Tenses
The links on this page lead to several routes with grammar exercises. Each coloured route leads to more challenging routes at higher levels.
The present tenses
Present continuous - forms of to be
Verb to be, questions & answers
Green
route: To be: present simple
forms
Red route: To be present- esl exercises - beginners
Orange route: To be - exercises esl : questions
and answers
Present continuous
The present continuous exercises
Present continuous - 1
Present continuous - 2
Present simple or pr.
continuous?
Intermediate exercises
Videos
Present
Progressive – Grammar & Verb Tenses
Present Progressive Verbs | Present Progressive and Spelling
Rules
Present simple
Present simple, questions & negatives
Green route: Present simple
exercises
Red route: Present simple exercises - negative
Orange route: Simple present exercises - questions
Blue route: Present simple exercises:
affirmative, negative and interrogative forms
Purple route: Present simple exercises - intermediate level
Videos
1. Simple Present – Grammar & Verb Tenses
2. Present Simple Tense | Learn English |
EasyTeaching
Present perfect
I have had, you have lost, and
he has found are verbs in the present perfect.
Different exercises with the present perfect: Present Perfect
Present perfect quiz: The present perfect | Grammar Friends
Present perfect continuous
Video
Present Perfect Progressive – Grammar & Verb Tenses
The Present Perfect Continuous (The Present Perfect
Progressive)
Exercises 1) Present perfect continuous exercises
Exercises 2) Present perfect continuous 2
The past tenses
Past - to be
Was / were
Green route: Verbs: To be past simple
Red route: To be: past simple exercises
Orange route: To be past simple- exercises
Past simple
Past simple, questions & answers
Green route: Past simple exercises - regular
Red route: Past simple exercises - irregular verbs
Orange route: Past
simple exercises - negative
Blue route: Past simple exercises -
questions
Purple route: Past simple exercises - mixed forms
Past perfect .
Past perfect 1 Past perfect exercises
Past perfect 2 The past perfect simple - exercises intermediate level esl
Past perfect continuous Past perfect continuous exercises
Past perfect puzzle: PUZZLE QUIZ - Past Perfect
Video: Past Perfect Tense
Past continuous
Video and exercises
with the past continuous (past progressive):
Past Progressive – Grammar & Verb
Tenses
What were you doing? - Past Continuous
Past perfect 1 Past perfect
exercises
Past perfect 2 The past perfect simple - exercises intermediate level esl
Past perfect continuous Past perfect continuous exercises
Past perfect puzzle: PUZZLE QUIZ - Past Perfect
Other tenses
Passive & active voice
Study the videos and do the exercises:
1. Video explanation of the voices: Active versus Passive Voice
2. Video about the difference between: Active and passive voice
3. Video about the tenses of: Active and passive
Voices
Passive 1 Passive voice exercises
Passive 2 Passive voice - exercises 2
Passive 3 Passive voice exercises - 3
Reported speech Reported speech exercises
Listening
Practice your listening skills:
Green route: Listening - elementary tests
Red route: Listening: pre-intermediate tests
Orange route: Listening - intermediate tests
Blue route: Listening: upper intermediate tests
Purple route: Listening - advanced tests
Reading
Practice your reading skills:
1. Reading comprehension exercises - beginner
2. Reading
comprehension exercises - elementary
3. Reading comprehension exercises - elementary
4. Reading
comprehension exercises - intermediate
5. Reading comprehendion exercises - advanced
Writing
Pick up a pencil and write a short story using one of these writing prompts:
- Write an alternative ending for your favourite book or movie.
- Write about someone who gets in trouble for being too truthful.
- Write a scene where people are doing something silly while they're being observed and criticized by animals.
- Write about what we can learn from contrast e.g. write about something very dark in a very light place.
- Write a story for children, starting with the sentence: “Once upon a time...”.
