Change Tense As Directed | Grammar Exercise

You need a good understanding of different tense forms to be able to change a sentence from one tense to another tense. This grammar exercise tests your understanding of tenses.

Change tense as directed Worksheet

1. I have watched that film. (Change into simple past)

2. She is working on a new project. (Change into past continuous)

3. He was my best friend. (Change into simple present.)

4. She did not allow me to enter her room. (Change into simple present)

5. He was jobless for six months. (Change into present perfect)

6. We finished the job in two hours. (Change into simple future.)

7. She will recognize me instantly. (Change into simple past.)

8. He owed his success to his parents. (Change into simple present)

9. He didn’t recognize me. (Change into simple present.)

10. She had been working on that project for six months. (Change into present perfect continuous.)

11. They are having lunch. (Change into future continuous)

12. I left my umbrella at home. (Change into past perfect.)

13. She works at a bank. (Change into simple past.)

14. They live alone. (Change into present continuous tense)

Answers

1. I watched that film.

2. She was working on a new project.

3. He is my best friend.

4. She does not allow me to enter her room.

5. He has been jobless for six months.

6. We will finish the job in two hours.

7. She recognized me instantly.

8. He owes his success to his parents.

9. He does not recognize me.

10. She has been working on that project for six months.

11. They will be having lunch.

12. I had left my umbrella at home.

13. She worked at a bank.

14. They are living alone.

Change tense as directed

1. I went there in the morning. (Change into simple future)

2. She will recognize me. (Change into simple past)

3. I will not tolerate this. (Change into simple present)

4. She wants to go to the US. (Change into simple past)

5. I have never been to the US. (Change into simple past)

6. They are waiting for the result. (Change into past continuous)

7. I will come with you. (Change into future continuous)

8.  She is studying for her exams. (Change into future continuous)

9.  She will regret this decision. (Change into simple past)

10. I am waiting for the bus. (Change into present perfect continuous)

11. He was ill for six months. (Change into past perfect)

12. They will tell me everything. (Change into simple past)

Answers

1. I will go there in the morning. (simple future)

2. She recognized me. (simple past)

3. I do not tolerate this. (simple present)

4. She wanted to go to the US. (simple past)

5. I never went to the US. (simple past)

6. They were waiting for the result. (future continuous)

7. I will be coming with you. (future continuous)

8.  She will be studying for her exams. (future continuous)

9.  She regretted that decision. (simple past; we used that instead of this to show distance in time)

10. I have been waiting for the bus. (present perfect continuous)

11. He had been ill for six months. (past perfect)

12. They told me everything. (simple past)

Change the tenses as directed

1. They are going to school. (Change into past continuous)

2. I saw him in the afternoon. (Change into simple future)

3. It was raining. (Change into present continuous)

4. She was watering the plants. (Present continuous)

5. I will wait for an hour. (Simple past)

6. She wanted to be a doctor. (Change into simple present)

7. The city was flooded after the rains. (Change into simple present)

8. We will move to Mumbai in January. (Change into simple past)

9. The teacher praised the boy for his work. (Change into simple future)

10. I took it as a compliment. (Change into simple present)

Answers

1. They were going to school.

2. I will see him in the afternoon.

3. It is raining.

4. She is watering the plants.

5. I waited for an hour.

6. She wants to be a doctor.

7. The city is flooded after the rains.

8. We moved to Mumbai in January.

9. The teacher will praise the boy for his work.

10. I take it as a compliment.

Change tense as directed.

1. I am writing a poem. (Change into simple past)

2. They live nearby. (Change into simple past)

3. I recognized them immediately. (Change into simple future)

4. She will come in the afternoon. (Change into simple past)

5. She is working on a new project. (Change into present perfect continuous)

6. Where did they live? (Change into simple present)

7. How did they find out? (Change into simple future)

8. You will never listen to me. (Change into simple present)

9. She lives alone in a small hut. (Change into present continuous)

10. She has been looking for a job for six months. (Change into past continuous)

11. They have finished the job. (Change into future perfect tense)

12. I did not receive the invite. (Change into past perfect)

Answers

1. I wrote a poem. (Simple past)

2. They lived nearby. (Simple past)

3. I will recognize them immediately. (Simple future)

4. She came in the afternoon. (Simple past)

5. She has been working on a new project. (Present perfect continuous)

6. Where do they live? (Simple present)

7. How will they find out? (Simple future)

8. You never listen to me. (Simple present)

9. She is living alone in a small hut. (Present continuous)

10. She was looking for a job for six months. (Past continuous)

11. They will have finished the job. (Future perfect tense)

12. I had not received the invite. (Past perfect)