All Verb Tenses Review worksheet with exercises for practicing correct verb forms.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to pick the correct verb tense based on the time clue or context in each sentence.

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1. Supermarkets open (open) at 8 o’clock and close (close) at 9.
→ This is a general fact — something that happens every day. Use present simple.
✔ Correct: open, close

2. Yesterday I bought (buy) a T-shirt and cargo shorts.
→ “Yesterday” = past time → use past simple.
✔ Correct: bought

3. They were having (have) dinner when the tornado struck (strike).
→ One action was happening (having dinner) when another happened (tornado struck). First part = past continuous, second = past simple.
✔ Correct: were having, struck

4. By next summer Jayden will have completed (complete) the beginner’s computer course.
→ “By next summer” = future perfect tense.
✔ Correct: will have completed

5. I will be lying (lie) on the beach in Ibiza this time next week. Lucky me!
→ “This time next week” = future continuous.
✔ Correct: will be lying

6. Every morning Jackson turns (turn) on his computer and checks (check) his Facebook for updates and news.
→ “Every morning” = habit → present simple.
✔ Correct: turns, checks

7. Sophia and Isabella haven’t finished (not/finish) their power point presentation on African animals yet.
→ “Yet” = present perfect negative.
✔ Correct: haven’t finished

8. Tonight Evan is playing (play) a game of singles with his best friend, Christopher.
→ “Tonight” + planned event → present continuous for future.
✔ Correct: is playing

9. This summer I am going to read (read) 10 classic novels for school.
→ Plan/intention for near future → “going to”.
✔ Correct: am going to read

10. Ethan and Noah had already been waiting (had already waited) (already/wait) for 2 hours, when the bus finally arrived (arrive).
→ Action started before another past action → past perfect continuous. “Arrived” = simple past.
✔ Correct: had already been waiting, arrived

11. What are you doing (you/do) this weekend? I think I’ll start (start) a new jigsaw puzzle.
→ Asking about plans → present continuous for future. Answer = spontaneous decision → “will”.
✔ Correct: are you doing, I’ll start

12. Mia looks very pale. It looks like she is going to faint (faint).
→ Prediction based on current evidence → “going to”.
✔ Correct: is going to faint

13. My cousins, Logan and Jackson, have lived (live) in Barcelona since 2006.
→ “Since 2006” = from past until now → present perfect.
✔ Correct: have lived

14. My Uncle Landon worked (work) in Dublin from 2002-2008.
→ Finished time period → past simple.
✔ Correct: worked

15. My mother and father have been painting (paint) the kitchen all morning.
→ “All morning” = duration up to now → present perfect continuous.
✔ Correct: have been painting

16. Right now Cameron is playing (play) his favorite computer game.
→ “Right now” = happening at this moment → present continuous.
✔ Correct: is playing

17. What are you doing (you/do) at the moment? Oh, nothing.
→ “At the moment” = right now → present continuous.
✔ Correct: are you doing

18. This is the first time I have ever eaten (ever/try) snails.
→ “First time” + experience → present perfect. Note: original says “ever/try”, but answer uses “eaten” — probably typo in prompt. Should be “have ever tried” OR if it’s “eaten”, then “have ever eaten”. But looking at the red text in image, it says “have ever eaten” — so we’ll go with that.
✔ Correct: have ever eaten

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Final Answer:
1. open, close
2. bought
3. were having, struck
4. will have completed
5. will be lying
6. turns, checks
7. haven’t finished
8. is playing
9. am going to read
10. had already been waiting, arrived
11. are you doing, I’ll start
12. is going to faint
13. have lived
14. worked
15. have been painting
16. is playing
17. are you doing
18. have ever eaten