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There are two tenses in English - past and present.

The present tenses in English are used:

to talk about the present

to talk about the future

to talk about the past when we are telling a story in spoken English or when we are summarising a book, film, play etc.

There are four present tense forms in English:

We use these forms:

He works at McDonald's. He has worked there for three months now.
He is working at McDonald's. He has been working there for three months now.
London is the capital of Britain.

The next train leaves this evening at 1700 hours.
I'll phone you when I get home.
He 's meeting Peter in town this afternoon.
I'll come home as soon as I have finished work.
You will be tired out after you have been working all night.

We can use the present tenses to talk about the past ...

when we are telling a story:

Well, it's a lovely day and I'm just walking down the street when I see this funny guy walking towards me. Obviously he's been drinking, because he's moving from side to side ...

when we are summarising something we have read, heard or seen:
I love Ian Rankin's novels. He writes about this detective called Rebus. Rebus lives in Edinburgh and he 's a brilliant detective, but he 's always getting into trouble. In one book, he gets suspended and they tell him to stop working on this case. But he takes no notice ....

Romeo and Juliet is a violent play. After Romeo and Juliet have married in secret, Romeo is walking in Verona when Juliet's cousin, Tybalt tries to provoke Romeo into a fight. Romeo refuses to fight and leaves, but his friend, Mercutio, is so angry that he fights Tybalt and is killed ....

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There are two tenses in English - past and present. The present tenses in English are used: to talk about the present to talk about the future to talk about the past when we are telling a story in spoken English or when we are summarising a book, film, play etc.

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Fill in the blanks with an appropriate present tense form.

Answers

1. My parents live near Chennai.
2. I visit my parents twice a month.
3. 'What are you doing there?' 'I am watching TV.'
4. Watch carefully. First I take a cucumber and cut it into small pieces.
5. I will follow you wherever you go.
6. I will call you if I get time.
7. What do snakes eat?
8. How do I get to the airport?
9. I like this fragrance very much.
10. I will hit anybody who calls me names.
11. Why is she standing on the table?
12. The temple stands on a hill outside the town.

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Fill in the blanks with an appropriate present tense form. Answers 1. My parents live near Chennai. 2. I visit my parents twice a month.

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Simple Future Tense - WILL / GOING TO / BE+ING - Learn English Grammar

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Task No. 4443

Use the verbs in brackets in the correct future tenses - will-future, going to-future, Simple Present or Present Progressive.

Show example

Example:

The weather nice on Sunday. (to be)

Answer:

The weather will be nice on Sunday.

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Future tenses in English, Grammar Exercises Online for free

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1. You look really great! (you, work) out at the fitness center recently?

2. A: What (you, do) when the accident occurred?
B: I (try) to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

3. I (have) the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new one.

4. If it (snow) this weekend, we (go) skiing near Lake Tahoe.

5. A: What do you call people who work in libraries?
B: They (call) librarians.

6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago. When I return to Australia, I (study) for nine months and I (be) in England for exactly one year.

7. Sam (arrive) in San Diego a week ago.

8. Samantha (live) in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live) there when the Berlin wall came down.

9. If Vera (keep) drinking, she (lose, eventually) her job.

10. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture (disappear, virtually) by the time Europeans first (arrive) in the New World.

11. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) .

12. It (rain) all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach.

13. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) the bus this morning. You (be) late to work too many times. You are fired!

14. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we (wake) up tomorrow morning, the sun (shine) .

15. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit) the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States.

16. I (see) many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.

17. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

18. Joseph's English (improve, really) , isn't it? He (watch) American television programs and (study) his grammar every day since he first arrived in San Diego. Soon he will be totally fluent.

19. When I (arrive) home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.

20. If you (need) to contact me sometime next week, I (stay) at the Sheraton in San Francisco.

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Practice test on all English verb tenses. Great review for English learners who want to master verb tenses.