S4_ Tenses

S4_ Tenses

Present Perfect (have/has+Vpp) & Simple Past (Ved)

Multiple Choice

Mary: Look, I ___ a new dress.

Jane: How lovely! Where ___ you ___ it?

• A. bought...were...bought

• B. am buying... will...buy

• C. bought...have...bought

• D. have bought... did...buy

Multiple Choice

Harold: Eric is not here. Where is he?

Judy: He _____ to the Peak.

• A. goes

• B. went

• C. has gone

• D. has been

Multiple Choice

Jack: ___ the book you borrowed?

Sam: No, not yet, but I'm going to.

• A. Do you return

• B. Did you return

• C. Will you return

• D. Have you returned

Multiple Choice

___ you see the notice this morning?

• A. Do

• B. Did

• C. Have

• D. Had

Present perfect (have/has + Vpp) & Present perfect continuous (have/has + been Ving)

Simple Past (V-ed) &
Past Perfect (had Vpp)

Multiple Choice

We ___ home when it ___ to rain.

• A. got; started

• B. have got; started

• C. had got; started

• D. had got; had started

Multiple Choice

He ___ and hurt his leg during the 100-metre dash.

• A. fall

• B. fell

• C. had fallen

• D. have fallen

Multiple Choice

My parents ___ to bed when the fire broke out

• A. will not go

• B. have not gone

• C. had not gone

• D. are not going

Multiple Choice

By 2001, Robert ___ has secondary education.

• A. finishes

• B. is going to finished

• C. finished

• D. had finished

past continuous (was/were+ Ving) & Past perfect continuous (had+ been Ving)

Future simple (will + V.) & 

Future continuous tense (will+ be Ving) &

Future Perfect (will + have Vpp) &

Future perfect continuous (will + have+ been Ving) 

Multiple Choice

Please don't come at nine. I ___ one of the applicants then.

• A. will have interviewed

• B. have interviewed

• C. will be interviewing

• D. will interview

Multiple Choice

I don't think she ___ to HK this year.

• A. will have returned

• B. will return

• C. returns

• D. had returned

Multiple Choice

Mr Lee ___ for that company for twenty years by March next year, but I don't think he will retire until he is sixty.

• A. has been working

• B. is working

• C. has worked

• D. will have been working

Multiple Choice

Please hurry; otherwise the concert ___ when we arrive at the Hall.

• A. will start

• B. will have started

• C. will be starting

• D. will have been starting

Multiple Choice

___ you ___ secondary school by this time next year?

• A. Do...finish

• B. Will... be finishing

• C. Will...have finished

• D. Will... have been finishing

Multiple Choice

___ Mary ___ her piano lesson this time tomorrow evening?

• A. Does... have

• B. Will... be having

• C. Will... have

• D. Are... having