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Verb Tense
The document provides a review of English verb tenses for the College Board exam, including the present progressive, past progressive, simple present, future, and simple past tenses. It defines each tense and provides examples of formation, questions, and negatives for each tense. A list of irregular verbs is also included at the end.
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- 1. Escuela de EducaciónContinua Repaso para la Prueba de Evaluación y Admisión Universitaria (College Board) INGLÉS Verb Tense Preparado por Prof. Carmen Cembalest, Enero 1994 Revisado por Prof. Thelvenitsie Hernández, Junio 2006
- 2. Este manual espropiedad del Campus Virtual de la Escuela de Educación Continua de la Universidad Metropolitana. El mismo no puede ser reproducido parcial ni totalmente sin la autorización expresa del Decano Asociado del Campus Virtual de la Escuela de Educación Continua de la Universidad Metropolitana. Escuela de Educación Continua de UMET, enero 2012
- 3. I. Verb Tenses: C. Verb to Be Present I am They He You are She is We It Past I They He was You were She We It Examples: I am very tired today. I was happy yesterday. Question Form: Verb Be + Subject + rest of sentence Are you very tired today? Were you happy yesterday? Negative Form: Subject + Verb Be + not + rest of sentence I am not tired today. I was not happy yesterday. B. Present Progressive: Indicates an action that is happening at the moment of speaking. (now, right now, at present, at this moment). Formation: I am He + ing form of verb. She is It
- 4. They You are + ing form of verb. We Example: He is writing a letter now. We are having fun at this moment. Questions Form: Verb Be + Subject + ing form of verb + rest of sentence Is he writing a letter now. Are we having fun at this moment. Negative Form: Subject + Verb Be + not + ing form of verb + rest of sentence He is not writing a letter now. We are not having fun at this moment. C. Past Progressive Indicates an action that was going on when another action took place. Formation: I He was + ing form of the verb. She It They You were + ing form of the verb We Example: Tom was eating out last night. We were watching a horror movie last week. Question Form: Verb Be past + Subject + ing form of verb + rest of sentence Was Tom eating out last night? Were you watching a horror movie last week? Negative Form: Subject + Verb Be past + not + ing form of verb + rest of sentence.
- 5. Tom was not eating out last night. We were not watching a horror movie last week? D. Simple Present: Indicate an action that is habitual or customary. The basic form and S form of the verb is used with this verb tense. 3Rd. person singular He She verb basic form + s It Pronouns I You verb basic form They We Example: He speaks French very well They speak Italian well. Question Form: He She Does It I You Do They We Do/Does + Subject + Verb in basic form + rest of sentence Does he speak French very well? Do they speak Italian well? Negative Form: Subject + does/do + not + verb in basic form + rest of sentence He does not speak French very well.
- 6. They do not speak Italian well. E. Future Tense: Indicates an action that will happen some time in the future. There are two ways to form the future tense. 1. I You He will + basic form of verb She It They We Example: They will travel to Europe next week. Question Form: Will + Subject + verb in basic form + rest of sentence Will they travel to Europe next week. Negative Form: Subject + will + not + verb in basic form + rest of sentence. They will not travel to Europe next week. 2. I am + going to + basic form of verb He She is + going to + basic form of verb It They You are+ going to + basic form of verb We Example: They are going to travel to Europe next week. Question Form: Verb Be + Subject + going to + verb in basic form + rest of sentence Are they going to travel to Europe next week?
- 7. Negative Form: Subject + Verb Be + not + going to + verb in basic form + rest of sentence They are not going to travel to Europe next week. F. Simple Past: Indicates an action that already happened. For the past tense regular and irregular verbs are used. (See a list of irregular verbs at the end of this section). Examples: Carlos spoke to the dean about the class yesterday. Irregular verb Carlos studied hard for the test last night. Regular verb Question Form: Did + Subject + verb basic form + rest of sentence Did Carlos speak to the dean about the class yesterday? Did Carlos study hard for the test last night? Negative Form: Subject + did + not + verb basic form + rest of sentence Carlos did not speak to the dean about the class yesterday. Carlos did not study hard for the test last night. LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS Here is a list of some common irregular verbs. You can also find the principal parts of irregular verbs in an English dictionary. Root Form -S Form Past Form Present Form Past Participle become becomes became becoming become begin begins began beginning begun bite bites bit bitting bitten blow blows blew blowing blown break breaks broke breaking broken bring brings brought bringing brought
- 8. Root Form -S Form Past Form Present Form Past Participle build builds built building built buy buys bought buying bought catch catches caught catching caught choose chooses chose choosing chose come comes came coming come cost costs cost costing cost cut cuts cut cutting cut do does did doing done draw draws drew drawing drawn drink drinks drank drinking drunk drive drives drove driving driven eat eats ate eating eaten fall falls fell falling fallen feed feeds fed feeding fed feel feels felt feeling felt fight fights fought fighting fought find finds found finding found Fly Flies Flew Flying Flown forget forgets forgot forgetting forgotten forgive forgives forgave forgiving forgiven get gets got getting gotten give gives gave giving given go goes went going gone grow grows grew growing grown have has had having had hear hears heard hearing heard hide hides hid hiding hidden hit hits hit hitting hit hold holds held holding held hurt hurts hurt hurting hurt keep keeps kept keeping kept know knows knew knowing Know lay lays laid laying laid leave leaves left leaving left lend lends lent lending lend let lets let letting let lie lies lay lying lain lose loses lost losing lost make makes made making made mean means meant meaning meant meet meets met meeting met pay pays paid paying paid put puts put putting put quit quits quit quitting quit
- 9. Root Form -S Form Past Form Present Form Past Participle read reads read reading read ride rides rode riding ridden ring rings rang ringing rung rise rises rose rising risen run runs ran running run say says said saying said see sees saw seeing seen sell sells sold selling sold send sends sent sending sent set sets set setting set shake shakes shook shaking shaken shut shuts shut shutting shut sing sings sang singing sung sit sits sat sitting sat sleep sleeps slept sleeping slept speak speaks spoke speaking spoken spend spends spent spending spent steal steals stole stealing stolen sweep sweeps swept sweeping swept swim swims swam swimming swum take takes took taking taken teach teaches taught teaching taught tear tears tore tearing torn tell tells told telling told think thinks thought thinking thought throw throws threw throwing thrown understand understands understood understanding understood wake wakes woke waking woken wear wears wore wearing worn win wins won winning won write writes wrote writing written G. Present Perfect: Indicates an action that happened at an indefinite time in the past or an action that was repeated several times in the past. The auxiliary verbs have and has and the past participle form of the verb are used to form this verb tense. 3rd. person singular pronouns He She has + past participle form of the verb It
- 10. Pronouns I You have + past participle form of the verb They We Examples: They have seen that movie before. He has been here twice this week. Question Form: Have/Has + Subject + past participle verb + rest of sentence Have they seen that movie before? Has he been here twice this week? Negative Form: Subject + have/has +not + past participle verb + rest of sentence They have not seen that movie before. He has not been here twice this week. G. Past Perfect: Indicates an action that took place in the past before another past action. The auxiliary verb had and the past participle form of the verb is used to form this verb tense. I You He She had + past participle form of the verb It They We Example: They had left for the party when you called. Question Form: Had + Subject + past participle verb + rest of sentence Had they left for the party when you called?
- 11. Negative Form: Subject + had + not + past participle verb + rest of sentence They had not left for the party when you called. Practice Exercises X: 1. She ______________ a business woman. a. are b. is c. were d. be 2. The policeman on the corner _________________ busy with the traffic a few minutes ago. a. is b. are c. was d. were 3. Sue and I _________________ both good students. a. are b. was c. am d. is 4. Joe ________________ a good tennis player. a. is not b. are not c. be not d. were not 5. Maria’ s children ____________________ restless last night. a. was b. are c. were d. is 6. You __________________ a new car. a. has b. have c. having d. is have 7. The teacher ________________ to speak to you. a. wishs
- 12. b. wishes c. wish d. wishies 8. I often ____________________ a cold during Christmas. a. catch b. catches c. catchies d. catchs 9. She __________________ the books in a briefcase. a. carryies b. carries c. carry d. carrys 10. They ________________ us in the morning. a. will see b. are go to see c. will sees d. is going to see 11. Mary ____________________ the table right away. a. is going to cleans b. will cleans c. is going to clean d. are going to clean 12. Stella __________________ TV now. a. is watch b. is watching c. watch d. will watchs 13. I _______________ to get to school on time yesterday. a. tries b. try c. tryed d. tried 14. You __________________ a lot of money there. a. will spends b. will spending c. spends d. will spend 15. Our class _______________ three times every week.
- 13. a. meet b. meets c. are meeting d. is meeting 16. The police reported that they finally ____________ the thief. a. capture b. had captured c. has captured d. have captured 17. Carla ____________ by the time we arrive. a. had left b. has left c. are leaving d. leaves 18. Mr. Dale _____________ little experience in teaching this subject. a. have had b. have c. has had d. haves 19. It _______________ a lot this year. a. rain b. has rained c. raining d. rains 20. You ________________ in Florida many times. a. has been b. are c. was d. have been 21. Mrs. Ashe _________________ to Venezuela last week. a. gone b. went c. goes d. go 22. I got sick while I ___________________ to my grandmother’s. a. had driven b. drive c. was driving d. were driving
- 14. 23. When youtelephoned, I _______________ dinner. a. have b. was having c. has d. am having 24. They ________________ for us on the corner at this moment. a. are waiting b. is waiting c. are waiting d. waits 25. The wind always ________________ hard in this section of town. a. is blowing b. blow c. blowing d. blows Negative and question form: Choose the correct negative or question form: 1. The employees _______________ hard this semester. a. are not working b. is not working c. is not work d. do no work 2. ________________ very fast? a. Do Pedro drive b. Does Pedro drive c. Is Pedro drive d. Are Pedro driving 3. You _________________ such a big car, do you? a. don’t need b. is not need c. does not need d. are not need 4. I ________________ the news when you came in. a. were not watching b. am not watching c. was not watching d. do not watch
- 15. 5. Marlene __________________her report yet. a. have not finished b. has not finished c. is not finished d. does not finishes 6. The stores ________________ early today. a. will close not b. won’t close c. will not closing d. does not close 7. ________________ in Mexico about a month? a. Will Joe remain b. Will Joe remains c. Does Joe remains d. Do Joe remain 8. _________________ fish for dinner on weekend? a. Do your mother cook b. Does your mother cooks c. Did your mother cooked d. Does your mother cook 9. _________________ she busy when you called? a. Was b. Were c. Is d. Are 10. ________________ your aunt last year? a. Do you visit b. Did you visited c. Do you visited d. Did you visit Additional Exercises: Read the statements and choose the correct verb. 1. Thousand of people _______________ tickets for the game yesterday. a. buying b. buy c. buys d. bought 2. Shall we take a taxi or wait for the bus? Let’s wait for the bus. It ______________ be here soon.
- 16. a. shall b. will c. have d. had 3. All the work on the project has been ________________ by our staff. a. to finish b. finished c. finish d. finishing 4. Have you ____________ any good foreign films recently? a. see b. sees c. saw d. seen 5. Mrs. Horgan has already _____________ to the store. a. go b. going c. went d. gone 6. Annette _____________ been to the health food store many times. a. is b. was c. has d. have 7. Did you drink orange juice this morning? No, I _____________ apple juice. a. drink b. drinks c. drank d. drinking 8. It’s necessary ______________ a passport when you travel abroad. a. carrying b. carry c. for carry d. to carry 9. The students decided ________________ a play. a. give b. to give
- 17. c. giving d. gave 10. Taking photographs is easy if you ________________ careful. a. are b. be c. was d. were 11. After the curtain went down, the audience continued ____________ for 5 minutes. a. shout b. for shouting c. by shouting d. to shout 12. We all stood up when the guest of honor _____________ the room. a. enters b. had entered c. has entered d. entered 13. A photographer is often impatient ______________ his film. a. develop b. to develop c. for developing d. by developing 14. It’s always interesting ________________ people form abroad. a. to meeting b. meet c. we meet d. to meet 15. All the food ______________ by the guests. a. was eaten b. ate c. was eating d. eat 16. I ________________ to work yesterday, but I don’t have to work today. a. had b. don’t have c. must d. eat 17. After the last note of the symphony, the audience started ____________ loudly. a. for clapping b. clap
- 18. c. clapping d. by clapping 18. If fewer people _______________ to work, there would be less pollution. a. drive b. drove c. have driven d. are driving 19. While Toshi was studying in Rome, he _____________ many famous monuments. a. visitis b. visited c. will visit d. has visited 20. Many trees ______________ by disease in recent years. a. have attacked b. have been attacking c. are attacked d. have been attacked 21. Philip ______________ across the lake last Saturday. a. swim b. swims c. swam d. swimming 22. Everybody wanted to speak to him, but only Yoko and Roger ____________ to him. a. was speaking b. spoke c. speak d. speaks 23. The robbery victims didn’t expect ______________ alive. a. escaping b. escape c. to escape d. for escaping 24. The boys are _______________ the old car. a. fixing b. fixed c. fix d. fixes 25. Carol and Dinah ______________ big stars now. a. is
- 19. b. are c. was d. were 26. The writers have ________________ an exciting play. a. wrote b. write c. written d. writes 27. The new TV season ______________ in September. a. beginning b. begin c. begins d. are beginning 28. Where _______________ they? a. is b. are c. will be d. was 29. Paying taxes _________________ necessary, but painful. a. is b. are c. am d. were 30. The sponsor and the network executives usually ___________ on the program’s title. a. agree b. will agree c. agreeing d. were agreeing 31. Sugar prices _____________ higher today than last year. a. are b. will be c. is d. were 32. The star of that show __________________ sing well. a. isn’t b. doesn’t c. don’t d. aren’t
- 20. 33. High prices_______________ a problem in the future. a. are b. is c. were d. will be 34. There ________________ an exhibition tonight. a. are b. was c. is d. were 35. It’s difficult _______________ the piano well. a. to play b. to playing c. play d. of playing 36. A political candidate cannot avoid ________________ difficult questions. a. answering b. to answer c. answer d. from answering 37. If I have a cold, I usually _________________ medicine. a. would take b. take c. took d. had taken 38. It’s usually necessary for an engineer _______________ reports. a. writing b. for writing c. write d. to write 39. Hollywood ________________ made many good movies. a. have b. will c. has d. did GENERAL PRACTICE: Choose the best answer 1. ________________ drink milk every day.
- 21. a. childes b. childs c. children d. children’s e. child 2. Rome _____________ an interesting city. a. is b. are c. be d. were e. am 3. ______________ books are these? They are mine. a. whom b. who c. which d. whose e. what 4. Does Joe know how to use the computer? Yes, I taught him ____________ to use it. a. when b. how c. where d. what e. which 5. Have you __________________ Mexican food recently? a. eat b. eaten c. eats d. eating e. ate 6. Approximately two-thirds of the questionnaires _____________ ready to mail. a. is b. am c. was d. are e. be 7. Between the two file there _____________ a locked cabinet. a. were b. was c. are
- 22. d. be e. been 8. All the milk in these cartons ____________________. a. has been drank b. is drinking c. have been drunk d. has been drunk e. was drink 9. Many of the clients ______________ the lotto here. a. buy b. buying c. buy’s d. buys e. has bought 10. Iowa gets a lot of snow, but Florida __________________ a. don’t b. didn’t c. hasn’t d. doesn’t e. isn’t 11. If I have a cold, I usually _____________ medicine. a. to take b. take c. to takes d. taking e. am take 12. A photographer is often impatient ______________ his film. a. develop b. for developing c. to develop d. develops e. by developing 13. The electric light bulb ________________ about a century ago. a. invented b. is invented c. has invented d. was invented e. was inventing
- 23. 14. Sarah seemedanxious ____________ home early. a. for get b. getting c. to get d. get e. gets 15. She’s ________________ short to reach the top of the shelf. a. for b. too c. by d. such e. enough 16. It’s difficult _____________ to travel alone. a. for a blind person b. by a blind person c. at a blind person d. a blind person e. from a blind person 17. Those tenants are looking for a place _______________ they can have a cat. a. what b. which c. where d. when e. that 18. The director of the orchestra is a person _____________ Helen likes very much. a. which b. whose c. whom d. who e. what 19. Has Janet gone to the beach recently? Yes, she ________________. a. have b. has c. does d. is e. did 20. Did you drink orange juice this morning? No, I ____________ apple juice. a. drinking b. drinks c. drink d. drunk
- 24. e. drank 21. Howdoes the accountant keep records? By ____________ a computer. a. use b. uses c. used d. using e. the using 22. Robert thinks __________________ he can finish the project by tomorrow. a. that b. what c. where d. if e. when 23. Did your mother buy the strawberry pie? No, she bought ____________ one. a. other b. the others c. any d. another e. others 24. Have you visited the Empire State building. No, I haven’t visited it ______________. a. still b. since c. for d. already e. yet 25. Men first walked on the moon ___________________ 1969. a. in b. at c. on d. for e. from 26. Marilyn drives less carefully than John, but Paul drives ____________ of all. a. the less carefully b. the least carefully c. the carefulliest d. the more carefully e. the most careful 27. ____________ except Marcos liked the party. He didn’t talk to _____________. a. Somebody, everybody
- 25. b. Anyone, somebody c. Everybody, no one d. Everyone, anybody e. Someone, no one 28. You must handle the package very _______________. a. gentle b. gentler c. gently d. gentliest e. more gentle 29. Is September the _________ or the _________ month of the year? a. ninth, tenth b. nine, tenth c. ninth, ten d. nine, ten e. tenth, nine 30. You ___________ stay home today. It’s a beautiful day. Let’s go to the beach. a. don’t want b. shall c. must d. shouldn’t e. would 31. Is that Pedro’s briefcase? Yes, it’s ____________. a. him b. his c. their d. them e. hers 32. May I leave after the test? No, you __________. You must wait for the others. a. don’t have to b. didn’t c. may not d. must not e. might not 33. _______________ you have dinner at eight? No, we won’t. We’ll eat at nine. a. shall
- 26. b. will c. do d. did e. does 34. That was ______________ movie of the year. a. the popularest b. the most popular c. the more popular d. very popular e. more popular than 35. Is this car ________________ that car? a. heavier than b. as heavy than c. as heavier than d. more heavy than e. the heaviest 36. We’ll sit ____________ the table ____________ the window. a. at, between b. in, under c. at, near d. on, by e. on, next 37. The new _______________ Panama is very nice. a. student b. student is from c. student from d. student for e. student to 38. ____________ many people at the table? a. there’s b. Are there c. Is there d. There are e. They are 39. Did you make ________ point during the game? Yes, I made ____________. a. much, many
- 27. b. some, any c. any, some d. any, any e. one, some 40. __________ games did they win? __________ money did they get? a. How much, how many b. How much, how much c. How many, much d. How many, how much e. What, how much 41. There isn’t _______________ to eat at home. a. nothing b. something c. anything d. no one e. everything 42. How can you get to the airport? _________ taxi. a. on b. in c. at d. for e. by 43. _____________ car are we going to drive, mine or yours. a. which b. whose c. whom d. who e. what 44. Gloria talks ____________ in her family. a. the more b. as much c. the most d. less than e. more than 45. It’s good to drink a ___________ glasses of water every day. a. little
- 28. b. much c. many d. few e. some 46. Washington is a place ________________ there are many interesting things to see. a. when b. which c. whose d. where e. what 47. He read the book yesterday. a. What did he read the book? b. When did he read the book? c. Where did he read the book? d. Why did he read the book? e. How did he read the book? 48. Where did the librarian go? a. She goes to the bookstore. b. She is going to the bookstore. c. She went to the bookstore. d. She has go to the bookstore. e. She will go to the bookstore. 49. The market is _____________ 100 Rosaleda Street. a. on b. at c. in d. for e. between 50. Carmen needs ____________ sleep as her sister. a. as many b. as long c. as more d. as much e. as few 51. The supermarket is ______________ Tapia Street. a. on
- 29. b. at c. for d. in e. over 52. ____________ shall we go after the movie? To a restaurant. a. when b. where c. what d. how e. whom 53. Lourdes _____________ across the lake last Saturday. a. swim b. swims c. swam d. swim e. swimming 54. Michael ____________ studied French all semester. a. has b. is c. have d. did e. are