VERB TENSES
1. Choose the word or phrase that best complete the sentence (A, B, C, or D):
1. John
tennis once or twice a week.
2. Tom
A. is playing usually B. is usually playing
C. usually plays
A. burnt
3. Jim is away on holiday. He
A. is gone
4. Everything is going well.
A. didn't have
5. I think the weather
A. shall
6. Jane
A. left
7. Timson
10. He
A. made
8.
A. Did you see
9. When I was a child, I
A. was playing
D. plays usually
his hand when he was cooking dinner.
B. was burning
to Spain.
13. Robert ........
A. had been
14. I'm very tired. I
A. drive
15. Our friends
A. has played
11. I'm busy at the moment.
A. work
B. have been
We
B. don't have
A. see
19. I haven't seen Kate
Robert lately?
B. worked
12. When I looked round the door, the baby
A. is sleeping
26. The earth
be nice later.
B. will
C. is going to
just a few minutes ago.
B. has left
C. leaves
13 films and I think her latest is the best.
B. had made
29. Our friends
B. Have you seen
A. are
16. This isn't my first time to visit London......
A. I'm
B. I'd been
17. What time
A. did you get B. are you getting
18. When I
..... the violin.
any problems so far.
B. am playing
C. played
. for the national team in 65 matches so far.
B. has been played
C. played
I
B. never
A. for
20. He's worked for this company
A. since
B. for
21. As soon as Martina saw the fire, she
A. is depended
27. I'm busy at the moment
A. I work
28. At this time tomorrow
A. we're flying
A. will have left
23. Since I left Venezuela six years ago, I
A. return
to work this morning ?
B. slept
ill for three weeks. He is still in hospital.
B. has been
C. is
over four hundred miles today.
B. am driving
..... meet us at the airport tonight.
B. are going to C. go to
C. has burnt
on the computer.
B. telephoned
C. has been
A. was telephoning
C. had telephoned
22. Every time Parkas sees a movie made in India, he
B. felt
B. will have returned
24. After the race
the celebration began
B. is won
A. had been won
25. While he was washing his car, Mr. Brown
A. has discovered
C. haven't had
him, the man was running away.
C. saw
B. was seeing
Christmas.
C. has made
C. Do you see
C. I was
C. am working
quietly.
C. was sleeping
C. have you got
on the sun for its heat and light
B. depends
C. have drived D. have driven
C. ever
many years.
C. in
the fire department
B. was discovering
on the computer
B. I'm worked
over the Atlantic
D. has telephoned
B. we'll be flying
_next us at the airport tonight
here before.
D. had seen
D. had burnt
D. was
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D. hadn't had
D. can
D. had left
D. was making
D. Are you seeing
D. play
D. is playing
D. working
D. were sleeping
D. was
D. will be to
D. I've been
D. do you get
homesick
C. feels
D. is feeling
to visit friends and family several times
C. am returning
D. have returned
D. since
D. at
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C. will be won
a small dint in the rear fender.
C. is discovering
C. is depending
C. I'm working
C. we'll fly
D. has been won
D. discovered
D. has depended
D. I worked
D. we're to fly
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