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TENSES EXERCISES
Choose the correct tense from the given option.
# Sentences Identify Tenses

⃝ Simple Present
1 He is serving dinner to the guests.
⃝ Present Progressive

The patient will have regained

⃝ Past Perfect
2 consciousness before the doctor’s
⃝ Present Perfect
arrival.

⃝ Simple Present
3 I will plant roses in my lawn.
⃝ Simple Past

She said that her friend had betrayed ⃝ Past Perfect

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her. ⃝ Future Perfect

⃝ Past Perfect
5 She has sent the parcel by post.
⃝ Present Perfect

⃝ Simple Present
6 The gardener waters the plant.
⃝ Simple Future

Tom has been working as a Financial ⃝ Present Perfect Progressive

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Officer in this firm since 2014. ⃝ Past Perfect Progressive

⃝ Present Progressive
8 The children were enjoying the zoo trip.
⃝ Past Progressive
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For what I know him, I hesitate to trust ⃝ Simple Present

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him. ⃝ Simple Past

⃝ Simple Present
10 He signaled the moment he saw the car.
⃝ Simple Past

⃝ Simple Present
11 This watch does not cost much.
⃝ Simple Future

⃝ Future Progressive
12 I will be taking rest at 3 o’clock.
⃝ Present Progressive

He will have learned French by next ⃝ Present Perfect

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year. ⃝ Future Perfect

⃝ Simple Present
14 She does not have much jewelry.
⃝ Simple Past

He squandered all his wealth after the ⃝ Simple Present

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death of his father. ⃝ Simple Past

We had not heard this news till ⃝ Present Perfect

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yesterday. ⃝ Past Perfect

I had never tasted such a delicious ice- ⃝ Present Perfect

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cream before. ⃝ Past Perfect
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I had been studying in this college for ⃝ Present Perfect Progressive

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two years. ⃝ Past Perfect Progressive

⃝ Simple Present
19 He does not understand my point.
⃝ Simple Future

⃝ Simple Present
20 She will know the answer tomorrow.
⃝ Simple Future

The rain will have stopped before I ⃝ Future Perfect

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reach the home. ⃝ Past Perfect

By next year he will have been working ⃝ Future Perfect Progressive

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in this factory for five years. ⃝ Present Perfect Progressive

ANSWERS
1. He is serving dinner to the guests. (Present Progressive Tense)
2. The patient will have regained consciousness before the doctor’s
arrival. (Future Perfect Tense)
3. I will plant roses in my lawn. (Simple Present Tense)
4. She said that her friend had betrayed her. (Past Perfect Tense)
5. She has sent the parcel by post. (Present Perfect Tense)
6. The gardener waters the plant. (Simple Present Tense)
7. Tom has been working as a Financial Officer in this firm since
2014. (Present Perfect Progressive Tense)
8. The children were enjoying the zoo trip. (Past Progressive Tense)
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9. For what I know him, I hesitate to trust him. (Simple Present

Tense)
10. He signaled the moment he saw the car. (Simple Past Tense)
11. This watch does not cost much. (Simple Present Tense)
12. I will be taking rest at 3 o’clock. (Future Progressive Tense)
13. He will have learned French by next year. (Future Perfect Tense)
14. She does not have much jewelry. (Simple Present Tense)
15. He squandered all his wealth after the death of his father. (Simple
Past Tense)
16. We had not heard this news till yesterday. (Past Perfect Tense)
17. I had never tasted such a delicious ice-cream before. (Past Perfect
Tense)
18. I had been studying at this college for two years. (Past Perfect
Progressive Tense)
19. He does not understand my point. (Simple Present Tense)
20. She will know the answer tomorrow. (Simple Future Tense)
21. The rain will have stopped before I reach home. (Future Perfect
Tense)
22. By next year he will have been working in this factory for five
years. (Future Perfect Progressive Tense)