✅ Simple Present Tense (1–10)

Instructions: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in Simple Present Tense.

1. He ___ (read) the newspaper every morning.

2. They ___ (play) cricket on weekends.

3. My mother ___ (cook) delicious food.

4. The train ___ (arrive) at 8 a.m.

5. I ___ (drink) tea every evening.

6. We ___ (go) to the park daily.

7. She ___ (not like) spicy food.

8. The dog ___ (bark) at strangers.

9. It ___ (rain) a lot in July.

10. John and Mike ___ (study) in the same class.

✅ Present Continuous Tense (11–17)

Instructions: Fill in the blanks using Present Continuous Tense.

11. I ___ (do) my homework right now.

12. She ___ (talk) on the phone.

13. We ___ (watch) a movie at the moment.

14. They ___ (build) a new house.

15. He ___ (not sleep) at the moment.

16. The children ___ (play) outside.

17. You ___ (read) this sentence now.

✅ Present Perfect Tense (18–24)

Instructions: Fill in the blanks using Present Perfect Tense.

18. I ___ (write) five emails today.

 19. She ___ (break) her phone.

20. They ___ (not finish) their project yet.

21. He ___ (buy) a new car.

22. We ___ (see) that movie twice.

23. My friends ___ (visit) the museum.

24. The teacher ___ (ask) us to be quiet.

✅ Present Perfect Continuous Tense (25–30)

Instructions: Fill in the blanks using Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

25. I ___ (read) this book for three hours.

26. She ___ (study) since morning.

27. They ___ (wait) for the bus for 30 minutes.

28. We ___ (try) to contact him.

29. He ___ (work) on this project all week.

30. The kids ___ (watch) cartoons since lunch.

✅ Answer Key

Simple Present (1–10):

1. reads

2. play

3. cooks

4. arrives

5. drink

6. go

7. does not like

8. barks
 9. rains

10. study

Present Continuous (11–17):

11. am doing
12. is talking
13. are watching
14. are building
15. is not sleeping
16. are playing
17. are reading

Present Perfect (18–24):

18. have written
19. has broken
20. have not finished
21. has bought
22. have seen
23. have visited
24. has asked

Present Perfect Continuous (25–30):

25. have been reading
26. has been studying
27. have been waiting
28. have been trying
29. has been working
30. have been watching

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. Simple Past Tense

1. She ______ (visit) her grandmother last weekend.

2. We ______ (not watch) the movie yesterday.

3. ______ you ______ (play) football after school?

 4. He ______ (arrive) late for the meeting.

5. I ______ (buy) a new dress for the party.

2. Past Continuous Tense

6. They ______ (study) when the lights went out.

7. I ______ (not sleep) at 10 p.m. last night.

8. What ______ she ______ (do) at that moment?

9. We ______ (have) dinner when the phone rang.

10. He ______ (not listen) to the teacher.

3. Past Perfect Tense

11. She ______ already ______ (leave) when I arrived.

12. I ______ (not finish) my homework before dinner.

13. ______ you ever ______ (see) a whale before that day?

14. We ______ (clean) the house before our guests came.

15. He ______ (forget) his keys at home.

4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

16. They ______ (wait) for over an hour before the train arrived.

17. I ______ (not work) there long when I decided to quit.

18. What ______ he ______ (do) for five hours?

19. She ______ (study) English for three years before she moved to Canada.

20. We ______ (not live) in that city very long before we relocated.

✅ B. Match the sentence with its tense:

1. She had been crying all night.

2. We were cooking when the doorbell rang.

3. I watched that movie last week.

4. They had already eaten.

A. Simple Past
B. Past Continuous
C. Past Perfect
D. Past Perfect Continuous

✅ Answers

A. Fill in the blanks:

1. visited

2. did not watch

3. Did you play

4. arrived

5. bought

6. were studying

7. was not sleeping

8. was she doing

9. were having

10. was not listening

11. had already left

12. had not finished

13. Had you ever seen

14. had cleaned

15. had forgotten

16. had been waiting

17. had not been working

18. had he been doing

19. had been studying

20. had not been living

B. Match the sentence:

1. D – Past Perfect Continuous

2. B – Past Continuous

3. A – Simple Past

4. C – Past Perfect

📘 Direct and Indirect Speech in English

🔹 1. What is Direct Speech?

Direct speech is when you report the exact words spoken by a person.
These words are usually enclosed in quotation marks (“...”).

Example:

 He said, "I am tired."

🔹 2. What is Indirect Speech?

Indirect speech is when you report what someone said, but not the exact words.
You change tenses, pronouns, time expressions, and remove quotation marks.

Example:

 He said that he was tired.

🔹 3. Changes in Indirect Speech

Direct Speech Indirect Speech

Present Simple → Past Simple "I play football." → He said he played football.

Present Continuous → Past Continuous "I am reading." → She said she was reading.

Past Simple → Past Perfect "I ate lunch." → He said he had eaten lunch.

Will → Would "I will come." → She said she would come.
Direct Speech Indirect Speech

Can → Could "I can swim." → He said he could swim.

Today → That day "I will go today." → He said he would go that day.

🔹 4. Examples

Direct: She said, "I am cooking dinner."

Indirect: She said that she was cooking dinner.

Direct: They said, "We watched the movie."

Indirect: They said that they had watched the movie.

Direct: He said, "I will call you tomorrow."

Indirect: He said that he would call me the next day.

🔹 5. Exercises

A. Convert the following into Indirect Speech:

1. She said, "I love chocolate."

2. He said, "We are going to the party."

3. They said, "We watched a funny show."

4. John said, "I will finish my homework."

5. She said, "I can drive a car."

B. Convert the following into Direct Speech:

1. He said that he was hungry.

2. She said that she had lost her book.

3. They said that they would arrive soon.

4. I said that I couldn’t swim.

5. She said that she liked pizza.

✅ Answers

A. Indirect Speech:

1. She said that she loved chocolate.

2. He said that they were going to the party.

3. They said that they had watched a funny show.

4. John said that he would finish his homework.

5. She said that she could drive a car.

B. Direct Speech:

1. He said, "I am hungry."

2. She said, "I have lost my book."

3. They said, "We will arrive soon."

4. I said, "I can’t swim."

5. She said, "I like pizza."