Simple Present Tense
Exercise A:  Underline the correct words.
  1.      Raju ( walk, walks ) to school every morning.
  2.      The dog ( bark, barks ) at strangers.
  3.      The moon ( shine, shines ) at night.
  4.      Fisherman ( catch, catches ) fish from the sea.
  5.      He ( swim,  swims ) during weekends.
  6.      My mother ( wash, washes ) the clothes every morning.
  7.      The baby ( drink, drinks ) milk every day.
  8.      My parents ( love, loves ) me very much.
  9.      She usually ( sleep,  sleeps ) at ten o'clock.
10.     John ( like, likes ) playing badminton.
11.     The rabbits ( eat, eats ) carrots.
12.     We ( play, plays ) football every evening.
13.     Hens ( lay, lays ) eggs.
14.     Puan Norlia ( watch, watches ) television every night.
15.     Miss Chin ( teaches, teach ) us English.
16.     The servant (sweep, sweeps 0 the floor every day.
17.     They ( take, takes ) their lunch every afternoon.
18.     Buses ( stop, stops ) at the station.
19.     Raju and Samy ( wear, wears ) their uniforms to school.
20.     Joyce ( collect, collects ) sea-shells.

Exercise B:  Choose the correct words.
1.      They ____________ ( cycle, cycles ) to school every morning.
2.      They ______________ ( sing, sings) "Negara Ku" during assembly.
3.      The dog _____________ (jump, jumps) over the fence.
4.      Dai Lee _____________ (visit, visits) his grandmother once a week.
5.      We _________ (learn, learns) music twice a week.
6.      The farmer _____________ (grow, grows) vegetables in his farm.
7.     They ____________ (go, goes) to church every Sunday.
8.      Raju _____________ (like, likes) to read story books.
9.      Alice ___________ (get, gets) up early every morning.
10.    The bird ____________ (fly, flies) in the sky.
11.    My uncle _____________ (drives, drive) his car to work.
12.    A nurse ____________ (look, looks) after sick people.
13.     We ___________ (brush, brushes) our teeth every mornong.
14.     The hawkers ______________ (sell, sells) noodles every day.
15.     They don't ______________ (know,knows) how to answer the questions.

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Simple Past Tense
Exercise A:  Give the past tense of these verbs.

1.  come  - _____________                            11.  take   -  ________________

2.  run     - _____________                            12.  swim  -  ________________

3.  play   -  ____________                             13.  go      -  ________________

4.  eat     -  ____________                            14.   start   -  ________________

5.  buy    -  ____________                            15.  teach  -  ________________

6.  drink  - ____________                            16.  draw   -  ________________

7.  help    - ____________                            17.  ring    -  ________________

8.  see     - ____________                            18.  learn  -   ________________

9.  sing    - ____________                            19.  lend   -  ________________

10.give   - ____________                            20.  throw -  ________________

Exercise B
Underline the correct words.
1.      Pik Wah (drank,  drinks ) milk this morning.
2.      Mr. Lee ( comes, came ) to my house last night.
3.      My sister ( cook, cooked ) dinner last night.
4.      She ( saw, see ) a monkey just now.
5.      Susie ( sleeps, slept ) at 11 o'clock last night.
6.      John ( writes , wrote ) to his cousin last week.
7.      Mr lee ( bought, buys 0 a new car last Friday.
8.      The children ( shout, shouted ) in the class yesterday.
9.      It  ( rains, rained ) heavily yesterday.
10.    My mother ( bakes, baked ) a cake last Saturday.

Exercise C
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs in brackets.
1.      John ______________ (forget) to bring his book to school yesterday.
2.      She ______________ (clean) the room this afternoon.
3.      Poh Heng __________________ (borrow) my bicycle yesterday.
4.      Alice _______________(show)  her the photographs last Tuesday.
5.      He _____________ (drive) to Port Klang last night.
6.      I ______________ (receive) a present from my grandparent last year.
7.      The dog ____________ (run) towards me just now.
8.      She _______________ (study) English an hour ago.
9.      Peter ______________ (tell) me the news yesterday.
10.    The mechanic _____________ (repair) his car yesterday.
11.     Kok Seng _______________ (make) a kite last week.
12.     My sister _______________ (draw) this picture last night.
13.     Karen ________________ (wear) a grey dress last night.
14.     My brother ________________ (feed) the chickens just now.
15.     Melan ______________ (swim) in the swimming pool yesterday.

ANSWER

Present Continuous Tense
Exercise A Underline the correct words.
1.      He ( is brushing, are brushing) his teeth.
2.      The baby ( is sleeping, are sleeping) now.
3.      They (is playing, are playing) football.
4.      He ( is drinking, are drinking) milk.
5.      We (am taking, are taking) lunch now.
6.      I (am sweeping, is sweeping) the floor.
7.      Mary and May May (is walking, are walking) to school now.
8.      He (am having, is having) a bath.
9.      Mrs rajen (is watering, are watering) the plants.
10.    She (am learning, is learning) English.
11.    They (is listening, are listening) to the radio.
12.    My mother (am washing, is washing) the clothes.
11.    The children (is slapping, are clapping) their hands.
14.    Nora (is helping, are helping) her father to wash the car.
15.    Michael (am combing, is combing) his hair.

Exercise B
Change the word in brackets to the present continuous tense.
1.    Look! It _________________ (rain) heavily.
2.    The gardener ______________ (water) the plants.
3.    My hobby _________________ (collect) coins.
4.    Is your mother _______________ (cook) in the kitchen?
5.   Are you _______________ (do) your homework?
6.    I ________________ (read) a story book.
7.   She ______________ (pull) the rope.
8.   The boys ________________ (carry) the table.
9.   I _________________ (give) May May a book.
10.Encik Rahim ________________ (count) the coins.
11.Kok Leong and Chee Seng ______________ (write a letter.
12.What ________________ (are, is)you (talk) ______________ about?
13.Where _______________ (is, are) she (stand) ________________?
14.Susie _________________ (catch) butterflies in the garden.
15.The aeroplane _______________ (fly) in the sky.

ANSWER



Answer Key
Simple Present Tense
Exercise A
1.   walks            2.    barks           3.    shines        4.    catches        5.         swims
6.   washes          7.  drinks            8.    love           9.     sleeps        10.        likes
11. eat              12.   play             13.    lay           14.     watches     15.       teaches
16. sweeps       17.   take             18.    stop         19.     wear         20.       collects
Exercise B
1.    cycle            2.    sing                3.    jumps        4.      visits                5.     learn
6.    grows          7.    go                   8.    likes          9.      gets                10.    flies
11.  drives        12.    looks             13.    brush        14.    sell                 15.    know

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Simple Past Tense
Exercise A
1.    came         2.    ran                    3.    played        4.    ate                    5.    bought
6.    drank        7.    helped               8.    saw            9.    sang                10.    gave
11.  took        12.   swam                13.   went          14.   started            15.   taught
16.  drew       17.   rang                   18.   learnt        19.   lent                  20.   threw

Exercise B
1.    drank        2.   came                  3.    cooked        4.   saw                5.     slept
6.    wrote        7.  bought                 8.   shouted        9.   rained            10.    baked

Exercise C
1.    forgot        2.  cleaned                3.   borrowed    4.    showed         5.    drove
6.    received    7.   ran                      8.   studied        9.    told              10.   repaired
11. made        12.  drew                   13. wore           14.  fed                15.   swam

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Present Continuous Tense
Exercise A
1.    is brushing        2.    is sleeping        3.    are playing        4.    is drinking
5.   are taking          6.   am sweeping     7.    are walking       8.   is having
9.   is watering       10.  is learning         11.    are listening     12.  is washing
13. are clapping     14.  is helping          15.    is combing

Exercise B
1.    is raining          2.    is watering        3.    is collecting        4.   cooking
5.    doing               6.    am reading       7.    is pulling             8.   are carrying
9.    am giving        10.   is counting       11.  are writing          12.  are, talking
13.  is, standing      14.  is catching        15.  is flying

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