This document contains a worksheet from Tong Mei Road Government Primary School with multiple grammar exercises using different verb tenses. The worksheet includes exercises on simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, and questions for students to fill in the correct verb tense. It provides practice for students on when to use different verb tenses in the English language.

1. Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )
Tense 1
1. Mary often ___plays_____(play) the piano in the evening.
2. Everybody in our class ____likes_____(like) playing football.
3. Mr. Lee _____is writing_____(write) a report now.
4. In those years they ______worked____(work) very hard.
5. The first bell for class _____was ringing_____(ring) when I reached the school
gate.
6. The new students _____will arrive____(arrive) at our school in a few days.
7. I ____will go_____(go) and see my aunt the day after tomorrow.
8. When I got to the station yesterday morning, the train to Shanghai ___had____
already ___left____(leave).
9. My mother ____was cutting____(cut) the meat when I got home yesterday.
10. Listen! Mary _____is singing____(sing) in the next room.
11. My grandfather ____is not watching_____(not watch) TV, he ____is
listening_____(listen) to the radio now.
12. I ____got_____(get) a letter from Tom the day before yesterday.
13. Carol ____was_____(be) born in 1948 and ____died____(die) in 1995.
14. Mary ____did not look_____(not look) very well when we ____saw____(see)
her last time.
15. Today our life ____is getting_____(get) better and better.
16. I ____am_____(be) very glad to meet you again.
17. ___Did_____ you ____see___(see) Betty last week? Yes, I ___did____.
18. Alice ____played____(play) the violin from eight to nine this morning.
19. When she arrived at the cinema, the film ___had begun_____(begin).
20. It ____was raining_____(rain) when school was over.

2. Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )
Tense 2
1. ___Don’t disturb___(not disturb) them. They ___are doing___(do) their
homework..
2. What __did___ you ___do___(do) at about four o’clock yesterday afternoon?
3. He usually ___has_____(have) breakfast at home.
4. There ____was____(be) no hospital in the town two years ago.
5. They ___built_____(build) a swimming pool last year.
6. I think Tom ____will be____(be) back in a day or two.
7. If it is fine tomorrow, we ___will have_____(have) the volleyball match.
8. Miss Chan ____teaches_____(teach) us English twice a week.
9. Dr. Wong said he ___had___ already ___saved____(save) twenty lives by the
end of last year.
10.The boy _____was working____(work) hard when their parents returned
home.
11.Our monitor _____wrote____(write) a letter in English this morning.
12.Don’t go out! It ____is raining____(rain) outside.
13.No one ____knows____(know) what has happened here.
14.The baby ____was sleeping____(sleep) when the telephone rang.
15.Tom didn’t go to see the film yesterday because he ___has seen___(see) it
twice.
16.Joan and Jane ___was_____(be) late for class again yesterday morning.
17.The teacher ____had started____(start) the lesson when I arrived school.
18.____Can___ you please ___give____(give) Mary a message?
19.I’ll let you know as soon as Joyce _____comes____(come) back.
20.I ____will not go_____(not go) and see Tony if I am busy next Sunday.

3. Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )
Tense 3
1. There ____will be_____(be) a piano concert in the Hong Kong Coliseum next
Thursday evening.
2. My mother ____woke_____(wake) me up when she ____heard_____(hear) a
knock at the door last night.
3. The Chung’s family _____was having____(have) dinner when I called him
yesterday evening.
4. The crowd ____was swimming____(swim) when the shark came.
5. Go down this street, at the end of the road you ___will find__(find) McDonald.
6. She ____did not attend____(not attend) the meeting yesterday because she
____was___ (be) very busy.
Dear Kate,
It 7.___has been___(be) a month since you left us for Germany. How
are you 8.___getting___(get) on there? I 9.___hope___(hope) you 10.___will
get___ (get) used to your new life.
School has just 11.___begun___(begin). Our new form master
12.____is_____(be) Mr. Lee. I 13.___don’t think___(not think) you
14.___know___(know) him. He 15.___is___(be) very kind and we all
16.___like___(like) him.
There 17.___will be___(be) two new students in our class. Although
they have only 18.__been__(be) here for a few weeks, they 19.___get__(get)
along well with us. Usually we 20.___have___(have) lunch together in our
favourite fast-food shop and sometimes we even 21.___go___(go) shopping
together.

4. I 22.____am___(be) afraid I must stop now. I 23.___haven’t
prepared___(not prepare) for the test tomorrow.
Lily, Betty and John 24.__asked___(ask) me to send their regards.
Please 25.___write___(write) to us when you 26.___have___(have) time. And
27.___don’t forget___(not forget) to give us your recent photos if you
28.____have___(have) any.
Yours sincerely,
Ann

5. Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )
Tense 4
1. I __have__just __received__(receive) a Christmas card from my pen pal in
Japan.
2. The concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum last night __was__(be) a great success.
When Faye Wong 3.___sang___(sing) one after another favourite hit, the fans
4.___clapped___(clap) their hands.
5. At the moment Peter __is__ still ___doing__(do) his homework, but I
6.___think___(think) he 7.___will finish___(finish) soon.
8. We ___turn___(turn) on our air-conditioner only when it 9.___is___(be) very
hot, otherwise we just 10.___use___(use) our fan.
11.Kitty ___is leaving___(leave) for Australia and she 12.___will not
return__(not return) until January next year.
12.The Lees ___have lived__(live) here for almost ten years but they 14.___will
move___(move) to a new flat next week.
15.I ___am going___(go) to bed now. I 16.___feel___(feel) very tired.
17.Yesterday Tom ___threw___(throw) a stone at a dog but he 18.
___missed__(miss) and 19.___broke___(break) a window.
20.___Do___you ___know____(know) how to answer this question?
21.We ___were sleeping___(sleep) when a fire 22.___broke___(break) out in our
neighbour’s flat last night.

6. Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )
Tense 5
I 1. go (go) to school in the afternoon. In the morning I
2.___stay___(stay) at home with my sister when my mother 3.___goes___ (go) to
market. I 4.___don’t leave___(not leave) home for school until after lunch.
My sister and I 5.___stayed___(stay) at home as usual yesterday
morning. It 6.___was___(be) ten o’clock. I 7.___was doing__(do) my homework
and my sister 8.___was playing___(play) with her doll when the doorbell
9.___rang___(ring). My sister 10.___thought___(think) it 11.___was___(be) my
mother. She 12.___ran__(run) to open the door.
When my sister 13.___opened___(open) the door, she
14.___saw___(see) a stranger standing outside the iron gate. The stranger
15.___told___(tell) my sister that he had come to see my father.
“My father 16.___is not__(not be) at home,” my sister said to the
stranger. “He 17.___went___(go) to work.” The stranger 18.___replied__(reply),
“I 19.___have___(have) something for him. Please 20.__let___(let) me in.”
“Sorry,” my sister 21.___said___(say). “We can’t let you come in. we
22.___don’t know__(not know) you.”
The stranger 23.___left___(leave) without saying another word. He
24.___seemed___(seem) to be very angry.
When the stranger had left, I 25.___told___(tell) my sister that she
had done the right thing. She 26.___was___(be) very pleased.

7. Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )
Tense 6
It 1. was (be) midnight. After Mr. Chan 2.___turned__(turn) off
the television, he 3.___went__(go) to bed. Not long after he 4.___was__(be)
asleep, he was awakened by people crying ‘Fire! Fire!’
Mr. Chan 5.___jumped___(jump) out of his bed and 6.___ran___(run)
for the switch. The power supply had been cut. He 7.___woke__(wake) his wife
and children and together they 8.___made___ (make) for the door.
When Mr. Chan 9.___opened___(open) the door, he
10.___could___(can) not see anything. The building 11.___was__(be) in
complete darkness. There 12.___was__(be) a strong smell of smoke and cries for
help 13.___kept___(keep) reaching his ears.
As there 14.___seemed___(seem) to be no chance of getting out of the
building, Mr. Chan 15.__decided___(decide) to retreat to his flat and
16.___waited___(wait) for help.
They 17.___waited___(wait) for about twenty minutes when some
firemen finally 18.__arrived___(arrive) and 19.___led__(lead) them out of the
building.
Later Mr. Chan 20.___learnt___(learn) that four people 21.___were
killed___(kill) in the fire and fifty others injured.

8. Tong Mei Road Government Primary School
Holiday Worksheet
Name: ________________( ) Date:____________________
Class: P.5 ( )
Tense 7
Put in the correct tenses (Simple Present or Present Continuous) of the verbs
in brackets:
1. The ferry _____leaves_____(leave) the pier at noon every day.
2. The sun ______sets_____(set) in the west.
3. The sun _____is setting______(set). What a beautiful sight!
4. I _____live_____(live) in Tuen Mun.
5. This house _____belongs_____(belong) to my father now.
6. The bell _____is ringing_____(ring) now.
7. Our team _____is losing______(lose) in this match.
8. It _____is raining_______(rain) heavily outside.
9. John ____owns_______(own) a lot of property.
10. These students _____are touring_____(tour) round South East Asia.
Put in the correct tenses (Present Perfect or Simple Past) of the verbs in
brackets:
1. They ___arrived___(arrive) at the station just in time to catch the train.
2. So far our team ____has won_____(win) three matches.
3. I ____saw____(see) Jane last Monday.
4. The Chinese _____have inhabited_____(inhabit) China for a very long time.
5. Tom _____has left______(leave) a minute ago.
6. World War II _____fought_______(fight) from 1939 to 1945.
7. I _____have told_______(tell) you many times not to do it!
8. It _____rained______(rain) heavily this morning.
9. It _____has rained______(rain) heavily since this morning.
10. They ____have gone____(go) out. You are just one minute late.