1. Escuela de Educación Continua
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

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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 you telephoned, 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 seemed anxious ____________ 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. How does 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