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 * Grammar exercises **

=Tenses – introduction= Correct verb tenses are extremely important and essential in any kind of dialogue or text. Incorrect tense use can confuse the listener or reader considerably. Furthermore, inaccurate use of tense just sounds bad and therefore reduces the impact of what you want to say.

You can work through the different tenses systematically by starting at number one and then follow through in the order presented or you may want to do some diagnostic tests first to see how you go and then you can go back and concentrate on the areas you need to work on most. You could then repeat the test after you have done them and see if you have improved your score.

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs29practicetest.htm @http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs30finaltest.htm

Verb tense overview - if you are unsure of the names of the tenses you might find this helpful
@http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

Verb tenses.
At this level it is more helpful to study tenses contrastively. You need to choose which tense to use and understand why one is appropriate and the other not.

A/ Present simple/ present continuous
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/StudyZone/330/grammar/simcon1.htm a very basic exercise distinguishing between present simple and continuous

@http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs2.htm a more challenging exercise

=More tenses continued=

B/ Past simple / past continuous
http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/pastSimpCont.htm http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs4.htm includes an explanation

C/ Present perfect / past
@http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper

D/ Past simple/past perfect
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/pspp1.htm This is an easy exercise in that it is multiple choice but it will give you an idea of the choices you need to make. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/StudyZone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htm This exercise will remind you of another use of the present perfect- past completed actions with important results in the present.

@http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html Here is a grammar explanation in case you need it

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm @http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs11.htm http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper/exercises?ex02

E/ past simple present perfect or past perfect
@http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs12.htm