Tenses Assessment Name: _ Simple present Tense Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form of the simple present tense We _accept _(accept) your apologies Trams _(not/be) faster than buses Water _(run) through the water pipes These birds (sing) sweetly Present Continuous Tense Fill in the blanks with the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets Peter _is writing (write) a letter now Joe and Keith (run) around the classroom The dog _(bark) loudly That helicopter (not/fly) in the sky Simple Past Tense Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense of the words in brackets I wish I had _(have) a new bike We (not spend) much money in the shop yesterday She _(live) in a small apartment in Kowloon years ago I (reply) an e-mail from Ted last night I (be) a fireman before I retired Past Continuous Tense Fill in the blanks with the past continuous tense 1 I was studying (study) at home all last night We _(have) a test at nine o’clock this morning The birds (sing) all morning They _(not play) football when it started to rain Simple Future Tense Fill in the blanks with the words given using simple future tense or the ‘going to’ form We will have (have) a long holiday next month We are going to watch (watch) tv later this afternoon Please wait! Your father (come) back in half an hour I think he (help) us if we run into trouble Mary is is tired already Dora _(not come) back to this shop because of the poor customer service Tom is tomorrow _ (not run) with her brother because she (play) on his computer with his friends Future Continuous Tense Fill in the blanks with the future continuous tense of the verbs in brackets Jake will be going (go) to the post office later this afternoon I he hotel again? Mike I (see) them in a few weeks from now (stay) at the same _ _ (wear) his new shirt to his friend’s party (wash) the dishes after dinner Part Identify the tenses used to describe Picture simple present (1) / simple past (2) / simple future (3) present continuous (4) / past continuous (5) / future continuous (6) She will read the magazine _ Is the old woman reading the magazine? _ She will be reading the magazine _ Is she going to read the magazine? _ The old woman did not read the magazine _ The old woman was reading the magazine _ The old woman does not read magazines _ Part The words on the right are used to describe the pictures old / woman / read / magazine(s) Tony / wear / his / jacket cat / take / nap / sofa William / carry / heavy / suitcases students / not / listen / teacher Jenny / play / chess / Kate Use the given words next to the picture to write the following Picture Present continuous tense question Picture Past continuous tense question Picture Future continuous tense question Picture Future continuous tense sentence, negative (not) Picture Past continuous tense sentence