ENG/P/4: Tenses

Use the present simple tense to complete the following.

1. That workshop ___________________________ nice furniture. (produce)
2. The carpenter ___________________________ angles of a bad. (mark)
3. He _______________________ wood before cutting it into planks. (smooth)
4. James _________________________ a lot of chairs every week. (make)
5. The girls always ___________________ the planks to the workshop. (carry)
6. Pastor Ntulume ______________ desks, tables and benches from that carpenter. (buy)
7. They _______________________________ nice beds from woods. (design)
8. Whenever I make chairs my son __________________________ them.(polish)
9. The national furniture trade fair ___________________ place annually. (take)
10. She sometimes ______________ the planks before joining them using glue. (plane)

Use the correct form of the verb in the brackets to complete the sentences.

1. The woman is ____________________________ for nice furniture to buy. (look)
2. I am _________________________________ this tree in order to get timber. (fell)
3. She is _______________________ the planks smooth before she joins them. (make)
4. Is the carpenter ______________________________ mood into equal pieces? (cut)
5. They are _________________________________________ the furniture. (drill)
6. You are not ______________________________ that window frame wisely. (design)
7. The workers are busy _____________________________ their workshop. (clean)
8. The boy is ____________________________________ on the readymade bed. (lie)
9. They are _________________________________ the sideboard. (polish)
10. The carpenter is _________________________ the nails into the table. (fix)

Supply question tags to the following statements.

1. I am revising my notes,…………………?
2. We are not attending the meeting,……………….?
3. The doctor is not attending to the patient,…………………?
4. Schools are closing soon,……………?
5. The farmer is not harvesting the crops,……………………..?
6. Musa is climbing a tree, ……………………?

Change the given sentences to the present perfect tense.

1. The carpenter sold a great deal of furniture.
2. I finished making the book shelf.
3. He went to see the carpenter.
4. All the scout bought their equipment from the workshop.
5. We polished the chairs and bencher.
6. They took to the planks to workshop for planning.
7. The lady cut the wood using a saw.
8. The carpenter polished the cupboard.
9. I saw the beautiful tables you made.
10. We went to the workshop to see the carpenter.

Complete the sentence with the past tense of the verb in brackets.

1. Wambuzi ________________________ the eggs in that tray in the morning. (put)
2. The birds __________________________ few eggs today. (lay)
3. Who ______________________________ her bed in the morning? (lies)
4. She _____________________________________ is yesterday. (swear)
5. That man ___________________________ under that tree for a long time. (lie)
6. You ______________________________________ to tell him. (hurry)
7. We ________________________________ papers from her book. (tear)
8. Silvia ___________________________________ a young man. (marry)
9. It ______________________________ him four thousand shillings. (cost)
10. He _______________________________________ better in the morning. (feel)
11. Mosquitoes always ______________________________ from there last year. (breed)
12. She _____________________________________ the tomatoes in time. (weed)

Complete the sentence with past continuous form of the verb.

1. The men _________________________________ a heavy luggage. (carry)
2. She _____________________________________ to Mr. Mukwaya. (talk)
3. He _______________________________________ a new bicycle. (ride)
4. They _____________________________________ the compound. (clean)
5. We _______________________________________ a new book. (read)
6. The headmistress ___________________________ the audience. (address)
7. The boys and the girls ____________________________ to class. (match)
8. Timothy and Hilda ________________________________ to class. (run)
9. The carpenter _____________________________ a nice chair. (make)
10. The children ___________________________________ of malaria. (die)

Complete the sentence with the past perfect form of the verb in brackets.

1. I put on my ironed clothes after I _____________________________ (bathe).
2. She called the servant after she _________________________ the letter. (write)
3. By the time it started raining, Kim __________________________ water. (fetch)
4. Before he entered, the boy ______________________________________. (die)
5. They refused to admit that they __________________________ the money. (see)
6. The woman wanted to know who _______________________ the window. (break)
7. Jimmy told us that he ______________________________ the car. (steel)
8. The visitor ____________________ to go after the entertainment. (rise)
9. I _______ already _____________ tea when I went to the shop. (take)

Using the words given in brackets, complete the sentence with the correct past perfect continuous form.

1. Peter`s friend _______________________ in Katanga for over one year when they moved to Nturida (stay).
2. She ___________________ in the field when she was called in the house. (play)
3. They _______________________ their homework when their other called them to have lunch. (do)
4. We ____________________________ in our garden when it started raining. (dig)
5. I _____________________________ firewood when it started raining. (collect)