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Write the correct tenses of the verb in each sentence.

Example: (PRESENT TENSE)

I/You/We/They (play) play the guitar.
He/She/It (play) plays the guitar.

1. Roberta and Betty always (talk) _______ to each other on the phone.
2. The mechanic (fix) _______ my car when it breaks down.
3. Tom rarely (fly) _______.
4. Igor (call) _______ his mother on the phone every day.
5. Mary (be) _______ twenty-nine years old.

Example: (PRESENT PERFECT TENSE)

Amy (eat) has eaten lunch already.
Amy and Arnold (eat) have eaten lunch already.

6. Mark (eat) _______ ________ dinner already. He is not hungry.

7. Beth (write) _______ ________ three letters today. She misses her family.
8. Yoko and Armand (take) _______ ________ the test. Now they can relax.
9. Marty and I (be) _______ ________ to Costa Rica three times. We are familiar with the culture.
10. I (drink) _______ _______ six cups of water today.

Example: (PAST TENSE)

I (catch) caught some fish on Saturday. (irregular)
Anna (like) liked her biology class last semester. (regular)

11. I (buy) _______ a new car yesterday.

12. You (bend) _______ the branch you stepped on.
13. Carlos (paint) _______ twelve portraits last year.
14. They (know) _______each other years ago.
15. Jake (teach) _______ the class last week. (regular / irregular)

Name: Section:
Write the correct tenses of the verb in each sentence.

Example: (PRESENT TENSE)

I/You/We/They (play) play the guitar.
He/She/It (play) plays the guitar.

1. Roberta and Betty always (talk) _______ to each other on the phone.
2. The mechanic (fix) _______ my car when it breaks down.
3. Tom rarely (fly) _______.
4. Igor (call) _______ his mother on the phone every day.
5. Mary (be) _______ twenty-nine years old.

Example: (PRESENT PERFECT TENSE)

Amy (eat) has eaten lunch already.
Amy and Arnold (eat) have eaten lunch already.

6. Mark (eat) _______ ________ dinner already. He is not hungry.

7. Beth (write) _______ ________ three letters today. She misses her family.
8. Yoko and Armand (take) _______ ________ the test. Now they can relax.
9. Marty and I (be) _______ ________ to Costa Rica three times. We are familiar with the culture.
10. I (drink) _______ _______ six cups of water today.

Example: (PAST TENSE)

I (catch) caught some fish on Saturday. (irregular)
Anna (like) liked her biology class last semester. (regular)

11. I (buy) _______ a new car yesterday. (irregular)

12. You (throw) _______ the branch you stepped on. (irregular)
13. Carlos (paint) _______ twelve portraits last year. (regular)
14. They (know) _______each other years ago. (irregular)
15. Jake (teach) _______ the class last week. (irregular)
Example: (PAST PERFECT TENSE)
Vikings (invade) had invaded England long before the Angles and Saxons arrived.
He (wrote) had written a book about bass fishing before he began the one on fishing boats.

16. Tonya (work) _______ _______ as a decorator before she opened her shop.
17. My daughter and I (enjoy) _______ _______ the ballet so much that we wanted to see it again.
18. You (know) _______ _______ about conditions in the Middle East long before you made that trip.
19. Robert (begin) _______ ______ to research his family history a year before he visited Ireland.
20. The Kowalske family (eat) _______ ______ organic vegetables even before they planted their garden.

Example: (FUTURE TENSE)

We (clean) will clean on Tuesday.

21. The house is dirty. I (clean) _______ ________ it on Monday.

22. I guess I (ride) _______ _______ the bus to save gas.
23. Listen, team: we (win) _______ _______ the trophy this year!
24. Everyone is hungry. I (get) _______ _______ some doughnuts for breakfast.
25. If we take a trip, we (put) _______ ________ Barkley in a kennel.

Example: (PAST PERFECT TENSE)

Vikings (invade) had invaded England long before the Angles and Saxons arrived.
He (wrote) had written a book about bass fishing before he began the one on fishing boats.

26. Tonya (work) _______ _______ as a decorator before she opened her shop.
27. My daughter and I (enjoy) _______ _______ the ballet so much that we wanted to see it again.
28. You (know) _______ _______ about conditions in the Middle East long before you made that trip.
29. Robert (begin) _______ ______ to research his family history a year before he visited Ireland.
30. The Kowalske family (eat) _______ ______ organic vegetables even before they planted their garden.

Example: (FUTURE TENSE)

We (clean) will clean on Tuesday.
Steve, (wash) will you wash the car on Saturday?

31. The house is dirty. I (clean) _______ ________ it on Monday.

32. I guess I (ride) _______ _______ the bus to save gas.
33. Listen, team: we (win) _______ _______ the trophy this year!
34. Peter, (fix) _______ you _______ the porch tomorrow?
35. Becky, (go) _______ you _______ to Alaska with us this summer?