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Verb Tenses as Indicators of Time Worksheet

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Some reasons why these rules can be confusing:

I. Most verb tense errors occur when trying to describe when one action occurred relative to

another.

How to Notice and Correct Any Errors:

If your verbs describe events that occur at different times, then you must use tenses to clarify

the order of the events.

II. Decide when the action described by each verb was occurring and edit your verb tenses to

reflect the relationship between events more exactly.

Let’s Practice:

Read each of the following sentences carefully. Complete each sentence with a correct form of

the verb in parentheses.

1. Although I don’t like to exercise, I ______ (try) to swim for half an hour each day.

2. By the time I got to school, the exam ______ (start) already.

3. When I ______ (watch) ten hours of television week, I wasted a lot of time.

4. The research showed that elderly participants who walked regularly ______ (experience)

greater muscle aging than the participants who jogged or ran.

5. She ______ (plan) her party for over a week by now.

More Practice:

Correct the errors in verb tense in the following sentences. Some sentences have no errors.

1. Although I was studying on my own, I will have been making more progress at the group

study sessions.

2. After seeing his daughter struggle with the measles, he has decided to vaccinate all of his

children today.

3. Before he arrives at the park, his team will have been practicing since dawn.

4. She wants to grow a garden this summer, so she will have been working on it every day.

5. Despite her best efforts, she has not been successful because she had not practiced.

Further Resources:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/04/

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/01/

These materials were partially adapted from Understanding and Using English Grammar. 4th ed.

Ed. Betty S. Azar and Stacy A. Hagen. New York: Pearson Longman, 2009. Print.

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