Don’t use anarticle forindividualislands.Use “the” whenthe noun isknown byspeaker and alllisteners.Use “genericthe” withspecies ofanimals.PresentprogressivetenseSimplefuturetenseDon’t use anarticle formost countrynames.SimplepasttenseFutureperfectprogressivetenseDefinitenon-countnounIndefinitepluralcountnounPastperfectprogressivetensePastprogressivetenseDefinitesingularcountnounUse a definitearticle for thesecond mentionof an indefinitenoun.Don’t usean articlefor a titledname.DefinitepluralcountnounUse “genericthe” withmusicalinstruments.FutureprogressivetensePresentperfecttenseDon’t usean articleforcontinents.FutureperfecttensePastperfecttenseUse“genericthe” withinventions.IndefinitesingularcountnounIndefinitenon-countnounDon’t use anarticle forindividualislands.Use “the” whenthe noun isknown byspeaker and alllisteners.Use “genericthe” withspecies ofanimals.PresentprogressivetenseSimplefuturetenseDon’t use anarticle formost countrynames.SimplepasttenseFutureperfectprogressivetenseDefinitenon-countnounIndefinitepluralcountnounPastperfectprogressivetensePastprogressivetenseDefinitesingularcountnounUse a definitearticle for thesecond mentionof an indefinitenoun.Don’t usean articlefor a titledname.DefinitepluralcountnounUse “genericthe” withmusicalinstruments.FutureprogressivetensePresentperfecttenseDon’t usean articleforcontinents.FutureperfecttensePastperfecttenseUse“genericthe” withinventions.IndefinitesingularcountnounIndefinitenon-countnoun

Grammar BINGO: Verb tenses & articles - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Don’t use an article for individual islands.
  2. Use “the” when the noun is known by speaker and all listeners.
  3. Use “generic the” with species of animals.
  4. Present progressive tense
  5. Simple future tense
  6. Don’t use an article for most country names.
  7. Simple past tense
  8. Future perfect progressive tense
  9. Definite non-count noun
  10. Indefinite plural count noun
  11. Past perfect progressive tense
  12. Past progressive tense
  13. Definite singular count noun
  14. Use a definite article for the second mention of an indefinite noun.
  15. Don’t use an article for a titled name.
  16. Definite plural count noun
  17. Use “generic the” with musical instruments.
  18. Future progressive tense
  19. Present perfect tense
  20. Don’t use an article for continents.
  21. Future perfect tense
  22. Past perfect tense
  23. Use “generic the” with inventions.
  24. Indefinite singular count noun
  25. Indefinite non-count noun