Home Practice – 6 Transitive and Intransitive, The Tense and Simple Present Tense

A. Underline the verbs in the given sentences and mark them as Transitive or
Intransitive:
1. She was crying all day long.
2. The explosion sank the ship.
3. The watchman blew his whistle.
4. It was raining at that time.
5. They slept on the street.

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of to be:
1. What ____________ you doing at 7’O clock in the morning? (was, were)
2. He ____________ sleeping when the telephone rang. (was, were)
3. The children ____________ playing video games. (is, am, are)
4. The teacher ____________ evaluating the answer sheets. (is, am, are)
5. ‘Have you finished that report?’ ‘I ____________ working on it.’ (is, am, are)

C. Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense:
1. She ____________ four languages. (speak, speaks)
2. Jane is a teacher. She ____________ French. (teach, teaches)
3. When the water ____________, will you make some tea? (boil, boils)
4. I always ____________ the window at night because it is cold. (close, closes)
5. Those shoes ____________ too much. (cost, costs)

D. Fill in the blanks with the correct form to have:
1. Jack ____________ fun at the party last Saturday. (has, had, have)
2. I'm sorry, but I ____________ to go now. (has, had, have)
3. ____________ you ever been to Canada? (has, have)
4. Dave ____________ passed his driving test. (has, have)
5. Can we ____________ the bill, please? (has, have)
6. The match ____________ already started when we arrived. (had, have)
7. They ____________ breakfast at 6:30 this morning. (has, had)
8. Do you ____________ a brother? (has, have)
9. He ____________ completed his project by Sunday. (have, will have)
10. They ____________ enjoyed the party. (has, will have)