VERB TENSES

VERB TENSES

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE GIVEN WORDS:

Open Ended

1. It/ be/ cloudy/ yesterday.

2. In 1990/ we/ move/ to another city.

3. When/ you/ get/ the first gift?

4. She/ not/ go/ to the church/ five days ago.

5. How/ be/ he/ yesterday?

CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER

Multiple Choice

Alice ....... the accident when she was catching the bus.

• saw

• was seeing

Multiple Choice

What ....... when I called?

• were you doing

• did you do

Multiple Choice

I .......... my friends last summer holiday.

• didn’t visit

• weren’t visiting

Multiple Choice

They ....... football on TV at 7 p.m. yesterday.

• were watching

• watched

Multiple Choice

It ........ heavily last July.

• rained

• was raining

CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER

Multiple Choice

1. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

• A. don’t see

• B. haven’t seen

• C. didn’t see

• D. hadn’t seen

Multiple Choice

2. The train ______ half an hour ago

• A. was leaving

• B. left

• C. has left

• D. had left

Multiple Choice

3. I ______ Texas State University now.

• A. am attending

• B. attend

• C. was attending

• D. attended

Multiple Choice

4. He has sold motorbikes ________.

• A. ten years ago

• B. since ten years

• C. for ten years ago

• D. for ten years

Multiple Choice

5. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

• A. discovered

• B. has discovered

• C. had discovered

• D. had been discovering

Multiple Choice

6. I ______ to New York three times this year.

• A. have been

• B. was

• C. were

• D. had been

Multiple Choice

7. John ______ a book when I saw him.

• A. is reading

• B. read

• C. was reading

• D. reading

Multiple Choice

8. Mary ______ to him twice a week

• A. was reading

• B. wrote

• C. was written

• D. writes

Multiple Choice

9. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.

• A. try

• B. tried

• C. have tried

• D. am trying

Multiple Choice

10. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.

• A. working

• B. works

• C. is working

• D. work

SUPPLY THE CORRECT VERB TENSES:

Open Ended

1. I (buy) ……………… the ticket yesterday. I am (go) ……………… Dalat tomorrow.

2. Tim (attend) ……………… the meeting at school at the moment.

3. I (talk) ……………… to my father at present.

4. They (play) ……………… now.

5. He (have not) ……………… English for 2 years.

6. Our class (start) ……………… at 9am.

7. I always (brush) ……………… my teeth before I go to bed.

Open Ended

8. I (study) ……………… English since I was 21.

9. She (be) ……………… at her boyfriend’s house yesterday morning.

10. The sun (rise) ……………… in the east.

11. He (meet) ……………… his old friend near his house at 2pm yesterday.

12. She was watching a picture while her mother (cook) ……………… soup.

13. My sister (eat)……………… hamburgers every weekend last month.

14. Be quiet! The teacher is (come)……………..

15. He always (go)……………… to school late.