English Verb Tense Practice and Irregular Verb Forms

Posted on Oct 11, 2025 in Other vocational courses

Section 1: Mixed Tenses Practice

  1. It isn’t raining
  2. was waiting / arrived
  3. I am getting
  4. do you do
  5. was the car doing
  6. Phoned / didn’t phone
  7. Were thinking / decided
  8. Is happening
  9. Doesn’t rain
  10. Rang / were having
  11. went / was studying / didn’t want / didn’t stay
  12. told / didn’t believe / thought / was joking

Section 2: Tense Forms

  1. didn’t go
  2. is wearing
  3. has grown
  4. haven’t decided
  5. is being
  6. wasn’t reading
  7. didn’t have
  8. is beginning
  9. Found
  10. wasn’t
  11. you have been
  12. I have been doing
  13. Did she go
  14. I have been playing
  15. Do you come
  16. Since I saw her
  17. for 20 years

Section 3: Question Forms

  1. are you going
  2. do you watch
  3. have you lived
  4. did you have
  5. have you seen
  6. was she wearing
  7. Have you been waiting
  8. Does it take
  9. Have you finished
  10. Have you (ever) been

Section 4: Sentence Completion

  1. have known each other
  2. I have ever had
  3. He went
  4. I have worn it
  5. I was playing
  6. Been swimming for
  7. Since I last went
  8. Did you buy

Section 5: Narrative Tenses

  1. Got / was already waiting / had waited
  2. was lying / wasn’t watching / had fallen / was snoring / turned / woke
  3. has just gone / was reading / heard / got / didn’t see / went
  4. missed / was standing / realized / had left / had / got
  5. met / was walking / had been / had been playing / were going / invited / had arranged / didn’t have

Section 6: Complex Tense Structures

  1. Somebody has taken it
  2. They had only known each other for a few days
  3. It has been raining all day
  4. I had been dreaming
  5. I had had a big breakfast
  6. They have been going there for…
  7. I have had it since I got up
  8. He has been training very hard for…

Section 7: Comprehensive Tense Review

  1. haven’t seen
  2. you look
  3. are you looking
  4. are you meeting
  5. I am going
  6. Do you often go
  7. are you going
  8. I am meeting
  9. has been
  10. I have been waiting
  11. has just started
  12. is he getting
  13. does she like
  14. she thinks
  15. Are you working
  16. spoke
  17. You were working
  18. went
  19. I started
  20. I lost
  21. You haven’t had
  22. I have had
  23. Have you seen
  24. Has he seen
  25. I saw
  26. He went
  27. He had been
  28. He decided
  29. He was really looking forward
  30. Is he doing

Section 8: Advanced Tense Application

  1. invented
  2. it’s gone
  3. had gone
  4. did you do
  5. have you had
  6. it was raining
  7. she has been teaching
  8. I bought / I haven’t worn
  9. I saw / was / I had seen / I remembered / it was
  10. have you heard / she was / died / she wrote / have you read

Irregular Verb Conjugations

Below is a list of common irregular verbs, showing the Base Form, Past Simple, and Past Participle:

  • Be / was-were / been
  • Buy / bought / bought
  • Come / came / come
  • Catch / caught / caught
  • Draw / drew / drawn
  • Fall / fell / fallen
  • Fly / flew / flown
  • Forget / forgot / forgotten
  • Get / got / gotten
  • Grow / grew / grown
  • Know / knew / known
  • Leave / left / left
  • See / saw / seen
  • Sing / sang / sung
  • Teach / taught / taught
  • Think / thought / thought
  • Throw / threw / thrown
  • Wear / wore / worn
  • Win / won / won

Usage of “For” and “Since”

“For” (Duration)

  • 2 hours
  • 20 minutes
  • 5 days
  • a week
  • 50 years
  • a long time
  • ages

“Since” (Starting Point)

  • 8 o’clock
  • Monday
  • May 12
  • April
  • 1977
  • Christmas
  • lunchtime
  • they were at school