Simple Verb Tense Practice

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Simple Verb Tense Practice


Part 1: Form Past Simple Verb Tense
For each of the following sentences, fill in the blank with the past simple form of the verb in parentheses.
1. Sally four tennis championships last year. (verb = win)
2. Phil coffee all afternoon, and now he can’t sleep. (verb = drink)
3. Mallory only her last boyfriend for a week. (verb = date)
4. Howie in Chicago for a year before he moved to New York. (verb = live)
5. Susan for Trident Community College for seven months. (verb = work)
6. William love letters to Beth for a year before she agreed to go out with him. (verb = write)
7. Callie with ghosts for the last few years of her life. (verb = communicate)
8. Cindy and Brad all the time. That’s probably why they broke up. (verb = fight )
9. Who all of my leftover pizza? (verb = eat)
10. She out every night last week. (verb = go)

Part 2: Identify Simple Present vs. Future Verb Tenses


Indicate which simple verb tense (past, present or future) is included in the highlighted phrase in each sentence below.
Mark the correct answer.

1. I go to school every day. simple past tense simple present tense simple future tense
2. I will play basketball in college. simple past tense simple present tense simple future tense
3. My sister played with dolls all the time. simple past tense simple present tense simple future tense
4. I took my medicine this morning. simple past tense simple present tense simple future tense
5. She smiles too much. simple past tense simple present tense simple future tense

Part 3: Form Simple Tense Statements and Questions


Put the words and phrases in the following sentences in the correct order to form complete sentences or questions.
The phrases marked by / symbols should not be broken up. Rewrite each one in proper order in the space provided.

1. I was / when you called. / eating doughnuts


2. the violin / Lauren / for several years. / played
3. at noon? / Why / you / just arriving to work / were
4. she / cry / Did / when you told her?
5. very hard / Alex / worked / last week.
6. Patricia / her husband / cooked dinner / was / while / playing golf.

7. emails / answering / at 9:00 this morning. / I was


8. write emails / you / all morning? / Did
9. did / What / John / work on / yesterday?
10. worked on / the car / John / yesterday.

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