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The QUICK QUIZZES on this page are
excellent review exercises of all the verb tenses. Please do NOT
take these quizzes unless you read and follow the instructions! These quizzes
are "graded" by computer, and if you do not follow the instructions completely,
your answer(s) will be counted wrong.
Before you take the quizzes, please practice the
following exercise with a partner, one person asking the questions and
the other answering the questions. Every answer in this exercise is
answered in a complete sentence using the verb phrase "feed my fish."
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Directions: Practice this exercise with a partner. Take turns asking and
answering each question. |
| What
do you do every day? |
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I feed my fish every
day. |
| What
did you do yesterday? |
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I fed my fish
yesterday. |
| What
will you do tomorrow? |
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I will feed my fish
tomorrow. |
| What
are you doing right now? |
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I am feeding my fish
right now. |
| What
were you doing at this time yesterday? |
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I was feeding my fish
at this time yesterday. |
| What
will you be doing at this time tomorrow? |
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I will be feeding my
fish at this time tomorrow. |
| What
have you done since you got up this morning? |
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I have fed my fish
since I got up this morning? |
| What
had you done before you went to bed last night? |
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I had fed my fish
before I went to bed last night. |
| What
will you have done before you go to bed tonight? |
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I will have fed my
fish before I go to bed tonight. |
| What
are you doing? |
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I am feeding my fish. |
| How
long have you been doing that? |
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I have been feeding my
fish for five minutes. |
| What
were you doing before you started this quiz? |
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I was feeding my fish
before I started this quiz. |
| How
long had you been doing that? |
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I had been feeding my
fish for five minutes before I started this quiz. |
| What
will you be doing before you take this quiz tomorrow? |
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I will be feeding my
fish before I take this quiz tomorrow. |
| How
long will you have been doing that? |
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I will have been
feeding my fish five minutes before I take this quiz tomorrow. |
As you can see, these questions are "typical"
questions that most people ask and answer every day:
What are you doing...?
What were you doing...?
What have you done...?
What will you do...?
The interesting feature of these simple questions
is that they appear all together in a single quiz, and by answering each of
these questions, every verb tense is used! Thus, this quiz is an excellent
review of all the verb tenses.
The credit for putting all these questions
into a single exercise belongs to Betty Schrampher Azar because it was within
her book, Understanding and Using English Grammar, where I first saw them
together for the first time. I thought "What a great exercise!" The answers to
these fifteen questions require the user to respond using every verb tense.
For those who have not yet studied or learned all
the verb tenses, however, I heartily recommend a program based on
Understanding and Using English Grammar because the book is excellent! It
is the standard by which all other English grammar books are measured.
Click
here to see the complete book description at Amazon.com (will open in a new
window), or click here to see the
complete bibliographic information. (Disclaimer: Betty Schrampher Azar neither
supports nor endorses this site. I do not earn money by recommending this
book. I do not earn money if you buy this book through the link above.)
QUICK QUIZ ONE:
This quiz is the "easiest" because the sentences are written out completely
except for the verb tense which you need to write in the blank. If you make a
typographical error (typo), your answer will be counted wrong. The verb phrase
you will use in every answer to this quiz is "do a pushup."
QUICK QUIZ TWO:
This quiz is like the first. The only difference is that the verb phrase you
will use in every answer is "sing a song." Again, these quizzes are "graded" by
computer, so type carefully. Typos are counted wrong.
QUICK QUIZ
THREE: This quiz is more difficult because the answers must be written
completely and in complete sentences. Put a period at the end of every
sentence! Again, if you make any typo or do not answer in complete sentences as
in the exercise above (and some of these answers are long sentences), your
answer will be counted wrong. The verb phrase you will use in every answer in
this quiz is "eat an apple."
If the quizzes in this site are helpful, please
tell a friend. Thanks a lot!
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