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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - English Language - Middle School - Verbs (Present and Past Tenses)
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Verbs, 'doing words', use tenses to show us the time of their action. The present tense is happening now and the past tense has already happened.
 

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - English Language - Middle School - Verbs (Present and Past Tenses)
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10 Questions

1. Choose the correct tense to fill the gaps in the following sentence.
The competition ....... yesterday; it ....... for ten days.
2. Choose the correct tense to fill the gaps in the following sentence.
The spectators ....... the athletes and ....... them for autographs.
3. Choose the correct tense to fill the gaps in the following sentence.
The athletes ....... autographs and ....... them to people.
4. Choose the correct tense to fill the gaps in the following sentence.
The spectators ....... the athletes and ....... them for autographs.
5. Choose the correct tense to fill the gaps in the following sentence.
The competition ....... yesterday; it ....... for ten days.
6. Choose the correct tense to fill the gaps in the following sentence.
The runners ....... round the track now; the crowd .......
7. Choose the correct tense to fill the gaps in the following sentence.
The winners ....... on a podium and ....... their medals.
8. Choose the correct tense to fill the gaps in the following sentence.
The swimmer ....... to ....... a second off the record she .......
9. Choose the correct tense to fill the gaps in the following sentence.
The athletes ....... fast; they each ....... to ....... the record.
10. Choose the correct tense to fill the gaps in the following sentence.
The athletes ....... autographs and ....... them to people.