Verb tenses

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J.Sim​

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At the weekend, they (play) football, then they (go) to a restaurant.

• have played, have gone

• played ,went

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Anne (live) in Portugal when she was young.

• lived

• has lived

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After Immanuel  ______ (to spend) his holiday in Germany, he ______ (to want) to learn German.

• spent, wanted

• had spend, wanted

• had spent, wanted

• spend, had wanted

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Tomorrow some friends are coming over. I (see / not) them for ages and they (be / never) at my place before.

• haven't seen, have never been

• didn't see, never were

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She _______ New Zealand three times.

• visited

• have visited

• has visited

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Three days ago, Tim _____ a ghost.

• saw

• has seen

• have seen

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.... (the driver/talk) to you or had he stayed in his car before the police arrived?

• Had the driver talked

• Did the driver talk

• Was the driver talking

• Had the diver beetn talked

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After Eric ______ (to make) breakfast he ______ (to phone) his friend.

• had made, phoned

• made, phoned

• made, had phoned

• had made, had phoned

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I ... about that book until you mentioned it.

• hadn't heard

• hadn't been hearing

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If I _________ (win) the Euro Millions,

I would have travelled around the world.

• had won

• win

• won

• had been winning

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Look, in this picture, I __________ my favourite work clothes.

• 'm wearing

• wear

• wears

• wearing

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We _______ (arrange) a time to meet,

but both of us forgot about it.

• arranged

• didn't arrange

• had arranged

• had been arranging

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How long _____ you _____ your mobile phone?

• have ...been having

• has...been having

• have ... had

• did...had

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We ____________ (discuss) this matter for hours on end. We haven't still reached a decision.

• were discussing

• have discussing

• have been discussing

• have discussed

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My sister .......... reading comics in the morning.

• like

• is liking

• likes

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How often .... you daydream in English classes?

• do

• does

• are

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A: Someone __________________ for you outside.

B: Who is it?

• waits

• is waiting

• waiting

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Our clothes were wet because we ... football in the rain.

• had played

• had been playing

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When Ashton came home, I ... for 3 hours.

• had gardened

• had been gardening

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I was delighted when I found my keys.

I ... for them for hours.

• had been looking

• had looked

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I ... how late it had got so I apologized and left.

• hadn't realised

• hadn't been realising

• haven't realised

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Chloe was exhausted because she ... since eight o'clock that morning.

• had worked

• had been working

• has been working

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I ... to contact Ben for ages, but he never replied.

• had tried

• had been trying

• am trying

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While driving to work, Yi Lin realized that she ... to take her USB drive with her.

• forgot

• has forgotten

• had forgotten

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The house was perfect - it was exactly what Merven ... for.

• had been looking

• is looking

• has been looking