TENSES EXERCISE

EXERCISE 1: Use the correct form of verbs in brackets.

1. In all the world, there (be) __are________ only 14 mountains
that (reach) _reach_________above 8,000 meters.
2. He sometimes (come) __comes________ to see his parents.
3. When I (come) __came________, she (leave) __had
left________for Dalat ten minutes ago.
4. My grandfather never (fly) _have never flied_________ in an
airplane, and he has no intention of ever doing so.
5. We just (decide) __have just decided________ that we
(undertake) __would undertake__________ the job.
6. He told me that he (take) __would take________ a trip to
California the following week.
7. I knew that this road (be) _was_________ too narrow.
8. Right now I (attend) ___am attending_______ class.
Yesterday at this time I (attend) __was attending________class.
9. Tomorrow I’m going to leave for home. When I (arrive)
__arrive________at the airport, Mary (wait) __will be
waiting________ for me.
10. Margaret was born in 1950. By last year, she (live) ___had
lived/had been living_______on this earth for 55 years .
11. The traffic was very heavy. By the time I (get)
_got_________to Mary’s party, everyone already (arrive)
____had already arrived______
12. I will graduate  in June. I (see) _will see_________ you in
July. By the time I (see) see__________ you , I (graduate)
___will have graduated_______.
13. I (visit) ___visited_______ my uncle’s home regularly when
I (be) _____was_____ a child.
14. That book (be) _has been_________ on the table for weeks.
You (not read) _haven’t read_________ it yet ?
15. David (wash) _wash_________ his hands. He just (repair)
__have just repaired________ the TV set.
16. You (be) ____have_been _____here before? Yes, I (spend)
___spent_______ my holidays here last year.
17. We never (meet) __have met________ him. We don’t know
what he (look) _____looks_____ like.
18. The car (be) __will have been________ ready for him by the
time he (come) __comes________tomorrow.
19. On arriving at home I (find) _found_________that she just
(leave) ___had left_______a few minutes before.
20. When we (arrive) ___arrive_______ in London tonight, it
probably (rain) _will be raining_________.
21. It (rain) _is rainning________ hard. We can’t do anything
until it (stop) stops__________
22. Last night we (watch) ___was watching_____TV when the
power (fail) _failed_________.
23. That evening we (stay) ____were staying______up to talk
about the town where he (live) ____had lived______for some
years.
24. I (sit) _sat_______down for a rest while the shoes (repair)
__were being repaired________.
25. Half way to the office Paul (turn) _turned_________round
and (go) __went________back home because he (forget)
_____had forgotten_____to turn the gas off.
26. London (change) __has changed________a lot since we first
(come) ____came______ to live here.
27. While we (talk) ____were talking______on the phone the
children (start) __stared________fighting and (break)
____broken______a window
28. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things
he (do) ____had done______ in his life.
29. You know she (stand) ____has been standing______looking
at that picture for the last twenty minutes.
30. I (spend) __has spennt________ a lot of time travelling
since I (get) _got_________this new job.
31. When we (be) ____were______ at school we all (study)
___studied_______Latin.
32. When I (meet) ___met_______ him , he (work) __had been
working________as a waiter for a year.
33. After he (finish) ___had finished_______ breakfast he (sit)
____sat______down to write some letters.
34. She (have) __has ______a hard life, but she’s always
smiling.
35. I think Jim (be) ____has been ______ out of town.
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. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back
home.
A. will play     B. will be playing                    C. play             D.
would play
12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working      B. will work C. have been
working    D. will be working
13. I _______ in the room right now.
A. am being     B. was being   C. have been being      D. am
14. I ______ to New York three times this year.
A. have been   B. was             C. were                        D. had been
15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
      A. leave           B. will leave    C. have left                 D. shall
leave
16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.
      A. has happened                     B. happened   
      C. had happened                     D. would have been happened
17. John ______ a book when I saw him.
      A. is reading    B. read            C. was reading                 D.
reading
18. He said he _______ return later.
      A. will             B. would         C. can              D. would be
19. Jack ________ the door.
      A. has just opened                  B. open           
      C. have opened                       D. opening
20. I have been waiting for you ______ .
A. since early morning            B. since 9 a.m    
C. for two hours                      D. All are correct
21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave           B. left              C. leaves          D. had left
22. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.
A. wrote          B. writes          C. has written  D. had written
23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him
twice a week.
A. was reading                        B. wrote          C. was written D.
had written
24. I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a
few days previously. ( a few days previously => QKHT)
A. broke down                                                B. has been
broken     
C. had broken down               D. breaks down
25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I
_____ to play.
A. try               B. tried            C. have tried   D. am trying
26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left B. he left         C. he has left   D. he was left
27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had             B. had had      C. have has      D. have had
28. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two
years.
A. will have learned                B. will learn    
C. has learned                                                 D. would learn
29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and
opened the book.
A. walking      B. walked        C. walks          D. walk
30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was
having dinner.
A. was going   B. went           C. has gone     D. did go
31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______
dinner.
A. finish          B. finishes       C. will finish   D. finishing
32. I will be glad if he _______ with us.
A. had gone    B. did go         C. went           D. goes
33 Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.
A. finish          B. has finished                        C. finished     D.
finishing
34. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see that the kettle ________ ?
A. boil             B. boils            C. is boiling     D. boiled
35. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave           B. are leaving  C. leaving        D. are left
36. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.
A. go               B. is going       C. goes            D. going
37. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.
A. working      B. works          C. is working   D. work
38. I ______ to the same barber since last year.
A. am going    B. have been going C. go        D. had gone
39. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
A. dies             B. died            C. has died      D. had died
40. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today.
A. would come                       B. will come    C. comes         D.
coming
EXERCISE 3: Choose the underlined part in each sentence
(A, B,C, or D ) that needs correcting.
1. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house from work, she
                                            A              B                  C   
was cooking dinner.
         D
2. Jimmy threw the ball high in the air, and
Betty catching it when it came down.
                   A                   B                                         C             
D
3. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since
she buys it.
                        A                  B                         C                         D
4. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his
present job
                                A                       B
and is looking for a new one.
            C                        D
5. Having fed the dog, he was sat down to his own meal.
             A                              B                C         D
6. When I turned on my computer, I was shocked to find some
junk mail,
                                                                       A           B
and I delete it all.
  C        D
7. They are going to have to leave soon and so do we.
                                    A                     B           C     D
8. The boss laughed when the secretary has told him that
she really
                                                                     A                             B
needed a pay rise.
    C         D
9. The telephone rang several times and then stop before
I could answer it.
                                                    A             B    C                   D
10. Debbie, whose father is an excellent tennis player, has
been playing
                            A                                                 B         C
tennis since ten years.
              D
11. I have seen lots of interesting places when I went on holiday
last summer.
            A           B             C                                  D
12. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she
stopped moving and listen intently.
                                A                                                                
B             C        D
13. I think it’s time you  change your way of living.
          A                               B                   C        D
14. Roger felt the outside of his pocket to make sure his wallet is
still there.
                            A                                      B              C               
D
15. When I’m shopping in the supermarket, I ran into an old
friend who I
                         A                                                     B
hadn’t met for five years.
    C            D
16. The police arrested the man while he is having dinner in a
restaurant.
             A                                        B             C                   D
17. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are married for
three years now.
                                    A               B                     C        
D
18. Some people are believing there is life on other planets.
   A                           B                                 C     D
19. Recently, the island of Hawaii had been the subject of
                                    A                       B   
intensive research on the occurrence of earthquakes.
         C                               D
20. Every morning, the sun shines in my
bedroom window and waking
                                                A                                   B             
C
me up.
       D
21. The man died as a result of falling asleep while he drives.
                             A                    B           C                       D
22. I haven’t finished the report yet, but by the time you return I
                   A                                B                                      C
will certainly complete it.( will certainly have completed)
              D
23. Caroline has worn her new yellow dress only once since
she buys it.
                            A                        B                       
C                      D
24. We’ll be cycled to Hoa’s village at this time next Sunday.
                A                            B         C                  D
25. What will you do when your friends won’t come ?
                 A          B     C                                  D
26. Someone was knocking at the door when I was
doing the washing up.
                           A                         B                         C                
D
27. My friend didn’t drink any beer since we came to live here.
                              A            B                             C                D
28. We have written to each other when we were in primary
school.
                         A               B             C            D
29. After breakfast, I‘m gone to walk to school with my friends.
        A                                B               C                D
30. Did he go to the pop concert next weekend for a change?
       A            B                                         C                   D
EXERCISE 4: Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or
D which has the same meaning as the given one.
1. Eight years ago we started writing to each other.
A. We have rarely written to each other for eight years.
B. Eight years is a long time for us to write to each other.
C. We wrote to each other eight years ago.
D. We have been writing to each other for eight years.
2. The boy was so lazy that he couldn’t stay up late to learn his
lessons.
A. The boy was lazy enough not to stay up late to learn his
lessons.
B. The boy was too lazy to stay up late to learn his lessons.
C. The boy was lazy enough but he stayed up late to learn his
lessons.
D. The boy was lazy enough to stay up late to learn his lessons.
3. My father is tired of seeing any violent films.
A. My father hasn’t seen a violent film.
B. My father has enjoyed all the violent films he has ever seen.
C. My father is worried about missing the next violent film.
D. My father never wants to see another violent film.
4. As soon as he waved his hand, she turned away.
A. He saw her turn away and he waved his hand.
B. No sooner had he waved his hand than she turned away.
C. She turned away because he waved his hand too early.
D. Although she turned away, he waved his hand.
5. John wishes he had remembered to send Mary a Christmas
card.
A. John regrets not to send Mary a Christmas card.
B. John regrets forgetting not to send Mary a Christmas card.
C. John regrets not remembering sending Mary a Christmas
card.
D. John regrets forgetting to send Mary a Christmas card.
6. My father hasn’t smoked cigarettes for a month.
A. It’s a month since my father last smoked cigarettes.
B. It’s a month ago that my father smoked cigarettes.
C. It’s a month that my father hasn’t smoked cigarettes.
D. It’s a cigarette that my father smoked a month ago.
7. Having finished their work, the workers expected to be paid.
A. The workers expected to be paid because they had finished
their work.
B. Having their work finishing, the workers expected to be paid.
C. Having expected to be paid, the workers finished their work.
D. Having been finished their work, the workers expected to be
paid.
8. Mr. Brown bought this car five years ago.
A. Mr. Brown started to buy this car for five years.
B. It has been five years when Mr. Brown has bought this car.
C. Mr. Brown has had this car for five years .
D. It is five years ago since Mr. Brown has bought this car.
9. John used to write home once a week when he was abroad.
A. John doesn’t write home once a week any longer.
B. John enjoyed being written home every week when he was
abroad.
C. John never forgot to write a weekly  letter home when he was
abroad.
D. When he was abroad he remembered to write home every
week.
10. I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for years.
A. It’s years since I enjoyed myself so much.
B. It’s years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
C. It was years since I had enjoyed myself so much.
D. It has been years since I have enjoyed myself so much.

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