………………….. so loudly. I am studying.

a) not talk
b) don’t talk
c) not talking

2. I …………………….. for my spectacles.

a) look
b) am looking

3. I ………………….. Gulliver’s Travels.

a) read
b) have read

4. He has just ………………….. out.

a) went
b) gone
c) either could be used here

5. I …………………. him since 1990.

a) know
b) knew
c) have known

6. I …………………….. Gulliver’s Travels for the last one week.

a) have read
b) have been reading
c) am reading

7. We ……………………. our dinner when he came.

a) were eating
b) eat
c) have eaten

8. It ………………….. a long time for a country to rebuild itself after an earthquake.

a) take
b) takes
c) is taking

9. Aftershocks are small tremors that ………………… the ground after an earthquake.

a) shake
b) are shaking
c) shook

Answers

1. Please don’t talk so loudly. I am studying.

2. I am looking for my spectacles.

3. I have read Gulliver’s Travels.

4. He has just gone out.

5. I have known him since 1990.

6. I have been reading Gulliver’s Travels for the last one week.

7. We were eating our dinner when he came.

8. It takes a long time for a country to rebuild itself after an earthquake.

9. Aftershocks are small tremors that shake the ground after an earthquake.