Use the correct form of verbs in brackets.
1. In all the world, there (be) _______ only 14 mountains that (reach) ______above 8,000 meters.
2. He sometimes (come) __________ to see his parents.
3. My grandfather never (fly) _________ in an airplane, and he has no intention of ever doing so.
4. He told me that he (take) __________ a trip to California the following week.
5. Right now I (attend) __________ class. Yesterday at this time I (attend) __________class.
6. I (visit) __________ my uncle's home regularly when I (be) __________ a child.
7. That book (be) _________on the table for weeks. You (not read) __________ it yet ?
8. David (wash) __________ his hands now. He just (repair) __________ the TV set.
9. You (be) __________here before? Yes, I (spend) _________my holidays here last year.
10. We never (meet) __________ him before. We don't know what he (look) ______ like.
11. If we (arrive) __________ in time, we ( catch ) __________the last bus.
12. It (rain) __________ hard. We can't do anything until it (stop) __________
13. Last night we (watch) __________TV when the power (fail) __________.
14. London (change) __________a lot since we first (come) __________ to live here.
15. While we (talk) __________on the phone the children (start) __________fighting and (break) __________a window
16. You know she (stand) __________looking at that picture for the last twenty minutes.
17. I (spend) __________ a lot of time travelling since I (get) __________this new job.
18. When we (be) __________ at school we all (study) __________Latin.
19. She (have) __________a hard life, but she's always smiling.
20. Jim (be) __________ out of town in two hours.
EXERCISE 2: Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived            B. is living        C. was living            D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don’t see            B. haven’t seen    C. didn’t see            D. hadn’t seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving        B. left            C. has left            D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door.
A. has just painted        B. paint        C. will have painted        D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking            B. was looking    C. has been looking        D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending        B. attend        C. was attending        D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago        B. since ten years    C. for ten years ago        D. for ten years
8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered        B. has discovered    C. had discovered    D. had been discovering
9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run                B. runs        C. was running    D. had run
10. We _______ there when our father died.
A. still lived            B. lived still        C. was still lived    D. was still living
11. I _______ in the room right now.
A. am being            B. was being        C. have been being    D. am
12. I ______ to New York three times this year.
A. have been            B. was            C. were        D. had been
13. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave            B. will leave        C. have left        D. shall leave
14. John ______ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading            B. read        C. was reading    D. reading
15. He said he _______ return later.
A. will            B. would        C. can            D. would be
16. Jack ________ the door.
A. has just opened        B. open        C. have opened    D. opening
17. I have been waiting for you ______ .
A. since early morning    B. since 9 a.m    C. for two hours    D. All are correct
18. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week
A. was reading        B. wrote        C. was written    D. had written
19. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.
A. try                B. tried        C. have tried        D. am trying
20. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left            B. he left        C. he has left        D. he was left
21. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking            B. walked        C. walks        D. walk
22. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going            B. went        C. has gone        D. did go
22. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
A. finish            B. finishes        C. will finish        D. finishing
23. I will be glad if he _______ with us.
A. had gone            B. did go        C. went        D. goes
24. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see that the kettle ________ ?
A. boil            B. boils        C. is boiling        D. boiled
25. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave            B. are leaving    C. leaving        D. are left
26. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.
A. go                B. is going        C. goes        D. going
27. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.
A. working            B. works        C. is working        D. work
28. I ______ to the same barber since last year.
A. am going            B. have been going    C. go            D. had gone
29. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
A. dies            B. died        C. has died        D. had died
30. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today.
A. would come        B. will come        C. comes        D. coming